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Yaay for Snaps!!!
We’ve cloth diapered since A came home from the hospital. I love doing it and have a nice little stash of diapers going. We started with fitted diapers by Kissaluvs and Prowrap covers (both purchased from Nicki’s Diapers). As soon as A was big enough we switched to pocket diapers by BumGenius, Happy Heiny’s and Blueberry Diapers. As soon as I received the Blueberry diapers they became my favorites for 3 reasons: a) I could just lay the insert in the diaper (instead of in the pocket) and once it was wet I could just switch out the insert like a fitted diaper which means less laundry and longer lasting diapers. b) These diapers are really slim fitting. c) The SNAPS! My HH and BG diapers were all hook and loop (velcro-like) closure. Snaps, in my opinion, are much easier to deal with! The hook and loop closures tend to catch onto other diapers or themselves (despite the “laundry tabs” that are included on the diaper and supposed to prevent this) which causes them to fray. In the case of my BumGenius this means the closures have actually stopped sticking closed well. Another negative to the hook n loops is the edging around the closures on both the BG and HH diapers have curled up a bit from washing and chafe A’s little belly or hips if I don’t cover the diaper with some kind of bottom (no onesies!). So, I’m definitely a pro-snaps mom. Snaps have issues too of course. I’ve only actually seen this on my Blueberry inserts, but pulling on the snaps to open them (or leaving them closed when washing) can cause the fabric to wear and rip. Also, I’ve heard that the snaps can wear over time as well and not close as well.
As time has gone on, A has grown and become a heavier wetter. This means the whole switch-it-out method I was using with the Blueberry diapers is no longer as option. These diapers are not an overnight option for us any longer either because I find my poor little one with some nice leakage around the leg holes after a while. So, I was so excited when I went to Nicki’s Diapers and found out that Happy Heiny’s now has a snap version of their one-size pocket diaper.
Happy Heiny’s have been my favorite since the Blueberries stopped containing and the BumGenius started to fray and not close. So, to find them available in snaps made me really happy!
I highly recommend Nicki’s Diaper’s too! She offers free shipping on a lot of items (including pocket diapers!) and orders over $75. I always get my orders from her quickly. The only negative I can really point out about this site is that every once in a while she’s out of a specific color I want.
eta: About a week after receiving my Happy Heiny’s snap diapers a couple of the snaps completely ripped out of one tab. The same thing happened to another diaper about a month after that. I’ve contacted HH and have been instructed to return the diapers for a replacement. I’ll post about the replacements once I have them.
**update** About 4 weeks after I sent out the damages diapers, Happy Heiny’s sent me replacements. As of today 9/11/09 I haven’t had any problems with the snaps. These diapers still remain one of my favorites and I highly recommend them.
My First Cloth Diaper Order
I placed my first cloth diaper order last night at Jillian’s Drawers.com. I had narrowed down my list of online stores to buy from, from over 20 stores to just 3. Finally, I found that, even though all three (wildflowerdiapers.com, nickisdiapers.com, and jilliansdrawers.com ) had excellent reviews on diaperpin.com and comparable prices, only Jillian’s had everything I wanted, in the colors and sizes I wanted, in stock now. I placed the order around 9 o’clock PM last night and I’ve already had 3 emails from them. One was the initial order confirmation, the second included a tracking number (which shows that my order is already on it’s way!) and the third shows exactly what was shipped. So, even though I haven’t received my order yet, I am so far impressed with their customer service and speeding order filling.
What I Ordered
I decided to go with pocket diapers and fitteds with covers to start. I ordered:
3 Happy Heiny’s One-Size pocket diapers in light pink.
3 Bumgenius 3.0 One-Size pocket diapers in blossom.
12 Kissaluvs fitted diapers in Unbleached size 0
6 Prowrap Classic diaper covers in white size nb.
I’ll probably start with these and if I love them stock up and just add in bigger sizes (fitteds and covers) as the baby grows. Most of the reviews I read say that the pocket diapers fit well once the baby actually grows into them. So, I’ll probably just do the fitteds at first and phase in the pockets once she’s big enough. Then, if the pockets work well enough, just add more pockets. I really like that they’re one-size. That was the main reason, that even though Fuzzi Bunz pocket diapers got great ratings on diaper pin and have come out with an improved version, I decided on bumGenius and Happy Heiny’s. I’ll let you know how they all work out for me. With lots of pictures, of course.
~Jessy
