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According to Consumer Reports, you can spend almost two thousand dollars on disposable diapers before your baby turns two. Luckily, there are lots of ways to save on these essential items. It starts with a choice: What sort of diaper will you use? Let's begin by considering cloth.
A Stinky Situation: The High Cost of Pricey Diapers
11:15AM 10/13/2011
By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool
Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart Stores, Costco, Amazon.com, Procter & Gamble, Family Money
Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble -- America's diaper duopolists -- are making good on their threats to increase prices on diapers and baby wipes. They're putting the pinch on parents, and making it hard to keep up with the rising cost of bringing up baby.
My youngest sister, the last of our large family clan to have children, is pregnant with her first baby and is due this summer. But I worry about her: Her preschool teacher's job offers no health benefits nor maternity leave, and every day, it costs more to fill up her car. And now, it seems...
Disposable vs. Reusable Diapers: How to Save
10:08AM 2/08/2011
The time a parent needs to wash cloth diapers, and how much that time is worth, may push them to skip cleaning the soiled diapers and use more costly disposable ones.
Including the cost of water and electricity to run a washing machine, and assuming a child will be out of diapers by age 2-1/2,...
Amazon is reportedly about to announce on Monday the acquisition of Quidsi, the New Jersey-based e-commerce company behind Diapers.com, Soap.com, and, most recently, BeautyBar.com.
Pampers Dry Max claims don't hold water: Ad panel
4:45PM 10/01/2010
Weeks after Pampers Dry Max diapers emerged unscathed from a federal investigation into thousands of complaints of rashes and burns, the brand got spanked by an advertising review panel for claims it said just didn't hold water.
Procter & Gamble claimed Dry Max, the latest incarnation of...
Amazon Mom is a new free membership program that offers free two-day shipping and up to 30% off of diapers and wipes to participants. While the program is called Amazon Mom it is open to Moms, Dads, Grandparents, aunts, uncles or anyone who is likely and willing to change baby's diaper.
When you...
Pampers Dry Max, the newest version of the popular diaper line that was blamed by thousands of parents for causing rashes and burns on infants and toddlers, survived an initial federal investigation and is not being recalled. However, the case has not been closed.
"We encourage parents to talk...
Babies"R"Us diaper lament: 'I want my money back'
2:00PM 7/19/2010
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Q. I have been contacting Babies"R"Us for a year and I've continuously gotten the run around. This angers me because as the mother of two little ones, I have spent thousands of dollars with them...
Just weeks after Pampers Dry Max drew the wrath of a group of parents who met on Facebook over their common belief the new line of diapers was causing serious rashes on their children, a class-action lawsuit has been filed against Pampers' parent company Procter & Gamble.
"Families across the...
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