How to Save Money on Baby Stuff: Be Size-Wise About Diapers

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a Erika Rasmusson Janes on Oct 13, 2010 at 2:49PM

Don’t rush up to the next size of diapers, advises Baby Bargains co-author Denise Fields, “because the bigger the diaper, the fewer there are in the package.” A package of Huggies Little Movers size 3 diapers, for example, fits babies 16 to 28 pounds and contains 31 diapers, while the size 4, which is recommended for tots weighing 22 to 37 pounds, contains just 27 diapers.