DryBees Fleece Night Diapers

Feb 25,2010 / By Maria / 9 Comments

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I’ve been hunting for a night diapering solution that won’t leave clothing and sheet soaked in the morning.

I had been using a Bumgenius 3.0 on the large setting (we use medium during the day) with an insert and 3 doublers. It was working OK I suppose, though usually my son’s pajamas were wet on the back right above the diaper.

Since it’s winter, he’s also been using a fleece sleep sack. That has helped somewhat, since it at least keeps the sheet dry.

Lately however, he’s woken up even wetter. All the stuffing also sometimes causes a gap at his leg. He often rolls onto his side to sleep, which caused him to pee right out of the leg gap, soaking everything and waking himself up!

I’ve been looking for something else to try. Enter DryBees.

I bought a DryBees Fleece Night Time diaper from Abby’s Lane. I found a coupon code for 5% off, got free shipping, had $3 in my Paypal account from a survey, and Abby’s Lane included a free microfiber insert. not bad for $15.52!

I really liked the charcoal color, but they didn’t have the size I needed, so I bought sage. I chose a medium, which should fit 14-22 lbs.

The outer is heavy weight Malden Mills Windpro fleece and the inner is suede cloth.

The inner is definitely stiffer and rougher than the micro fleece inner most of my other diapers have.

I tried the diaper on Saturday during the day, just to see how it fit. I used just the microfiber insert it came with, and it was great. It fit fine and didn’t leak.

I tried it overnight on Sunday. I stuffed it with the microfiber insert it came with, a Blueberry bamboo doubler and two hemp doublers. It was a tight squeeze into the pocket, which is tighter than the Bumgenius pockets.

It didn’t seem any bulkier than the BG I usually over-stuff at night.

The next morning, his back was wet, but the inserts weren’t completely soaked. I thought maybe it was user error? I quickly washed & dried them to try again Tuesday night. Wednesday morning, he woke up with EVERYthing soaked. Pajamas, sleep sack, sheets, everything. The microfiber insert was not soaking wet but the hemp was. That made me suspect that it had something to do with the hemp being up against the fleece.

Wednesday (last night), I tried again. First, I tried to use the microfiber insert it came with, along with 3 microfiber doublers (two from Happy Heiny’s and one from FuzziBunz).

I actually couldn’t fit all that in the pocket, so I ditched one of the HH doublers.

I fit it all in the pocket!

Fluffy and squishy, but no leg gap!

This morning, all the inserts were soaking wet, and so was he.

So, I’m trying other things! I ordered a Heartland Dreams fitted, a Kissaluvs Wool Soaker and Eucalan Wool Wash (click that link for info on requesting a free sample. I’ll post about wool when I get that stuff.

I also ordered Knickernappies LoopyDo and SuperDo inserts. I’ll figure this out yet! I’m guessing I will end up having to use multiple super inserts along with a wool cover!

November 2010 update: I gave up on this diaper; so many people love it but it just didn’t work for us. Here’s what worked for us at night, after a lot of trial and error:

Dypes by Dixon Sweet Slumber Fleece Diaper or a Bumgenius pocket, stuffed with a Superdo insert, a loopydo with an added natural fiber doubler, or a regular microfiber insert with a natural fiber doubler. I always put the microfiber in the pocket on the baby side and the doubler underneath (or in the middle of the loopydo.) This allows the microfiber to quickly absorb liquid, and the doubler locks it away (yes, I feel like a paper towel commercial.)

What has also worked for us is a super absorbent fitted, like the Guerilla Fluff Utilitarian with a night-time wool interlock soaker over top.

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Rumparooz with snaps

Jan 9,2010 / By Maria / 1 Comment

>I’ve tried a few diapers with snaps and velcro is still my preference.

I like that snap diapers seem to look new longer, no snagging & diaper chaining either. I also hear that although you may have to replace a snap or two at some point, you will have to replace velcro, no question. However, I think I could handle sewing some velcro on, I don’t have a snap press or pliers to do snaps though! People also say snaps are harder for their toddler streaker wannabe to undo.

This Rumparooz diaper has a cute kangaroo print (my daughter still thinks they are dinosaurs!) and I chose the snap option.

