Sage Diapers Review and Giveaway-NBNY

Just as disposable diapers peaking in popularity in 1983 and becoming the norm, Rachael Flug and her husband, Abraham, were forming Diaperaps. Convinced that cloth diapers were better for baby and the planet, they wanted to make it more accessible to families by making cloth easy. By creating a diaper cover that made pins obsolete they secured their place in the cloth diapering world.

Since the early 80's the couple has continued to be present in the cloth diapering scene. Over the past couple of years, Rachael has been redesigning Diaperaps. Using all her wisdom and experience from almost 30 years, she brings you a cloth diapering line that combines simplicity, versatility and reliability. Rachael and Abraham renamed their business Sage Diapers. Their products are made in the USA as well! What's not to love?

I was given the opportunity to review two of their great products; The Sure Fit Pocket Diaper and the Diaperaps cover with an Easy Fit Cloth Diaper Insert.



Sure Fit Pocket Diaper:
Cost: $18.50 (inserts sold seperatly)
This diaper is the most versitile diaper in the Sage Diaper line. It can be used as a pocket diaper or an AI2 by using the snaps at the back of the pocket opening to snap in one of two inserts offered and lay it on top. It comes in two sizes, Size 1 for babies 5-20lbs and Size 2 for babies 18-40lbs. It has 2 snap down rise adjustments making the wide weight range possible. The side snapping closure makes it easy to customize the fit of the diaper for your little one. Side snapping diapers allow for the adjustability of the legs and waist. They are ideal if you have a babe with chunky legs and a skinny waist or a little one with skinny legs and a round belly. There are two insert options, a hemp/organic cotton one and a micro terry topped microfleece. They must be purchased seperately. I was sent the hemp/organic cotton one. The natural fibers are very absorbent. I found that this diaper worked best for us as an AI2. Charlotte has very sensitive skin and keeping natural fibers near her skin helps. The elastic at the front of the diaper helps keep a good seal around baby to prevent leaks. We had no leaks with this diaper but did experience one blowout poo. I don't know if it was the diaper or Charlotte as it happened when she hadn't gone #2 in 2+ days (before I was a mother I never thought I'd be excited about another person's bowel movements. Oh how times change). I did run into two problems with the Sure Fit Pocket. One of the snaps on the insert that attaches it to the cover fell off. I contacted Rachael and she said that they had experienced that with a small batch of diapers. The issue seemed to be that the snap pressed used was set to the wrong pressure causing some of the snaps to fall off. The second issue was the elastic at the back of the diaper. I noticed after I took the diaper out of the wash after about the sixth or seventh use that the back elastic was completely slack. Rachael said that they hadn't run into this issue before. Perhaps it was a fluke. She sent me a replacement cover and I haven't had any issues with the new cover.


Diaperaps Diaper Cover:
Cost: $10.75
We were sent the Diaperaps cover in white in the infant size (5-9lbs). This cover is a newer version of first product offered by Sage Diapers. Charlotte weighed 8lbs 12oz at birth and this over still had room for her to grow. She was, and is, a chunker and used the cover until about 10.5 or 11lbs. The great thing about the infant size is that it has a cutout for the umbilical cord stump. It is made of a soft knit fabric on the outside and a waterproof material on the inside. The cover is extremely lightweight and breathable. The leg gussets held everything very well! Even the newborn poos which tend to be watery were contained by the gussets. Charlotte never came away from this diaper with red marks on her legs. The velcro closure has held well. There aren't any laundry tabs on this cover. When washing, fasten the cover inside out. I did find that the corner of the wings started to curl up slightly after having been used for awhile. We used this cover with the Easy Fold Cloth Diaper (a prefold made out of natural unbleached cotton). The prefold is so soft and lofty! I primarily used a snappi with this setup and it worked great. You can always lay it in the cover as well. On a newborn, it was a little bulky but Charlotte grew into it. The infant size fits up to 16lbs. One of the great things about buying infant sized prefolds is that you can use them as inserts with other diapers. I have been using this prefold as an insert for one of James' pocket diapers. I've been really impressed by the absorbency of the prefold. It's held up great overnight as well.

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The Giveaway:

Rachael at Sage Diapers has offered a Sure Fit Pocket diaper in winners choice of color!

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Giveaway will run from Wednesday February 16th, 2011 at 7:00pm (CST) until March 2nd, 2011 at 11:59pm CST. Winner will be chosen using random.org's true random number generator upon the close of the contest. Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hrs to respond or a new winner will be chosen. I was given the above products for the purpose of this review. It in no way swayed my opinions on the product. Must be 18 year old to enter. Open to US and Canadian residents only. Subject to changes.

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