Grandma El’s + Happy Heiny’s=Happy Heiny

Nov 18,2009 / By Maria / 1 Comment

>My kiddo usually ends up in sposies in the evenings & overnight, but I had a clean one at bedtime last night & put him in it.

Before I did, I used a tiny, tiny, tiny bit of the cloth safe diaper cream I’d bought. It had a very mild but pleasant scent that reminded me of something I couldn’t put my finger on. It warmed up and spread very easily and didn’t leave a disgusting, gloppy mess on my hands. In fact, my hands felt soft after.

Usually my son is very red in the morning. This morning was the first time in a long time I have seen him look completely normal. Not a trace of redness. I am sure part of that was from being in a cloth diaper all night, but that cream is a miracle! Huge, huge difference. I’m planning to keep it right by the diapers & just put a tiny bit on at each change.

His second diaper of the day was the Happy Heiny’s. I did look on their site and the 4th snap is a newborn/extra small setting. However, the medium setting seemed much larger than the medium setting on the bumgenius. Even my daughter commented that the diaper looked big. Not a problem, it still fit him great. I imagine that it would fit him longer than the BGs if it is a bit bigger.

The diaper is soft, flexible and really easy to put on. It has large, overlapping velcro tabs. The insert was really easy to put in, though I had to be sure not to put it too close to the front or back of the diaper so it wouldn’t wick onto his clothing.

Overall it is trimmer than the BG. The print is flipping adorable!

When it was time to change it, we had no poop blowout and no leaks. Usually after a poopy diaper, even if I change it within seconds of the poop actually occurring, he has redness where it touched his skin. The breathable barrier of the diaper cream certainly works because there was no redness at all.

Edit August 2010: We still love Grandma El’s but I’m just not able to get a good fit with my Happy Heiny’s. They always end up leaking, so they’ve been relegated to the “laundry day” drawer. I’m hoping they might work in the future when my son is older.

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Fluff Mail!

Nov 18,2009 / By Maria / No Comment

>I was very excited to get my package today (yesterday by the time I got around to finishing & publishing this). The colors are lighter than I’d expected, which is the opposite of what I’d experienced with the bumgenius.

The monkey print I chose for the Happy Heiny’s diaper is adorable!! It confuses me a bit though because it has 4 rows of snaps. Most one size diapers have 3 rows. All open for large, 1st to second for medium and third for small. I’m guessing it must be an extra small setting?

The Blueberry Minky diaper is super soft and very cute.

My initial instinct is that the Bumgenius are nicer than all of these others.

The BG pockets are kind of hidden, rather than just open at the top of the diaper, and it has additional waterproof material at the front and back to prevent wicking onto baby’s clothing if the insert were near the front or back.

The BG inserts also seem much larger, which makes me think they would be more absorbent & would be more likely to work with the single insert alone on the larger settings, rather than having to use the doublers.

Lastly, as much as I’ve heard people say the BG laundry tabs stop working over time, these other diapers’ laundry tabs seem useless already. I had a heck of a time getting them to stick when getting them ready to wash the first time. After I’ve washed the BGs, I actually struggle to get the velcro OFF the laundry tabs!

I had a bit of a diaper chain when I got them out of the wash. They are hanging to dry and I am starting the process of washing the blueberry diaper’s insert multiple times. It is made of hemp and it comes with natural oils on it that need to be washed off. It has to be washed separately to avoid causing absorbency issues on other items, and it will not reach it’s maximum absorbency until after 6-10 washes.

I will with hold judgment until I have seen them in action, but if I had to pick RIGHT NOW which diapers I would prefer more of based on just this initial assessment (and price aside) I would choose more BG 3.0s.

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I’ve got the Magic Stick

Nov 18,2009 / By Maria / No Comment

>So diaper rash with disposables is a vicious cycle. At least for us. The sposies cause it but we use them in order to slather diaper cream on him to clear it up. I’m well aware that most diaper creams cause repelling and staining and generally ruin cloth diapers.

I’ll tell you from experience that tissues do not work as an effective cloth diaper liner and that diaper creams do in fact stain cloth.

I tried cutting up an old flannel receiving blanket to use as liners and cloth wipes when using diaper cream (also so I easily knew which items to wash separately) but even that wasn’t 100% effective.

I also read that the zinc in these creams was drying & probably not the best thing for me to be using.

What I needed was a cloth safe diaper cream. While I got the low down I found several contenders. A few had similarly chuckle inducing names, reminiscent of butt baste. These were rump rub and magic stick. Please tell me I’m not the only one who thought more lil kim than lil bums.

I decided on the breathable barrier Grandma El’s and added it to the trusty wish list. I’m writing out of order, so if you’ve read in order, you already know that I ordered it.

I did receive it, and while I will write my full review later, it rocks.

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I bleed for you

Nov 18,2009 / By Maria / No Comment

>I think I mentioned before that we planned to use hubby’s plasma donation $ to build up a cloth stash. He was showing me his latest boo-boo from said donation and told our son that he is bleeding for his red little hiney!

I found a site that had great prices and sold most of the brands I was looking for. Dipes are expensive to begin with, but their cost can easily increase by 50% or more if you have to pay shipping on each item.

I chose 4 brands/styles I wanted to try based on reviews online & from other mamas in the CD groups. Happy Heiny’s one size pocket diapers with aplix, Blueberry Minky one size diaper, Fuzzibunz one size diaper with hip snap and a clearance diaper, Haute one-size traditional pocket diaper. Between the blood $ and a check I had from selling Mary Kay, I had about $100 to spend. There was a $5/$50 coupon as well as free shipping with a $99 purchase.

I threw in some Grandma El’s Diaper Rash Cream (post on diaper rash and CD safe creams to come!) and a planet wise small wet bag. I had been using gallon size ziplocs for clean/dirties when we went out up to this point.

A mom in the CD group on cafemom makes cooshie tooshies diapers. I was able to get a screaming deal on a pocket diaper and an AIO. They are mediums, whereas all the other diapers I have purchased were one size. However, the price was great and definitely worth it.

Now the worst part, waiting for the packages to arrive!

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Cloth Diapers Detergents Diaper Cream

Take Two

Nov 16,2009 / By Maria / No Comment

>So my daughter never really got a “diaper rash” to speak of. A handful of times, she got a tiny bit red, we put some butt paste (which my Mom got as a joke but turned out to be awesome) on it & she was good as new. So, arrogant first time mother that I was, I assumed that if a baby had diaper rash issues, it must be (diaper) operator error (i.e. the parents).

Well, I sure got my comeuppance with my son. His pediatrician has commented that he is “rashy,” and it’s true. He has had baby acne, bumps and redness galore, and his bottom is no exception. That combined with a rasp he’s had since birth makes him suspect eczema.

That gave me a renewed determination to make cloth work for us. I found another detergent chart that had other detergents listed, and we were able to find two of them at a local organic market.

Satisfied that I’d be able to safely wash them, I ordered three Bumgenius 3.0 one size pocket diapers and eagerly awaited their arrival.

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Category : Diaper Cream

Grandma El’s + Happy Heiny’s=Happy Heiny

Fluff Mail!

I’ve got the Magic Stick

I bleed for you

Take Two

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