You probably remember that we switched to cloth diapers earlier this year. I started with a big assortment of used items, sold by a kind reader at a very, very nice price.
I split them with my sister and never looked back, but our used items are beginning to show some heavy wear. We’ve had to repair several of our Proraps, and they just don’t have much life left in them. It was time to start looking at replacements.
On the recommendation of several readers, we recently got some Thirsties. These are among the more moderately priced diaper covers, and claim to be the best-selling diaper cover on the market. Based on the number of recommendations we received, I believe it!
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Oh, look. My baby was helping with the post, and she knows how to spell my name! Do you see it? I always knew she was smart. She must know that this post is about diapers, and therefore about her.
We have really enjoyed our Thirsties diaper covers. The colors are adorable and they do the job, plain and simple. They have gussets – a must for us, with our rather bulky prefolds.
I think the crossover tabs are brilliant and obvious. Why doesn’t every cover on the market have those?
Ditto for laundry tabs, though we’re not used to them yet. I’ll have to train my diaper-changing children to actually use them, right after I retrain myself. If our old Proraps had laundry tabs, they might not need to be replaced already.
Like most diaper covers, size medium covers a lot of ground, from about 9 months until potty-training age for many children. If you want even more sizing flexibility, pay a wee bit more for the Duo Wrap. It has all the features of the standard cover plus snaps to quickly and easily change the rise. Did I really just say wee while talking about diapers?
Just for fun, we also got one of their Fab Fitted diapers. I have to be honest: I squealed just a little when it came. I can’t explain the thrill of a soft-n-squishy raspberry colored diaper, but there you have it. You’ll probably want to rub it on your cheek before you put it on the baby the first time. I can almost guarantee that this diaper will be the first one to get used every time. It’s not super absorbent, but is just fine for daytime use and is much trimmer than the prefolds that we normally use.
Speaking of absorbency, I have to confess one more thing: I think the Fab Doublers are irresistibly adorable too. Why would I care if it’s cute when it’s going to completely hidden from view? I don’t know, but I want them.
Now for the best part:
GIVEAWAY!
Thristies has generously offered to give one of our readers a Thirsties Cover and a Fab Fitted in their choice of colors!
To enter, just visit the Thirsties site to pick your favorite color for each. While you’re there, consider sending Thirsties a quick thank you on their Contact Page for sponsoring the giveaway. Then come back and tell us in a comment. To enter up to 3 more times, tell your friends about this giveaway by linking to it on Facebook, Twitter, and/or your own blog. Come back and leave another comment for each entry.
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My little one would look great in the “celery”! Awesome giveaway
I like the Fab fit in celery and cover in periwinkle
Periwinkle for both (how cute)
Bethany from Mid-MO (onto do some advertising… be back in a bit)
Ooh! I need more diaper covers! I always run out of clean covers before I run out of diapers. I would choose Aqua.
I sort of like the Melon for the fab fitted and the Aqua for the cover. I have wanted to try these for so long, but just don’t have the funds. Winning this would be great.
Just put a link on my blog
http://graceinbloom.blogspot.com/2009/09/giveaway-at-life-in-shoe.html
Bethany W in mid-MO
We love Thirsties covers–they are especially great for diapering newborns, so if/when you decide to diaper a newborn, I highly recommend picking up a few! We NEVER had a leak on our newborns with these covers, which is more than I can say for any other cover we’ve tried.
I’ve also learned the hard way that buying used has its drawbacks. We’ve had to replace the used stuff after not much time. At least it has given us a chance to try a variety of items and see what we like before paying full price for new!
I love the lavendar Fab Fitted and the melon cover!
I’d love to win! My favorite cover color is the periwinkle, and my favorite Fab Fitted color is the periwinkle or the melon.
Just put a link on Facebook. I am already one of your friends.
