Nana's favorite diaper

Nana does almost all the diaper laundry and nearly half of the diaper changes in our house. She is more interested in fast and easy, and less interested in bright colors and embroidery. Which diaper is her favorite?

It is the bumGenius AIO from Cotton Babies. This is the ultimate in simple and easy. It is a basic all-in-one diaper with an internal soaker, a stay-dry inner, a waterproof PUL outer, and front velcro closure. The velcro tabs have a stretchy piece on them, so the diapers feel more like a disposable one when you put them on the baby. This is a plus for babysitters and daycare providers. The velcro tabs are rounded at the end, so no poky scratchy corners to fold up. They're also narrower than the soft receiving strip of velcro, so no scratchy edges hanging off. They cross over for skinny babies. (That means one velcro tab can stick to the back of the other tab.) The velcro is a good stickiness too, not too strong like the Blueberries.

The stay-dry suedecloth lining works very well; we have a hard time telling whether she's wet even when we stick a finger in the diaper. Sometimes it seems like she's just a little sweaty in there, and this feels the same as a wet diaper. We can tell by the weight of the diaper that it has absorbed a lot of pee. The bG AIOs are absorbent enough but dry in just one dryer cycle, the optimal level of absorbency.

Negatives? Well, the laundry tabs are a little harder to use because of the stretchy section. The velcro tabs have to fold a little farther back into the diaper. They only come in five different colors. This means I won't buy more than five in a size, because heaven forbid I have two identical diapers.

For customer service, I've always been happy with Cotton Babies. They're local, so packages arrive super-quickly. They have a delightful little resale store, and there host diaper yard sales a few times a year where I can sell diapers. Jenn, the owner, is a Java programmer like me! She and her husband programmed their own site, and it is a good one.