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| What are the pro's and cons of each type? My son is approx 33 lbs now and I was just considering the one size so I could use them next time around with another baby. That being said which one would have a slimmer fit on him so they can be less noticeable under clothes? Let me know anything you think would be good for a first time CD user as well! |
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I have both one size and sandys. I think the one size in bamboo are slimmer than the sandys on an older child. The bamboo fabric is a bit slimmer than the other fabrics. My son is around 31 lbs. You also may find that you need to go one size larger for any pants that your child wears.
I have a bamboo, an unbleached and an organic cotton sandy as well as bamboo and unbleached one sizes. My favorite is the bamboo.
Some people have had issues with the bamboo and its durability so this may be something to consider. ( I personally haven't had any problems with my bamboo diapers yet).
The onesize may only fit your son until he is 35lbs (maybe a bit longer with the extenders and depending on his build.) The onesize is great if you have more than one child in diapers. It is also great because you only have to buy one size diapers.
My advice would be to try a onesize and a sandy in the fabric that you choose and go from there. |
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| At 33 pounds my children would pee right through the one-size and leak. We had to use the toddler-ease diapers. I guess it just depends on how heavy your child wets. |
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| At 33 pounds my children would pee right through the one-size and leak. We had to use the toddler-ease diapers. I guess it just depends on how heavy your child wets. |
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That is a very borderline weight with the diapers, especially the OS. If you call ME, they may let you do an intro offer with both the OS and Sandys, or you could get the intro with one and tack the other diaper on, because I think that esp. at that weight, it's really important to try one of each on. As a PP suggested, you might also want to consider the Toddle-Ease (basically an XL Sandys), depending on how long you see this child being in diapers.
As you say, the benefit to the OS would be that you could use it with future children (from birth--you could also use the L Sandys, though obviously you'd have to have something else before 20 lbs). The L Sandys, however, is cut more generously than the OS, so I would think you could count on it to higher weights. What I would think about doing is taking your son's measurements, thigh, waist, rise, and calling or e-mailing ME to ask for the measurements for the OS, L Sandys, and Toddle-Ease.
In order of trimmer to bulker they would be OS, L Sandys, TE, but trim doesn't count for much if it's not big enough! :-)
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Also, I see you asking about training pants in another post. You seem to be at a point that makes it a bit hard to know what to do, because you don't want to invest big bucks in a set of diapers if he's about ready to be out of them, but maybe you're not sure just how ready he is for PTing and don't want to be switching back and forth between disposbles and training pants?
After you figure out which diaper will fit him, I'd maybe wonder about something like getting a dozen of those and also some training pants. A dozen is a very minimal number for full-time diapering, because you have to do the wash more frequently, but hopefully you won't be doing that for long, and then you haven't put the money into a whole set.
And although I hestiate to muddy the waters still further, there's no rule that says you have to use all of one kind of diaper. If you try on the diapers or get the measurements and think, hmm, we can make the OS work for a while (remember that ME does sell extender tabs) you could always get some of those (thinking ahead to next child) and some of a larger diaper (thinking of needing night diapers for longer).
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Not to further confuse you but I did want to add a little something about the trimness of Sandy's vs One-Size.
At the stage you're at, the One-Size is definetly the trimest option, no doubt about it. The One-Size has one or two less layers than the Sandy's so it's definetly trimmer. The drawback for that is that it's also less absorbant than the Sandy's. And for an older child this could mean you'd need a liner in every diaper, which would defeat the purpose of it being trimmer in the first place.
The other thing is that although it's trimmer for an older baby who's not using it with the front folded, the One-Size is significantly bulkier for a newborn or younger baby. Now obviously this isn't applicable for you right now, but since you mention another baby I thought it was worth mentioning. Now that's not to say that they don't work great on even small newborns, they absolutly do and it's a great convenience to have just one diaper you can use on both children if your older one still needs them. But if trimness is very important to you, the Sandy's (x-small or small) could be a better choice for a future child.
Karen. |
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| Sorry to butt in but Karen, what is the difference between XS and S? Thank you! |
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The x-small is the smallest version of the Sandy's. It fits 6-12lbs while the small fits 8-20lbs. Although I notice that some parts of the ME website now refer to them as the 'Newborn' Sandy's diaper. They still say x-small for the organic and bamboo fabric sections but the regular cotton section refers to them as 'newborn'.
Most babies will fit into the small just fine with no need for the x-small. But the x-small is a nice luxury to have as it offers the trimmest and most 'custom' fit for a newborn.
Karen. |
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Sorry to beat this dead horse but are you only comparing diapers of the same fabric? Is an organic cotton OS trimmer than a lg bamboo Sandy's?
I ask because coincidentally, I am trying to decide on some new diapers. I just want something trim to look nice for special occasions ya know. Gotta go, she's up! |
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For me, yes I was comparing only diapers of the same fabric. Generally speaking bamboo is trimmer than cotton. After that it depends which diaper you're comparing to see which is trimmer. For example, usually a Lg Sandy's is more bulky than a not-folded One-Size but I'm not sure if this still stands if the Sandy's is bamboo and the One-Size is cotton...
If you want the trimmest possible option I'd take the trimmest diaper (which depends on how big your baby is, for a small baby it's typically the Sandy's and with a bigger baby/toddler it's the One-Size) and then get it in the trimmest fabric, which is the bamboo.
Karen.
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