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Feb 23,2012 / By Maria / 13 Comments

Last year, I reviewed the Knickernappies one-size cloth diaper. My son was 23 months old and about 22 pounds when I posted my Knickernappies one-size cloth diaper review, wearing the medium rise setting and next to smallest snap setting. Be sure to check out that review for all the nitty gritty details, measurements, and photos of my son at that size!

Prices have gone up a little bit since I posted my original review, but you can get the diaper with small and large microfiber inserts for $21.95, or with small and large loopydo inserts for $26.95. Loopydo inserts sell for $7.49 each separately (worth every penny BTW) so $5 extra for two is a great deal!

I received a diaper in Knickernappies’ very first print, Ooga Booga! It’s adorable of course (I do love Ooga monsters!) and I love the matching inner.

While the diaper comes with small and large inserts, they are available in small, medium & large. I’ve been using Superdo inserts at night for two years, and I continue to sing their praises! The small inserts fit in my mini one-size diapers that are a bit wider through the crotch, the mediums fit in most small one-size diapers, and the larges are what I’ve been using since my older son was in mediums (he’s still using them now in the large setting.)

Both the loopydo and superdo inserts are hemp (6 layers for the superdo, 2 for the loopydo) sandwiched between 2 layers of microfiber.

The loopydo is barely thicker than a microfiber insert alone, but far more absorbent. The superdo was a lifesaver at night for us, getting through every night dry. I had tried two microfiber inserts with a hemp doubler, but they were so thick, we ended up with leg gap. Thick insert + 12 hours of use=a little stinky, so I used to bleach my inserts once per month (I don’t need to anymore since adding Oxiclean to every load.) Bleach isn’t good for natural fibers, so after two years, there is some wear on the hemp of my superdos, but they still work fantastically!

Of course, all that absorbency makes the diaper a little bit fluffier! Above is a diaper with a microfiber insert and one with a superdo.

Above is my son at 10 weeks old and around 10 pounds. It fits him with no leg gap, and is quite trim for a o/s diaper on such a small baby. He’s wearing the blue with a large microfiber insert & the ooga with a small loopydo.

My older son is now 2 years & 9 months old, and about 29 pounds. He’s wearing the largest rise setting, but it hits him quite high, and he has two snap settings to go. He has tons of room to grow!

Giveaway: One winner will receive a Knickernappies one-size diaper in their choice of color (subject to availability), with Loopydo inserts. The retail value of this prize is $26.95. Entries go in the Rafflecopter form.

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Mailbox Mondays 11/8/10

Nov 8,2010 / By Maria / 4 Comments

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Every Monday I will answer user submitted questions. They don’t have to be about cloth diapering! I’ll always answer questions via email, but if you would like your question to be answered in a Mailbox Mondays post, send an email with the subject “Mailbox Mondays” to Maria at change-diapers dot com.

Naomi says:

Hey Maria,

Talk to me(us) about hemp vs. bamboo. Any recommendations of brands for a hemp or bamboo insert?

Overnight diapers for my 3 year old are getting pretty bulky. I usually sandwich a terry hemp doubler between two microfiber inserts in a generic pocket. That usually does the trick, but I’ve only got two of the hemp guys and when I’m out, I stuff the poor pockets to the gills with microfiber (3 inserts or 2 inserts with a mf towel). While dd doesn’t seem to care about the bulk, it gets hard to stuff and when family sees her overnight diaper it is pretty comical.

I don’t mind bulk, but am wondering which material to try and get inserts of. I’ve heard a lot about wool covers, but right now can only afford to stay with my pockets for overnight and just get a couple used inserts.

Great question! I’ve been fortunate in that several of the diapers I’ve purchased/reviewed came with natural fiber inserts, and they are definitely top notch for nighttime diapering.

In no particular order, first is the insert that came with my Babykicks Bumboo Pocket Diaper. This is 55% hemp and 45% cotton. Babykicks also sells Joey Bunz, Joey Bunz Premium (both sized) and doublers separately. (There should be some in the CSN giveaway in the Merry Fluffy Christmas event!)

