https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:02:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618393 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:22:51 +0000 OCmama 618393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't stock up too much on size 1 or 2s. They're not in them for very long. Size 3s though - they are in those for longer. Also, I did a quick calculation on how many days the box would last us. My LO wears 6 diapers a day + 1 overnight diaper so those jumbo packs (150ish diapers) would last us basically all month. Because of that, I didn't really stock up on that many boxes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618353 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:05:29 +0000 ladyfingers 618353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used the baby bargains recommendation of 100 NB/500 size 1. We went through the newborn stash and bought a pack of 30 and got halfway through that before we moved to size 1s -- I think that took about 2 weeks. We are now 4.5 weeks and he's almost through his first box of 210 size 1s (I was a bit of an over zealous changer in the beginning weeks, now we only change if dirty or very fussy). We got pampers swaddles based on recommendations and they've worked out very well. I'm actually glad we stockpiled, it's one less thing we have had to worry about.</p> <p>ETA LO was 7 lbs at birth, almost 8 lbs when we went up a size (wet diapers were bothering him more frequently). He's currently 9 lbs 7 oz </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618349 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:04:10 +0000 winniebee 618349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buffalove: My son peed right through the Baby Dry once he started taking bigger bottles at night so we switched to Extra Protection a few months ago and no leaks! We switched to 3's when he was 15 lbs ish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618343 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:02:46 +0000 Bao 618343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was 6lbs9oz at birth and wore NB for about 3-4 weeks. She then wore size 1 for about 6 weeks, size 2 for 6-8 weeks and then went on to size 3. Babies seem to wear size 3 the longest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618329 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:00:40 +0000 buffalove 618329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I just started using the Pampers Baby Dry/12 Hr - they were literally the only kind of overnight/extra protection the day I went to buy them on my lunch hour. Are the Pampers Extra Protection the same? They're worked well so far, but now I've found I need them during the day too sometimes. Does that happen to you? Or maybe I should just go up a size? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618214 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:39:00 +0000 winniebee 618214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buffalove: Do u use overnights? My son has needed the Pampers Extra protection because he soaks all regular diapers overnight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618200 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:34:06 +0000 buffalove 618200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: great point about the brands! I had bought all Pampers Swaddlers and now suddenly DS is starting to wet through at night (he's 7 months). Friends tell me that Huggies are sometimes better for boys, but I have a closet full of Pampers!</p> <p>@bookworm: re: returning the diapers, they *should* exchange them without a problem, but I did have an issue at Target once. The computer wouldnt recognize the bar code (I'd bought them on clearance so there was actually a price tag). Anyhoos, my MIL brought them back for me on a different day and talked them into exchanging them ;) </p> <p>My nieces were in size 2's til well over a year, and my little dude was barely in 2's....you just never know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618177 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:27:42 +0000 littlebittyhouse 618177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO typically runs about a size ahead from where he really should be and isn't huge!</p> <p>Was 7.11lbs at birth and was in size 1 diapers after about a week.</p> <p>Now at 8mo and 20lbs he is in a size 4.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618169 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:26:16 +0000 Crisark 618169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say 1 and 2's. I wouldn't spend much on the newborn size because you just don't know how big the baby will be.<br /> I'm being told that right now at 33 weeks she's measuring 6lbs...if that holds true I wouldn't be able to use newborn size at all. So, I always start with size 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618135 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:20:13 +0000 Bookish 618135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: @prettylizy: Definitely a good idea. Any clue how long places like Target and ToysRUs will take back diapers? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618069 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:04:29 +0000 LivsMama 618069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Liv is 19 months old and JUST moving to size 4s. She was in 3s for months...at least 7.</p> <p>She wore newborn for about a month, then 1s for like a month, then 2 and 3 since </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618063 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:03:16 +0000 winniebee 618063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: Good idea re: taping to the box!