Before we had kids, I was very frugal with batteries. I only used batteries as necessary and often used rechargeable batteries to keep costs down. My sister-in-law warned me that would change with our first child. But I was still able to maintain some semblance of battery frugality.
However, with our second child, I've lost all control. Everything needs batteries nowadays. We probably go through a hundred different batteries a year...for toys, flashlights, games and various appliances. So I've given up.
I now just buy batteries in bulk from Costco when they are on sale about three times a year.
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I hear that! I have two kids and I feel like I'm replacing batteries in something once a day. My kids have deemed my desk "the battery hospital." I'm on the fence whether I should have gone with all rechargeable batteries from the second the first toy appeared but I don't know if I would have ever have made up the up front cost of so many Enloop batteries compared to buying disposable batteries from Costco in bulk.
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