building a stockpile?

[zakity]

I don't have a set amount. I just am always looking for what is a good price. If I find something that is a good price, then I pick up as much as I can afford or as much as they have.

[Like2Plan]

I would stockpile cash to buy diapers, et'c before I would buy a whole lot of diapers. They grow like weeds when they are little and it is hard to predict how long they will be in a particular size. Your little one may have a sensitivity to certain brands. Trust me, you are not going to want to be taking a bunch of stuff back to the store after your little one arrives.

[BillK]

Ok, I now understand what you are trying to do with stock piling. It is kind of like what a lot of us did in 1999 for Y2K. It is also what many of us do who live in a rural area who want to reduce trips to town and have the convenience of just pulling it out of a pantry or storage.

Your budget will catch you up where you will want to be at. What is just as important with stockpiling is determine what your usage rate is.

A good example is cream of mushroom soup. We use a lot of it since we eat wild game and like it. It is important to take a marker and label dates for proper stock rotation to use the oldest first. If you have to throw it out you are going backward and over stocked.

Other items like dental floss and toilet paper will depend on how long you want to stock for and what the purpose is.

No more someone using the last roll and not having another handy.

[dmontngrey]

My stockpile mostly consists of items I got for free, so I don't set aside a certain amount of money for stockpiling. I'm amazed at what I am willing to eat if I got it for free!

[marvholly]

LGL
Stick w/ the GC challenge group for stockpiling on anything. Several members have babies/crawlers. Follow their lead on that stuff.

I would stockpile easy to prep foods (canned beans if you generally use dry), pasta, chicken breasts, frozen veg. You want meals to be as simple & fast as possible those first 3-6 months.

I would also stockpile paper goods, cleaning supplies, laundry soap (you WILL be doing 1/more load/day-babbies are messy) and paper goods. You do NOT want to have to run out w/a newborn unless you really need to or have planned in advance (hubby or granma to sit).

[LivingAlmostLarge]

What is the GC challenge group?

I don't need much laundry soap, cleaning supplies, etc. Already done. We have a years worth, since I've always stockpiled non-perishables. My DH doesn't mind, and food, he refuses to let me stockpile stuff. And we don't use paper goods because my DH doesn't like it.