Huggies and Pull-Ups price increase in Q1 2008

Good timing on the money-saving post about using Amazon Subscriptions for diaper and wipes orders; turns out early next year Kimberly-Clark plans to increase prices by 4-7% on baby care items, including Huggies diapers, Pull-Ups, and Goodnites. So stock up on sales (I'll keep an eye out for those Amazon diaper promotions). Thanks to the Hengsts for passing along the tip from PR Newswire.

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Comments

[anon]

Or, use cloth diapers. That is a huge way to save money over time, and it is earth friendly.

[Parent Hacks Editor]

Ha! See my next post:

http://www.parenthacks.com/2007/10/how-to-switch-f.html

[Melissa]

This won't be a huge problem for us as Baby Girl never fits quite right in Huggies, and they always leak on her.
Well, won't be a huge problem until Pampers realizes the market is wide open and ups the ante, too.

[cabbey]

Sigh, same here Melissa... huggies just never seem to fit right and leak... hopefully Pampers' maker will be slow to notice. :)

[Kasey]

I don't use Huggies. They make my son have horrible diaper rash and I don't know why.
He is a Pamper's baby and I am very happy with their quality over Huggies any day.

[Tiffany (Life on the Road: Home Business, Homeschool and Cats!)]

I dislike the toxic chemical smell of Pampers, but my kid, too, fits in them better than in Huggies. I'll be interested to read the next post's comments on cloth diapering... Maybe I SHOULD make the switch for Baby Blessing due in March.

[wtto]

I recommend checking out the Union of Concerned Scientist's Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices for an analysis of when cloth diapers are and are not better environmentally. They can be in some cases, but definitely not all.

It is generally a good book because it actually goes through the numbers and statistics on how different myths of what make good environmental choices really do, and throws in a few things you wouldn't think of that make a difference.

[JT]

Another "ditto" on the Huggies-don't-fit thread. We do, however, prefer their baby wipes (the ultra sensitive ones) and were expecting the baby would head into Pull-Ups territory later next year. Should we all gang-write P&G or whoever makes Pampers to plead with them so they don't raise their prices, too?

And what's the deal with Huggies, anyway? Are they seriously not making enough money? How about they cut corners by not buying so much advertising time?