I’ve previously reviewed the Tiny Tush Elite pocket diaper, and also received a snap version when I participated in their print reveal. The Tiny Tush Elite Mini Pocket Diaper came highly recommended by one of my favorite retailers, so I wanted to give it a try. The Tiny Tush is estimated to fit babies 7-35 lbs, and the mini fits 4-15 lbs.
It really does look like a mini version of the one-size (closures, laundry tabs, elastic, pocket, stay-dry inner) and I’m a major sucker for “mini” anything. Oh em gee, a mini ketchup bottle! Squee! LOL I wish they had made it a bit narrower through the crotch though for a trimmer fit on little babies.
The mini one-size has an insert that is like a tiny, thin “baby” microfiber towel. Like a microfiber washcloth.
Here is the mini one size compared to the one-size, both on their smallest settings.
I feel the largest setting of the mini is pretty equal to the next-to-smallest (infant/small) of the one-size diaper’s 4 settings:
Here is the mini one-size on the XS setting measured folded and stretched:
Small:
Medium:
Large:
Again, I know I have my real baby now 🙂 but so my reviews are consistent, here’s my version 1 “model” in a preemie disposable compared to the XS Tiny Tush mini:
Newborn disposable vs Tiny Tush mini, small setting:
Size 1 disposable vs Tiny Tush mini size medium:
I liked the concept and look of this diaper, and I was hopeful since it came so highly recommended. It’s also available in 12 great colors plus white, although the retailer I purchased from only had a few. Unfortunately it just didn’t fit my little guy very well, and the insert wasn’t absorbent enough.
Here he is at less than a week old, and about 6 lbs 5 oz (you may have seen this photo last week in my post about my newborn cloth diaper experience):
I imagine that when my son is a little bit bigger, I might like this diaper a lot (with a different insert,) but for now I just think it’s too bulky & ill-fitting. We were also not able to do diapers over the cord stump like the recommending party, since it let the area stay too damp, despite stay dry inners and frequent changing. Update-fits much better at 8-9 weeks old, and works with a newborn microfiber insert and organic doubler.
It goes to show that just because someone else did or didn’t like a diaper, it doesn’t mean the same will be true for you!
FTC compliance: I purchased this diaper at normal retail price. I was not asked to write, nor was I compensated for this post, and all opinions are my own.
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Thank you for doing such and amazing job on the review. I hope it is ok to make a couple of suggestions for increasing the absorbency for those that need more. I recommend adding a wash cloth or one of Tiny Tush OG or hemp deluxe wipes. Shameless sale pitch, right! But it really does work nicely and then you can continue to use the wipes for the rest of your cloth diapering time.
All the best,
Charlene
Thanks Charlene! I will try again with a regular insert once my little guy has grown a bit! 🙂
I have a question. What type of insert do you imagine will fit best in this particular diaper? Like a newborn sized bumgenius insert or maybe a fuzzibunz small size insert? Just curious if I were to buy this diaper with the intention of stuffing it with something else to use on a baby that’s say, 2 months old, what type of inserts will fit? Does the small insert that comes with the Tiny Tush OS fit in it? I have one of those!
Anything that will fit in the full size diaper (which is pretty much anything!) will fit in this in my opinion! It is pretty much as wide as a o/s diaper. Haven’t actually tried, but I’d be surprised if anything didn’t fit.
Ok, thanks! Then if I bought this dipe I probably wouldn’t have to buy any inserts especially for it, because I have lots of miscellaneous inserts!