Planet Wise wet bags

Dec 30,2009 / By Maria / 2 Comments

>I love my Planet Wise small wet bag, but I wanted a few more. You can read more about why I love them in my wish list post.

The colors and prints are adorable.

I got a medium, to give me a little more wiggle room than the small I have now (that holds 2 diapers but it’s a tight fit).

I also got a wet/dry bag, which is almost exactly the same size as the medium bag. However, it has a separate “dry” pocket on the outside to hold clean diapers, and also has a snap loop handle. I thought this would be great to keep several diapers in the car when we were going to be out and about for a bit longer and would need more than the two or so I could easily fit in my bag.

I fit four clean diapers with no trouble & tons more room.

I also got a large wet bag to keep in the laundry room to use as a diaper pail basically.

I looped it on the drawer handle for now. It’s awesome! It fits a day’s worth of diapers (10) easily, with no wicking & no smell. Boy does it stink when I unzip it at the end of the day, ha ha! I’ve put dripping wet diapers in it after rinsing, and it doesn’t leak when closed, even if I hold it upside down.

At the end of the day, I just unzip and shake the diapers into the washer. I pull the inserts out and fold laundry tabs in before I put them in the wet bag to make things simpler. Then I toss the bag in too!

You can dry these in the dryer, but I want to baby them, so I hung them to dry. The insides of the bags are PUL.

By morning, it’s dry & ready to use again, but I’d love to have a second one, so I can have one in use constantly.

I wish all of the wet bags had the loop handle. A medium would be great to hang on the dishwasher handle to hold wet towels, dish cloths, and cloth napkins (when I finally get some!) It would also be handy to be able to loop a wet bag around my diaper bag handle. I love the wet/dry bag, but I usually just keep 1 or 2 diapers and a folded up wet bag in my bag for short trips. It workd wonderfully, but would be convenient to hang it on my bag handle instead of trying to shove it back in the bag.

I also got a large “basic” pail liner.

The outside is super soft and it has an elastic drawstring and PUL inside.

I haven’t tried it in my diaper dekor yet. As I said in my post about pails, I’m not sure if it would be worth the trouble, it might be easier to stick with what I’m doing now!

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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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Peace Bears!

Dec 20,2009 / By Maria / 2 Comments

>I already have a Happy Heinys Diaper in the silly monkey print. I loved the peace bears print and was so excited to get it! It’s adorable as I expected.

It must be a newer version than the other one I have, because the inserts are slightly contoured, making for a better fit.

Also as expected, it fits wonderfully and trim!

One thing I like about HH over other one size diapers is that they have 4 settings.

Extra Small

Small

Medium

and large

The wide, overlapp-able tabs give you plenty of adjustment. They also come with snaps, and I’d love to try one. The laundry tabs on this diaper aren’t great, but I have pretty good luck twisting and connecting the tabs as illustrated on their site.

Overall, it’s a bit bigger than the Bumgenius 3.0. I don’t have any trouble with this diaper!

Edit August 2010: This doesn’t fit my son well and ends up leaking. It’s in my “laundry day diapers” drawer now, but I hope it will fit again when my son grows.

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His Tooshie is Cooshie

Nov 24,2009 / By Maria / No Comment

>Yesterday I got the Cooshie Tooshie diapers I purchased.

These are my first WAHM made diapers. They are very clearly individually vs factory made. The thing I like best about WAHM made diapers (aside from supporting another Mom) is the adorable prints.

I love that the inside is black. No stains!

The red rodeo diaper is a pocket style. It was sent with a microfiber towel to fold & stuff. Some WAHMs do not include an insert. You can make one, buy one, or use a towel.

The pocket opening is in the front, which doesn’t matter, but is different than I’m used to.

I washed them separately since they are brand new & so dark, then hung them to dry.

The Curious George diaper is an all in one, the first I’ve owned. The soaker is firmly stitched in and didn’t bunch while washing. It definitely took a while to dry!

These are also both size mediums. They’re the first non one size diapers I’ve purchased.

They seemed similar to the medium BG setting in length but seemed narrow through the middle.

They were trim & adorable on!

He only wet these diapers. They didn’t fit quite as snugly around the thighs and we had a little wicking around the legs. The price was excellent, they’re adorable and I’m happy to support a WAHM.

I definitely think if you were to do AIOs full time, you would need to double the stash since they take so long to dry. I also think it would be much more difficult to keep them clean & stink free since you can’t treat the soaker separately, and you do not want to damage the PUL.

I’m very happy to have these cute diapers!

Edit August 2010: I ended up selling these because I didn’t love the fit on my son as much as others I have.

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Planet Wise wet bags

Smartipants

Blueberry bamboo

Peace Bears!

His Tooshie is Cooshie

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