https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 06:25:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534935 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:01:56 +0000 cmomma17 1534935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Now you own your baby! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534229 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:34:25 +0000 Bookish 1534229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmate: Landscaping is so expensive! We've been DIY-ing it ourselves because luckily the front yard is acceptable... the back yard probably needs quite a bit of work but we are ignoring it...for now ;) Good luck! </p> <p>@Mrs. Pen: Hooray for that! </p> <p>@Danizaur: Yay for no car loan, boo on the med bills! It sucks how fast they add up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534226 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:32:37 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1534226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534200 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:22:42 +0000 artsyfartsy 1534200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This month will be our last car payment! So excited!</p> <p>But we also just started getting medical bills in...from my false labor hospital stays, LO's pediatrician bills (which hopefully should be backed up and paid by insurance now that he's on our plan), and my L&amp;D. Probably about $4K. Sob sob </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534196 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:22:02 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1534196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha good job! That was not a fun one to pay :-P I was thankful that we got pregnant toward mid to end of year so we could put all the money we'd need into an FSA account for the following year. </p> <p>This year (about 6-7 months) we will pay off our car loan and I will do a happy dance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534192 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:18:42 +0000 mrsmate 1534192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on paying off that bill!</p> <p>DH's tuition for the very last class of his Master's program, should be ~$4K. Ugh, but also yay, he'll finally be done.</p> <p>Finally doing some landscaping...we haven't done any since we bought our house 3.5yrs ago. I estimate $8-10K...ugh, but I hate looking at our house now, so it'll be worth it so that DDs can play outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534144 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:02:05 +0000 psw27 1534144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>woot woot! Congrats! I love paying off bills!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534128 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:51:55 +0000 Bookish 1534128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Hehe, we said yesterday - "well, I guess they won't take her back now!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534126 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:51:29 +0000 swedishfish 1534126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534122 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:50:27 +0000 Mamaof2 1534122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay!!</p> <p>When we paid off our bill my DH said "Its official, we get to keep her!" :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paid-off-our-lampd-bill-today#post-1534115 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:46:13 +0000 Bookish 1534115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We paid off the last 150$ of our over 3500$ worth of medical bills from G's L&amp;D today! YAY! I'm so glad to have that off my plate.... and now we can spend 5-6k on an a/c unit! :shocked: :crying: :silly: </p> <p>Anyone else pay off any large bills or balances lately, and super proud of themselves? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-658591 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:26:14 +0000 stlginkgo 658591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG! My girl friend just came over today and was raving about the amazon subscribe and save! I had never heard of it until now. I am thinking about comparing it to Costco. (Although I live so close to Costco I also am not sure it would really be worth it for me....) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-658587 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:24:51 +0000 stlginkgo 658587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-658558 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:08:22 +0000 ladyfingers 658558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a nearby Costco so we have started doing amazon subscribe and save. We needed diapers and wipes and since I have Amazon prime I joined Amazon mom for free and got 20% off those. If you place five subscriptions that arrive in the same month you get 15% off instead of the standard 5% (diapers and wipes count toward five but you don't get an addt'l 15% off those).</p> <p>I ordered a box of 204 size 2 diapers, a box of 700 wipes, 20 huge rolls of paper towels, 6 bottles of seventh generation dish washing soap, and a bottle of method laundry detergent (50 loads) for just under $90. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-658547 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:04:11 +0000 Mrsbells 658547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>costco is a better deal on the huggies natural care wipes, but amazon has the best deal on pampers diapers since costco doesnt carry pampers </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-658441 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:28:41 +0000 mrs. 64 658441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um both!? I use them both for different things. I don't buy diapers or baby stuff yet, so I can't say anything about that. Costco's toilet paper, paper towels, grocery bags, detergent etc. are super cheap. Sometimes the size is a good thing (only have to buy trash bags like once a year!) and other times it's not so good (seriously did I need that much sugar??) I also buy a lot of non-perishable food that is hard to get around here on amazon subscribe and save. