I love Oeko Popo! Review and Giveaway

You all know I'm a cloth diaper lover, for a variety of reasons.  I think they're cute.  I like that I don't have to buy them over and over and over just to throw them away.  I like that Stinky feels when he's pottied.  AND I like that they're WAY more breathable than disposable diapers!  Juliane, from Oeko Popo Diapers, has done an experiment to test just how the breathability compares!  Some of you will be surprised.  Check out her video!

Speaking of Oeko Popo, Juliane contacted me several months ago and asked if I'd like to review her diapers!  Um...yes?  I checked out her page and they were SO cute, and different than diapers I'd seen before, so of course, I agreed and she sent me this adorable versatility cover!

The Oeko Popo Versatility cover (Size 2 OS) can be used as a cover over fitteds, prefolds, flats, etc., OR it can be used with Oeko Popo's unique inserts to make it function as an AI0/AI2, OR with a pocket sleeve to make it a pocket!  This puppy is truly versatile!

On the left, you see the cover.  The pocket sleeve is in the middle (cinched down a bit for Stinky).  The insert is on the right.

I use the Oeko Popo Versatility diaper differently depending on what we're  doing that day.  Stinky's a heavy  wetter, and my favorite "insert" is a flat, pad-folded.  I LOVE that the Versatility is perfect for adequately covering his flat!  (That's what he's wearing as I type!)  Earlier today, He wore the same cover, with the pocket sleeve and insert.  It's really easy to stuff the sleeve!

Then just snap it into the cover, and you're good to go!  There is a snap at each corner of the sleeve, so it doesn't move a bit once it's in the diaper!

The pocket sleeve creates a double gusset!  Most of the time, when Stinky is...Stinky...I can just unsnap the sleeve from the cover and either insert a new sleeve, a new insert, or another type of insert!  It's great!  I love this feature.

These next couple pictures are a little different.  They're green.  That's right.  I liked the first Oeko Popo Versatility cover SO much, that I bought a second one!  It was just too cute!  The fabric is nice and thick and durable, but not so thick it's stiff or rigid!  Anyway, one feature I really like about the Oeko Popo Versatility cover is the snap pattern!  I've never seen anything quite like it.  Most of the snaps on the front of the diaper are "female" like you see with most diapers, but a few of them are "male."  (Obviously, then, the ones on the tabs are the opposites.)  This allows for a much more custom fit than most of the one size diapers I've tried!  I LOVE this!  The only thing I wish were different (about this whole diaper, honestly) is I wish it had 4 snaps on the tabs rather than 3, so the wings would droop just a tad less.  There's not much droop at all, but I guess I'm just sort of paranoid!

Even though the Versatility is the "extra wide" version of the Oeko Popo diaper, it fits Stinky GREAT through the crotch!  He's got room to spare, for sure, but the fabric is so soft and flexible it doesn't irritate him or bunch up!

People, the Oeko Popo Versatility Cover is my go-to diaper.  It is always the first on Stinky's booty out of the wash.  Sometimes it's with a flat, sometimes with just the insert (which snaps in too, by the way) or sometimes with the pocket sleeve and insert.  The Versatility is cute, durable, well-made, and virtually leak-proof, as long as you have enough absorbency for your child!  (Any diaper will leak if you don't have enough absorbency, though!)

If you have a baby in cloth, you need this diaper.  You definitely won't be disappointed!

The Oeko Popo shop is closed until March 8, but after that will be re-stocked and ready to go!  Be watching.  You'll be glad you did!

After all, what can be cuter than this:

Other than maybe this:

Are you dying to give Oeko Popo a try?  You should be!  In fact, Juliane from Oeko Popo would love to help you start your Oeko Popo stash!  One of my lucky readers will win a $25 Oeko Popo gift code!  Will it be you?  You can't win if you don't enter!  Use the rafflecopter form below.  When you win, you'll be able to take adorable pictures like this:

(Yep.  He's the baby.  Teaching him early.)

I was given one of these diaper and insert sets free in order to facilitate a review, but purchased the other.  I was not compensated in any other way.  All opinions are 100% my own!

Earth Month - Kissaluvs Review and Giveaway

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I've wanted to try Kissaluvs diapers since I started with cloth.  I have to admit, I like the name.  It just sounds nice.  I was, therefore, ecstatic when Kissaluvs agreed to send me a Kissa Marvel AIO!

The diaper I received is one of their new colors, Rose Dust.  It's a really pretty light dusty pink.  I wasn't sure at first whether it was pink or tan, to be honest, but checked the website and found it was pink.  I LOVE the color!  (The only trouble is that Stinky's a boy...but we've worked around it.  He wears it at home or when he's got a onesie on and no one is the wiser.)  

I like that the Marvel is made to be like a pocket diaper, but it's an All in One.  This makes it easy to stuff it with extra inserts for overnight, since Stinky is such a heavy wetter!  

The marvel is an AIO, meaning that you don't have to add anything to it to make it "work."  The "insert" included is sewn into the inside, and it isn't removable.  This means it is extremely quick-drying for an AIO!  When you wash the Marvel diaper, it nearly always turns completely inside out.

Not a problem...you just re-stuff the inner layer and you're good to go!  No searching for the right liner, no trying to remember how many liners you use with this particular diaper.  It's super easy!

The Kissa Marvel AIO fits Stinky great!  He wears it on the second rise setting, so he's got plenty of room to grow taller.  (Grow already, would ya?!?)  I typically fasten it all the way to the middle on the wings so that there is no gap in the front.  He's a belly sleeper, and if I leave gapping in ANY diaper, we have major leak issues.  The Kissa Marvel is a great overnight solution for Stinky, though, as long as I remember an extra insert!  It feels soft and comfortable, too.

It fits trim between his chubby thighs, which I love as well.  And look!  A shot of him laughing!  (We were playing peek-a-boo.)  You can see that the diaper fits just right in his thighs so it doesn't squeeze him, but it's tight enough to hold even the yuckiest messes!

I love the Kissa Marvel diaper!  If I could change one thing about the Kissa Marvel, I would make it come with an extra soaker.  I do have to use an extra insert for overnight with Stinky, and I wish I had one of the Kissaluvs soakers because I am sure it would be a better fit.  Other than that, I think it's a great diaper that I would definitely recommend!

If you'd like to buy a Kissa Marvel diaper from Kissaluvs, you can do that here or search for the retail store of your choosing.  Be sure to check out their new colors!

OR

You can win a Kissa Marvel AIO in your choice of colors right here on my blog!

(Contest will end and a winner will be drawn May 3, 2011 at 11:59am EST.)

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This product was given to me in exchange for a review.  I was not compensated in any other way.  All opinions are my own.