My Amp Duo Diaper came with a 2-layer hemp insert, as well as a bamboo insert. The inserts look like a smallish prefold that you trifold, and they also come in 3-layer hemp, as well as organic cotton.

My Blueberry Minky was one I bought after only cloth diapering for about a month, and it was my first experience with a microfiber/hemp combo. It’s a one size insert that snaps down to different sizes, and a 3-pack retails separately for $19.95.

These doublers were kind of random. They were loose in the package with the Blueberry diapers I bought last year. I believe they are organic cotton and bamboo doublers but I’m not entirely sure. I use both of them at night. I have 4 night time diapers in my rotation right now. My Guerilla Fluff Utilitarian with a Mobums Wool Interlock Night Night Soaker, a Dypes by Dixon Sweet Slumber fleece pocket stuffed with the superdo, and two Bumgenius 3.0 pockets, one stuffed with a microfiber insert and one of the random hemp/cotton doublers, the other stuffed with the loopydo with the second random doubler in between.

Speaking of which, I wholeheartedly recommend the Knickernappies Superdo and Loopydo inserts. I purchased these out of utter desperation when my son was soaking every insert I had, and I was creating a monster leg gap by putting 3 inserts in a pocket. They really are rather pricey at $7.50 for a loopydo and $12.95 for a superdo, but I think they are worth it. I tried to be cheap and buy the large size for my son’s medium diapers, but they are quite bulky folded over. I love the microfiber/hemp combo because the microfiber whisks the moisture away from my son’s skin, and the hemp locks it away.

OK, I feel like a paper towel commercial. Really though, if you are looking for a solution for a heavy wetter, I highly recommend them. The only problem I have with them is that they can become quite stinky. When I notice that, I wash (inserts only) with about 1/4 cup of bleach, then rinse rinse rinse until the water is clean and the inserts don’t smell like bleach anymore!

If I had the money to spend, I’d love to have more superdo/loopydo inserts. I’ve been wanting to buy some mediums for a while but I’ve been trying to stick to the budget!

These are just the inserts I own, there are of course lots of other natural fiber inserts/prefolds out there!

So how about the rest of you? Do you have a favorite natural fiber insert?

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Mailbox Mondays 10/18/10

Oct 18,2010 / By Maria / 1 Comment

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Every Monday I will answer user submitted questions. They don’t have to be about cloth diapering! I’ll always answer questions via email, but if you would like your question to be answered in a Mailbox Mondays post, send an email with the subject “Mailbox Mondays” to Maria at change-diapers dot com.

I’m looking for MM submissions for late October and beyond!

Marah says:

I am so sick of leaks overnight! What is your solution for overnight cloth diapering?

Marah

This is a pretty common dilemma, and one that caused me a lot of trouble! Sometimes, it’s as simple as the right fit and the right insert. I was stuffing my Bumgenius diapers so thick that I had to size up, and was having leg gap issues.

Make sure the diaper fits snugly at the legs, and that the inner of the diaper and the insert are all tucked in. Also make sure no clothing is tucked into the diaper! I’ve accidentally had my son’s shirt stuck in the back of the diaper before!

If your diaper fits well, but you don’t have enough absorbency (the insert is completely saturated in the morning) try adding a second full size insert, a hemp doubler, or what really worked for me, a Knickernappies Superdo insert.

If you still have trouble, bring out the big guns. Super absorbent fitteds with wool soakers are an awesome combo. I’ve had great luck with the Guerilla Fluff utilitarian. Make sure your wool soaker is well lanolized, and look for soakers designed for night time, since they have extra layers in the wet zone. I love our Mobums Night Night Wool Soaker.

Now that it’s getting cooler, putting your child in fleece pajama pants will give you another layer of wetness protection! Like wash routines, overnight diapering is annoying since as soon as you figure it out, something changes! Once I finally had our routine down pat, my son stopped wetting as heavily!