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-658431 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:23:55 +0000 StbHisMrs 658431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't say enough good things about costco, I shop there monthly. We have a large family and buy almost everything in bulk. I just bought the Kirkland brand diapers with a $5 off coupon which made them .20 each (size 5) .24 each without a coupon. Both Huggies and Kirkland are the same price with the same amount as well. When LO was on formula we'd buy her formula there too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-658252 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:28:47 +0000 Weagle 658252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, man. I'm a Costco fanatic. It's definitely worth it for things like paper goods, garbage bags, detergents, etc. I also get all of our razor blades, vitamins, and other toiletries there. I think for a lot of items, it may not be cheaper, but it's worth it to not have to buy them constantly. And the store brand (Kirkland) is actually really good. And they treat their employees well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-657461 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:29:06 +0000 dookie32 657461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah- we do toilet paper, dish soap, dishwasher soap, trash bags (definitely a bargain), laundry detergent. I think it's worth it for those. We are only a family of 3 so I like getting the bigger sizes for those things so I don't have to worry about buying them for a few months. Same thing with the household stuff though- there are only certain brands and not a lot of variety. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-657454 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:27:30 +0000 MamaMoose 657454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: We joined costco recently thinking we would use it for diapers.. but instead have just stuck with pampers. But for us we really didn't hesitate because we now buy our gas a costco and because of my husband's long commute the gas savings alone pay for the $55 membership fee so it was a no lose situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-657442 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:24:55 +0000 littlek 657442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hear Costco is good for vacation deals.. has anyone used that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-657415 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:19:43 +0000 pui 657415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in Canada and we don't have the same Amazon you American's do (I really hope they expand up here eventually)! We have a Costco membership which we use all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-657406 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:17:52 +0000 littlek 657406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dookie32: We use pampers, so it doesn't sound like diapers would be something to purchase there. Maybe for things like toilet paper, paper towels, dishwasher soap, etc, it might be better?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-657257 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:42:48 +0000 dookie32 657257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a Costco membership. I got it to buy formula but I do also buy wipes there (Kirkland brand) and some grocery/household items. I think to save money you need to be a knowledgeable shopper and know what's really a bargain. For baby stuff, I think it really depends on what brands that you use. They only carry certain diaper brands (Huggies and Kirkland) so if your LO only uses a certain brand of diapers, like Pampers, you're better off on Amazon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-657185 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:28:21 +0000 regberadaisy 657185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't shop at Costco but next time DH is there I would have him note the prices of the items you're thinking about. Then compare it to the Amazon prices.</p> <p>I shop at BJs and for diapers S&amp;S is stil cheaper even when I stack BJ coupons with manf coupons! Same for all the other household stuff bc I can use coupons at BJs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-vs-amazon-subscribe-and-save#post-657150 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:18:45 +0000 littlek 657150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE Amazon subscribe and save for diapers, wipes and household products. A neighbor was recently raving about Costco. I have never been to Costco. How do the prices compare to Amazon? Is it worth it? We would be looking at it for diapers, wipes and household products. DH loves his weekly grocery trip to Harris Teeter, so we wouldn't be grocery shopping at Costco. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-know-exactly-how-much-having-your-baby-would-cost-or-was-it-a-surprise-bill-in-the-mail#post-257420 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:37:13 +0000 prettylizy 257420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Canadian so I didn't have any out of pocket costs for prenatal care or labour and delivery. I got a bill in the mail from the hospital for our private room bc my insurance didn't cover it all. Our out of pocket cost was $27 and I was totally shocked I'd even have to pay a penny. DH talked me down and we paid the money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-know-exactly-how-much-having-your-baby-would-cost-or-was-it-a-surprise-bill-in-the-mail#post-257417 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:30:40 +0000 JerricaBenton 257417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, am I sadly naive to think everything is covered on our plan? This thread is freaking me out! I seriously expected to pay nothing or maybe a standard hospital co-pay. I guess I should call and check, haha! I'm always learning things on HB :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-know-exactly-how-much-having-your-baby-would-cost-or-was-it-a-surprise-bill-in-the-mail#post-257329 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:05:06 +0000 sorrycharlie 257329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I called my insurance prior to becoming pregnant AND once I was, and both times was told only $250 co-pay at the hospital would be our only cost. Only cost to me so far during my pregnancy was a $20 co-pay at my first prenatal visit. I'm currently 34 weeks.</p> <p>This thread is scaring me into wanting to call one last time to double, triple check though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-know-exactly-how-much-having-your-baby-would-cost-or-was-it-a-surprise-bill-in-the-mail#post-257130 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:26:53 +0000 mrsjyw 257130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we got an estimate at our first or second appt that our out of pocket costs would be $250 after insurance. </p>