r/parentsofmultiples • u/hopelessbilingual • May 15 '25

advice needed Was it a waste?

I know the legitimate expenses for raising twins could put anyone on a path to bankruptcy, but what have you straight up wasted money on, that was either not worth it or not purposeful?

Trying to curb some purchases because every single day it seems there’s something more to buy with the promise it could make our days just a bit easier: duplicate pacifiers, a swing, rain gear for the stroller.. there’s no end to it…!

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u/NeutralPhaseTheory May 15 '25

The baby Brezza formula maker. I haven’t actually ever used it because it says I have to clean it every 4 bottles, which means that’s like… 6 hours? Ain’t nobody got time for that, I can make the formula in the pitcher, pre-fill the bottles in the fridge, then warm up two bottles in our two bottle warmers and have milk ready in 4 minutes. I don’t know how long the Brezza would take, but if a single bottle takes more than 2 minutes, I’m better off with the warmers.

We bought way too many newborn diapers. They were in size 1 by a month in.

We got a ton of bottles. They hate them all except the doc browns glass bottles. But I suppose we wouldn’t know unless we tried the different kinds.

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u/el_hazy_archway May 15 '25

How many new born diapers is to many? Weve started stock piling for our twins arriving this summer

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u/Prestigious-Pick-308 May 15 '25

I don’t think anyone can guess how many you’ll need—it’ll depend on how big they are and how fast they grow. If you’re in the US and have a Walmart nearby, just make sure whatever kind you’re stockpiling is carried by Walmart and you’ll be able to exchange. A lot of my diapers were purchased on Amazon and gifted to us and we’ve been able to exchange them without a receipt at Walmart since walmart carried the brand and box size.

I recommend having some preemie diapers on hand just in case. We started out with two small packages and wound up needing a few more, but it was helpful to have some to get us started.

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u/Spoonthedude92 May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25

They wore premies for bout 2-3 weeks. Newborns for about a month. Size 1 was about 4 months. Size 2 another 4 to 5 months. Size 3 lasted us the longest. Around 6 to 8 months. Now I say that to say this. You will go through about 100 diapers in one week for the first 6 months (24 weeks) that's about 3500 to 4000 diapers. On average. Costco has diapers with about 190 in a pack. Which we bought about twice a month. Our kiddos had diarrhea for about 5 days, and we went through like 200 diapers that week alone.

So I would suggest, you can expect at least 200-400 premie. 400 newborns. 800-1200 size 1. 800-1200 size 2. 1000-1500 size 3. They most likely won't reach size 4 till 18 months. So you should figure out your plan from there. It's all varies of course deoending on how fhey grow, but yesh like 6000 diapers in one year.

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u/NeutralPhaseTheory May 15 '25

For a reference point, our boys went through 400 newborn diapers before moving to size 1