Sugar and spice and snaps and snails!

A couple of weeks ago, Andrea told you about a new carrier she's been using from Snaps & Snails, an online shop based in Atlantic Canada. Snaps & Snails focuses on cloth diapers and baby wearing products, although they do carry a few other baby products as well.

We've been trying out a fitted diaper from their cloth diapering collection. Handmade by Tetro, a Polish company, this diaper is made of organic cotton flannel. All Tetro products are certified in the EU as "safe for children" and also carry the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification. Snaps & Snails sells fitted diapers, doublers, wool diaper covers and prefolds from Tetro.

This diaper is unique in that it attaches with a tie! I've never seen that before and it intrigued me. Guess what? it works great! It's easy to adjust the fit of the diaper around Annalies' waist. She's got quite a round tummy still, and yet there's lot of room for "expansion" in the diaper. To adjust the rise of the diaper, you simply fold the front flap down to the desired height. The diaper is intended to fit most babies from 5 to 30 lbs.

The Tetro fitted diaper is made of 8 layers of flannel, so it's quite a trim diaper on it's own. You can add inserts or doublers as needed, and of course you need to use a waterproof cover, but it's still a lot trimmer than some other diapers I've tried, and fits under A's onesie quite well. For daytime use, we've had no troubles without an insert. I really like the stripey cloth - it's very cute! Tetro fitted diapers are available in 6 different patterns.

Tetro diapers are designed with EC (infant potty training) in mind. The flap under the tie is easily and quickly pulled down and out of the way if necessary. I haven't personally tried this feature, but I can imagine that this diaper would work a lot better than others if you are trying EC with your baby or toddler.

Caring for the Tetro diaper has been easy as well. It's machine washable and can be dried in the dryer or on the line. Stains have washed out easily. The diaper needs to be pre-washed before use (like most others) to increase its efficiency and absorbency.

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