I received the pictured item at no cost in order to publish this review. I was not otherwise compensated for this post and all opinions are my own. Ella Bella Bum is a Canadian company run by WAHM Sam and her husband Courtney. With the help of 2 production assistants and 3 local seamstresses, Ella Bella Bum diapers are proudly made in Canada. I’d heard of the brand in 2010 when they were sold on Hyenacart, but hadn’t tried one until now.
The diaper I received was a surprise, and when I saw what it was, I had to hide it until I could photograph and wash it. As I suspected, my little guy went nuts and tried to take his own diaper off in order to but “ickey” on.
Pocket diapers arrive pre-prepped and inserts are pre-shrunk, but do require prepping to become fully absorbent.
The woven Mickey fabric is backed by PUL so it doesn’t leak or wick, and the rest of the outer is PUL.
The inner of the diaper is “athletic wicking jersey” (think a 70’s track suit) and has a rear pocket opening & waist elastic. Diapers do not come with inserts, but the company has inserts and boosters available for purchase. I received a one-size insert & booster combo that consists of a 2 layer bamboo fleece/1 layer zorb booster, and a one-size insert that folds & snaps to adjust to different sizes. When folded, the one-size insert has 6 layers of bamboo fleece and 1 layer of Zorb (a name brand fabric made of bamboo/cotton viscose and poly micro fiber that absorbs more moisture than cotton, and absorbs quickly.) The bamboo fleece insert doesn’t have the brushed, soft feel you might think of when you hear “fleece.” It feels more like sturdy cotton, or a little like my hemp fleece prefolds felt after the fuzz pilled & came off over time.
Ella Bella Bum diapers have snap closures, and 3 rise settings to fit most babies from 15-35 pounds.
Here is the small setting measured folded and stretched:
Medium:
Large:
Natural fibers, including fabrics using bamboo generally gain absorbency through 8-10 washes, and should be washed & dried about 3ish times before use. Typically I wash & dry 3-5 times, then use with caution, not putting them on first thing in the morning, before naps etc., until they are fully prepped. The first several times I used the diaper, I experienced wicking at the legs, whether the insert was very wet or just damp. Ella Bella Bum suggested that it may not be fully absorbent yet since I’d only washed it around 6-8 times. Then my son had a very messy soiled diaper, and I was able to see that the moisture was actually coming from the holes where the leg elastic was sewn in. The company had never seen this before & offered to replace the diaper. There was some delay in their replies thanks to my emails being filtered as spam, so I had continued to use the diaper in the meantime. My son loves this diaper, so I was washing it quite often! Somewhere around a dozen washes, the leaking & wicking issues simply disappeared. I’ve been using the diaper for 8 weeks now and no leaks aside from a little dampness when we accidentally left it on way too long on Christmas Eve. Whoops!
In these photos my son is 23 months old and 23 pounds, in the medium rise setting.
I am very pleased with the fit, quality construction and sewing, and it goes without saying that my son loves the diaper. I just recommend being very, very patient with the insert prep! Pocket diapers retail for $22-28 and one-size inserts are $9.
Giveaway: Ella Bella Bum will send one winner a gender neutral pocket diaper, ARV approx. $27. Entries go in the Rafflecopter form below.
Maria wants to live in a world where cloth diapers are the norm and moms can make parenting choices without judgement. When she’s not chasing her 18, 14 and 11-year old kids around, you might find her checking out the latest gadgets, organizing something (again) or exercising in the fresh air. 
I like the whimsical deer or orchid zoology
I like the Damask Boutique Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper
I love the carnival bloom pocket diaper.
popples
I like the Varsity one. Thank you
i love the vintage mouse print
http://www.ellabellabum.com/collections/pocket-diapers/products/supernova-ruffled-os-pocket-diaper
I love all the scrappys!!! Especially super nova and grey chevron!
I like the golden book print.
I really like the Boardshorts prints.
I like the orchid zoology print diaper.
Popples Ruffled Embellished is my favorite, the strawberry shortcake one is great too
I like the pirates diaper!
I like the colorful sock monkeys dipe
I love the design
There are several cute options but I really like the “Funky Owls”!
I like the Woodland Pals
Wrapped Crazy Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper
glitter unicorns is amazing!
i am in love with POOH VALLEY FUN (1), Wrapped Crazy Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper
Um, well, there’s not much in stock but the teaser pictures have some really cute diapers. I like the Hello Kitty/black diaper, purple swirl and lots of others.