Bethany W from mid-MO
oh oh oh….pick me pick me! *smile* I started using cloth diapers on our third child and have loved it! We are expecting our 4th in 2 1/2 months time and could use these products! I love the “celery” look in both products (good for any gender)
Blogged about it!!
http://homegrownwithlove.blogspot.com/2009/09/cloth-diapers.html
Oh, I really like those!!! The last time I tried cloth diapering, my eldest daughter was a baby (she’s going to be 17 in December.) These make me want to take another try at it when my next bundle is born in a few weeks. Thanks for the giveaway. Of the color choices I liked Sky Blue for the Fab Fitted and Ocean for the Thirsties cover. It’s been so long since I’ve gotten to choose “boy” colors, I’m giddy with excitement!! Thanks again, and God bless!
Just here to let you know that I also linked to you on my FB page. Will be looking for a way to link you on my blog as well. (But I haven’t done it yet.) Have a great day!
Tottally orange all the way, I would love to win some cover, as mine are getting double use this time around and I didn’t buy more this time just do more washes because of the twins!!!
Just did facebook!!!(your on mine s you can probably see it!!)
I love the celery and lavender…they look like fabulous diapers. I have used motherease for 10 years…and they were given to me used. Sometimes I dream of new pretty wraps
, mine are all predominantly white/butter color
I’ll add a link to my blog and facebook
I like the Celery in the Fab Fitted and Baby Blue in the Cover. I have thought about switching to cloth diapers but haven’t had the funds.
Oh! I would love to try this for my surprise 6th child coming in April!
Lavender for both please!
I like the celery in the cover and the periwinkle in the fab fitted diaper.
I have always wanted to try cloth diapers! After laying in diapers in the hospital (after giving birth), I often feel sorry for my poor baby who has to wear them All. The. Time. But I don’t think I could afford the initial cost. If I could, I wood choose the pink and the aqua. Thanks
I would like the melon fitted or the Aqua cover.
And I love, love the features of the Duo Wrap. I have several Wonder Wraps that look exactly the same- made by the same company maybe? Laundry and crossover tabs, riser snaps, and one-size-fits-most were what convinced me to get some. Wonder Wrpas has had a few incarnations in which they adjusted the sizing somewhat, but they were good for covering either prefolds or my bulkier fitted diapers.
Oh no! Another cloth diaper to get hooked on! My twins would look so cute in the melon color in both things!!!
I like the butter color of both so I can use for either gender. Thanks for the giveaway!
I posted a link on FB.
AWESOME!!!! I have not tried Thirsties yet, but after reading this I am really tempted! I just started cloth diapering, and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE a baby blue cover and a sky blue fitted. I have 4 girls, and 1 baby boy… he need something that is not pink or lavender!
Thank you!
P.S. I forgot to tell you that you also recently encouraged me to switch back to Charlie’s Soap… my shipment is due today and I can’t wait!
I love the periwinkle and the baby blue. I’m pregnant with our first, a boy, due in February, and I think either one would be super cute on his little behind. Thanks for doing this!
I sent them a “thank you” e-mail. I would like the baby blue for my baby boy.
The pictures on their website of all the cute, chubby babies makes me even more eager for Dec. to get here! I like the red cover for my Christmas due date and the aqua fitted is so pretty. Thanks for entering me in the giveaway!
Posted this on my Facebook. You’ll see it there (we’re FB friends!). Thanks Kim! (Still liking the baby blue for my baby boy)
Candypink cover and Periwinkle for the fab fit… besides Periwinkle is not just pretty ..It’s fun to say too!
great giveaway! As we are hoping to conceive ( our forth..) This could bring some babydust.
I have sort of thought about this. I have had some very sensitive skin on a couple of our babies. I would want the periwinkle fitted and ocean cover.
My husband would love the melon colored fitted diaper and diaper cover. I think putting his favorite color diaper on Ezekiel would help him be more joyful in the diaper changes
I linked the giveaway on facebook.
