An Honest Look at Honest Diapers

While I was pregnant, I became a consumer for my baby. I was not happy to do things just because that was the way they had been done, or because others had done it that way with or without success. I wanted to do what was right for me and ultimately what was right for my baby. I began looking into things such as baby products, adult products, and diapers. I became a little overwhelmed with all the products that they put in the productions of products we were to suppose to use on our children- even our trusted Johnsons and Johnsons. When I began to examine how diapers were made, I was appalled. I never wanted to do cloth diapers as I knew that I couldn't stomach it, but I didn't want to use those diapers made by Pampers and Huggies. Then I stumbled upon Honest Diapers. Did you know that these diapers made by these trusted companies use plastics that emit VOCs-or Volatile organic compounds which might cause asthma like symptoms? Not to mention these diaper companies also use fragrances and dyes. Fragrances have been linked with reproductive and developmental toxicity while the dyes have been linked to rashes. That is just somethings that go into the diapers-lets not forget how they are made. If you haven't heard about dioxins (cancer causing), look them up.
 Now, we chose to use the Honest diapers to keep these things off of our baby. There were some other good perks, like the fact that they ship right to your door (score)! Then you have a choice of patterns. For our little boy we got the plaid, anchors, and plain white. They are approximately equal in price to other diapers and wipes. We really like our diapers. Now, for one small problem. They sometimes leak. Now I know that all diapers have there issues sometimes, but it seems that these are not absorbent enough when our little one pees. Now this is not all the time. It happens most when he is laying down. One would expect that the pee come out the front but it doesn't-it drenches his little back. One night we had to change him, sheets, blankets and all approximately 3 times because of this issue. Now, during the night I do the feeding and the hubby does the burping and changing, so he was dealing with this issue and it was ticking him off. So he decided to try and experiment. We had some diapers left over from a diaper cake that I had made. So one night he put them on him instead of the Honest diapers. No leaks! He wants to use those diapers at night instead of the Honest ones because of this issue. Like I said, it doesn't happen all the time with the diapers but it has happened quite a few. The absorbency problem possible should be addressed but I still like protecting him as much as possible. As for diaper rash-zilch, zip, nada. He had a little bit of a red butt once, when he really started going a few times a day, but that is it. All in all, the diapers are good and we will continue to use them. The battle of a night time diaper switch is still on. lol.