When I was expecting, we got a lot of neat stuff. Cute clothes are a fun gift, double sets of bouncers are useful. But I have to say, the MOST practical thing we got was diapers.
I didn’t realize it at the time. We received adorable clothes and useful baby gear as well. I gratefully accepted each package of diapers, and had no idea how thankful I’d be for them later.
As the babies grew, we began to understand how expensive babies (especially twins) can be. Did you know that the average baby has to be changed as much as 8 times a day? For twins, that’s 16 diapers a day! Lets just say that, with the cost of diapers and daycare, we could house a small family in an apartment waaaay nicer than our own!
If you can’t decide on the right size to buy, don’t worry! Let’s say you give your friend Newborn sized diapers (twins, on average, are born at 5 1/2 lbs.), but her twins are born at 9 lbs. and are too big for them. Many stores will exchange diapers that are the wrong size and your friend can get a package of diapers that would fit her babies. I happen to know that Walmart will even exchange a box that’s been opened. Not a bad deal!
Don’t bother with Preemie sized diapers. Not all twins are born as preemies. If your friend’s babies are born early and end up in the NICU (Heaven forbid, but it does happen), the hospital gives you plenty of diapers so she will be ok for quite a while.
Now, you may be thinking to yourself that you don’t want to give a gift that would turn out to be a chore for your friend who just had twins. How considerate of you! Go with diapers anyway, but get a size 1. I am sure your friend will use them.
What do you think? Have I convinced you? Share in the comments!
SO TRUE! Even for a mom of a single baby, diapers are a HUGE BLESSING!!
I had no idea that you could exchange them for a different size, I’ve really got to do that. A very generous friend of ours gave us a ton of Newborn-sized diapers, but our baby grew crazy fast and doesn’t fit them anymore. I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of them, so I was hanging on to them for when one of my friends at church has her baby, but I may have to cash in on this whole diaper-exchange thing ^_^
Yes, exchange them! They were your present, after all.
This is great! My sister in law is pregnant with twins and this is the first thing I told her to stock up on! Now when you walk in her house all you see are diapers and she’s even having a diaper shower!
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A diaper shower-another great idea!