Newborn Diaper Review

They are one of the first things and one of the most important things you'll need for your bundle of joy...diapers.
You will spend large quantities of money on these bad boys. They are expensive but with some smart shopping and a little advice from the experienced you can get the best bang for your buck.

My baby girl just made the bittersweet transition to size 1 diapers after 4 weeks in newborn diapers. Below are my experiences with 7 different brands and styles of disposable diapers during that time.

Left to Right, Top to Bottom: 1) Walgreens and DG brand 2) Huggies Pure & Natural  3) Pampers Swaddlers  4) Target Up&Up  5) Huggies Little Snugglers

Walgreens Well Beginnings, Walgreens Premium &Dollar General DG brand

These three were all exactly the same...same design, same performance.
Speaking of design, these were by far the ugliest of the diapers. They had hearts all over them. Not very gender neutral. However, the elastic band in back helped prevent blowouts.
We had very few blowouts with these diapers. Like two and we used somewhere between one and two hundred of them. They didn't keep baby quite as dry as the Up&Up or Pampers and weren't as soft either.
They had no wetness indicator, which I found very annoying.
The biggest appeal of these diapers is really their price. Walgreens often runs specials where you can buy one package get another one half price. The price ended up being right around .13 cents per diaper. In addition you can get rewards points which means free diapers (or free whatever you want).
They performed really well and had a great price. They are definitely worth trying. They will get you the most bang for your buck if you can deal with the ugly design and lack of wetness indicator.

On a side note...Walgreens runs the same buy one get one half off specials on wipes as well.


Huggies Pure & Natural
These ran on the small side for newborn diapers. They were very soft and had the wetness indicator. We had a lot of blowouts with these. More than with any of the other diapers tested.
Due to the blowouts and high price (over .20 cents per diaper even with coupons) I don't recommend these.

Pampers Swaddlers
These were the diapers the hospital used and sent home with us.
They were my favorite to use but due to their price were not the ones we used most often.
They had no elastic back but seemed to prevent blowouts anyway.
I liked the fact that they had a wetness indicator and did a great job of keeping baby dry.

Target Up&Up

The largest of the newborn diapers tested.

A few blowouts.

Has a wetness indicator strip that turns blue.

Not as soft as Pampers or Huggies but did well keeping baby girl dry.

Has stretchy elastic back that helps with fit (not all babies are built the same).

Huggies Little Snugglers

Same size and soft feeling material as the Pure & Natural. These performed nearly the same as the Pure & Natural.

Again, not recommended due to poor performance and high price.