In our ongoing effort to “green” up our household, I decided to give a few brands of eco-friendly diapers a try. I ordered three brands from Diapers.com: Nature Babycare, Seventh Generation and TenderCare.

The first package I opened was from Nature Babycare. Here’s what they say about their product:

Nature babycare is the result of many years of intense work and development. It is the first ECO-friendly high-performance diaper, based on new green technology, protected by a Swedish patent. The diaper is soft, thin, comfortable and with perfect sizing. Its performance is as good as the best ”traditional” diapers. It has an exclusive 100% chlorine free absorbent material and the material against the baby’s skin is based on corn instead of plastic like traditional diapers, 100% compostable, breathable and extremely kind for the baby. The packaging is 100 % compostable and based on corn.

The diapers feel sturdy and nice to the touch — much more papery than our usual. This is our first experience with “green” diapers, so I’m not sure whether or not thickness is generally an issue. The Nature Babycare diapers are a bit thicker than Pampers, but not so much that they seem to be uncomfortable for Pete.

We’ve had a problem with leaks with these diapers, but I suspect that’s because of the sizing. Despite their claims of “perfect sizing,” Nature Babycare diapers seem to run small. I bought the 12- to 18-pound size, and they’re very snug on our 15-pound boy. I’m not crazy about the closure tabs, either. I like to wrap the dirty diapers up into a little bundle to throw them away, and the tabs on these don’t stick well enough to do that successfully.

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