I love the paint splatter. so cute!
I like the paint splatter and graffiti designs the best
My favorite is Ninja.
Love the Punk Butterfly
Pooh Valley for sure!
I love the Speckled Blueberry!!
I love the Retro Strawberry Shortcake, Ruffled Embellished Tab, OS Pocket Diaper
I like the Adorable Monsters Boutique Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper
i like: http://www.ellabellabum.com/collections/pocket-diapers/products/vintage-mickey-br-wrapped-crazy-scrappy-one-size-pocket-diaper
Pooh and Friends is great, and I also love TMNT!
Oh my gosh, I LOVE the Jade Acacia Raccoon Wrap Around Embellished One Size Pocket Diaper
I like the Supernova, Ruffled OS Pocket Diaper
I love the Paint Splatter, Ruffled OS Pocket Diaper. The popples one is pretty great too.
I like the purple flames diaper
love the zebra print – and the ruffles
Love the Rainbow Dash one!
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Love the Knights Quest… how cute!
I like the Varsity Ella’ssential
Construction Zone
Ella’ssential, One Size Pocket Diaper
Pirates Wrapped Crazy Scrappy
Love the grey chevrons!
Mermaid
Ella’ssential, One Size Pocket Diaper
Supernova is cute!!
I love the Minion, but then I saw the pink ruffles elephant, it’s adorable!
I love the retro strawberry shortcake diaper! We have an Ella Bella Bum popples diaper with the butt ruffle and its too cute.
New to CDing so I really don’t have a favorite yet!
The Adorable Monsters Half and Half one size pocket diaper is just great! Love it!
NAVY/CELERY/GRAY, Solid Accent Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper is my favorite!
If I could design my own, I’d get a DALEK diaper… that said, my all-time favorite color combo is the Varsity dipe. What a lovely giveaway!
Ummm…. ALL OF THEM! haha but I guess my favorite favorites were funky owls and once upon a time and vintage floral.. I could keep going..
Lots of cute ones! I think my fav is the Whoo’s Cute though!
My favorite diaper is the ‘material girl’ one, so awesome!
i love “super Nova (with aqua interior)”
I am having a hard time choosing one favorite between Paint Splatter, Monster Fun, Patridge in a Pear Tree, Boardshorts, okay yea there a ton of prints that I love!!
Love the Supernova and Purple Flames!
OMG the ruffle diapers are soooo cute!!
I just can’t pick!! I am wanting anything pink but I don’t know yet…..
I love the pond print. We dont know the sex of our baby yet (a few more weeks until we do yay!) so I think it would a great gender netural print.
Love the “Peter Panda” diaper!! My son’s name is Peter so it would be the perfect diaper for him!
It is so hard to choose. I really like the Nightmare Before Christmas, Smurfs, and sea spray woodland friends the most.
Unicorns in the Rain
Embellished Tab, One Size Pocket Diaper
I like the Purple Flames pocket diaper
I love the super nova with aqua inner. The colours are gorgeous!
I love the shark embroidered diaper!
Love the Vintage Mickey print!
Which is my favorite diaper? I love so many but the “Vintage Mouse” really caught my eye.
I like the Rainbow Floral
Embellished Tab, One Size Pocket Diaper
they are all so cute but the monsters are the cutest
I do love the idea of a design your own traditional pocket diaper. A color swatch with the colors could probably really behoove them. While it wasn’t easy to choose; I would have to say my fav diaper by them is Nightmare before Christmas.
I love the Adorable Monster diaper, so cute 🙂
Oh man, so many cute prints! Boardshorts, Coral Plaid, Paint splatter – I want them all!!
There are like 5 I saw that made me wish I had money to blow, lol. But one of my favorites was ladybug love. Sadly, I no longer have any girls in diapers
They are all cute but I love the baby turtles or the varsity!
Purple swirl has been a fave for some time
Oh my goodness! These are all so cute! I really love the little Superheros one though!
I love b+w mickey! 🙂
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My fave is the ladybug love.
Pink plaid half and half!!!
I like the woodland friends
I like the purple swirl diaper. 🙂
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The race track diaper (red with black/white checkers) was always my favorite!
I like the vintage mouse print.
paint splatter or ninja
Super Nova is my favorite for sure!
Paint Splatter is my favorite print 😀
I love the ooga booga diaper.