Nancy says:

Here’s a question for Mailbox Mondays: What are the best soaking, washing and drying methods to keep your diapers clean, soft, and absorbent?

Nancy

Unfortunately, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer for this! It depends heavily on your water, your machine, how often you wash, how many diapers you wash at a time etc.

For me, a cold wash with no detergent, hot wash with a tiny amount of detergent, with an extra rinse works well.

I hang my shells to dry and tumble the inserts in the dryer.

About every other month, I soak all of my diapers and inserts overnight in RLR, then rinse until the water is clean. Then, I wash only the inserts with a dab of bleach, then rinse until the water is clean and I don’t smell bleach.

I spent a lot of time playing with wash routines and detergents. Right now I am using Tide HE powder, but I use only about 1/4 of the lowest load line for a full load of diapers.

How about you gals? Did you have trouble coming up with an overnight solution? What have you tried? What works for you?

How about wash routines? How do you wash & dry? What detergent do you use? How many detergents did you go through before you found the right one? Do you strip your diapers or treat them? How often? What do you use?

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Knickernappies Superdo and Loopydo Inserts

Mar 23,2010 / By Maria / 8 Comments

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My quest to keep my son dry through the night led me to try several things. Our Bumgenius 3.0s were working well for a while, but I was having to add so many doublers to the diaper that it was creating a leg gap. Since my son recently started rolling over on his side at night, this was a problem!

I started reading reviews of inserts on diaperpin as well as many online stores. The reviews led me to Knickernappies.

The LoopyDo 2G prewashed inserts have 2 layers of hemp french terry as well as 2 layers of microfiber.

Hemp usually requires prepping to remove the natural oils and make it absorbent, but these inserts are prewashed so you an use them right away, though they will continue to become more absorbent with subsequent washings.

Those 4 layers are sewn in a loop so they dry more quickly, saving time and energy costs.

They come in 3 sizes: Small measuring 12″x5.5″, Medium measuring 14″x5.5″ and Large measuring 16×5.5″. I should have purchased a medium, but I bought a large instead. I simply folded a portion of it over and stuffed it into the pocket diaper (like a bumgenius one size insert, minus the snap). It worked wonderfully, though obviously a little bulky. Not a big deal for me since I was using it at night only.

It was wide enough to fill the whole pocket as well. I have a problem with a few of my pocket diapers where the included insert is narrower than the pocket, allowing for gaps and shifting, which always leads to leaks for us.

I used the LoopyDo in a Bumgenius 3.0 pocket diaper on the medium setting, along with the BG insert and a hemp doubler. I had no leg gap and no leaks, though all of the inserts were saturated in the morning. I would definitely use a LoopyDo in any pocket diaper for naps, car trips and so forth, but I’d buy the appropriate size. It’s too bulky for daytime when folded over.

I also bought a SuperDo 2G prewashed insert. These have SIX layers of hemp terry and two layers of microfiber. This insert is made for heavy wetters and overnight, and is more absorbent than two microfiber inserts together.

Other than the # of layers, it is the same as the LoopyDo.

Here it is in a Drybees Fleece night time diaper.

I bought a large in the SuperDo as well and I definitely should have bought the medium. I am able to use it in my medium diapers but it is much, much too bulky and creates gaps. I should buy a medium but with a $12.95 MSRP, it will have to wait. I’ve spent way too much money on my night time diapering quest over the past month!

Here you can see how much thickness the extra 4 hemp layers in the SuperDo (bottom) add over the LoopyDo (top).

Here you can see both Knickernappies inserts compared to a Bumgenius insert.

The only thing I don’t like about these is that they are sized. Well, I like that they are sized, it really reduces the bulk. My wallet doesn’t like that they are sized!

In short, if you are looking to purchase an insert, buy one of these! I bought mine from Abby’s Lane. Good prices and fat and free shipping!

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