Review on the New Bumgenius Flip Trainer

Isn't he cute~P





We have been using the Bum Genius Flip Trainer for a little over a month.
I purchased the trainer at cottonbabies.com for 24.95. It comes with a cover and 5 organic cotton inserts. This is a onesize trainer it (fits most 18 months to 4t).


I bought the trainer in the color mirror with clementine side panels. It was intended as an overnight solution for P who is 3/12 and needs a nighttime diaper. I had been looking for something he could put on and take off by himself. And was hoping the new bg trainer would fit the bill. So I washed and prepped the trainer and tried it on P. We had some leaking and I was a bit sad.

But we kept on trying. I finally realized that I was setting the trainer too large for p. I had it on the largest setting but the legs were gaping. I may or may not have prepped the inserts as much as needed (cotton needs washed several times before it reaches its full absorbancy.) So I snapped the rise down all the way down and washed the inserts some more and we had sweet success!! It's pretty wet in the morning but since making it smaller it has not leaked. I may have to add another insert but I am hoping he will begin waking up dry soon. Either way, I love that he feels wet vrs a disposable where he wakes up thinking he woke up dry. I love the fact that it's cute, healthier and more economical than the disposable as well.

Pros- soft organic cotton, feels wet, pretty good price, size is adjustable
Cons- the insert is a bit small, sometimes the rise comes unsnapped when pulling up or down, velcro can snag stuff up in wash(newer versions have wash tabs!!

Overall, I am happy with this purchase and will consider getting more. For more info on this trainer check out http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info.php?cPath=139&products_id=3110

WHAT ELSE

I'm really looking forward to trying Grovia's New All in one trainer coming out later this month!



Next Review: Bumgenius Freetime : Bumgenius latest AIO Diaper.


So excited should be here tomorrow!!!

My journey to cloth

My search for cloth diapers began a few years ago. We have issues with bed-wetting at our house. Sheesh don't even get me started on that subject. this could be a very long post.

Anyhow I was looking for a overnight solution for an older child whom will remain anonymous I hadn't heard much about cloth diapering. I remembered my mom using prefolds with nylon pants for my little sister 25yrs ago, wow that makes me feel a old.

I decided to do a search online. And ended up purchasing two overnight pants that even 3 years later are way to big on him. We don't use anything on O the goodnites leaked so did everything else. We just wash bedding. I didn't completely give up on cloth.

P was potty learned at 2 but still needs night time help. I quickly got tired of purchasing pull ups after spending a small fortune. I was expecting J at this time. I had a friend at the time who introduced me to bumgenius diapers she loved them. So I really wanted to try them. I decided to give them a try for nighttime. I quickly ordered a bumgenius 4.0 in ribbit with a applix closure. We gave it a wash and tried it worked. Yay success why mess with a good thing. Because i started reading about all the different kinds of diapers out there. Then I was confused. Note to those considering cloth if something works stick with it. I'll explain later.

I believe, I then purchased a Fuzzy bunz onesize. It was okay a little small for p but I thought maybe it will work for the baby. I then, ordered a Happy Heiny trainer it did not come with any inserts and it took me a while to learn how to stuff the pocket well enough to get him through the night dry. But he like that he could put it on by himself. That's all I had for a while.So, I was washing everyday, it worked.
I knew I had to figure out what diaper I was going to use for the new baby. I had learned from diaperswappers and other cloth diaper blogs that he probably would not be fitting into onesize diapers right away.
I soon found some size 1 thirsties duo diapers on Craigslist and bought 6 of them and a few covers and fitteds as well. I couldn't decide what kind of diapers to buy or if I would need them. I have really big babies j was 10.10. Of course at the time i didn't know he was going to be that big. And I wanted to use cloth right away.

So i decided to order a diaper trail. I payed the cost of the diapers up front tried them for 2o days or so and sent back what didn't work. I got the trial at Jillian's drawers and loved it.I would highly recommend it. My favorites were the thirsties duo diaper and bg newborn. I only kept the bumgenius 4.0 in the snap and the snappie. The other diapers were to small by the end of the 3 weeks I had them. He fit fine into the onesize diapers at 2 weeks.

I continued to use the thirsties and bg diapers but knew i had to decide quickly what other diapers to get because he was out growing the thirsties quickly. I ordered 6 bumgenius 4.0's. My love for cloth had begun.