kim's cloth diaper review
disposable diapers are easy. in some ways i miss them. slap them on, they absorb like nothing else, take them off, throw them away and then throw another on...voila...but there something i love about cloth. the environmental impact, the cost savings, the look, the fact that i know i'm not putting chemicals on my child's skin...but they do take time. i have to do a diaper load of laundry every other day. then, because i have pocket diapers, i have to stuff them with the insert. they don't hold as much fluid, though i'm surprised how much the bum genius holds...they don't wick the wetness completely away, but again, i'm surprised at how much the bum genius does wick away...when we take them off, we have to pull out the wet insert, unsnap it and place both the diaper and the insert in the wet bag for laundry...they are more bulky too, so clothes don't fit as well, which is a bummer. but he looks so cute in them! and for me, it's all worth it.
we've tried 3 kinds of diapers...the old school pre-folds, kissaluvs and bum genius. so here's my review...
pre-folds
i think these make a great back-up diaper. they are the cheapest, so that's great. you can get a lot for a little cash...but unless you change the babe every hour, they end up sitting in a crazy wet diaper. i just don't like that. but i do use them for everything from burb rags, to inserts and diapers when needed.
kissaluvs
i was really excited to try these. from all i've heard they were rated the best newborn diaper. they were so darn cute and had a little snap to bring down the front for the umbilical cord to heal. but when we tried them, they ended up being a soaking mess. come to find out, we have a 'heavy wetter' so maybe they'd work better for a babe who doesn't urinate so much...but i was really disappointed. plus, asher grew out of them so quick! he was in the bum genius within a week of starting the kissaluvs.
bum genius
i love these. i'd love to try the all-in-ones to see if i like those. we use the pocket diapers and like i mentioned above, you have to reach inside the wet diaper to pull out the insert for laundry...though the nice thing about pocket diapers, is that you can add more inserts for a heavy wetter or at night time. these rarely leak unless i leave them on too long and they wick away a lot of the moisture which really surprises me. i have noticed that the bum genius tag on the outside of the diaper gets wet...i don't know if this is a design flaw or what, but all-in-all, i love these diapers...although i do wish they weren't as bulky.
well, that's my review and personal opinion. i know every one's different, but those are my thoughts and i thought i'd share.
we've tried 3 kinds of diapers...the old school pre-folds, kissaluvs and bum genius. so here's my review...
pre-folds
i think these make a great back-up diaper. they are the cheapest, so that's great. you can get a lot for a little cash...but unless you change the babe every hour, they end up sitting in a crazy wet diaper. i just don't like that. but i do use them for everything from burb rags, to inserts and diapers when needed.
kissaluvs
i was really excited to try these. from all i've heard they were rated the best newborn diaper. they were so darn cute and had a little snap to bring down the front for the umbilical cord to heal. but when we tried them, they ended up being a soaking mess. come to find out, we have a 'heavy wetter' so maybe they'd work better for a babe who doesn't urinate so much...but i was really disappointed. plus, asher grew out of them so quick! he was in the bum genius within a week of starting the kissaluvs.
bum genius
i love these. i'd love to try the all-in-ones to see if i like those. we use the pocket diapers and like i mentioned above, you have to reach inside the wet diaper to pull out the insert for laundry...though the nice thing about pocket diapers, is that you can add more inserts for a heavy wetter or at night time. these rarely leak unless i leave them on too long and they wick away a lot of the moisture which really surprises me. i have noticed that the bum genius tag on the outside of the diaper gets wet...i don't know if this is a design flaw or what, but all-in-all, i love these diapers...although i do wish they weren't as bulky.
well, that's my review and personal opinion. i know every one's different, but those are my thoughts and i thought i'd share.
Comments
I do have a few all-in-ones (BG) and I really like them, but they do get wet faster than the one-sizers do. They take a little longer to dry, too - but they're SO easy (and trimmer than the OS diapers).