You and the Cost of Newborn Diapers

Maybe I was naive, but I thought that since you get so much more per package, that newborn diapers were more cost effective. (If you don't have kids, when you buy diapers, the larger the size, the fewer diapers you get per package, even though the cost is the same.) Then I saw how may newborn diapers we were actually going through and realized that the cost savings were negligible.

Yes, our little bundle of joy was a pooping and peeing machine, and we were going through newborn diapers like crazy. Actually, it wasn't just the newborn diapers - we were going through everything. Such a wee little thing, but the baby created more laundry by herself than the rest of the family combined.

Of course, I knew before we even decided to have the baby that it would be expensive. The costs I associated with having a baby were a little different, and further away, things like braces and university. I mean, just how much could this little bundle of joy cost? A whole lot, as it turns out.

So now, I've turned into that guy. I'm the guy that clips coupons, not only for newborn diapers, but for anything else that might help offset these added costs of having a new baby. What happened to me? Now I get all my coupon organized and in an envelope, and go do the shopping.

Another thing that I'm doing that I've never done before is actually going through the grocery store flyers and making a list. While I'm sure this also helps us save money, trying to offset the cost of the newborn diapers is not the motivation here. No, it's because I'll come home without anything if I go without a list; I've barely slept in three weeks and my brain isn't functioning properly.

The only thing I can remember that we need is the newborn diapers. I know at least that we need those, even if I've forgotten everything else, so I'll just buy package after package of newborn diapers. Each week, I wait for the flyers to be delivered, and then I get started on my list. I go through the flyers, one by one, and make up my list of what I need to get by store so that I know I'm getting all the best deals.

Still, I'm trying to commit every last moment to memory, depsite the lack of sleep and extra strains on the pocketbook. Because I know that my beautiful baby won't fit into those newborn diapers for long, that soon I'll look back and wonder how she ever fit into something so small. So I want to treasure these moments now, when my little child is small enough to still fit into those teeny-tiny newborn diapers.

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