MG (Maci Grace) Baby - cloth baby diaper review

I got my MG Baby diaper in the mail today from BHO aka Baby Half Off!! I'm so excited to try out this diaper and review it. This would be cute on a boy or girl; which is great as our family expands as we won't have to buy more diapers!

The first thing I noticed were the cute snaps on this black one! I love that they are different colors. This will be great as my baby moves up in size—I’ll never have to guess what level of snap we were last at. Also this is a great idea because if someone else is changing my child (husband, mom, etc.) I can just tell them to “tighten the diaper to the ________(insert color here) and _____ (insert color) snap”.

Here is the diaper laid out open so you can see what it looks like! Very soft against the skin!

I’ve been cloth diapering for AT LEAST a year and have bought several different kinds of diapers. So, another thing I noticed right off the bat were the great inserts… TWO of them—they have 4 layers of bamboo!! I have two boys and they are big wetter’s so if the diaper doesn’t come equipped with decent inserts we have to change diapers every few minutes or be subjected to leaks. These really hold up, especially around nap/bed time!

I like the opening for the inserts- it stretches a lot and has a wide opening when stretched. It was hard to take a picture of, but it opens really wide. This is as far as I can show b/c I’m stretching the diaper with one hand and taking a picture with the other.

I have had problems with some (not these) diapers when trying to put the inserts back into them because the opening was pretty small. This one will be no problem, its very stretchy and opens enough that I would be surprised if any hand size had problems getting the inserts in. This means my husband can help once the laundry is clean... Awesome!  

When trying out the snaps I noted that they are easy to use. I love this type of diaper because it's fully adjustable from birth to potty training. I've taken pictures of the snaps at various sizes to show what they look like at different adjustments. These aren't all of them but I wanted to give you an idea!

Here is my toddler wearing it and as you can tell he has several more settings left to grow. He's is slim but I can easily see this fitting him unitl 4-5 year old! Maybe my biological son until 3-4.

Now to contrast this, here is the diaper on my 16 month old who is pretty chunky. This diaper fits around both of their legs fine. It doesn't dig into my baby's skin while it still fits snug enough around my slim son's legs to prevent leaks!

 

 Great for a wiggly toddler! :)

These also wash nice! Solids come off easily (I don't use a sprayer or anything I just tilt and dump the waste in the toilet). They've been through the wash a couple of times now and seem very durable! They are great!

Oh, and people ask the difference between these and Alva baby or other similar products sold on the internet. I can say these are much nicer quality, especially the inserts! :)

Thanks babyhalfoff for another great product!!

It's been a while since I have really blogged and the layout is so different. It took me a while to figure it out!

So for those of you who don't know a lot about adoption but may be curious, I'm going to blog about the steps of our adoption (and some random things every now and then). Feel free to follow us on our journey as we start our next adoption. Our oldest son is adopted from Ethiopia and we've wanted to adopt again since we brought him home. We fell in love with Ethiopia a long time ago due to a family member who adopted an older child from ET. She showed us blogs, pictures, and told us all about it. We were already serious about adoption and were looking for a place to adopt from. I'd been thinking an Asian child but when she told us about Ethiopia and showed us the blogs we knew then and there where we'd adopt from. We eagerly filled out piles of paperwork, waited, and after two years our son came home. He was 6 months old when he came home and our lives have been so blessed by him. Adoption is the biggest roller coaster ride in that there are so many ups and downs. The biggest lesson I've learned is nothing happens when you want it to, patience is key!

So here we are back at square A.So far we are in the beginning stages of our adoption. We started this journey over a year ago but one month into our applying, we found out we were expecting! Now that we have two boys, it's time for a little girl! So far we have filled out a ton of paperwork! Yes, the dreaded paper chase!  Paper work consists of things like per-qualification packet, bank letters, financial statements, requested referral letters (from friends, family, co-workers, etc.), FBI fingerprints, other fingerprints, doctors appointments for the whole family, notarizing (ie: having things notarized), etc. It's not hard just time consuming and trying to get everything scheduled and ready for the next stages. It's seemed a little easier overall, this time. I guess because we've done it once and kind of know what to expect.

As of right now we've been picking away at parts of the dossier (which comes after your big application packet) but it's better to complete after a home study as it's time sensitive. I'm not looking forward to the dossier because we payed to have it authenticated last time and this time there isn't anyone available to do that. That means WE do it which scares me because one mistake can leave your child's case in limbo in the Ethiopian court system for a long time. I'm sure it'll all turn out okay I'm a bit anxious about that part.

So for moving forward, right now we're stuck in the mud so to speak. We're excited as our second house AKA our "vacation home" (so termed because we'd tell people we had two houses and got lectures about selling and then buying, when you term a house that isn't selling a "vacation home" it takes on a whole new meaning to people and is looked on favorably) is under contract!!! It's a great home just in an area that is out away from everything. People typically only move to the area for specific reasons. ALL of the houses are slow to sell there. So until it sells we cannot have a home study scheduled as it would change our application too much and we'd end up needing another home study. Still we are excited for someone else to own the home and are glad it's happening now in our adoption instead of a later date!