Leaks and accidents are more common and they don’t keep your baby dry.

Cloth diapers use natural absorbency from fabric. They do keep baby dry, but cloth diapers require more frequent changes than disposables. Leaks are not more common, as modern cloth diaper designs feature elastic gussets that properly protect against leakage. It is true that disposable diapers can absorb more urine than cloth diapers because they contain a chemical component inside the layers of paper pulp that enhances absorption. This chemical powder, sodium polyacrylate, converts into a gel once it is in contact with urine. Disposables get heavier from the gelatinous chemical and urine combination when full, rather than overflow. They may not show signs of leakage, leaving parents unaware that their child is staying in a urine-filled, chemical laden diaper for longer than is healthy or hygienic. Cloth diapers absorb the normal amount of urine a baby outputs at one time or possibly two. Additional absorbency can be gained with the use of Bumkins inserts, ideal for heavy wetters or longer periods of time, which can further prevent leakage issues. All diapers should be changed as soon as they are wet or soiled in order to ensure baby’s optimum health, so the extra chemically derived absorbency of disposable diapers should not be deemed a healthy or beneficial advantage.

Cloth diapering is more expensive (after factoring the cost of detergent, water and electricity)

“Cloth diapers are less expensive than disposables, especially if you do the laundering yourself.”
-Consumer Reports.org
Cloth diapering is not more expensive than using disposables; in fact it cost less over the full 2 to 3 year period of diapering. This fact rings especially true when you factor in their reusability for multiple children within a family. The start-up cost of purchasing cloth diapers is expensive, but once this initial hurdle is overcome their use over an extended time period is a very frugal move and parents will find that the added cost associated with laundering, such as increased detergent, water and electricity use is nominal. But if the initial cost of cloth diapering proves to be challenging for parents, we recommend incrementally adding a few cloth diapers to your disposable diapering routine until you have accumulated enough to go fully cloth. Even using a few cloth diapers is beneficial to your baby, the environment and your wallet.  Also, when calculating the cost of disposable diapers most people often forget added cost factors such as gasoline and trash bags.

The cloth diaper market is growing and new products are entering the market almost weekly. The wide assortment of diaper covers  and cloth diapers are often very confusing, especially for those new to parenthood.

Our Bumkins Waterproof Diaper Cover offers an easy, low maintenance, versatile answer to cloth diapering. Because our diaper covers do not have an interior lining, they can be ready for use with a simple hand wash and hang dry. This easy clean feature means fewer covers are necessary for daily use. The gusseted leg openings provide superior leak protection and excellent fit. The Bumkins waterproof cover can be used with any cloth diaper – from economical prefolds to our wonderful new absorbent contour cotton or bamboo diapers to fitted cloth diapers. The shape of the cover allows for a quick assembly of diaper and cover and leaves room for the addition of an insert for increased absorption.

The medium size in the Bumkins diaper cover has been tested and proven to be the most versatile size, fitting babies from about three months old to two year old toddlers.

Check out our wonderful assortment of prints and our economy three pack of covers on our website.

Check out this fantastic review that Erin from the The Mom Buzz has done on the Bumkins Contour Diaper & Snappis!

“Bumkins Contour Diaper& Snappis! Review & Give-Away”

But she doesn’t stop there, she also gives her opinion on lots of other great Bumkins products! This review gets even better because she is offering a giveaway of one of our Contour diapers! Visit her site, themombuzz.com, to see how to enter.

Check out this great blog that has recently reviewed Bumkins products!

Hear it from another mom like you in her review:

With Bumkins, It’s Easier Than You Think!

She gives great information on lots of our products including our Fitted Bamboo Diaper, Contour Diaper, All-In-Ones, and Organics!

Check out her review then come back and comment to let us know which of our products YOU like best and why!