Friday's Favorite Finds

Friday's Favorite Finds is a weekly post sharing products that I've either: - found to be worth a little extra money, or - that are amazingly inexpensive for their quality.

In either case, I'll always share ways to save even more money on these great products!

Now, on to today's Favorite Find: Pampers Swaddlers

Anticipating the arrival of our second child has made me start thinking about the need this little one will have for diapers. With our first child, we exclusively used Pampers Swaddlers when he was a newborn. We bought another brand once, and we absolutely could not wait until the pack was gone! We didn't know how spoiled we had been with the Swaddlers.

Why we thought they were so great:

1. Our baby's diapers almost never leaked, even at night. The only times we had leaks were when, in our blurry-eyed middle-of-the-night changes we simply did not get the diaper fastened tightly.

2. The stretchy side tabs and elastic leg holes make them easy to conform to your baby's exact size and shape.

3. Although I never personally tried them on, I would assume they were comfortable to the baby! They are extremely absorbent, so even when he was wet he didn't fuss or act uncomfortable.

If I had to describe Pampers Swaddlers in a very concise format, it would be this: Sanity Savers!

When we tried using the other diapers, my husband and I were both very frustrated for several reasons. We had to change the baby's diaper a lot more frequently to prevent leaks. We had to jiggle and wiggle the diaper around to try to coax a good fit out of it. I would guess that even though the actual price we paid was less than that of the Pampers, the cheaper diapers probably ended up costing more in the long run because we had to change them so much more often.

Although Pampers Swaddlers is what I would classify as a premium brand of diapers. There are actually plenty of opportunities to get them for much less than premium prices.

I have personally bought Pampers through all of the following avenues and have saved a great deal through each method.

1. Drugstore deals. If you are new to shopping CVS or Walgreens, you can check out the tutorials here and here that will help you learn how to get amazing deals at both of these places. I save up my CVS Extracare Bucks and my Walgreens Register Rewards and use them to buy diapers when I need them. Don't forget to use Pampers coupons! Most of the time that a Procter & Gamble brandsaver insert comes out in the Sunday paper there will be a Pampers coupon in it.

2. Amazon.com. If you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you will have heard me talking about Swagbucks. You can win Swagbucks every time you search the web, and then redeem them for prizes. My favorite prize to redeem them for is Amazon gift cards. I then use the gift cards to purchase diapers from Amazon.com. You can learn more about Swagbucks here.

3. Diapers.com. Diapers.com offers great prices on their Pampers products, and they frequently have them on sale. Right now they also have an e-coupon on their site that will take another $2 off a pack of Pampers. Plus, to get even better prices, you should order through Cashbaq or Ebates. Both of these cashback sites offer 1% cashback on your Diapers.com purchases, plus they both have coupon codes available for $10 off and free shipping on any order $49 or more. Plus, both sites offer a $5 sign-up bonus to new members.

Just sign up for Ebates or Cashbaq (or log into your existing account), locate Diapers.com on the list of stores, and click on it. You'll see a list of the available coupon codes for Diapers.com. Click on the one you wish to use, make your purchase at Diapers.com, and wait for your account to be credited with your cash back (plus your $5 bonus if you're a new member).


These methods of buying Pampers have saved us a lot of money, and the Pampers themselves have saved us a lot of sanity!