Obsessions of the Trophy Wife: GoGreen Pocket Diapers

I decided to use the month of July to talk about the cloth diapering products that I love and use everyday. So, I wanted to talk about the type of diapers that I love the most. We have used covers and prefolds, AI2, AIO and Hybrid diapers. We keep going back to our favorites, the One Size Pocket diapers.

Pocket diapers are a shell of PUL or other laminate fabric with an inside of microfiber, suede cloth, rayon, hemp or organic cotton (depending on the brand you use). They are stitched together with an opening left in the back, front or both (again, depending on brand). They have elastic around the legs and back with closures that have snaps or aplix on the front or sides. You use an insert of some kind; either a provided insert, a homemade insert or a prefold. You put the insert inside the diaper between the outer shell and inside fabric through the opening. Pocket diapers can come in sized to fit or one size styles.

Little Man at 24 days old in his OS FuzziBunz.

Our cloth diaper journey started with a stash of 24 FuzziBunz one size diapers. I love the FuzziBunz and they still make up the majority of our stash for now. We have now expanded to include a few OhKaty, Dinkledooz and GoGreen Pocket Diapers. We love them each for their different qualities.

We loved the FuzziBunz when Little Man was smaller because we could fit them uniquely to his changing size so easy. The FuzziBunz have adjustable elastic around each leg and the back. The elastic adjusts just like kid's pants and jeans, with a button and a series of holes along the elastic. This lends the FuzziBunz to a better fit for when they are growing. The downside is that it takes time to readjust the elastic, so they aren't great for use with multiple babies that are different sizes because adjusting them back and forth gets time consuming. We are going to have a certain color for each baby so we know which ones are sized for which baby. Now we are finding that the FuzziBunz are getting harder to find that right fit for Little Man because he's gotten so big. They are a smaller size fit on him compared to the other one size diapers that we use. So I have a feeling that they will go exclusively to the next little one in a couple months.

Little Man in his OhKaty at 1 year.

The Oh Katy, DinkleDooz and GoGreen Pockets are all one size also. They adjust for size by a series of snaps in the front. We started adding these to our stash as Little Man was getting bigger, so we've only used them completely open. I'm excited to see how they will work sized down for a smaller baby. We love that the elastic is thinner and more stretchy than the FuzziBunz. I also like the idea that they are so quick to adjust so you can use the same diaper on multiple kids of different sizes very easily.

The OneSize Pocket diapers fit into our lifestyle very well. I love the snaps. They are easy to use for everyone, so even family members change his pants with no worries or reservations. They are easy to clean because you take the insert out. This makes it easy to clean solids off, easy to launder and quick to dry. They are easy to take everywhere and they are ready when I need them. The task of re-stuffing the diapers is not that bad. I do it while sitting down to watch TV. I am excited to try out more brands of pocket diapers. There are so many little variations that I don't think two brands pocket diapers are the same! I'm also excited to share about my experience with my favorite type of diaper with all of you!

Welcome to the start of OTTW's Summer Cloth Diaper Celebration! I wanted to start it of with a Bang! This week I want to talk about my favorite type of diapers....Pocket Diapers! Most of us know and love GoGreen Pocket Diapers; I know I do. I am so excited to take the opportunity to talk about them. GoGreen is always coming up with something new and the latest has been their introduction of the Champ 2.0. I want to take a moment to explain what changed between the original Champ and the new Champ 2.0. I'll start, though, by giving a little info on GoGreen's original pocket diaper.

Little Man loves playtime in his regular GoGreen Pocket Diapers. They are your standard pocket diaper. They come with a microfiber insert. The outside is PUL and comes in many cute solid colors, prints and fuzzy choices. The interior is a suede cloth. Unlike your standard microfiber or microterry, this is very soft and doesn't pill. Also, solids roll right off and hardly leave a mess to spray off. I've also never had a problem with stains! The back opening for the pocket has elastic on both the outer shell and the inner fabric. This is great because there's no extra fabric that can sneak out the back and cause leaks. This diaper has three levels of snaps to adjust for size in the front. There is one row of snaps to adjust the waist and a row on each side for the hip snaps. This diaper fits Little Man very well. He is now 26 lbs and 31 inches. They fit his chunky thighs too. The rise is very nice and I can still snap it in three and four snaps in, so there is plenty of room to grow!

Now on to compare the original Champ and the improved Champ 2.0!

The Champ is the deluxe model of Pocket Diaper; it is no longer sold by GoGreen because it has been replaced by the improved Champ 2.0. (The Crazy Evening print is the blue circle print with yellow snaps on the left. It is the original Champ. The Tripping 'Billy print is the orange with billy goats on the right. It is the Champ 2.0.)

Both the Champ and Champ 2.0 are made with a PUL outer that come in a variety of cute colors and prints with a suedecloth inner; similar to the regular pocket diaper. (Champ on the left, Champ 2.0 on the right.)

What makes the Champs different from the original pocket diaper is that they have a larger rise, more rows of snaps for size adjustment, two rows of snaps for waist adjustment, an opening in the back and front, a snap on the insert to keep it in place and to use as an AI2 if desired, and double leg gussets.

The Champ 2.0 has the same cover over the front opening as the Champ, but the Champ 2.0 also has a cover over the back opening too. Personally, I like having the double elastic on the back opening, but I can see where the back cover can be useful and is probably more cost effective for the company. (Champ on the left; Champ 2.0 on the right.)

The Champ had two rows of snaps for waist adjustment, but didn't have a hip snap. The Champ 2.0 has the ever important hip snap. This feature keeps the front sides of the diaper from sneaking up or down with movement. I also like that the Champ 2.0 also has extra snaps that face the other way to make the waist able to be adjusted very small for newborns and small babies. It also comes in handy when you forget your wetbag and need to secure the diaper shut so it doesn't make a mess in the diaper bag!

I loved the Champ pocket diaper, but there were a few things that I wanted to see changed. I was so excited when I found out that they made those changes with the Champ 2.0! I love the hip snap and the extra waist snaps that fasten to the outside. The best part is that they didn't change their price! The GoGreen diapers are still a very affordable diaper! The quality of these diapers rivals the expensive 'brand name' cloth diapers, yet they are literally half the price! The original GoGreen Pocket Diapers are sold for $9.99!! The Champ 2.0 is sold for $14.95!! They also have amazing and affordable accessories from extra microfiber inserts to wetbags (that retail for $6.99!!) I am also excited for all you aplix lovers out there. They are going to be introducing an aplix conversion called the Adapt-a-snap. It makes your snap diapers into aplix diapers with no sewing!!

GoGreen has graciously offered a lucky reader the chance to get a Champ 2.0 of their own!