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I think it's a godsend.  We don't use them regularly at home, but both times we've gone on extended trips with our diaper-wearer, we were able to order diapers from diapers.com and have them delivered to our hotel for us.  We didn't have to pack and carry on all those diapers, and we didn't need to use vacation time to find a store and buy some once there.

At the end of the trips, we donated the extra diapers and wipes to the hotel housecleaning staff. We still saved money and mental-sanity.

I think it's like anything else - if it works for you, great.  I can see this being a good idea if you have multiples or if you live out in the boonies and getting to the store is kind of a pain.

I figure I'm at the store at least twice a week anyway, so I might as well get diapers while I'm there.

That has to be the dumbest question I've ever seen on this website, and yet another invitation for parents to judge other parents despite Babble claiming to support parents.  I've never heard of anyone being called lazy for buying books on Amazon, airplane tickets from an airline website, or any other product available online.  Why would anyone judge parents for buying diapers online?  Are you trying to invite people to attack parents who have found what for them is a device to give them time to do the more rewarding parts of parenting?

We don't use disposables, but we do use wipes, and we have it set up so that Amazon ships us a big pack of them every 3 months. It's one less thing to worry about - there's nothing lazy about it. If anything, my husband (who set it up) prides himself on his organization skills in the wipes department. Who am I to argue with that?

I think it's a nice convenience--I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say "godsend". We do it because the prices are better--free shipping, steep discount for enrolling in amazon's auto-send program. We also get all these great boxes that I use around the house to create toddler barricades. So yeah, I like it.

But apparently we might just be lazy.

I buy all kinds of things online- clothes, furniture, books and tons of other stuff and I would definitely buy diapers too if the price was good. Diapers are pretty cheap by the case at Amazon, and come with free shipping, but only if you are in the market for name-brand diapers (Pampers and Huggies) at around $16 per 100. They still can't beat the prices of the Target store brand or the Shaw's Ducklings brand, which I find to be just as good at about $13.50 per 100.

This piece is ridiculous. Ordering items online is now a normal way of buying what we need. Babble is scraping to fill its post requirements if this is what gets turned out.

Some of the diapers that can be harder to find, like gDiapers, allow you to set up an account so that the diapers are just automatically shipped and billed to you at regular intervals.

Wow. You never know what people will flip out about. Seemed like a perfectly normal post to me, I didn't feel judged or invited to judge others. Diaper delivery seems like an idea which could be useful to some parents.

I love how the assholes never use their names or emails so there is no way to contact them and offer them anger-management counseling.  ;-)

Yes, of course, RachelZ, it's definitely the anonymous readers' fault for pointing out that Babble has posted a silly entry inviting people to call people who order diapers online lazy.  

And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen.  RachelZ's post, labeling people "assholes" just for criticizing this eminently silly blog posting, demonstrates EXACTLY why a person would remain anonymous when posting here.  

I'm happy to use my real name to say this post *is* stupid. It's like posting a piece asking, 'Email? Godsend or are You Too Lazy to Write a Letter?'. I subscribe to the RSS of Strollerderby, but I'll unsubscribe if this pointless stuff comes up too often.

Wow...you'd think that we were paying to view these articles! Lighten up people! I could understand if "pointless"  entries were the norm...but they're not!

I do think it's ok to let the writer know that perhaps the entry wasn't up to the regular Babble standards...but be decent about it. The writer is a person, just like you, trying to do their job well. Do YOU get spoken to like this at YOUR job? I certainly hope not.

I agree -- incredibly pointless post. Did the writer even visit amazon.com or diapers.com to weigh the cost benefit? Amazon's standard diaper prices beat supermarket or drugstore prices on a per diaper basis. And it's free shipping.