How manny newborn nappies

Hey,

We thought we'd buy some nappies (if they're on a good special) over the next few weeks. We got one pack of 30odd newborn ones with last weeks shopping and then won a pack of 56 Huggies newborn ones at antenatal class on Monday. How many in the newborn size do you think we'd need? I don't want a huge stash but I'd like to have at least enough to tide us over for a few weeks.

Thanks

Yeah see I'm confused, at class they said no more than a box (which is 110) but then if you're changing 12 times a day that is only 9 days worth?

Mmm, maybe I'll only get one or two more packets then and DH will have to go out and get some. No sense in getting way too many (although at the moment I've only spent like $7 or something).

Size is a complete unknown, I was a teeny 5lb 7oz but DH was over 10lb.

I had a box of huggies & about 5 packets of newborn but we moved onto infant pretty quick and didnt even use a box.

I think infant is from 4kg. So id be more inclined to stock up on them, and least then you know there wont be any wastage.

We also had treasures, but they leaked. I found huggies best for newborn.

Huggies infant is from 5kg. I remember coz DS was 5kg at 5weeks which was when I switched to infant..But IMO I wouldn't 'stock up' on any thing in large amounts. My boy wasn't in infant very long before changing to crawlers. Every baby is so different and you just have no idea how big or small bubby will be..
Once your set in a size then buy some bulk packs. (Thats what I do anyway)
You'll find a system of nappy buying that suits you lol

Definitely depends on baby's shape and size... Lily was a long and skinny 6lbs 13 oz baby at birth BUT she gained weight so quick and grew in length slowly that she outgrew NB size by 5 weeks... We went through 2 big boxes of the Huggies NB ones and 2 of the small packs of Trasures Ultra + Giggles (so 4 of their packs in total) plus 1 1/2 packs of the Woolworths Select nappies too (their big NB packs). Not sure how many nappies that was in total thought sorry. Baring in mind that we changed at every feed or when she pooed which worked out at about 10-12 nappy changes a day for the first month really!

Also we only had the 2 big boxes of Huggies - nothing else. Mainly because I wasn't sure if I would like their nappies - I didn't, and also due to sizing.

One hint I was giving was instead of stocking up on heaps of nappies with each shop, buy a couple of packets of each type, then buy a $10 voucher for the supermarket with each shop, then when baby is born you can go get a few packets in one go and not worry about spending all grocery money on just nappies

Thanks for that, I'm not planning on stocking up but do want to have enough for at least a couple of weeks, great feedback, thanks!

Changing 12 times a day - maybe if you're using cloth but very unlikely if you're using sposies.

I would say 10 a day, but I only used newborn for 2 weeks, the next size up starts at 4kg so if you end up with a big baby (mine was 4.05kg) newborn wont last long and its a pain of you have hundreds