I told Laura, the helpful Diaper Lab employee who put our trial together, that we wanted all One-Size diapers. She convinced me to try at least one "sized"diaper just to make sure we actually liked the one-size diapers as much as we thought we would. She helpfully pointed out that one-size diapers can be awfully bulky on a smaller baby due to the extra fabric. We agreed to try the Swaddlebees Simplex, pictured below (with elephants!). It is the sized cousin to the Swaddlebees Simplex One-Size diaper that we had in green. The medium, pictured here on the peanut, fits babies from 12 to 25 pounds. The photo below doesn't quite capture it, but the lack of elastic and gathered fabric, as is common on the one-size diapers, made it slide dangerously low on her "hips," which don't really hold anything up yet. The leg holes sagged and out came the bodily fluids. This diaper tied with the Grovia hybrid for the leakiest diaper in the trial. At the same time, the gathering that was so problematic in the green Swaddlebees diaper was absent here.
And fleece on the other.
(For whatever reason, this diaper stained a bit more than the green one.)
The diaper is still adjustable on the sides (see the multiple rows of white snaps?) but doesn't have an adjustable rise like the one-size diapers. This makes it more trim-fitting but also a bit more hit-or-miss when it comes to sizing. Diapers fit each baby differently and this one just didn't fit our peanut. The weird fit and crazy leaks made this diaper a no-go. In retrospect, however - and this is a very important point - the peanut weighed just shy of 12 pounds during our trial. If we went back now, with a baby actually between 12 and 25 pounds, we might feel very differently about the elephant diaper.
Price information (from Amazon):
Swaddlebees Simplex 2.0 Medium All-in-One Diaper, $22.95
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