Pampers or Huggies (diapers)?

[1st Time Mommy]

Which do you prefer?

[bnme]

I prefer Pampers Swaddlers, hands down. There are many interesting threads on this, if you do a search.

I started with the NB swaddlers that had the notch. At first, he was leaking out of them alot, I think it may have had to do with the notch and his yet-to-heal circumsicion. I know several people with boys who had this problem.

I prefer the Swaddlers, although a little more expensive, because of their softer fabric-like material. I don't like the papery feel of the Huggies or the Baby Dry and I find the Baby Drys elastic to be plastic-y and irritating to my sons legs. I have had no problem with leaking or anything with any of them, though. I have been lucky to have alot of coupons for Pampers so far! (and 2.50 off at TRU until 3/30!). I also find the Pampers (both Baby Dry and Swaddlers) to be more generously cut.

I don't like the Huggies with the very strechy sides (not sure which ones)...I am wondering how I will like the Cruisers when he moves up to size 3.

[momathome]

I also think Pampers are tops. I have used both the Baby Dry and the Swaddlers/Cruisers and think that they both work well. I preferred the Baby Dry when my dd was tiny and going through 10 diapers a day, but now that she's 2 and diaper changes average more around 5 a day, we use the Cruisers. Good luck!
-Lauren

[Andrea S]

We like pampers cruisers.

Andrea
mom to Andrew 8/14/02

[MinnieMouse]

They had Pampers in the hospital when Beth was born and they totally swam on her. After reading everywhere that what diaper we used was going to be dependent on which one fit our child best....I had prepared by getting ONE package each of Newborn Huggies and Newborn Pampers. We opened the Huggies when we got home and they fit SOOOO much better.

At almost 20mo now we are still using Huggies. We have tried Pampers off and on and I don't have a problem with them..they fit pretty much the same, but dh doesn't like the baby powder smell of them. Huggies work great for us...I can count the time they've leaked on one hand over the past 20mo...and generally when they start leaking poopy diapers out the top, that means it's time to move up to the next size...at least for us.

Over time we've been given free promo diapers of various brands and I really didn't like any of them....and I have a philosophical problem with Luvs in the fact that I don't want the purple dinosaur in my house :-). The premium diapers for both Huggies and Pampers don't warrant the cost IMHO...diapers are pricey enough without having to pay more for luxury ones...especially when the regular ones work just fine.

I suggest getting one pack of each and figuring out which one fits your baby the best once s/he arrives. Oh...and just so you know BRU will let you exchange any unopened pack of diapers with another pack....we brought back the unopened Newborn Pampers and swapped them out for Huggies.

HTH

Christine

[sweetbasil]

We tried pampers but DS leaked out every opening....so then we switched to Huggies. We also found that for a lower price, the Target brand (can't think of the name) is modeled after Huggies, so we've used those when possible. HTH!

[egoldber]

Of the disposable brands, we found that Pampers style diapers fit DD the best. While the Pampers Cruisers feel nice, we found that Pampers BabyDry and Luvs (virtually identical to BabyDry) work just as well for us.

Huggies and Huggies style diapers did not fit her right.

I now use cloth 90% of the time and it works terrific. :)

[Karenn]

We use Huggies, mostly because the smell of Pampers (and Luvs) makes me sneeze. Some people don't notice the smell, but it's just one that gets to me.

[trumansmom]

My best friend says the same thing, but I switched to Pampers from Huggies because of the way Huggies smell. As soon as the first drop of urine hits Huggies, I think the whole room smells really musky and gross.

Isn't strange how different smells affect everyone differently?

Jeanne
Mom to Truman 11/29/01

[Momof3Labs]

I preferred Pampers Swaddlers while Colin was in sizes 1 and 2 (he never fit in the newborn ones - and was only 8lbs, 4oz at birth). Baby Dry were fine, too, but if I had a Swaddlers coupon, I preferred them. Huggies fit him terribly when he was small. When he outgrew the size 2's, we tried Cruisers - and they were HUGE on him (the leg holes hung halfway down to his knees). Plus, I felt that they were stiffer than Swaddlers.

So, we tried Huggies Supreme and found a good fit with them. But I don't like the way that they smell like urine the minute he pees. And the gel balls are unappealing, too.

We are now embarking on the great cloth diaper experiment, and have a few that have worked for us and a few that haven't. I have a few more on order that I will try, then we will pick one or two styles to go forward with. My plan is to cloth diaper 90% of the time, but we will probably continue to use disposables when we are out.