If you have problems with the velcro sticking to everything in the wash, just get some of the soft side (not the hook side) of velcro and attach it to the tabs before you wash. I used to keep mine in a basket to put on and off before and after washing.
Oooh I like these! I would love the Ocean in a cover and the Aqua in the FabFitted!.
I’m loving the celery and lavender. Either of either.
I haven’t used these, but came close to ordering some with last baby. My 6 week old is in old Bummis and some homemade, but these would be great! Thanks!
Blogged about it here.
I’m still scared of cloth diapering…..
I really, really wanted to try it after Lucie was born, but Husband said….
“No Way”.
I’ll let you know when this changes….I think it will change, and then I need to get over my fears!!! And teach the girls to change them, and learn how to wash them, and learn how to fold them, and learn how to just cloth diaper in general…..
Oy!
And I shared on FB. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/home.php?ref=home
Ok, I put it on my facebook, but I don’t know that I can prove it, since I’ve got it set to ‘friends only.’ I’m new to FB, so if you know something I could do, let me know!
I’d like a ‘butter’ fab and a lavender cover.
Been scared to try cloth diapers since my brother leaked so badly in them 23 years ago, but I’d give it a go for a freebie.
I just shared the giveaway on Facebook, though you’ll forgive me if I don’t put my real name up here for everybody to see. Right?
I would love to see my wee one in periwinkle for both!
And I just made a blog post about it. You can check it out here:
http://mamaolive.blogspot.com/2009/09/giveaway-no-not-me.html
Thanks, Kim!
I’m so excited at the prospect of winning a new kind of diaper! I’ve only ever used Bum Genius, so I’d love to try a different, and less expensive, kind!
I don’t know yet if this new baby will be a boy or a girl, so I guess I’d like a neutral color. Periwinkle looks good to me!
Thanks again.
Benny
No blog, no Facebook, no Twitter, no nuthin’.
Just HIGH PRAISE for Thirsties – both the covers and the fab-fitteds! That’s the only cover I even look at anymore. Newbie coming soon, so I’m looking into some x-small Fab-Fitteds (wish I knew if I was having a boy or a girl!), as I already have some pre-folds for when Baby’s a little older.
Mama to almost six!
A Thirsties diaper cover in Raspberry would be great and a Fab Fitted diaper in lavender. Thanks for posting this give- away!
I love the celery covers and fitteds!
We cloth diapered our son with inexpensive prefolds and vinyl diaper covers… leaving something to be desired. Our second child, expected next May, needs something better! I am very interested in these as an option!
Oh, CUTE!!!
Want Melon!!!
Linked on blog.
And now on FB.
I would want the aqua in both. I love that the colors match. I usually make our diapers, but a bunch are wearing out and our new baby is special needs so I just haven’t found the time to make more.
Am I supposed to tell you that I linked this to my Facebook? I did!
I’d love the lavender!
I would get a red cover and an ocean blue fab fitted. I love my thirsties too but sadly both of mine have outgrown them
I would love to have another one as I’m really, really in need of a couple more covers.
i love using cloth diapers! my little one would love so cute in the lavender cover or lavender fab fitted.
I would love a celery!
Oooohhhh! A melon would be wonderful!
I have tried cloth diapering on and off for the last 7 years. I would love to try a new wrap instead of my old pro-wraps!
A raspberry one would be perfect.
With a new baby on the way, I need some new cloth diapers to repair those that didn’t survive older sister. What a great giveaway idea! And I choose celery – no idea if we’re getting another boy or girl…
I have been considering clothe diapers for a while, but even more since we went to stay with my mother. She told me that after we left they had a whole mess of disposable diapers to get rid of because none of them would burn in the burn-barrel! Yikes, makes me wonder what they are made of, not to mention where they end up.
I would love some free-bees to get our collection started! Raspberry and Lavender, Thanks!
Oh so pretty…….I love the celery and aqua. We’ve been using Fuzzi Bunz with our children, but I’ve been wanting to try another kind. Thanks.
