Remember when I said that I had to have a Rumparooz diaper?  Well, I must be a spoiled brat because I got one.  And I watched the tracking information online until this diaper ended up in my hot little hands this last Tuesday.  It was probably the highlight of my week.  No, let me rephrase that.  It WAS the highlight of my week.  I mean, look at this thing:

So how beautiful it is?  While the “bubble” aspect of the minky fabric is less bubbly than I would have expected, the minky is still incredibly plush and I couldn’t stop running my fingers through it.  The inner lining isn’t to be discounted either, though.  The fleece that is used in there is also insanely plush.  At least, I think it’s fleece.  Whatever it is, it’s heaven on my wee girl’s bottom.  The inner gussets are very cool and I found they worked great.  Evie had her daily poop while wearing this (of course), and the gussets contained the mess easily.

Evie seemed very comfortable in this diaper, though I couldn’t help but fuss about the fit.  I wondered if Evie was ready for the “medium” setting yet.  The “small” setting seems very small.  The stretchy tabs are very stretchy, though, and allow for a lot of fine-tuning of the fit.  I do worry about the fabric catching and snagging on the hook portion of the closure, but I don’t think I can really avoid it.  Also, the aplix closure doesn’t seem near as “sticky” as the ones on the bumGenius, but I don’t have a problem with that (yet).

There is a definite “bubble butt” effect with this diaper.  Could be because of the “small” setting adding extra bulk.  Could be because it’s a pocket diaper and they are notoriously bulky.  I find I don’t mind so much.  I think you just need to plan the wardrobe while the baby is wearing such a diaper accordingly.  Of course, today was a warm day so I just let her wear a top with her diaper and that was it.  Very cute.

I actually have three MORE Rumparooz coming my way courtesy of the FSOT forum at Diaper Swappers.  None of them are minky, so I’m interested to see if I’ll love them as much without the FABOO fabric.  I’m betting that I will.  Because, at the heart of it, these diapers performed just as I would have wanted them.  Add in that they look good while doing it and you’ve got yourself a winner!  I think this is a great diaper for anyone who is a fan of the one-size bumGenius diapers since the performance is very similar.  And seriously.  Can you turn this down?  I don’t think so.

Tags: cloth diaper, FSOT, KangaCare, minky, One-size, Pocket, Rumparooz