Bumgenius Freetime Cloth Review

So here is Part 1 of my "cloth diaper review."  As you could tell from my previous break down of our cloth diapers, the Bumgenius Freetime has been our favorite diaper by far.

The Bumgenius Freetime is an All-in-One diaper, which means that the inserts (the absorbent material) are all sewn into the diaper.  The outside is water resistant PUL and the inserts are a stay dry microfiber.  These inserts are overlapping, and attached at one side which makes drying a lot faster.  These diapers have snaps with a 3 X 3 rise setting.  At the smallest setting, these diapers should fit a baby at about 8 lbs.  This is how big Gabe was when he fit into these diapers. At it's largest setting it should fit a baby of 35 lbs, but I clearly can't attest to this.  I love all the fun prints this diaper comes in.

Here are some pictures of how the Freetime fits on little man.

Look at that adorable fluffy bum!  I recently moved the rise setting to medium for these diapers.  This is the "Albert" print, and this is the very first diaper I ever bought.  I found it at Target long before I even knew I was pregnant.

These diapers have been working great for us.  They're our favorite go-tos for night-time, especially now that little man is sleeping in longer stretches.  

Inside of the diaper - stay dry semi attached inserts

semi attached inserts

This one is Chris' favorite - he calls it the "hippy diaper."

The only thing about this diaper that bothers me is that while the semi attached inserts help with dry time it always worries me that they're going to somehow move around while on him and his little bottom will be exposed to the microfiber side of the inserts (which, by the way, should never touch baby's skin - it will draw the moisture straight out of their skin and cause a nasty rash).  This has not happened so I'm fairly confident it won't and it's just my mommy anxiety

UPDATE:

At 4 months we stopped using the Freetime for night time but they are still the first diapers I reach for during the day.  They're definitely the easiest to care for and dry the fastest.  Our wash routine is an "express wash" with warm water and Tide filled to the 1 line.  Then a normal wash, highest soil level, hot water, with a prewash to start.  Then we throw these in the dryer with other inserts and our wipes on medium low heat.  We haven't had any staining problems with these and they come out of the wash just great.  We upped the rise setting on these pretty early with little man - in fact, probably earlier than we needed to but I can see him staying on this rise setting for some time.

Overall I love these diapers.  The colors/prints are super cute, they're incredibly absorbent, and no blow outs to speak of! (yay!).  They're super easy to use, even my mom got the hang of them pretty quickly so these are the go to diaper for when we have someone watching Gabe and I can see them being great to send to day care.  I also love that there's no unstuffing of the diaper before putting it in the diaper pail.  I would definitely highly recommend this diaper!

Here are a few more recent pics of Gabe in a Freetime:

ugh the fluffy bottom is just so cute!

Also, I guess I'm supposed to mention that this is not a sponsored post, I just thought this would be something fun to do especially since I know reading other blogs cloth diaper reviews was super helpful to me when deciding what diapers to get!

Updates and Cloth Diaper Reviews

I can’t believe our little man has been here for 2 months!  He’s grown so much since we brought him home, and I just keep reciting the cliché “time flies!”

2 months old!

He is the happiest baby – especially in the morning (which he does not get that trait from me, that’s for sure).  He weight 10.13 lbs at his 2 month appointment and was in the 25^th percentile for height and weight, which is great because he was only in the 10^th at his 1 month appointment.  His favorite position is laying on our chests and seems to really enjoy tummy time and is starting to take more notice of the toys on his play mat.  Although he has a tendency to only turn one way so we’re working on building up those other muscles.  I feel like we’ve gotten his cries down and know whether he’s hungry, uncomfortable, or tired (which are really the only reasons he cries).  He is so good during mass, except when the bells go off during the consecration, those startle him every time.  He started wearing 3 month clothing even before he turned 2 months old and he’s already growing out of some of his 3 month outfits!  Chris and I are just loving every moment of watching Gabriel grow and learn new things about the world around him.

First walk around the neighborhood

After he was born I struggled with what to do about going back to work.  I always knew that I would not go back for the next school year but had thought that I would at least finish out this school year.  But as the time grew nearer for me to go back, I started panicking about leaving Gabriel.  Yet, at the same time, I did not want to leave my job high and dry.  I was torn and I did not have peace about going back for the remainder of the school year, but I also did not have peace about just up and quitting.  Finally, after praying A LOT we made the decision that I would go back until spring break and then not return after the break, which essential boiled down to me going back for a month.  I now have 2.5 weeks left before spring break and I am counting down the days.  Leaving him every morning is so tough and I now have a new found respect and admiration for working moms.  Not that staying home is a “piece of cake” but being “on” at work after being up multiple times a night nursing is rough.

our little angel

My mom has graciously offered to watch Gabriel while I am at work.  So far this has been working out really well.  I was worried about her getting to us on time (I get my hatred of early mornings from my mother) and about her using our cloth diapers but so far she has been doing an awesome job on both fronts and I am at peace know that Gabriel is with someone who loves him so much.

Speaking of cloth diapers…I am quickly becoming “that mom” who is obsessed with her cloth diapers.  I’ve decided that in an effort to truly (I mean it this time!) get back into blogging, I am going to do my own "reviews" of the diapers in our stash.  Chris and I wanted to try as many different brands/styles as possible which has been fun.  Here’s a current break down of our “fluff.”

Clean diapers!

BumGenius Freetime – 5

BumGenius Elementals – 2

BumGenius 4.0 – 4

Fuzzibunz First Year – 3

Grovia AIO – 2

Grovia O.N.E. – 1

Grovia Hybrid shell – 2

Grovia soakers – 2 organic cotton 2 stay dry

Best Bottom shell – 2

Best Bottom Hemp inserts – 5 size small 3 size medium

SoftBums Omni – 1

Thristies AIO – 1

Applecheeks envelope cover – 1

Flip cover – 2

Flip Stay Dry Inserts - 3

Rumparooz – 2

If you look at the list you can probably tell which has been our favorite thus far.  The Bumgenius Freetime diapers will the first up in my "review" series.  Until next time, I will leave you with a picture of how my mom originally thought they were put on.  At least it still contained all the mess!

backwards!