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Monday, March 14, 2011

Necessities

I found this on a WMOM's blog (Stephanie Guinn)......... AND I am not prepared!!

In one day we go through...
* 24 bottles 
* We use one can of formula (the $12 can) each day
* One gallon of nursery water to mix with the formula
* At least 24 diapers. Our schedule plans for a diaper change each feed, but of course if someone gets muddy before then we don't make them wait!
* Most days only 6 Outfits (3 daytimes & 3 sets of pj's)
* About 15-24 Burpies
* 2 scoops of Dreft detergent for laundry
* 3-6 blankets
* Lots of wipes
* 3 Towels & 5 Washclothes (One washcloth for each baby and then an extra for the boys so that Mom & Dad don't get sprayed during bathtime)!

Kind of crazy when you add it all up, especially when you multiple it times 7 to get a weeks worth. Thats.....

* 168 Bottles
* 7 Cans of formula
* 7 Gallons of Nursery Water
* At least 168 diapers
* A LOT of wipes!
* 21-42 Blankets
* 42 Outfits (minimum)
* 105-168 Burpies
* 21 Towels & 35 Washclothes
* Lots of Detergent!

And just for fun, here's what a month looks like...
* 720 Bottles
* 30 Cans of Formula
* 30 Gallons of Nursery Water
* At least 720 Diapers
* More wipes than we can count!
* 90-180 Blankets
* 180 Outfits (minimum)
* 450-720 Burpies
* 90 Towels & 150 Washclothes (Of course there are some days when we run out of time and have to skip baths but there are also plenty of days like last Thursday, when a baby is extra messy and requires 3 baths in one day!)
* Again, Lots of Detergent!

Posted by Allyson at 12:18 PM

3 comments:

Linds said...

We use All Free and Clear-- works just as good as Dreft and WAY cheaper. In fact, you can get it at Sam's club.

Also, not sure if you know about it or not, but Amazon.com has a mom's club (it's free to join) and if you are member, and use subscribe and save for your order, you can get 30% off of diapers-- even cheaper than Sam's, and it ships straight to your door for FREE!

March 14, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Allyson said...

Thanks Lindsey! I just signed up and ordered my first box :)

March 14, 2011 at 2:52 PM
Lathan, Lauren, Logan, London said...

You're gonna do great! It sounds like a lot but once you're in the thick of it and have down a routine it really goes smoothly :)

And we used All Free and Clear too for a while. It works great! (I always found myself going back to Dreft though because I liked the way it smelled...we got it from Walmart and it wasn't too expensive)

And not to scare you but this list was from when the babies were still pretty tiny - wasn't long before we were using an entire FAMILY size ($25!!!) can of formula each day. When we added baby food it was 120+ jars a week! Enfamil gave us a three month supply of formula (for each baby!) and Gerber and Heintz sent some pretty good coupons. Do you have the free stuff for multiples list? I'll email you the contact info tomorrow.

Take care and try not to worry - it's gonna be fun!!!

March 14, 2011 at 10:29 PM

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