Xander Week 51 - LUVS Second Attempt
September 12, 2007
A few weeks ago a representative from RocketXL contacted me, asking me to try the new LUVS Bear Hug diapers. Since we haven’t used LUVS since Xander was in Size 1’s, I said sure I’d give them a shot. A few weeks later, a free package of LUVS showed up on our doorstep (hooray for free diapers!) I was eager to try out these new diapers, and the following night, we began our second attempt with LUVS.
One of the biggest tests for us is whether or not Xander will pee through the diaper and thus onto bedding in the night. Often we will try to change Xander’s diaper around 9:30 pm to prevent a leak in the middle of the night. The first LUVS diaper we put on Xander leaked around 3:00 am. It was Zach’s turn to get up and change Xander, and though I was half asleep, it seemed to take longer than it should have.
Zach and Xander finally returned, and Zach was not pleased. He first attempted to figure out where the leak had occurred in the diaper, as he knew I was preparing to write a review. He then changed Xander into a fresh LUVS diaper, at which point Xander promptly peed out of the top - the absorbent material didn’t even slow down the stream. Zach immediately removed, that diaper, chucked the LUVS diapers across the room, put a fresh Huggies diaper on Xander, and proceeded to clean up the floor for 10 feet where Xander had managed to spray. Needless to say, Zach refuses to use LUVS diapers again.
The new “hug” technology does seem nice - it’s very similar to the stretchy material around the Huggie tabs. Maybe for girls the blue strip of absorbent material does actually stop leaks, but Xander has proved very effective at getting around this material in the LUVS diapers. It was nice to see Blue’s Clues instead of Winnie the Pooh for a while, as the pictures get old on the same diapers after a while, but Xander doesn’t ever notice.
So, I know LUVS is trying to drum up renewed interest in their new diaper technology, and there do seem to be some slight improvements, and the price is of course better than Huggies or Pampers, but the cost savings does not outweigh the added irritation. If anyone else has had any experience with these diapers, I’d love to hear about it!