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It’s fine. Other than the snaps, it’s exactly like the other Rumprooz I have. The snaps do take an extra few seconds to do, and you can’t get quite the custom fit that you can with velcro.

For now, I think I’d continue to choose velcro over snaps. Not sure if that will change later!

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Smartipants

Dec 25,2009 / By Maria / 4 Comments

>Smartipants is the only company that did not respond to my request to use their images in my “wish list” post.

Still, I was intrigued by the claim that the insert would agitate out in the wash, and it was also the least expensive one size diaper I’ve seen so far.

It’s also the first one I’ve seen that doesn’t come with a doubler.

It has only a single row of snaps, and the insert agitates out because it has more of a “patch” than a pocket. Annoying to stuff for sure.

It was fine, but nothing to write home about. Even the ability to wash without removing the insert doesn’t entice me. If they were all you had, you could just change them & wash them. No tabs to fold over & no insert to pull out. For me, I don’t care. I usually grab the insert with the wipe, then lay it inside the diaper & fold it up. I have to use hand sanitizer after changing a diaper anyway, so who cares.

They’re also only about $3 cheaper than the Bumgenius, but appear to be much cheaper. Don’t forget that they don’t come with a doubler either.

I am realizing how economical the BG 3.0s really are, I just wish they came in more colors and some prints too!

Edit August 2010: This has been in our regular rotation for 8 months and is a favorite. It has held up well, is easy to use and doesn’t leak. It looked basic initially but looks can be deceiving!

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Blueberry bamboo

Dec 24,2009 / By Maria / 6 Comments

>When I had all of my new diapers hanging to dry, my husband picked this one out as the most expensive immediately. I didn’t ask him to choose one, he did it on his own. He said it definitely looked the nicest & felt the softest. It was sooooooo soft inside, I wanted to put my face on it! It wasn’t quite as soft after washing though.

The diaper came with the same cardboard sleeve that the minky diaper with the hemp/microfiber insert had, but it had an outer plastic bag with a “bamboo” sticker. It had a loose doubler like the minky one did.

When I opened it up, the inserts were a really soft material, not at all like the microfiber/hemp ones I received with the minky diaper. The sleeve’s fabric content listing was clearly not accurate, since these were NOT microfiber/hemp.

I couldn’t tell what they were, so I wasn’t sure if they would need to be prepped like hemp. To be on the safe side, I washed them separately 3 times, to ensure any oils were removed, and no oils (if any) were transferred to other diapers or inserts.

I finally found on their website that the inserts are bamboo/cotton velour. Still not sure how to prep them but oh well.

The diaper is really cute. I think it’s actually quite gender neutral, despite being blue.

The other Blueberry diaper I have has velcro closures, which I despise. They stick to every-freaking-thing and it takes super human strength to get them off the dang laundry tabs. Even my husband was surprised by that. So this diaper has snaps.

The inner and outer material, closure and inserts are different, but the two diapers I have are otherwise the same (ha, that sounds ridiculous).

Anyway, same good fit, I didn’t have any trouble with the snaps. I liked that there were two rows of snaps. The Fuzzibunz have a total of 6 snaps to do each time and it’s irritating and confusing.

I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t prefer this soft, squishy diaper against their skin instead of paper!

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Rumparooz

Dec 22,2009 / By Maria / 3 Comments

>I was so excited to get the Rumparooz in the lil monster print!!

I was expecting white/silver from the photos online, but it’s actually yellow.

I was much anticipating the inner gussets, which I haven’t seen on another diaper.

The pocket was easy to stuff with the two included inserts, but also contained the inserts much more easily and nicely than other diapers. With this one, I don’t have to worry about the insert hanging out or touching his skin. The newborn insert is very nicely contoured, for a great fit on a tiny baby.

I was a little worried because the diaper seemed really tiny. However, I quickly discovered that the elastic is just gathered much more tightly inside than other diapers. It stretched to the same size as a BG 3.0.

Aside from the inner gussets, the other thing that makes Rumparooz stand out is the Extra Small setting. They say it will fit at 6 lbs and it is very tiny!

I’ve had no problems with this diaper. The “6r soaker” snaps together with the newborn insert/doubler to get a custom absorbency where you need it, but I’ve kept it simple so far!

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