Out Like a Lamb – an Overnight Wool and Fitted Cloth Diaper Event

When I decided to take the plunge into cloth diapering… I was scared and eager, but my eager-ness outweighed my scared-ness.  I worried about how I would do all that laundry, how I would deal with all those diaper pins, how I would clean the yucky ones, and especially how I would deal with overnight diapering.  I had so many trepidations, but I conquered them all, only to find a new one… Wool.

You either tremble at the word or you applaud the word.  I haven’t found anyone who is really on both sides of the fence with using wool.  Well, I’m sure there are some, but it seems that you either love it or are scared of it.  I was the latter.  I had read so many great things about using Wool Covers for overnight (especially), but I had definite concerns… 

 Just as I conquered my fears of initial cloth diapering, with the help of some wonderful companies, amazing WAHMs, friendly bloggers, and a little umph from myself, I conquered the art of using Wool.  And guess what… I love it.  It has truly become my favorite way to cloth diaper.  I even… reach for my fitteds and covers during the day! {gasp}.

So, during this event, I will be showing you how I mastered (ha!) the art of Wool and overcame the fears that initially held me back.  I will introduce you to some great companies and WAHMs who are creating some great Wool products, along with some Fitted Diapers (you have to have something to go under all that wool!) and Accessories and… you’ll even have the chance to win some for yourself your babe!

To begin our Adventure, I want to introduce you to a wonderful company that is located right in the middle of the Mountains.  I found Babee Greens through another blogger friend of mine and was excited to find out that there were cloth diapers being made less than 60 miles from my hometown!

The first wool cover that I received for this event was a Babee Greens’ Natural Wool Cover.  The first thing that I noticed about this cover was how so very soft it was!  Each cover is made from two layers of Oeko Tex 100 certified Merino Wool.  Merino wool is one of the most expensive wools available for covers because of this very reason… it’s so soft and breathable against your baby’s skin.  This cover was also very light… not exactly what I imagined wool would feel like.

I was very excited (and nervous!) to use this cover!  I prepped it (we’ll go into detail on how to do this in a later post) and put it on Sophia at nighttime for my first use.  Brave?  Yes!  I wanted to put this whole “wool thing” to the test!  I paired the cover with a Babee Greens Cotton/Hemp fitted diaper and really liked the way the combo fit on Sophia.  I only used the snap-in doubler that came with the diaper and guess what?  No leaks.  None.  Not even after the 12 hours.

The Babee Greens covers are sized covers, so they fit a bit more trim than other one-size versions.  Sophia is in the Medium Size (15-25 lbs) and it fits her perfectly.  She is on the middle setting of snaps, as I tried the tightest and it did leave red marks… but none with the middle setting and no leaks… perfect!   Its elasticity means the cover fits well, yet moves with your baby.  From the picture, you can definitely tell that Sophia moves very easily in this cover… so easy that she’s learning to walk!

Babee Greens had me sold on wool the moment that I touched their wool diaper cover… and definitely after Sophia was leak-free all night long.  They are a great company, that’s been around for 10 years now and will continue for a long time to come, I am sure.  Babee Greens offers Free Shipping on orders over $100.00 AND they have a Layaway Program  available to their customers!  Stay tuned because on Thursday, I’ll have a review of the Organic Cotton Diaper and you’ll have a chance to win one too!

Here’s to hoping I convince at least one reader that you can use wool… and I would be willing to bet that you’ll fall in love when you do!