First 3 pics are of my current formula and baby cereal/food stash. It's really not that impressive but it's good for me. All this has been obtained within the past 6 weeks. And I've gotten it all this formula/cereal/diapers/wipes under $100.
-1st drawer: 3 Enfamil RTF (ready to feed), 1 similac RTF, 2 Gerber cereals, 2 beechnut cereals, 1 Enfamil ETF 8 oz bottles, 1 wegmans large can, 1 enfamil nutraginamen large can, 1 similac small can, 1 enfamil large tub, 2 enfamil small cans, 4 gerber cereal packets
-2nd drawer: 3 Neocate cans, 3 large Similac tubs, 2 Enfamil RTF 8 oz bottles
-3rd drawer: 5 gerber cereals, 3 beechnut cereals, some packets of cereal, a plum organics pouch, and a hell of a lot of jarred baby food
Andddd Diaper stash, Again not that impressive in the couponing world but I've gotten all these in the past 4 weeks.
3 pack of Pampers wipes, single pampers wipe, single target wipes, 1 small box Pampers overnights, 1 small box Pampers swaddlers, 1 large box Luvs, 1 jumbo pack Huggies overnights, 1 jumbo pack Huggies lil Swimmers, 3 Wegmans brand diapers(there should be an Asterisks next to them lol), 2 small boxes Pampers swaddlers
1) You have to try. No one is going to just hand you a free box of diapers. Some people say it's too much work which is fine. Just dont do it then. You get out of it what you put in.
2) You MUST join the mommy coupon trading sites on facebook. Not only can you trade coupons and rebate checks but other mom's will alert you to stores with crazy deals going on or ways to stack coupons. Seriously, these groups are invaluable. Another example is just today, another local mom gave me a large Similac tub and small Similac can for FREE. She had posted in one of the area mom groups offering it. I just so happened to see it as soon as she posted an jumped on that. Keep in mind, I got lucky. For every 1 you get lucky...there are 20 more posting that you miss out on cuz you see them too late. I can invite anyone to the "good" groups if you want.
3) Stacking. This is how you get good deals. Up north it IS harder. A) we have a lack of variety. In the south they have many many more grocery/supermarket/discount store chains. We have maybe a half dozen here and many don't even let you use coupons. Ever hear of Tom Thumb? YEa... that's a chain somewhere...and you can get BOGO Huggies there right now with their store coupon. WE don't have smaller chains like that here. So yea, it's harder just because of the lack of variety.
Back to stacking. The way to get a lot of money off is look for a sale or discount, then to stack a manufacturer (MF) coupon, with a store coupon, rebate checks, and any additional discounts like Targets Cartwheel app.
Obviously it's hard to find the tri- or quad- or quin-fecta of all those deals. But when it meshes, it's a beautiful thing.
The best thing to do is 1) look for things on sale (again, ladies in those coupon trading groups are helpful!) or on clearance and then 2) use your coupons in the stacking manner.
4) Types of Coupons
A) Get MF coupons in the newspaper, printing out online, or trading. You can also call the company directly and/or sign up for brand programs (more on this later). To print online- go to the store website, company website, P&G.com, and Coupons.com
b) Then look to see if the store has sotre-specific coupons...Target is the best at that. Go to the store website and print. Or look on their app to see if they do mobile coupons. Some stores like target will also text coupons. For example, Text "baby" to 827438 and they'll send you baby related coupons weekly.
C) look for special apps like Targets Cartwheel app. It gives you an extra usually 5-10% off certain items. It can be combined with their store coupons.
D) Rebate checks. These are usually sent from the company and are usually for formula. (more later)
5) OTHER things
OK here is where I talk about some other tips. Other ways to get coupons are as follows:
A. Call the companies. Ironically, many won't give you coupons if you just ask. You have to play the game...you can "praise" them or, and I think this works better, "complain."
My ratings of handful of baby companies:
POSITIVE-
1) Enfamil is HANDS DOWN the best baby company for customer service. They have sent me a free sample can, and coupons, and 2 cases of RTF (i had one of those offers that you have to call them) and the reps are super nice. I just asked for a sample and they gave. SOmeone else I know called bc she couldn't find a certain formula in the store..and they sent her 4 BIG tubs! I can't praise this company enough.
2) Gerber is pretty good. I emailed and asked for a sample of their probiotic drops and they sent some. I also called and asked to be put in their cereal club and they sent me 4 samples (a dietician will be calling me for an inerview and to continue in the club). They are somewhat elusive though about getting formula checks or coupons.
3) Pampers is good, but you can't just ask them for coupons, they won't send them. Complain and they'll send $10 off foils. I called when I had a leak 2 nights in a row...I suppose some people lie but I have some morals here lol. I got 2 $10 off foils, $1 off wipes and $1 off tide coupons
4) Luvs is pretty good. I emailed when I had tabs rip off diapers. They are sending me coupons in the mail. I've heard someone else say though they when they called before, they wouldn't send them anything. So maybe it's hit or miss.
NEUTRAL-
5) Similac is okay, they wont send samples if you ask. They will send you coupons though. I got about 5 coupons when I called... a $5 off one and a bunch of $2 and a $1.
NEGATIVE-
6) Beaudreaux Butt Paste wouldn't send any samples or coupons when I asked. However, they have $1 off coupons all over the place that you can print...
7) Lansinoh kinda sucks. Wouldn't give any coupons or samples when I asked.
8) P&G won't send you anything if you praise them. No idea if you complain.
9)Target sucks lol. They have a baby coupon mailer. Which has amaaaazing coupons. However, it is the MYSTERY in the mom coupon world. Like the bermuda triangle of mom coupons. No one knows how you receive it. And Target won't tell anyone. They say if you get a Red Card, recently opened a registry that boosts your odds. But millions of us have done that and... nothing. IF you call, they blow some smoke at you and won't tell you how to get on the mailing list for it.
B. BRAND PROGRAMS - sign up for all the formula companies programs. Sign up for Similac, Enfamil, and Gerber. Enfamil and Similac will send $5 rebate checks periodically (also sign up all your relatives lol). You can also sign up for Pampers and Huggies and get codes from their diapers/wipes...and they have a rewards program where you can redeem them. Gerber used to send checks but they don't anymore, so they're a hot commodity in the coupon world.
C) APPS:
Checkout51, and Ibotta. They will give you money back for buying certain things when you take a picture of your receipt. Shopkick gives you "kicks" for scanning things which are points. I'm not gonna get into them all right now, and I myself don't always have time to deal with them. But I know of some people who easily get $50-100 back a month
Ok there are probably way more tips and ways to save but I'm getting tired of talking about it, and this is pretty much all that I do.
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