We have been searching high and low for ruffled diapers. This is the first one I have been able to locate! We would love ruffles – and lots of them! Spring is right around the corner and these would be adorable.
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My favorites are paint splatter and sock monkey!!
There are quite a few cute ones…paisley floral, gray chevrons….and I would feel obligated to get the “what does the fox say?” one.
I like the supernova pocket diaper
OOh the Mickey Mouse diaper is adorable- my son would go nuts 😀 I have tried Ella Bum and love the fit and care put into them. We also have Chuggington and another print. I would love the Owls, Star Wars, TMNT or minions.
I love the Purple Swirl diaper
Mario Party is my favorite! So cute! They’re all adorable!
I like all the sold out ones!!! Like the Smurfs and shark! I like how you can add ruffles!
I like the Seaspray Woodland Friends and Pirate Treasure
LOVE the whimsical deer or orchid zoology
I LOVE the Nightmare before christmas one! Who doesn’t love that movie?
I like the brown camo pattern.
I love the pink plaid! And I love that you can design one with ruffles. I’d love to do that for my daughter
I love the woodland gnome pocket! so cute!
I like pirate treasure.
wow these are some nice looking diapers! plus they are all sold out! it’s really cool that you can design your own. my favorite is the paint splatter
I like the adorable mosters half and half one size pocket.
LOVE the Purple Flames – would definitely put on a boy or a girl ^_^ , followed closely by the Super Nova.
I like the paint splatter diaper.
I’m loving purple swirl!
seaspray woodland friends diaper
Definitely in love with the Jack/Nightmare Before Christmas diaper <3
i just love the Ninja print so cute my lil man would rock that!!! lol but its sold out =(
I love Super Nova (Aqua Inner)!
I love the SuperNova print pocket!
I like Whoo’s Cute!
I love the Paint Splatter and the Purple Flames!
I love Pirate Treasure!
Funky owls and woodland are cute. If I got one with Mickey on it I think my 3 year old would steal it even though she’s potty trained.
Love the Mickey print shown her and partridge in a pear tree on the web site. My toddler son would go crazy over the transformers print
I like the Peter Panda diaper! So cute!
This diaper is adorable and I love using bamboo. Thanks for reporting your trials before the diaper was fully prepped. I am fairly new to cloth diapering and it helps to know not to judge absorbency too quickly, even after prepping is complete.
I like the woodland gnome, I also like the once upon a time. Gnomes are a favorite for hubby. Although there is a custom group for EBB… and I love looking at the ideas others have in there.
My favorite is their One Size Pocket Diaper in the Pond print – very cute!
Honestly they are all adorable! But I really like the once upon a time pattern. I hope that it comes back in stock soon so that if I don’t win it I can buy it!!
Super Nova is beautiful! I love so many though!!
http://www.ellabellabum.com/collections/pocket-diapers/products/adorable-monsters-br-boutique-scrappy-one-size-pocket-diaper
Love the adorable monster diaper!
I absolutely love the woodland friends diaper! It doesn’t hurt that that is my nursery theme!
I like the Woodland friends. But also cool that you can make a custom one
I love the seaspray woodland friends diaper.
I would LOVE a custom birth announcement diaper – even though they’re sold out
Design Your Own CUSTOM
a favourite is Seaspray Woodland Friends
I really do like the Seaspray Woodland Friends that is in stock. It seems like she is running a little bit low on stock currently. I have seen one of her Hello Kitty Diapers before and my daughter would go “gaga” over it! The ruffles diapers are super cute too. I’m telling you, baby #3 due in April, better be a girl. Haha!
Only saw two there. Out of those I like the woodlands one, but like this Disney one better.
Their Bella Bum pants look adorable. I’m curious how they would actually fit both a 3 month old and a toddler.
I do like the Mickey one. I love mickey and minnie mouse – my daughter has alot of stuff with them on it! But I do like her ruffle diapers. So cute! I love that you can do a custom with ruffle!!
I really love the Adorable Monsters Boutique Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper
I’d designing my own.
I like the monster one on the website. The woodland friends is cute, but my boy needs a monster to match his personality 🙂
I like seaspray woodland friends and it looks pretty gender neutral which i love:)
There are so many choices, I looked on her facebook page and liked the black and white butterflies maybe with a hot pink ruffle on the butt! I love that you can customize your own diaper!
