It depends on what you are used to; cloth, or gel-disposables
Written: Sep 16 '08 (Updated Sep 16 '08)
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Pros: no gel, no chlorine--this alone makes them priceless
Cons: takes caution to activate the tape & apply it
The Bottom Line: If you use cloth at home, these are perfect, because they offer the safety of cloth and the convenience of disposable, with no more trouble than cloth diapering poses.
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| kumakumakuma's Full Review: Tushies the Gel-Free Diaper |
When I was planning a trip to the greek islands, I was hopeful to find some disposable diaper solution since laundry was not really an option at the hotel. Most important to me were gel-free and chlorine-free. All I could find were Tushies. I proceeded to read one EXTREMELY convincing review on epinions which turned me against Tushies all together. However one cloth-diapering mom let me take 2 of her leftover diapers to try, which led me to buy them, and during our trip we found them to be WONDERFUL.
I think perhaps that your satisfaction with Tushies might depend on what you are used to. We use cloth diapers at home, and so we are used to a bulkier diaper that gets soaked quickly. So for us, in fact, the tushies were a bit of a luxury, as they did not have to be changed as often as cloth (they are denser than what we use at home), were quicker to put on, and did not leak as much (even though our cloth at home rarely leaks). EVEN WITH 4 days of diahrrea.
About the problematic tape application: there was once I used a gerber diaper that had velcro and I agree that is a better design. However, if you know about the tape problem it is easy to be careful enough to avoid issues. I had 2 different issues that I avoided with careful use:
1-initially opening the tape would sometimes cause the back of the tape to rip from the diaper base. Using 2 hands avoided this.
2-repositioning the tape OR removing the diaper sometimes caused the green plastic tape base in front to rip from the diaper base. Learning which tape position fits your baby best, and applying once is the fastest and best solution. Also, using 2 hands works.
I was able to do all this on a squirmy 19-month old with no problem at all (in fact it seemed a bit luxurious as I said), but this may be because I have skills of cloth diapering which moms who typically use disposables may not have.
Some have said that the bulk between the legs is so stiff it's like "bricks." We found that the diaper folded up between her legs just fine. But again, this is compared to cloth which is bulkier.
We did not have any trouble at all with the stickiness of the tabs. We held the tape by the non-sticky "lip" at the end and did not touch the sticky part itself (common sense tells us that tape loses stickiness when you touch it).
As for fit, make them tight and high on baby's belly. otherwise they loosen after a bit and probably leak easier.
So here's my conclusion: if you use cloth at home and need a temporary cloth replacement while on the road, I'm sure you will be satisfied with Tushies
...Even g-diapers have gel, which was a big disappointment to me.
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