Terra got started with cloth diapers when her daughter was born. She had been using regular fitted diapers with the typical cotton outer fabric and velour inner. She loved the fit on her daughter, the fact that her skin could breathe, and that she could go coverless when they were home which was most of the time. However, she grew tired of changing diapers constantly because of leaks. It really became a problem when she went to snuggle or play with her daughter and realized just a bit too late that she had soaked through her diaper.
She thought “why can’t there be a fitted diaper that is snuggly soft, comes in countless cute prints, is breathable and absorbent at the same time?” She began spending nights at the sewing machine trying to come up with the perfect diaper to fit her needs. It took her about 10 tries before she came up with one she liked. After making a few for herself and sending some out to be tested, she was getting great reviews on them and decided to try selling them in the highly competitive world of cloth diapers! EarthLINGZ has been open for 8 months and is doing great! Terra is so thankful for the great fans and loyal customers and is so proud of their business! She can’t wait to see what the future has in store for them!
Since having Charlie, I have been on the hunt to find something that will get us through the night with dry sheets. When I had the chance to review an EarthLINGZ diaper, I was jumping for joy. EarthLINGZ diapers are a different kind of diaper. The diaper is made up of 2 different parts. The outer shell which is made of two layers of naturally water resistant polyester fleece that contain moisture for long periods of time (like overnight) while still staying breathable. The second part of the diaper is the EZ 3 Soaker System. Two separate double layered hemp fleece soakers can be snapped together with color coordinated snaps. Then, an absorbent hemp fleece lines the underside of the moisture wicking polyester fleece topper. Used all together, there are 5 thick layers of hemp fleece absorbent protection. All of these layers make these diapers extremely absorbent. The fleece topper is even made with the same print that the diaper is so they match! You can adjust the inserts to fit your needs. Simply remove the bottom insert and snap the top one into the shell. I love how cute this diaper is! It’s one of my favorite diapers in my stash. It is also one of only 3 diapers I own that can stand up to the little guy overnight. The downside to that – we almost never wear this diaper during the day because I like knowing we can have a dry bed all night long.
The shell of the diaper features a fold down rise, something I have only seen in one other diaper, and had never had the chance to try out before. With the rise folded down, it will fit approximately 10 – 15 pounds. Charlie is 16 pounds and is still wearing the diaper on the fold down rise setting, and Maggie who is 22 is wearing it with the rise not folded down.
If you are thinking – how can this be a one size diaper with only 2 size options – well let me clear that up for you. First off, it is designed to fit from 10 – 40 pounds. With the rise folded down, you can simply fold it down farther to make it a bit smaller. Folded down, there are 10 snaps across the front. Not folded, there are 14 snaps across the front. The snaps are a single row of snaps all across the front of the diaper. Each wing features 3 snaps to get a perfect fit every time for every child. The wings are a bit longer than many other diapers I have used which helps get that perfect fit. There are also crossover snaps on the wings to fit those teeny tiny waists. Charlie is my little chunkster, and when he wears the diaper, there are still a few snaps on each side if we need a bigger fit. I was worried that because there are 3 snaps on each wing that if he gets too chunky that the back snap would dig into his skin. I mentioned this to Terra as a just in case scenario, but she is prepared for that although it hasn’t happened with anybody using these diapers before. If that is a problem, which I don’t anticipate it being, she can sew some snap covers for the wing snaps for $1.00 for each pair.
All of the snaps are color coordinating to match your diaper. When using the larger rise setting, the snaps for the snap down setting are exposed to babies skin. I wondered if that would cause it to be uncomfortable, but it doesn’t dig into her skin at all.
The inside of the diaper is a coordinating color to the outside print, so when it is folded down, it still matches. Each diaper is turned and top stitched creating smooth pillowy edges for baby’s delicate skin.
Another noteworthy feature of this diaper is how trim it is between the legs. A big plus – especially where John is concerned. The wide crotch area is one of his biggest dislikes of cloth diapers. While this is narrower, it still provides us with great coverage!
