Look what came in the mail today!
I'm so excited to try these. since i was pregnant with Gabriel the thought of cloth diapering came and went and initially i thought "eww never" i remember being cloth diapered and I did NOT want to go through that.
I figured i would be the pampers snob i was with Darren. (Huggies did not work at all for us with either one of the boys, they had terrible leaks as in not just clothes but sheets, mattress and anything or anyone monkey came into contact with. I do love their wipes more than pampers though!)
Then the whole dry-max pampers situation came to light with reports of infants having chemical burns on their tushies. Although Gabriel had been wearing them for 4 months without problems, i didn't want to take a chance and so that whole situatuion kicked my butt into gear to look into cloth seriously.
Also it was killing me seeing our garbage pail full of 'sposies that would take up to 500 years in out landfills, oh and i've been on a green kick too.
I started researching my options, turns out there are many to be had. The amount of choices is overwhelming to say the least
Pre-folds
Hybrids - GDiapers
pocket diapers or one size - fuzzibunz
all in ones (AIO) - bumgenious / Grovia
one size - rumparooz
sleeve - thisties
fitted - kissaluvs
flat - birdseye
And those are just the types. then you can add liners, covers, inserts, doublers...you get the idea.
Anyway we decided and by we i mean I, that hybrids would be a good place to start just to get the hang of it and get comfortable. We compromised this time we is HE. that we would target brand up& up 'spoises for nighttime since we didn't want to wake up with shit all over us. BTW target diapers ROCK!!!!
So off i went cyber shopping at amazon after reading many many reviews and pouring over sites explaining an breaking down cloth diapering. We came down to 3
Gdipares
bumgenious
and fuzzibunz.
They all have their pros and cons and as i go about testing each one i'll update. So far what i like about the Gdiaper is how easy it is.
this is what the main cloth cover looks like with the inner snap-in liners
finally put in on
The velcro makes it easy to put on baby
We have had blowouts (2) where it leaks onto the inner "plastic" liner but he's done that with pampers and actually worse. so i'm not discouraged yet. I love their cute designs and how comfy they are. Yes you need to practice getting the insert just right but in the diapers defense i got the small size liner which goes up to 14lbs and Gabriel is 15 something already.
I love the G on his butt too!
I'm waiting on my fuzzibunz and bumgenius to come in the mail so i'll keep you updated once i use those. so far Gabriel seems to like his Gdiapers
For more cloth diapering info check out this site or just do a google search
2 comments:
Hi Vivian!
I’m LaToya from Pampers. I’m glad you are finding a diaper that works for your Gabriel. He looks so adorable in those! Thank you for trying the Pampers with Dry Max. I’m glad he did well with them. Many other moms, like you, have used the Dry Max diapers without issue. I’ve used The Swaddlers and Cruisers on my son. I loved the new Cruisers with the Dry Max technology and couldn’t wait to try them. We’ve been using them since the launch and we both love them. He moves so much more free in them and hasn’t had any issues. I hear you when you say you’d like to do better for the world, that’s why I’m so excited to be using the Dry Max diapers. The new technology has allowed us to make a diaper that does not need paper pulp in the core to be effective. That means we are using less materials to make the diaper. Did you know that if all the moms who used the previous version of Swaddlers/Cruisers switched to the new Dry Max version, we together could save save approximately 20 million pounds of trash every year? That’s the weight of about 60 Statues of Liberty (based on 08/09 sales volume for Swaddlers/Cruisers). This seemingly small change can have a domino effect on packaging, transportation, manufacturing, etc. allowing for about 12% reduction in solid waste, 8% reduction in total energy demand, and significant progress against areas like global warming. If you decide to try us again please give us a call, we’d love to hear from you (1-877-256-3265).
LOL - Did you know that if all the moms who used the previous version of Swaddlers/Cruisers switched to CLOTH, we together would save much MORE than 20 million pounds of trash each year?
Good for you for switching to cloth :) We are part-time cloth diaper-ers, but I've also stopped using Pampers because of all of the issues. Also, right after their issues started going public, I couldn't even find Pampers in our grocery store. I wasn't sure if they were pulling them or what, but I thought it was strange behavior.
Your baby is SO adorable in the G Diapers!
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