</p> <p>It's weird, my son always outgrows diapers before the weight limit -- he has a long torso and ends up with lots of accidents when he is w/in a pound of the weight limit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618056 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:01:02 +0000 prettylizy 618056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has been in 2's for ever, but every baby is different. I would keep receipts so (tape them to the box!) so that you can return any you don't want/need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618026 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:55:34 +0000 T-Mom 618026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: I just read what @winniebee: and totally agree... I switched from Pampers Swaddlers to Huggies Pure and Natural due to fit when my DS started growing, so maybe you should wait on the 3's... :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-618017 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:53:22 +0000 Bookish 618017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: @Weagle: Sounds like 1s and 3s are the way to go! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617860 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:14:32 +0000 Weagle 617860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Size 1 or 3. Size 2 were pretty useless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617844 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:12:13 +0000 BananaPancakes 617844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't stock up on larger sizes for the reason @winniebee mentioned. We started out with Pampers swaddlers, but he's now in the Target brand, which fits him the best out of the 10+ types of diapers we've tried. But size 1's are a good bet. It's seems most babies stay in 1's for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617837 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:11:14 +0000 mrsmate 617837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You may not even need 5's. DD is in 4's now, but wears undies at home and will wear pull-ups at daycare once we finish this box of diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617828 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:08:41 +0000 T-Mom 617828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been in size three for almost a year, so that would be my vote! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617822 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:07:43 +0000 oliviaoblivia 617822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a jumbo sized baby. We had to bring size ones to the hospital because they only had newborn and those were too small. She moved up to size 2s at three weeks so we have a ton of size 1s left over.<br /> I'd recommend getting one big box of each size but not opening them until baby is here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617811 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:05:12 +0000 T.H.O.U. 617811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think as they get older (size 3,4,5) the brand doesn't really matter as much. And those are the more expensive diapers. </p> <p>I would get like 2 boxes of each size (1, 2, 3) and then after that maybe 3 boxes of 4, 5? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617795 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:02:04 +0000 winniebee 617795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Something else to consider is maybe you don't want to stock up on larger sizes b/c you might end up having a different diaper preference once LO is here (I have stuck w/ Pampers Swaddlers all along, but I know people who started out w/ one brand and swtiched to another). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617784 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:58:34 +0000 mrsmate 617784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't really stock up bc you may find that your LO doesn't get a very good fit in a certain brand (or that brand gives him a rash, etc). You may also find that your LO stays in one size for a while but then has a growth spurt and doesn't stay very long in the next size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617780 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:56:50 +0000 MsLipGloss 617780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was in NB diapers until about 2(ish) months, and then Size 1s until 4 months, and is now in Size 2s. We have a couple pounds to go before we will hit Size 3s. My LO was 6lbs 14oz at birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617775 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:55:04 +0000 kokobee 617775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i second 3s and maybe 4s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617761 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:50:23 +0000 autumnlove 617761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO has been wearing size 3 diapers for months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617751 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:47:11 +0000 mrskc 617751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think my son was in newborn size for a month, then size 1 for a month. I think one big box of NB to start out with is good and then stock up on some size 1's. It all depends on your baby's weight and how fast they gain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617743 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:46:00 +0000 winniebee 617743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Get some 1's. Size 2's don't start til 12 lbs and unless you have a HUGE baby (poor you!) your baby will be in 1's for at least a month. 8-10 diapers a day for the first few weeks.</p> <p>My son was small, but he was in newborns for awhile as well (I think until 6 weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-size-diapers-should-i-stock-up-on#post-617738 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:44:45 +0000 Bookish 617738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A thread about budgeting reminded me that I wanted to ask; what's the best size of diapers to stock up on before baby gets here? Is there somewhere y'all found that has a good estimate of how many a baby needs at each size? I don't want to buy many newborns in case I have a hefty baby, so so far I've only bought two big boxes of size 2 when they were on sale. Should I buy some size 1s? More 2s? Advice, y'all!! :D</p> <p>Oh, and yes, I am having a shower, but I'd rather have them and not need them/be able to exchange them, than be short...since money will be short! lol! </p>