New Gro Baby Diapers Review

by Rachel on July 12, 2009

P7010004 Connor is happy to be in his new Gro Baby Diaper!  I purchased 2 Gro Baby diapers about 2 weeks ago for a test run.  The Gro Baby diapers came with a shell, 2 inserts and 1 booster for each diaper.

The idea behind the Gro Baby diaper is revolutionary in the cloth diapering world.  The outer shell is made of a waterproof TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane) fabric lined with a soft (non-absorbent) mesh material.  The soaker pads are made with multiple layers of organic cotton fabric, perfect for those sensitive bottoms.  When the soaker pad is wet, you simply unsnap it from the shell and put it in the diaper pail and snap in a new soaker pad.  Gro baby recommends using the shell 2-3 times before it needs to be changed as well.

My husband actually said, “these are the best diapers we’ve had yet!”  What I like about the diapers is that the soaker pads are very thick and absorbent.  I also like that the velcro hook is non-pill and is very adjustable along the front of the diaper.

P6290060Until now I had decided that I was going to purchase/sew only snapping diapers because I have been frustrated with fraying and pilling velcro.  Gro Baby did just come out with a snap closure for the diapers for those who prefer snaps to hook and loop closures.

Gro Baby suggests that you need 12 diapers for 1 child for the entire diapered life of that baby.  The 12 diapers come with 24 inserts, which essentially gives you a total of 24 diapers.   The diapers are one-size with rise snaps that can be adjusted as necessary from infancy through toddler age.

The only issue, I think, that Gro Baby diapers could have is being quite large on a newborn.  I suppose that is dependent on the size of the newborn, but Connor was 6lbs-12oz at birth and I had him in x-small diapers made by Blueberry for the first 5 weeks of life.  I think that Gro Baby could possible make a trimmer set of soaker pads that might  make a better fit on a newborn baby.

One other concern I have about Gro Baby diapers is the packaging.  When the diapers were shipped to me they came grobaby-diapering-kit-wmwith an excessive amount of thick cardboard labels around the diaper and soaker pads as shown here.  I think Gro Baby, as a company promoting their environmentally friendly product, should realize that the cardboard is excessive and wasteful.  Other than this, I think the diapers themselves are wonderful!

grobaby_details2Check out these new diapers at:  http://www.thenaturalbabyco.com/grobaby%E2%84%A2-ic-11_16.html

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  • http://www.thenaturalbabyco.com Kim Ormsby/CEO

    Wonderful feedback and your little guy is adorable! I did want to comment regarding your concerns with our packaging. We try to be environmentally responsible in all respects. With our packaging we chose designed a product that not only displays product usage information, but is also functional for our retailers to display our products. We chose to use only paperboard (no plastic packaging!) that is recyclable and that the customer can recycle right along with their cereal boxes!!

    • http://www.greenbabiesblog.org Rachel McFadden

      I am glad to see that you read my post. I did notice the instructions on the packaging and forgot to mention in my post how clear and concise they were! They are perfect for someone new to diapering. I do like the fact that the packaging is in recyclable cardboard, but I feel that if you order more than 1 they do not need all need the packaging. Great product though!

  • http://binaryblonde.com Binary Blonde

    This is exactly what I was looking for. A review with an older infant. I’ve seen a lot of reviews for Gro Baby on babies who are several weeks or around 6 months, but my guy is 9 months and is a hefty 9 months at that! He is also very, very active and I need a system that can handle a large amount of movement without leaking. He also sleeps through the night (10-12 hours) and I need something that can handle that amount of liquid overnight. These seem to fit my needs.

    We are very green with everything else in our lives, so it kills me every time we buy another pack of disposables (though, we are purchasing Seventh Generation, but still). My husband is a little freaked at the investment (“What if they don’t work?”, he asks), but I keep reminding him that my instincts are right 99.9% of the time and right now they are telling me that I should have been cloth diapering from the start!

    • http://www.greenbabiesblog.org Rachel McFadden

      They will work, but you can always do what I do when trying out a new cloth diaper. I only but one or two of them so I can be sure that I like them before I make the commitment. A lot of hard work obviously went into the design of these gro baby diapers and I think you will have no problem. The overnight doublers work great to keep baby dry until the morning and my baby has been crawling all around with no leaking problems. Good luck, I know you won’t want to go back to disposables again!!

  • Aimee Moisa

    Curious: How do these compare with bumgenius 3.0 one-size?

  • Julie

    I just bought the whole gro baby diapering system, I read so many awesome reviews for this diaper and I was very confident in them. I’m having a problem though, I’ve been using them for 2 days now and they keep leaking! I know I must be doing something wrong but I’ve tried so hard to make sure that it’s on tight and the inner soaker is center and everything. My daughter is 8 weeks but well over 8 pounds, is it possible that she needs to grow into them still? Or am I doing something wrong?? Could someone please help me out? Maybe give me some pointers?

    • http://www.greenbabiesblog.org Rachel McFadden

      I have a friend that had the same problem. I think the issue was that she needed to do a few more washes to reach maximum absorbency. The cotton has natural waxes in it that cause it to repel liquids. The liners must go through the wash on hot a few times to reach their maximum absorbency. I hope this helps.

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