I’ve been ‘stalking’ her diapers for a while but have yet to buy one! They are all so adorable. I’d love any of them, but something girly would be absolutely wonderful!
I love the Seaspray Woodland Friends diaper… the fox on the print fabric is adorable!!
The ruffle diapers are way too cute. I really hope I have a girl so I can get a few. 🙂
They are all very cute, I love the Adorable Monsters
Boutique Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper !
I like the Woodland friends!
I like the design your own with the ruffle. I’d probably get it in lavender with the ruffle in white and violet.
I love the woodland friends one. I love all things hedgehogs!
Adorable monsters is cute
The Birth Announcement embroidered on a pocket diaper is so unique! I love that! But I love the Seaspray Woodland Friends Wrap Around Embellished One Size Pocket Diaper. Such a cute print!
They aren’t on the site now but I love her nerdy diapers, just haven’t managed to snag one yet, stockings empty out so quickly for EBB 🙂
Seaspray Woodland FriendsWrap Around EmbellishedOne Size Pocket Diaper
Seaspray Woodland Friends Wrap Around Embellished One Size Pocket Diaper
I don’t see many designs there, but I would LOVE to design my own! They look like awesome diapers!
seaspray woodland for my little monster
Not much selection right now, but I do like Seaspray Woodland Friends!
I LOVE the Seaspray Woodland Friends print!
The Seaspray Woodland Friends diaper is cute, but the custom color combos are nice too!
i like the Seaspray Woodland Friends. the animals are really cute!
I like the Seaspray Woodland friends diaper.
Seaspray woodland friends is super cute! Havent seen one like it before 🙂
They only have 2 right now, but out of those I would pick Seaspray Woodland Friends
Woodland friends is really cute
I love the Seaspray Woodland Friends 🙂
Seaspray Woodland Friends & your Mickey one of course.
To be honest I love them all. What a great giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity!
The Seaspray Woodland Friends diaper is cute! I bet it would be fun to design my own diaper, though.
The Seaspray Woodland Friends diaper is cute. But I think I would prefer the Design Your Own with attachable ruffles! 😉
If I have a little girl anyways…
I love the Seaspray Woodland Friends diaper!
Love the adorable monsters diaper!
I like the Design Your Own options. The ruffles looks so cute too.
LOVE the Seaspray Woodland Friends pocket diaper! So adorable!!
My favorite is the Adorable Monsters
Boutique Scrappy, One Size Pocket Diaper!
The Seaspray Woodland Friends is pretty cute! I also like the idea of designing your own diaper. Very neat
I like they have customizable ruffles!
Seaspray Woodland Friends
Seaspray Woodland Friends
Wrap Around Embellished
One Size Pocket Diaper
I like the Seaspray Woodland Friends
Wrap Around Embellished
One Size Pocket Diaper
She has some great design your own choices! The ruffles are adorable, but I don’t think they’d work for my little guy. 😉
I like the Seaspray Woodland friends diaper
EBB had some wrap around Iron Man diapers last month. I really liked those because it was the kind of thing that meant my husband might get excited about cloth diapers too. But the Adordable Monsters are pretty adorable. So hard to choose from so many awesome choices.
Woodland friends is really cute or one of the color combos!
. Oh my, my 2 year old son would go crazy for this diaper! He loves everything Mickey. He’s day time potty trained but has to wear a diaper for bed time. I think something like this would stop the constant fight to put his cloth on at night!
Seaspray Woodland Friends
Wrap Around Embellished
One Size Pocket Diaper
That’s my favorite! But I would love the Mickey one you have; my son loves Mickey Mouse!
I think it’s pretty cool you can design your own to be honest! But the woodland one is cute. I LOVE the Mickey one you reviewed!!! Am I missing something on their site? I only saw the woodland one and the design your own pretty much…
Hi Morgan,
Thanks for stopping by Ella Bella Bum! The reason that you aren’t seeing much available is because those are the only diapers left in stock at the moment. We stock weekly on Thursdays at noon est and usually release approx 80 new diapers! I’m going to go ahead and make sold out listings show up so that people can see what EBB has to offer, lol… looking at an empty store can’t be that much fun!
Thanks again,
Sam
I think I’d like the idea of designing my own- SO MANY CHOICES!! It almost makes me wish my daughter wasn’t toilet trained because we never had a diaper with ruffles and I love that I could get some.