BumGenius 4.0

They are my new favorite diaper.  Granted it's the first "pocket diaper" I've ever used, but I still love it.  What is a pocket diaper?  Well it has a pocket for an absorbent insert to go into.  This means there is a "feel dry" liner against the baby's skin.  I have some other all in twos (AI2) but this is the easiest for daddy to use.  The other AI2's that we use are "snap in" insert styles.  I usually will just take the inserts out and use the cover throughout the day.  This does make less laundry than the bumGenius, but I don't mind.

The diaper

So what do I like about the 4.0?  Besides the ease of use like I said, I also like the colors.  Silly, I know.

The feel of them is also nice.  The liners are SUPER soft to the touch and always feel dry and MUST feel nice on the bum!  That part I can't test.  The outsides are also soft and nice to touch.  The one size feature of this diaper is no lie.  I am able to use it on the 8 week old and the 2 year old!  I've also washed 6 of them SEVERAL times and there hasn't been any pilling yet.  I'm sure it will happen, but they still look new.  In the diaper world they are since they're only a month old, but you know what I'm saying.  ;)

The various sizes

I also like the snap system for our 2 year old.  She can't go streaking, which has been a new favorite pass-time if we let her go pantless. I didn't buy any of the hook/loop (velcro) so I can't compare it to those.  I have had a problem with some hook/loop closures on other brands so I avoided them with these since I could.

I would have liked to buy some prints in the 4.0, but my favorite diaper store (All Things Diapers) doesn't have any in stock yet AND they (the prints) weren't a part of the buy 5 get one free deal bumGenius is running (which ends tomorrow).

We're doing our first test as an overnight diaper tonight.  I have put in a bumGenius insert and a hemp insert as a doubler.  I wanted to keep it somewhat trim which is why I didn't do two microfiber inserts.  I'll let you know how it does.  I know it can be on the baby for over 4 hours with no problems, but we still do disposables overnight with him.  I was doing the prefolds and it was too much effort in the middle of the night when I was half awake.  I think I could EASILY do these in the middle of the night, but I have a bunch of disposables that I need to get through, so we won't find out the overnight abilities on the baby for a while yet!

I would also like to try the following brands: Fuzzibunz, Rumparooz, Softbums Omni (invented in Andover, MN) and I'm sure there are some others ...

(pics are from the bumGenius site)