While this diaper lasts a long time without soaking through, it isn’t 100 % waterproof, and should be worn with a cover if they will have clothing touching it. This morning, I kind of spaced that little detail out when I put it on him and left for church. I just knew we would be gone a few hours and I wanted to be positive he didn’t pee through anything. Well, I forgot the cover this morning and during church, his clothes had just a hint of dampness to him where his carseat buckle was up against his clothing. It didn’t look wet, and was barely noticeable, but was a reminder to me to remember the cover if we went out.
I have noticed that when drying these diapers, if I leave the inserts snapped, sometimes they aren’t completely dry where it snaps into the diaper. This is only on the part where the snaps are, and it doesn’t happen every time.
Having two in diapers, I have realized that they each have their own, I am so lazy, I don’t even want to unsnap the rise settings on diapers. With our Earthlingz diaper, we don’t have to. I can simply fold it down, or not fold it down. That fact alone makes me more willing to use it on both kids regularly (except that we save it for nighttime).
If you are on the hunt for a fantastic, guaranteed night diaper solution – here it is. I love this diaper so much. If I wouldn’t get really busted by John, I would definitely be buying a bunch more of these! The other night Charlie pooped in both of his guaranteed to stay dry all night diapers and I went in to a panic mode! Obviously I need just a few more. Have I mentioned that I LOVE this diaper? There are so many unique prints and even solid color combinations, there is sure to be one that is calling your name. Be sure to head on over to the Etsy store and check these cloth diapers out!
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Plus, Terra is generously offering up one of these fabulous diapers to one of you lucky readers!
Giveaway open to US only
Ends at 11:59 pm 11/20/2012
Only one entry per household. Duplicate entrants will be disqualified.
Only the first entry is mandatory, but remember, the more you enter, the better your chances to win!
*Disclosure: I received the above mentioned product for the purpose of this review. All opinions expressed above are 100 % my own and only influenced by my experiences with the product.*
I don’t know why, but your rafflecopters never work for me and yet every other site does. Sad panda. 🙁
How weird. I wonder why that happens. You know you can just click where it says rafflecopter giveaway and it will open the entry form, right? (I should post that sentence by the entry form just in case that happens to other people). I have that happen to me once in awhile, but I haven’t noticed if it’s the same sites or not.
I’ve just been using the e-mail entry feature. It works, just is a little different. Thought I’d bring it up though just in case others were having issues, too! 🙂 Thank you!
Oh, and I actually LOVE the owl print shown above. I chose to cloth diaper my baby because I want to reduce waste and give my baby the best. She deserves safe products and a healthy start in life. <3
I am in the process of switching my stash from pockets to WAHM AIOs & fitteds and have had so many recommendations for earthLINGZ. I love the look of these diapers so much, even the solids are super cute. I have a few hybrid fitteds with pockets but really love the snap in soakers in a fitted idea. I cannot wait to try these diapers! Thank you for the giveaway!
I love the snap in soaker idea for these!
I’ve never used a fitted for overnight, so I’d love to try. The snap in soaker is a great idea and they look so snuggly!
Oh This is SO SO cute! I love that it looks fuzzy, sometimes they are fuzzy but don’t look it. I also think these will dry faster!
We cloth diaper overnight but it’s getting tricky these days. The nights she’s had nothing at all to drink we just use one thick insert and find her seeping through the next morning, and when she’s had a ton to drink she scarcely wets at all. I wish I could figure her out!
LOVE that owl print! We are desperate for a good overnight option for our VERY heavy wetter.
I definitely cloth diaper overnight. I find that adding a hemp insert works pretty well for me. Although my gal did leak the other night, which woke her up and we had to do a complete clothing change. I hope that is the rare, rare, rare exception and not a new normal!
These diapers look so soft and cozy! I’d love to try one out.
These look so comfy, I love the fold down rise option and the snap in soaker!
Is the first mandatory entry just the free one or is it the facebook like? Just want to make sure I’m doing it right 🙂
We don’t use cloth at night. I’ve been looking for a good fitted and cover to use!
I really want to try her 10 Pack Hemp Fleece Cloth Wipes.
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I really want to try fleece for overnight and would love to win this to try it! The prints are totally cute too!
