Thanks to Stephanie for this Frugal Baby Tip! I used Premium regular size prefolds from www.greenmountaindiapers.com. You could alter the directions slightly ...
Thanks to Cathy for this Frugal Baby Tip! Parents magazine said that a disposable diaper could be used as a breast compress for engorgement because it stayed...
Thanks to Laura for this Frugal Baby Tip! Has anyone ever found a use for these? They're not biodegradable, so you can't flush them, and who wants to throw...
Thanks to Christine for this Frugal Baby Tip! For the last 6 months or so, I've been making my own washable wipes. I bought a pack of 24 cheap blue washcloths...
Thanks to Stephanie for this Frugal Baby Tip! This probably sounds crazy, but before we started cloth we had boought about 10 packages of Huggies wipes on...
Thanks to Michele for this Frugal Baby Tip! After I discovered that Ivory no longer manufactures laundry soap (I know I'm s-l-o-w) I bought their bar soap last...
Thanks to Michele for this Frugal Baby Tip! I use small containers to store my wet wipes (the ones that you buy flushable toddler wipes in) and soak enough...
Thanks to Kathleen for this Frugal Baby Tip! I was tired of losing the white diapers that I used as burp cloths. I'd go to a friend's house and not know if the...
Thanks to Kellie for this Frugal Baby Tip! I use infant washcloths as wipes and keep them in small Tupperware containers that I bought at Salvation Army (S&A...
Thanks to Paula for this Frugal Baby Tip! I do what most of the moms who have replied have done...I keep my solution in a squirty bottle (the kind with a...
Thanks to Tudi for this Frugal Baby Tip! I bought a bunch of baby washcloths from a resale shop, 20 for $1 and when that wasn't enough, I bought a couple of...
Thanks to Denise for this Frugal Baby Tip! I found some nylon sacks at Walmart in the camping section for about $4.00 a piece last night. I bought four because...
Thanks to Laura for this Frugal Baby Tip! I have used J-cloths as diaper liners very successfully. They are nice and big, and you can either fold them up and...
Thanks to Michele for this Frugal Baby Tip! Interesting study was done at hospitals in Canada. Conclusion: if you leave the umbilical cord stump alone, no...
Thanks to Cathy for this Frugal Baby Tip! Lost the diaper pins? Grab a piece of sewing elastic and tie the diaper on. Or how about using Duct tape (that...
Thanks to Toni for this Frugal Baby Tip! If you're having problems with gaping at the legs, try double pinning the diaper. It really helps to get a more snug...
Thanks to Shannon for this Frugal Baby Tip! You can make your own diapers using old dish towels, bath towels, extra receiving blankets - any absorbent cotton...
Thanks to Laura for this Frugal Baby Tip! I usually just lay Ellie's stroller down and change her there if she's wet, but she's so big now that I have to find...
Thanks to Cathy for this Frugal Baby Tip! If you could get your hands on some untreated bourette silk, you could make some wonderful nursing pads. Just cut...
Thanks to Cathy for this Frugal Baby Tip! If your baby has to use disposible diapers (doctor visit, hospital stay, daycare, etc) and reacts to the disposible,...
Thanks to Maryanna for this Frugal Baby Tip! This may sound a little drastic to some people, but when my daughter got to that stage [where she wouldn't lay...
Thanks to Amy for this Frugal Baby Tip! I use cloth (or did before I got pregnant, anyway!). I use my old cheapie cloth diapers - the Gerber birdseye prefold...
Thanks to Sarah for this Frugal Baby Tip! I just put pieces of fleece on top of my daughter's pre-fold diaper. Most of the poop just rolls right off of the...
Thanks to Cathy for this Frugal Baby Tip! With a 5 lb (or less) baby, I would be using cheap terry facecloths (you can buy them at Walmart, Cosco, etc.) folded...
Thanks to Kristi for this Frugal Baby Tip! I don't even bother with a diaper pail. I just use plastic grocery bags. I then throw the bags away after putting...
Thanks to Meghan for this Frugal Baby Tip! One of my girlfriends makes leg-warmers for her six-month old using adult knee socks. Cut them off at the ankle,...
Thanks to Rosemary for this Frugal Baby Tip! Well, back in the day, being the oldest of 9 who were all cloth diapered, it wasn't too far a stretch for me to...
Thanks to Michelle for this Frugal Baby Tip! I only use 1/4 cup of grated soap per load. I grate 3 bars of Sunlight laundry soap (130 gm bars) at a time and...
Thanks to Laura for this Frugal Baby Tip! This is from Lisa at The Baby Lane (I am not totally sure on quantities, I don't have the book in front of me, so...