I really like the orchid color, but I also love the meadow too.. I guess the orchid is my favorite since I have all girls
Thanks for offering this giveaway. I don’t have outlook, so I can’t thank thirsties on their own site .
I love the butter cover and the melon fitted.
I have one Thirsties cover and they are fabulous. Unfortunately, my youngest has outgrown it. I’m crossing my fingers!
I would love to win the periwinkle color for my little angel!
I put a link on my Facebook profile. I don’t think we are friends on there, does that make a difference? Here is the link….
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1331046110&ref=profile
I posted on my blog, too
http://jordanfamilyhappenings.blogspot.com/
The celery and the ocean are my favorites! I’m a big fan of muted greens and blues.
Yay for a giveaway! I like plain and simple – white cover with a butter fitted.
Ocean Blue for the duos and Celery for the fab fitted
i tweeted http://twitter.com/agodlyhomemaker/status/4395486408 and facebooked this i am agodlyhomemaker
i facebooked this where i am agodlyhomemaker
I like the fitted in butter and the cover in meadow. Cute!
I love the lavender fab fitted, and the aqua Thirsties cover.
I am one of those “on the fence” people they mention on their home page! I would definitely give ‘em a try for free though. Raspberry for both.
Hi..I love the look of Thirsties. They are so pretty. I’ve been dreaming of buying one since my 20 mo old girl was born. I was just able to order one off Amazon because of swagbucks!!! YAY! Thanks to you! I haven’t received it yet but I am anxiously waiting.. I would love to have the cover in ocean & the fitted in aqua. Gotta be able to use on a boy or girl..You never know! ;oD
I like celery for the fitted and sky blue for the cover. Thanks for the review, I have been considering Thirsties Duo for our newborn b/c of his thinner legs, but definitely can’t afford to just “try it” on something this expensive.
I am crazy about my Thirsties covers! If I win I would like the melon fitted and the mango cover. My twins are always fighting over who gets to wear our current mango cover. It would be great to have another. Thanks for the great give away!
I facebooked this also, thanks for the extra entry options
I am adding a link to you to our blog. Thanks Again.
Cute diaper covers!
I love sky blue! We have a boy on the way and everyone is looking forward to a bit of blue among all the pink.
i love that pink! but since both of mine in diapers are boys, i should probably not choose the pink one.
i have actually been wanting a sweet soft blue for my boys’ diapers. i have all white right now, because they were the cheapest when i bought them for baby #1. so, of course that means i’m loving the baby blue cover and periwinkle fitted!
i linked on facebook, too!
I love the mango, because I think orange is a lovely and under-used color on babies, and honeydew is just so cheerful!
I like Butter for the cover and Celery for the fitted diaper!
They’re saying this newest little one will be another girl, and I’d love to treat her to a candy pink cover and maybe a lavender fitted diaper!
I love the sky blue for both. They are all so cute.
I LOVE Thirsties products! Our 12 mo. daughter is ready to move up to size large so it would be absolutely lovely to win a cover and a fitted to help us in the move to the next size!
I would love to win an Ocean cover and fitted in Melon! Thanks for the giveaway!
I tweeted this giveaway!
I posted this on facebook, also!
i would choose periwinkle or aqua!
I’m kind of torn between celery and periwinkle, but I think ‘celery’ wins out. It reminds me of a spring day or fresh cut grass. Might be good to be thinking of those when one gets ready to change a ‘fresh’ diaper.
A periwinkle in large please, thank you
I like the rose for the duo & the celery for the fab fitted. SO HAPPY to hear of another raving review b/c we just ordered the duos for our wee daughter. Fun!
I’d pick Aqua for the cover and periwinkle for the fab fitted diaper. Thanks for doing thins, I’ve been wanting to try a thirsties for a while now!
I’d pick mango and butter. I am expecting my 4th, and would love to try Thirsties. We have been using another brand of cloth.
