One thing I have to share before starting this review is how fun it is to evaluate products. When I was picked to evaluate this one, I was only told it was cloth diapers and they wanted parents already using cloth diapers. My assumption was that it was going to be 1 or 2 AIO (all in ones) or something like that so I could just add to my current diapering system. So it was quite a surprise when a big box arrived in the mail instead of a manila envelope. All of sudden this became a very exciting moment!
We opened up the box to find 18 ORGANIC prefold diapers. Picture me now almost hyperventilating – ORGANIC, ORGANIC, ORGANIC, I chant in my head. When we finally chose to use prefolds for our cloth diapering system, I had considered buying organic, but they were $8 a diaper as compared to $2 for non-organic. That was an investment that I may have been willing to make if we were going to have more children, but that was not and still is not that the plan. I chose to be ok with helping the environment with not throwing hundreds of diapers into a landfill. (And I didn’t know about this kit when I was shopping for my diapers.)
Even though I knew what to do to prepare the diapers for use, I did my best to look at the material as though I was using these for the first time and found the instruction booklet very clear and easy to understand. It was informative and gave additional resources if you felt you needed more information. I felt like anyone could follow the directions and get the system going.
After washing the diapers 3 or 4 times, they were nice and thick. We use a different diaper for Ella’s night time sleep as she sleeps all night (most nights) but I feel comfortable that if she happened to go to bed with one of the organic prefolds that she would not wake up with a horrible rash or totally soaked. They were and have stayed thick and absorbent after all these months.
The package also came with 4 bummis covers. I don’t have much to say – they are great, cute and do their job! We bought the same covers for our system and paid in upwards of $15 each.
And last but not least the very most exciting part was finding out the price for this package – which is $160. This in my opinion is a deal and well worth it. The package came with the following:
18 organic prefold diapers (good for 3-4 days)
4 bummis covers
1 hanging bag to hold soiled diapers
1 roll of diaper liners to catch the poop
5 polyester liners (which are GREAT for night time diapers)
sample of bum bum ointment (which I have used before and loved)
If you are shopping for a cloth diapering system I would easily recommend this package and feel good that you are diapering your child naturally and helping the environment BIG TIME! Happy diaper changing!
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