the where and how of saving for a baby in your life! (part 1_

I've been asked for help in getting the best deals for babies. There are tons of resources, and I will do my best to cover them all.

I'll start out by repeating some of what I have said in other couponing posts. One of the best ways to save money is to shop at stores where you can stack a manufacturers coupon with a store coupon.
An example from September:
Avent pacifier $4.79 Manufacturerer coupon for $1.50 (price $3.29) Store coupon 2.00 total price= 1.29 for a 2 pack! This is a great price for a pack of pacifiers! (this deal is now expired, but you can occassionally find coupons to stack for pacifiers).

Stores that I know stack coupons:
Walgreens
CVS
Rite Aid
Target
(most grocery stores)

Another good deal is combining a coupon with a store incentive, such as Walgreens Register Rewards.

an example: (this deal is made up, but similar to one from the past)
Pedia Care fever reducer 2/$5
manufacturer coupon: $1 (use one coupon for each)-- $3.00
Buy $10 worth of pedia care, get $5 register rewards

deal: buy 4 pedia care fever reducers -- $10.
use 4 $1.00/1 coupons -$4.00
total out of pocket= $6.00 get back a register reward for $5.00 to use towards your next purchase (cannot be for more pedia care, or you won't get the next register reward). Many people consider this to be like paying 25 cents for each of the pedia cares.. but I'm not really sure I agree.. you spent the money out of your pocket, so the real savings comes when you use your register reward on something else.
Stores that have this type of thing:
Walgreens- Register Rewards
CVS- (I don't remember the name of their rewards programs)
Rite Aid- Up rewards
Target- (sorta) they do gift cards on occasion which CAN be rolled on the same product!

A note.. RRs, CVS bucks, and Up Rewards are considered manufacturer coupons, so you have to make sure you have at least one product per manufacturer coupon you use, this is where "fillers" come in. (fillers are extremely cheap items you pick up to give you enough merchandise to cover all Manufacturer coupons--typically under a dollar).

to be continued...