Go back 16 years ago when my youngest brother was a newborn & still in diapers, my mom used cloth diapers. They absolutely disgusted me! I guess this could have been because I was only 12-13 years old, or it could have been because they were the ones where you had the plastic covers over them & the diapers were held together with what looked like huge safety pins! I can not count the times that I had to change his diapers & when they were poopy, I would hold them by the corner, not wanting to be touched by the poop, or even by the baby's pee! Boy how times have changed from those very unattractive diapers!
As you know, I have 2 older children (they will be 5 in June and 7 in August) and I used disposables with them. The thought NEVER crossed my mind to use cloth diapers! I had my 3rd child on March 31, and not even 2 months later, we have already went through so many disposable diapers that I have lost count!
When I had the opportunity to review a
Soft Bums Echo, I jumped at the chance! Never mind my worries about touching poop or anything like that. After being a mom of 2 boys for almost 7 years, I have had them poop on me & pee on me more times that I can count!
I got my diaper in the mail & I was delighted to see how bright & vibrant the coloring was!!
Of course, I couldn't wait to use it & try it on Rosalie, but it had to be prepped first! I got done with all that & finally the next day, I got her in her first piece of fluff! I might be a bit partial, but I do think she looks good in fluff!
With the disposable diapers we currently have, Rosalie wears a size 1. They are still a bit big on her, but it never fails, she has red marks around her belly & on her legs. (As you can see, her legs are chunky, but really not any more chunky than the typical baby!) With this Softbums cloth diaper, there were NO red marks, whatsoever, anywhere!
Some of my favorite things about this diaper are listed below!
- The diapers fit legs from 4" to 14", which means there are NO red marks EVER!
- There are no leaks, thanks to the slide2size feature.
- I received 2 inserts (pods) with the shell & I was able to have 2 changes with the same shell.
- The shell is also reusable.
- They are very very easy to clean! Rosalie is 100% breastfed, I was able to just throw the inserts along with the shell into the wash when I got ready to wash them, and they came out extremely clean!
- The pods SNAP into place inside the shell, and when you need to make a change, you just unsnap then snap a clean one into it! My husband was impressed with this!
- This is a one size diaper - meaning I won't have to go buy bigger sizes when Rosalie starts potty training! Awesome!!
- Softbums offers diapers that snap closed or velcro closed! You get to choose what type of closure you want!
You can purchase a shell for $21.95
Here or you can purchase the Got one pack for $28.95
Here which comes with 1 Softbums Echo Shell with Slide2size & 1 one-size drytouch super pod!
About the dry touch super pods straight from the softbums website...
This Pod is made up of 2 separate parts. The OS contoured Pod has rise snaps to instantly size to Sm, Med, or Lg. Attached is our useful and popular Small DT Pod that snaps onto the OS pod for extra absorbency at night or for heavy wetters. Each Pod can be used alone for babies 3 mo and under giving you 2 diaper changes for the price of one!!!! Both Pods are trim and fit in your SoftBums Shells with no folding or tucking. Just snap and GO!! This is the best diapering system on the market, designed just for you and your baby! Nothing fits like a SoftBums with Slide²Size, and SoftBums Pods are made to fit perfectly inside a SoftBums Echo Shell, but Pods are even more useful than that. The best kept secret about Pods is that they'll fit in ANY waterproof diaper shell, even a pocket diaper, and turn it into a reusable diapering system.
Though I am still new to cloth diapering, I would definitely recommend this diapering system to anyone!! I already have more items in my cart on their website so that I can order more when I have the funds available!
One lucky winner will be chosen to win a SoftBums Echo in print of choice along with a super dry touch pod . Winner should be comfortable with letting me have their name, mailing address, phone number & email address so that I can pass it along to Softbums!
You can enter below to win one!! If you do not want to wait to see if you win to try their system out, you may purchase them
here.
Giveaway will close on
Wednesday June 5th, 2013!
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I received one or more products mentioned above in exchange for writing a review. However, I would never recommend anything to my readers that I did not like!
