How Many Diapers Do I Need for Baby's First Year?

Register Here

Babies go through a lot of diapers. Here's how many you'll need for the first year.
New parents focus a lot on getting the right bouncer and cute crib sheets for their baby. And while those are nice to have, there’s one thing you’ll rely on more than anything else as a new parent: diapers.

How Many Newborn Diapers Do I Need?
In the first month of life, newborns average up to 8 to 10 diaper changes per day. And over the first three months (the newborn stage), babies go through about 700 diapers.
The good news? A baby’s bladder grows with age, so you’ll change fewer diapers as they get older—think 5 to 6 diapers a day after six months of age. So the days of changing diapers every two hours won’t last forever. We promise!
How Many Diapers Do I Need in the First Year?
A baby can go through an average of 2,200 diapers in the first year. That’s a lot of wet bums. Your baby shower is a great time to start a diaper stockpile, if you have the space to store them.
When you’re creating your baby registry and you’d like to build your reserve of diapers, know that you can register for enough diapers for an entire year, either by adding individual boxes of diapers for people to gift to you, creating a diaper cash fund in order to purchase the diapers yourself, or by registering for a diaper subscription service.