Gerber 12-Pack Flatfold Birdseye Cloth Diapers - White
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Baby Products Reviews of Gerber 12-Pack Flatfold Birdseye Cloth Diapers - White
Customer Review: Excellent as cloth diapers - and more!
Summary: 5 Stars
These diapers were the primary ones I used for my son and various foster children. While others have complained that are NOT useful as a diaper, I found them to be the MOST perfect for this use! Especially with babies in different sizes at the same time, I did not have to worry about assuring I have enough of any given size - and they fit great into the diaper covers I was using (Bumkins covers) - for the littlest ones I folded one way, for the middle children I folded another - for the biggest children, I would use two and fold them the same as I folded for the middle children.
Now that I am not caring for other people's children, I still have many of these diapers and we still use for cleaning cloths around the house and elsewhere. Over the years, very few have fallen apart (pretty much just the one's my mother washed with bleach, which should never be used on an item that will be pressed against a baby's most sensitive area....).
I thought and still think they are great, so I am very surprised to hear from others that they do NOT work for all the purposes that I used them for :)
Customer Review: Decent newborn diaper with many other uses
Summary: 4 Stars
I used these as cloth diapers with my second child for the first two months. They work well, especially with a liner, when the baby is eating and being changed every 2-4 hours. Even on a 6-lb newborn, they're not bulky. When the baby starts to sleep longer than 4 hours, though, a more absorbent diaper becomes necessary. Right now, I'm double-layering mine until my bamboo terry squares are delivered. As a cheap, readily available newborn cloth diaper, these are great. You do have to know how to fold a flat diaper, though. I suspect that may be the issue with the reviewer who said these don't work as well as the prefolds. A flatfold offers more versatility and can be a much better diaper if you know how to use it.
The low price of this product, coupled with its several other uses, more than make up for its short life as a diaper. We've used ours as burp cloths, cleaning/dust rags, (very) informal cloth napkins, paper towel substitutes, etc. Don't be dismayed when you first take them out of the package! They seem thin and useless, but a quick run through the laundry fluffs them right up.
Customer Review: I normally love items by Gerber, but these are awful for any purpose.
Summary: 1 Stars
I just want to start of saying that I had purchased these with the intent of cloth diapering my baby. I had used Gerber flatfolds and prefolds on my first two children back in 2000 and 2002. They were amazingly awesome back in the day, so I'm wondering what on earth happened.
These are very thin . . . I mean see through thin. I couldn't even use them as a changing, shoulder or lap pad in a pinch. Any baby "mishap" would immediately seep through. Not only that, they feel very rough - not something you'd want to rub on a newborn baby's skin to clean spit-up or drool.
I feel bad for giving such a poor review because I'm normally a huge fan of Gerber products. I just think that these are pointless and a waste of money. You can find better flatfolds for nearly the same price as these. As far as burp cloths, the Gerber prefold diapers work awesome for those.
Customer Review: Poor quality for any use
Summary: 1 Stars
We decided to try these cloth diapers as burp clothes since friends told us it's not worth paying the premium on burp cloths. I just washed these Gerber ones for the first time and they came out of the washer/dryer wrinkled, tattered looking. The fabric/yarn from all four corners pulled out so I had to take a scissor to trim them off. I imagine the next time we put them in the washer, the fabric will just keep pulling out. What a disappointment! The material is extermely, key word, extremely thin. I don't see how these could hold up anything if used as a diaper. The material feels really rough. When we use it as a burp cloths I have to fold it 3 times to make it a little thicker and absorbant otherwise it just leaks right through.
Unfortunately I already washed all 12 and can't return them. I am going to just pay the higher premium for real thicker, softer burp cloths.
Customer Review: I actually used these as diapers!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been cloth diapering my son since birth. These diapers were perfect when he was a newborn. I folded them in thirds and then in half. I stored them like that, and then when I needed to use them, the size fit perfectly into my thirsties x-small wraps and made a great diaper! They are thin, but a newborn needs frequent diaper changes anyway and they fit very well.
You also cannot beat the price! I loved that when I needed more diapers I just had to do laundry, too!
I started changing what diapers I used with bigger covers as he got bigger, but these were great at first because they didn't provide bulk when he was tiny. I now use heavy duty prefolds with covers. These diapers still come in handy for rags, burp cloths, everything else. Most of mine are stored away patiently awaiting my next child.