Baby Diapers

One of the major items to spend if you have a baby at home (and that's two good looking toodlers) is diapers. To make things complicated, their skin is a bit sensitive. We found that mommy poko diapers were the best for our first baby's sensitive skin. The diaper was very soft, feels like cotton and does not smell with baby pee. Unfortunately it's the most pricey. With our second baby, we had to downgrade and tested some other diaper brands.The following is our chronology of diaper use and experience.

1. Mommy Poko
      > best diaper and most expensive
      > we only buy it if its on-sale especially in SM Department Stores
2. Pampers
      > price is within range of the other brands
      > the kids find it itchy to use
3. Huggies

      > price is within range of the other brands
      > the kids find it itchy to use
4. Drypers
      > price is within range of the other brands
      > no experience of itchiness with the kid

We are happy now Drypers although we usually have problems with availability in the grocery store.
Otherwise, we purchase huggies as alternative. We have yet to try the other brands.

Where to buy groceries

I have been taking the opportunity to shop our groceries in different stores to be able to determine the lowest prices. My general observation is that it seems these grocery stores are talking with each other. There are items which are cheaper and expensive in one store, but vice versa in another store. There are items which can only be found in certain stores. So where do we do our groceries..  it's the store near us with free parking. The following are our grocery store preferences:

1. Pioneer Center, Kapitolyo
     > generally cheaper for all grocery items ie oil, canned goods, distilled water, formula milk
     > free parking
     > exclusive item bought/usually available - drypers, ram beans
2. Robinson's Supermart
     > a bit pricy compared to Pioneer Center
     > free parking for receipts with more than 1,000Pesos
     > exclusive item bought/usually available - bundling of items, free taste
3. SM Store
     > generally same price with Robinson's ie cheapest tag price for the formula milk we are buying
     > no free parking, we only do our groceries if we need to go to the SM Malls

I have been also to Pure Gold and Cherry Fooderama which are also generally same price with Pioneer Centre. I will still have to do my groceries in Super8 which I heard maybe the cheapest.