Fun and Frugal

If you’re pregnant or have a baby, I encourage you to sign up for the following baby clubs - a great way to get coupons and free samples! If you’re not in those categories, you could still sign up for some items below (like the free bottles from Medela & Playtex) and donate your coupons and samples to a crisis pregnancy center, such as New Hope Pregnancy Care Center, a non-profit crisis pregnancy center in Cleveland, TN, which provides baby items to moms who need them.

Food Lion Baby Steps has excellent coupons you can print from their website. You can only print them once, so print as many copies as you want the first time you print. Note: I cannot view them in my Fire Fox browser, but can in my Explorer browser. My three favorite coupons are the $1.50 off any Food Lion baby wipes (the $1.50 refill pack becomes free after coupon); the $1.00 off any Gerber baby food coupon (their 2-pack of Gerber baby foods are $1.09 and sometimes on sale for $1.00); and the $2.00 off any Gerber accessory coupon (they have Gerber pacifiers for $2.09). The coupons expire every 3 months and the website is updated with new coupons after they expire.  Click on “Get Baby Coupons” at the bottom right-corner.

Publix Baby Club mails you great coupons - many for free items with no purchase required. Free items my sister and I have gotten before include: Publix brand cocoa butter, rubbing alcohol, Beech Nut cereal, Gerber pacifier, and many buy one get one free coupons for things like Publix brand baby wipes, disinfectant wipes, and more. The closest Publix is off East Brainerd Rd in Chattanooga, but one is under construction in Ooltewah. (I can’t wait!)

Growing Up Gerber sends you lots of great coupons. Also, they offer a 24-hour Parent Resource Center hotline staffed by infant care professionals at 1-800-4-GERBER. I called once during the middle of the night to ask a breastfeeding question with my first born.

Beech Nut’s E-Newsletter emails you coupons. You can also save your Beech Nut labels and mail them in for extra coupons. Get four $1.00 off 10 coupons for every 48 labels you send in. I have done this with both my boys and was always excited to get coupons in the mail!

Earth’s Best babyfood has coupons on their website you can get by completing a form. You can also get a free cereal bowl by mailing in 10 UPC’s and check for $1.95 for S/H. Also, until 9-30-08, you can get a free $5 gift card to Barnes & Nobles for sending in a receipts and UPC’s for $10 worth of qualifying Hain Celestial products or a $10 gift card for buying $20 worth of products.  (You can see a photo of all the qualifying products in the link above.)

Enfamil Family Beginnings program sends you free formula samples and up to $60 in formula checks.

Nestle Good Start’s Very Best Baby Club mails you valuable formula checks and personalized booklets and emails with each stage for your baby, and coupons from other partners including Playskool products.

Similac’s Strong Mom group will send you special offers and savings. They used to mail samples - not sure if they still do.

Sam’s Club Member’s Mark Formula will send you a free sample if you request it on their website.

Wal-Mart’s Parents Choice will send you a free sample of Parents Choice Gentle Baby Formula if you request it on their website.

Huggies Happy Healthy Pregnancy club sends you a weekly e-newsletter for each stage of your pregnancy, Huggies samples & coupons, and a pregnancy calendar.

Huggies Happy Baby club sends you e-newsletters customized to your baby’s age, Huggies samples & coupons, and Play It Up activity book.

Pampers.com sends you Parent Pages e-newsletter, free Pampers samples & coupons, and optional coupons & offers from other P&G brands. They also have a Gifts to Grow program where you can earn points for every Pampers purchase and then redeem the points for gifts in their catalog.

Luvs.com has a $1.00 printable coupon on their website if you register. You may also get some free samples and coupons by mail occasionally.

Babies R Us has a place at the top of their site where you can get on their email list to be notified of special promotions. I prefer the booklets they send by snail mail because they usually have some good coupons. They often have coupons for $5 off any Huggies or Pampers value box, which you can stack with a manufacturer coupon! They also have the best deal on store brand diapers whenever they have their Just for Baby (store brand) value box of diapers on sale 2 for $30! The only way I know to get on their mailing list is to either register for baby gifts there or ask a store employee how to get on their mailing list.

Johnson’s Baby.com gives you free baby care guides & special offers from Johnson & Johnson. They also have great coupons for $1, $2, and $3 off Johnson’s products. I think you can print each coupon twice by hitting the back/refresh button after the first print.

Medela is giving away a BPA-free bottle if you request one on their site.

Playtex is also giving away a BPA-free bottle if you request one on their site.

Yo Baby Yogurt (whole milk organic yogurt for babies) has coupons on their *adorable* site. They also have a program where you can receive a free sippy cup when you mail in two UPC’s and check for $1.00 S/H. I’ve mailed off for three sippy cups in the past few months and they’ve included coupons with the cup every time!

Juicy Juice’s Growing Up Healthy will mail you a free sippy cup when you register online.

That’s all the baby freebies I can think of at the moment. If you know of one I’ve missed, please leave a comment.