I love that Terra uses such environmentally friendly material on her products!
I love that you can snap in layers for different absorbancy! She also has adorable prints/colors (love the safari!!)
The Penelope print is super cute! I just got a bunch of hemp diapers from a generous freecycler and I’m loving how great it works overnight!
I love how trim it looks between the legs. That is my pet peeve too.
I am looking for a great night time diaper and these look amazing I love the Alexis print
We currently cloth overnight and I have a way overkill system. I would love something a bit simpler.
I’d love to try a one-piece night diaper! Right now we use fitted+wool or a pocket that is so stuffed it makes a gap at the leg.
I would love to try this diaper!! Hubby thinks we have too many already. We really only have just enough.
The Safari print is really cute!!!
These look so cute!! I would love to try any of the designs!
Wow they’re all beautiful diapers. I can’t decide which is my favorite. Top two are Owls and Princess Pastel. I do plan on cloth diapering overnight. I did with my other two cloth babies.
I will be new to cd so I am learning but would love to win it!
I have recently fallen in love with fitteds for nighttime diapering! I never understood the point of a fitted, why would you buy a diaper that needs a cover? However after my baby leaked through every other type of diaper at night we tried a fitted, it worked, her jammies were dry! So now I am trying to expand my fitted stash!
I agree! i could never understand why you would buy something that you had to buy something else to cover up. Then I had a boy. Now I get it!
I love Alexis : One Size Hemp Fleece Fitted Cloth Diaper
I love fitted diapers especially for night time!
My favorite feature is the color coordinated snaps!
I have not been able to find a cloth diaper that will work for my heavy wetter overnight. I would like to give this a test drive!
I love fleece covers for overnight. It’s the only covers that would keep my super soaker 3 yr old dry. I now have newborn twins and would love this diaper for them.
I was totally intimidated to start cloth diapering my 14 month old overnight, but now that I’ve got the hang of it, I wish I’d started earlier. You just need to pay attention and go for it!
My little one is going about 5 hours or so at night between feedings, but I do cloth diaper at night as well!
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{ Harper’s Rainbow } One Size Hemp Fleece Fitted
My favorites are the Heart Throb and Alexa
I really like the tulip diaper 🙂
I do not CD overnight but I wish I could which is why I wanna win this dipe!
I love the owl print and the fold down rise option!
We do cloth during the day, and disposable at night, but I’d LOVE to switch to all cloth!
I like the Touchdown & Penelope. I don’t yet Cd overnight because I don’t have enough diapers… but I love the options for abdorancy with this kind- and would like to try these fitteds. (They seem like even I could use them without completely messing things up! Bonus!) Also, I love the chance to support another mom… I chose to start cloth because of the environmental impact and love that her materials are so environmentally friendly.
These are little cute diapies. 🙂 I like the pink and purple ones!
I am just starting to cloth diaper my 3 month old, I am very excited and can see myself getting obsessed. I like the idea of helping the environment but most of all keeping harsh chemicals away from my daughter.
The penelope is gorgeous!
I love the Alexis : One Size Hemp Fleece Fitted Cloth Diaper! I would love a better, more trim option for overnights and these look so soft!
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So luv the owl print! The fact that this diaper looks so soft and comfy n I would LUV to try the “perfect”
Night time diaper!!! Especially with new baby on the way I already CD my 23 month old and he tends to be a heavy wetter…so excited to try!
I love that the fleece means you can wear it coverless around the house safely. Plus the colors are adorable!!
I really like the BOO : One Size Hemp Fleece Fitted Cloth Diaper
I absolutely love the Penelope print diaper. The heartthrob print is adorable too! This would be great to pair with wool for overnight for my coming baby!
-Hannah Avery
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I love the Autumn Glow diaper. I love that the outer is made of fleece. I also like the one size design and the fold over snaps. This would be great to CD overnight in. We currently use some piddle poddles overnight.
I love the owls print!
A fitted that doesn’t need a cover…sign me up! We use a fitted every night, but always with a PUL cover. How great to have a fitted that can breath through the night.