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...
Thanks to Noella for this Frugal Baby Tip! We live in an apartment, and have a washer/dryer downstairs that costs $2.00 per load - how can I save money? If you...
Thanks to Laura for this Frugal Baby Tip! For those of you who love to use flat nappies/diapers, but hate to fold, either when your diapers are new and...
Thanks to Anna for this Frugal Baby Tip! I do a lot of sewing and have found the best way to save money is to get on the fabric stores mailing lists. They send...
Thanks to Cynthia for this Frugal Baby Tip! For cleaning baby off, I would highly recommend washing off with water right in the tub or sink (sort of like a...
Thanks to Angela for this Frugal Baby Tip! I really love sun dried, but hate the stiffness that I sometimes get. Here are a few ways I've found to combat those...
Thanks to Tiffany for this Frugal Baby Tip! I made liners for Logan by serging together 4"x10" rectangles of terry & flannel. I put the flannel side next to...
Thanks to Eva & Darla for these Frugal Baby Tips! Eva said: I was making my own from terry towels (since my mother has lots of unused new terry towels I could...
Thanks to Cathy for these Frugal Baby Tips! What to do if you run out of diapering supplies - what could you use instead? Here's some of my ideas: Out of...
Thanks to Cindy for this Frugal Baby Tip! If you have extra vitamin E capsules around, puncture one and rub on baby's bottom. When my baby has had diaper rash,...
Thanks to Angel for this Frugal Baby Tip! Here's one, once when I was out of diapers, I folded the arms in on an old T-shirt. Folded it up like a big diaper....
Thanks to Lynn for this Frugal Baby Tip! As for used baby clothes, I got a lot of my stuff (when she was small, sleepers was all I bought brand new...only...
Thanks to Karen for this Frugal Baby Tip! I just made a trade this week for a Australian terry cloth diaper. It's a flat fold diaper and approx. 18" square or...
Thanks to Louise for this Frugal Baby Tip! Anna asked: My sister mailed me two huge boxes of baby clothes, that look hardly worn. The only problem is, the...
Thanks to Tiffany for this Frugal Baby Tip! I did something similar for Logan's wipes & diaper liners. I bought 2 big packages of "utility towels" from WalMart...
Thanks to Tami for this Frugal Baby Tip! When I was thinking what would make a good gift for my cousin that was expecting I bought some cute flannel fabric and...
Thanks to Sujata for this Frugal Baby Tip! Because of discussion on this list, I recently did was buy a set of 1 dozen terry shop towels from Home Depot for $6...
Thanks to Sheri for this Frugal Baby Tip! My mom says that in the winter (Wyoming, very cold and very snowy) she would hang the diapers out once a week or so...
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