crunchy parenting

I’m hooked on using Nature Babycare diapers. I’ve used a variety of cloth and disposables on my now-two-year-old, and as far as disposables go, these are my absolute favorite diapers ever. Compared to other reviewers, I’ve had few incidents with leakage – all were caused by “installation” error, or a diaper that was unusually waaay overdue to be changed. I’ve never accidently ripped a diaper opening the package – these feel pretty sturdy* to me in spite of the more paper-like covering. (I have ripped other brands of European paper disposables, OTOH.) My toddler sometimes plays with the tabs and I don’t think she’s ever torn a tab off or anything. I also love that the tabs are re-positionable; they’re not just glorified stickers, like some other brands of ecofriendly diapers.

Made in Sweden, Nature Babycare diapers are touted as biodegradable, compostable 100% chlorine-free disposable diapers. We haven’t tried composting any of the wet ones, but we do try to minimally package up the used ones when throwing them out, to give them a chance to breakdown more easily.

I also love that they don’t really smell like anything. This may be a no-brainer if you’re coming from other ecofriendly diapers or from cloth, but many commercial diapers have some sort of fragrance added to them to give off a fake baby powder smell. It drives me nuts, and I love that Nature Babycare doesn’t do that with their disposables.

But perhaps the best thing for us is that something about these particular disposables are really much more breathable for delicate baby bums, and between these and cloth, we’ve only had to deal with diaper rash twice, ever. I didn’t really appreciate this until a few international vacations where I ran out of the stash I’d brought with me, and had to fall back on using conventional plastic diapers. Ugh. It felt like a constant battle to keep the slight redness or moistness at bay. Now I pack enough to bring the extras home with us!

What are your favorite diapers and why do you love them so?