I have two Blueberry pocket diapers that I purchased on Amazon and I wanted to take the time to review them. One thing that irked me when I was researching cloth diapers is it seemed that there was either a lack of comprehensive reviews OR the description describing the diaper on behalf of the merchant was woefully lacking. Hence it wasn’t clear precisely what I was getting - especially since I was a rookie and was trying to figure this stuff out. I chose to get a couple of Blueberry diapers for my stash because the prints are wicked cute. I couldn’t wait to see my son’s fluffy bum clad in them.Yes, I fell for the cuteness clause.
According to Blueberry’s website (which also makes Swaddlebees diapers) their One Size pocket diapers are geared towards 10 to 35 pounds - so these are not a good start for newborn diapering. That was irrelevant to me since I didn’t start CD’ing until my son was 15 months old.They are generously sized.
The first diaper is a Blueberry One Size Deluxe with Snaps.
This is in the LemonLime print and is just adorable. The outside is made of a laminated polyester (presumably PUL) and the inside that touches the baby’s bum is a soft microfleece - not as fuzzy as a Fuzzibunz, but not as smooth as a BumGenius. But, still very soft and it wicks moisture away from the baby quickly.
Blueberry pocket dipes come with two microterry inserts. The first is extraordinarily long. It folds over and snaps so you have a long, doubled up insert. This is typically what I use during the day. It’s 4 layers so when it’s folded in half and snapped - it becomes 8 layers (!). It also comes with a smaller insert that would be good for diapers that are snapped down on the smallest rise - for a smaller baby - of course. The smaller insert is 3 layers.
The second diaper from Blueberry that I purchased was their One Sized Bamboo Deluxe. Look at that cow print. Is that not just adorable?
It has the same cut and fit as the regular diaper. So, what makes this one “special”? Well, it has this ultra-soft velor fabric as the inner part that touches the baby’s skin. It is so soft you just want keep touching it. Sounds wonderful, right? It is, until the baby pees. Then it just becomes this sopping wet mess. Please don’t misunderstand me - it does draw the moisture down into the microterry inserts quickly. But the bamboo/cotton fabric does NOT wick moisture away. It just stays wet & cold against the baby’s bum. To my newbie way of thinking - this defeats the purpose of a modern cloth diaper. If I wanted that moisture to be against my baby’s skin until he gets a change - I’d go with a basic cotton prefold.
I’ve also noticed that when my stringbean of kid wears this particular diaper - I am constantly redoing the snaps because it sags or the tab slips out the side. There could be a couple of reasons for this A)user error - maybe I’m not snapping the diaper on snug enough? B) My kid is really skinny - he practically has no waist and very muscular thighs. C) A design flaw on Blueberry’s part.
In summary, I would go ahead and recommend the Blueberry One Size Deluxe diaper (the first one) with the microfleece layer inside. It performed well, looks precious & does the job. The price point was about average for a pocket diaper - being $19.95. The second diaper however is a different story. I cannot recommend the Blueberry One Size Bamboo Deluxe, with the soft velor fabric on the inside. I do not relish a cold, wet diaper against my baby’s skin that does not wick away moisture. It too was $19.95 from Amazon.
Finally the requisite cute, fluffy butt shots:
You can see from this photo above, what I mean about the tab sticking out of the side of the diaper.
The Little Man, so fresh and so clean from his bath. This is the first time I used a Blueberry as a nighttime diaper. I stuffed it with 2 Babykicks Hemparoo medium sized liners and the smaller microterry insert that came with the diaper. No leaks, which is always a very good thing!
I hope this review was beneficial.
Cheers,
One Sassy Mama