I love the celery…cute but gender neutral!
I like the mango and honeydew, good gender neutral colors! I’m on baby #5 and 3rd baby in cloth. Love cloth!
We will be switching to cloth soon due to a decreased income.
I would love the cover in melon and the fab fitted in sky blue.
What a great giveaway!
I’m using Bummi’s covers right now. I have only one fitted diaper and we love it. I’d choose celery in both for my 7 month old boy.
We are currently using Bummis covers, but I love the colour choice in the Thirsties. Would love to try them.
Our little girl likes the candy pink.
Prefolds and wraps are the most economical way to cloth diaper. I’ve never tried thirsties wraps. I would choose periwinkle.
What a great giveaway! I would choose celery as we do not currently have any diapers in that color! Also, we have a boy now, but are hoping for more and celery would work for either gender. My husband would not support me choosing a pink color for our son right now
Although he did wear lavendar KL0s when newborn!
Heather
Have a cloth diaper question: My plan is to use prefolds with Thirsties covers. I believe you use prefolds also. Do you need pins/snappis with this combo or can you go without?
Thanks, Rebecca
My (only days to be born) first grandbaby will look gorgeous in both in aqua. I’m heading over to the site to check out all of the wonderful things to buy!
I just posted it on facebook!
Candy pink and Raspberry, ok any girlie color would do/ Pregnant with # 8 and with 5 boys, I just can not wait to have a girl!!!!
Girly colors!!!! Nearly everything we have is gender neutral
Ooh- I love thirsties. I have a few of their covers. I have never tried the fab fitteds. I like aqua for both. We’re 3 months along with this baby, so we don’t know what it will be yet.
Ok…I like “Celery” for both the Diaper Cover and the Fab Fitted.
We have a nine month old baby boy (he is a peach!) and I”m sure these would come in handy.
Oh, I like the melon cover and the raspberry fab fitted is beautiful. We started using cloth with baby number five and love it. I could use a few in girly colors, since we’re having a girl for the first time in sixteen years!
I love thirsties covers!! they are awesome!
My fav cover color is the periwinkle, and my favorite Fab Fitted color is the periwinkle
i sent thirsties an email
tweeted giveaway
http://twitter.com/3littleonesblog/status/4506029203
I love the Melon Cover and Rasberry Fab Fitted! These would be perfect for my first baby sis, due to arrive in November!
Hmmm…. Since I’m expecting a girl in November I think I’d LOVE the raspberry, but then the sensible side of me says I would need to pick a color like Aqua so it could be used if I had a boy down the road….
I’d pick Celery in both, thanks!
We would love to have the diaper cover in ocean and the fitted diaper in melon. My sister just received a meadow cover in the mail. She was able to buy it from Amazon with swagbucks! It was beautiful!! Thanks for offering this.
I like the periwinkle cover, and the lavender fitted diaper. I would love to try these dipaers, but money constraints keep me from investing in a whole bunch. (and I get all my diapers pretty much free with coupons/and or deals through stores- Cvs, Walgreens, etc…) I am expecting my 5th in May, so maybe I can save up between now and then? This would be a great start- and alas, I don’t have Facebook, Twitter, or a blog, so I am out of luck. Just one little entry for me. Boo-hoo! Maybe this one entry will be all I need, though!
Thanks for the giveaway, I like the raspberry , aqua and candy pink! I hope I win, I want to try cloth diapers, still using disposables.
I would choose Melon (ok, it really looks like orange, so…GO VOLS!), and aqua on the wrap. Together, they look like desert colors, so pretty.
I sent a ‘thank you’ to Thirsties by email. They’re terrific for sponsoring the giveaway!
I LOVE the ocean blue color. My little ones look wonderful in it
My head is swimming with CD choices as I prepare for my first to arrive. I’d love the cover in celery and the diaper in aqua.
i blogged your giveaway
http://3little1.blogspot.com/2009/09/great-giveaways-930.html