PREFOLD DIAPER & COVER REVIEW

As I mentioned in my AiO diaper review, Melanie from Sugar Britches Nappies is now offering prefold and cover sets for sale in her Etsy store.  Knowing that prefolds are my go to for my boys, mainly because they are so economical for any family, but especially for our family; Melanie asked if I would be willing to try her prefold diapers and the cover style she has come up with.  Once again my answer was a resounding, YES, because if I haven’t mentioned it before, I LOVE getting FLUFF mail!

I KNOW that there are a lot of prefold brands out there.  I was given a lot of size small prefolds (think newborn-15 pounds or so), by a gracious friend of mine who was excited to share her diaper stash and introduce me to cloth diapers.  Sadly, my little man wasn’t able to stay in them long.  So, I did some research and ordered the prefold diaper set from Diaper Junction.  I love it and I love using my prefolds.  Upon stating that, I was kind of skeptical as to whether or not I’d like the prefold and cover that I was being asked to try.  After all, why mess with what works right? 

Oh my stars, I was right.   I didn’t like Sugar Britches Nappies prefold and cover, I LOVED it!  First thing is that the prefold is cotton, but it’s more like a cotton flannel uber soft material.  To prep it all I had to do wash them.  That’s it, no boiling (that’s how I prepped my other prefolds), and no washing them five or six times.  These prefold style diapers are sewn together by Melanie.  In the middle she adds an extra absorbent layer; she calls her “magic layer”.  In it is some of the Zorby that she uses in her other diapers, (and is something that I love), and tops it with the light cotton material.  This layer is what sets these prefolds apart from other prefolds.  Why?

With Sugar Britches Nappies you prefolds you don’t need a snappi or baby safety pins, you trifold them and put them in the cover.  Most of the time when you do this fold and place method of diapering with a prefold, they bunch in the middle when wet and can shift out of place making your diaper cover wetter in the process. One of the reasons that I love prefold diapers is that I can use one or two covers all day for Cole and two to three covers all day for Jacob.  The beauty of covers is that they are always waterproof; you can just wipe them out as needed and change the cotton diaper on the baby.  But folding diapers and placing them into covers causes them to shift and bunch, a lot.  Another issue with trifolding a prefold is the size of the diaper.  This diaper folding method can make a baby’s little bottom extra fluffy.  That extra fluffiness can make it hard to find clothes that fit!

The adorable cover!

The inside of the cover showing the "pocket" for tucking the trifolded prefod diaper in.

A prefold comparison.  On the left is a Diaper Junction sized medium prefold.  In the middle is the prefold from Sugar Brtiches Nappies.  On the right is a size small cotton prefold (brand unknown).   

 BUT, Melanie’s prefolds didn’t do any of that.  The extra absorbent Zorby layer lets them catch a lot of moisture without a lot of shifting or bunching. Plus this magic layer that she sews into her prefolds wicks (or pulls) the moisture away from the baby without being too bulky the way that a traditional prefold can be.  Sugar Britches Nappies prefold diaper style is actually my preferred way of diapering my active two year old Cole.  More than that I LOVE how adorable the cover is and the way that it looks with his eyes.

   

Did I mention that I love this style of diaper on my Cole?

And that I LOVE this cover color with his eyes!

This cover set works well on Jacob too!

To me Melanie and Sugar Britches Nappies, has once again delivered with this diapering solution.  Her craftsmanship and attention to detail makes the prefold and cover set one that I reach for time and time again.  More than that, her price sets this set apart from all competitors and makes the prefold and cover set the one worth using!  Her Etsy store has the complete one size prefold set including six covers and 14 diapers listed for only $76.00.  In reality, that is a steal!  AND, the good news is that if you need more prefolds to change your active heavy wetters (like I do….HA), you can use the small size prefolds in her covers.

So please, head over to Sugar Britches Nappies, check out all her diapers and try some for yourself.  You will be supporting a phenomenal company, get to experience their excellent customer service, and be blessed with some diapers that you will love.  Don’t forget to check out her Pay It Forward diaper campaign while your there! 

**ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN PAID OR COMPENSATED IN ANY WAY FOR THIS POST.  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED HERE ARE MY OWN AND ARE A REFLECTION OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE PREFOLD AND DIAPER COVER THAT I WAS GIVEN TO TRY.  I DO GET TO KEEP THE ONE PREFOLD AND THE ONE COVER.  I DO WANT TO ORDER MORE!**

ALL IN ONE DIAPER REVIEW

When I mentioned to Robert that I wanted to try cloth diapering to save us some money, he supported me but frankly thought that I was insane.  He has shared with me that he never thought that I would really stick with it; after all we had used disposable diapers on the previous three kiddos.  Switching the youngest two into cloth has been a learning curve and for me and in some ways an addiction to all the cute diaper covers.  Even when I was having to hand wash all our laundry I was still using cloth, I was just hand washing the diapers too.  I ADORE seeing the boys in cute diaper prints! 

In spite of my love of a cute bottom, I haven’t been able to find a solution that worked well for us at night.  As I have mentioned before, my go to for the boys are prefolds and covers.  Prefolds are, in my humble opinion, the most economical way to cloth diaper and having two kiddos in diapers with a big family like ours I was looking for inexpensive too.  As much as I love my prefolds and covers, they weren’t loved as much by the bigger diaper changing kiddos or Daddy so I bought some OS (one size [sized to work from about 10-40 pounds] diapers) AiO (All in One) and Ai2 (All in 2) diapers from Sugar BritchesNappies on Etsy.  These diapers have been wonderful for the big kiddos and Daddy.  I thought that I was set on diapers until I discovered that we didn’t have a night time diaper solution that worked for us. So I have been buying disposables to use at night.  

You see my kiddos are all tummy sleepers.  From the time they can roll over on their own, they always flip to their sides or their tummy to sleep on.  Add to that the fact that they are heavy wetters at night and you can have a lot of wetness in the bed if you’re just using the prefold diapers and their covers.  Even using disposables at night we could end up with a wet bed in the morning.  I KNEW that there had to be a solution for this so I began to look at what the most common night time go to answer is.  For many people it is a wool cover, but we didn’t have the extra money for me to spend on wool diapers.  That’s when Melanie from Sugar Britches Nappies contacted me.  She had developed a new style for her OS AiO diapers and asked if I would be willing to try it out.  She even suggested that the diaper might be the night time solution we were looking for.  I must admit that I was skeptical that it would work for us at night, but hey, I was up for a new diaper to try!

Let me tell you, I am IN LOVE with this diaper!  First of all, I LOVE the diaper print.  I know that the color of the outside of the diaper has nothing to do with how well it holds, but I adore the multi color chevron and the lime green tabs.  To me, it just says I am happy because the colors work so well together.  Literally just looking at the diaper makes me smile.  I also liked how the inserts for this newer style AiO are sewn in only on one side to make drying easier.  Usually I hang diapers on the clothes line but we’ve been hit with an unusually rainy start to fall and without fail when I go to do diaper laundry, it’s raining.  Having these inserts not completely sewn in cuts down the diapers drying time in my dryer.  But the real test would be putting the diaper on the baby.

See, isn't it cute?

The inside with the inserts folded in.

The inserts opened outward.

The first day I tried it out, I put it on Jacob just to see how long it would last.  Usually I’m changing diapers every hour to every hour and a half.  This diaper, without any other inserts lasted FOUR hours. I was thrilled.  To me, this would make it the perfect traveling diaper. One test down, but I had to see how well it worked at night.  So after being thoroughly washed and dried came the night time test on Jacob.

Getting dressed for the day, this diaper is a good fit.

Just because I LOVED how much his shirt matched this diaper, he wore no shorts!  HA!

Jacob is a wonderful sleeper.  He normally goes down at night around 7:30-8:00 and sleeps until 6:30-7:00 in the morning.  Some nights he might wake up to nurse but even then I don’t change his diaper.  So I got out this new style AiO diaper and got my little man ready for bed.  Now let me mention knowing that he is a tummy sleeper and a heavy night time wetter, I did add an additional insert under the bottom fold over flap.  I used a Zorby insert that I got from Sugar Britches Nappies, it is the snap in insert that she uses in her Ai2 diapers and I have had great wetness success with them.  Around 7:15 the new diaper went on and around 7:30 Jacob was in bed.  On this night he did get up to nurse around 2:30 and like always, I didn’t change his diaper.

Shhh, my sweet baby sleeping!!!

Let me tell you, the diaper worked! Not only was it thoroughly wet in the morning, it was soaked!  BUT there was no issue of wetness on the bed or on Jacob’s jammies.  I was impressed and now sold on this being the perfect nighttime diaper solution for Jacob.  BUT, would it work on Cole?  In short, YES!!  Doing what I had done for Jacob, we put the diaper on Cole two nights later and it worked beautifully!  That night Cole got in bed with John Robert (he usually does sleep with his brothers), and John Robert said that he couldn’t even smell the wetness on Cole who normally stinks in the morning!  I am sold!

Cole is at 34 pounds...this diaper is a good fit for him too.

Getting ready for bed, he had to take pictures in his daddy's hat!  HA!

Even more than the fact that I LOVE these diapers and now need 30 of them (well, maybe NOT that many!), I LOVE that Melanie has them so reasonably priced. I honestly thought she would mark these at around $20.00 a diaper, believe me when I say they are worth that and more.  BUT, her Etsy store has them listed at only $15.00!  I cannot begin to tell you what a deal that is!!  Please, head over to her store and check them out.  They are well worth the price and I know that they will work as well for you as they have for me!  Lastly, be on the lookout for my review (coming soon) for her new prefold style diaper and covers.  Don’t forget her Pay It Forward campaign going on too! 

**IN NO WAY HAVE I BEEN PAID FOR THIS REVIEW.  THIS IS MY OPINION AND MY EXPIERENCE WITH THIS DIAPER STYLE. I DO GET TO KEEP THE ONE DIAPER I HAVE TRIED.  I AM SAVING UP TO GET MORE!**

IT’S THE FLUFF OF LIFE!

Life isn’t always easy, sometimes we need the fluff, little things to make us happy.  For me, that is cloth diapers and the kindness of the owner of SugarBritches Nappies, Melanie.  I ordered some AiO (All in One) diapers from her and didn’t love them as much as I did her Ai2’s (All in 2’s).  So I contacted her and she willingly converted them at no additional charge.  Then she made my life 100 times better.  How?

Recently Melanie contacted me to try out two new diapers that she has come up with.  Of course I said YES!!!  I LOVE new diapers and I am honored that she thought of me and was willing to let me put them to the test.   More than that, I was excited to get some fluff mail.  We agreed she’d send them in the box with my recently converted diapers.  It was a box I was eagerly anticipating! 

I got my box today. Yep, in the midst of dealing with a wonderful stomach bug that has hit the oldest boys the hardest, my FLUFF arrived.  I was so excited to get that package, I needed a pick me up after the rotten day that I’ve had.  BOY did that package deliver.  AND I can’t wait to test the diapers out and share the results with everyone.  Be on the lookout for the reviews.  More than that head over to the store and check out her diapers!  The prices are awesome, her customer service is beyond amazingly phenomenal, and her kind heart makes life a lot easier!  Sometimes it’s all about the FLUFF of life, and I can’t wait to share more!

FLUFF MAIL!  YAY!!!!

Isn't it pretty? I can't wait to try this new style AiO out!

EEEK!  I also get to try her prefold style out!  I LOVE my prefolds!!!

PAYING IT FORWARD!

I am in love with cloth diapering. I love my prefolds and covers for the days that it is just me changing diapers.  BUT, prefolds and their covers are not a favorite of my husband or my kiddos.  They prefer to use my AIO (All in One) or my AI2 (All in Two) diapers that I got from Sugar Britches Nappies. I LOVE her custom diapers, they are adorable and I get compliments on them every time that I use them. My love for these adorable diapers is one reason I was so excited when the owner contacted me and asked me if I would help her get the word out.  More than that, I am humbled and honored I get to help her out.

My little man in his Sugar Britches Nappies diapers!

So what’s the news?  Melanie at Sugar Britches Nappies is ready to pay it forward.  From now until November 20^th she is taking nominations for a lucky person to WIN an awesome diaper starter, completer, or filler stash!   It comes with 10 AI2 with inserts, 6 prefolds and 4 waterproof wraps. The only requirement is that when the winning family is finished using all those goodies, Melanie asks they pay it forward by donating it to another family in need.  What a HUGE blessing this will be for a lot of people!

A sample of the winning diapers!

Take a minute and head over to her Etsy store and check out the rules and get your paperwork turned in.  If you can, order some diapers too!  Melanie’s customer service is phenomenal, seriously she is the BEST to work with, and you will be supporting a business that believes in blessing others!  When you’re done, look for ways to bless someone today the way that Melanie and Sugar Britches Nappies is looking to bless someone too!