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The last style of flat diaper I tried was the Imagine Printed Flat. It comes from a line of diapers made for and sold exclusively by Nicki’s Diapers. See their whole Imagine line here. I bought Imagine prefolds before my current tester was born, and was delighted with them. One thing about the internet, you never know who’s listening in! I commented on another person’s ND review and was contacted, so these diapers came to me for free! You know how thrilled I was to get another Imagine product to review? I may have squealed bit out loud. A package of 6 retails right now for $14.95. That’s $2.49 per diaper. The most fun part is that these flats? They come in PRINTS. They are adorable and I’d love to have a few of each one! Check out the adorable ‘Tree Friends’ print! Did you know I LOVE owls? It also comes in dinos RAWR and butterflies! FLUTTER— I love that at least 2 of these could be considered gender neutral with a girly option for those that are pink dedicated! Who doesn’t love dinos, right?
So cute!
According to the Nicki’s Diapers website, the diaper is about 27″ square with about 5-10% of shrinkage expected, and to wash and dry them 6 times before use for full preparation and absorption. I love that their website goes ahead and says to use 2 at night time or for a super pee-er. I measured one diaper and came up with 24″ x 25″. For posterity, I triangle folded it and used an infant snappi to fasten it on my toddler. She got her piggies painted (orange) for the first time today. She matches!
Coverless!
The biggest issue I had was folding/size wise. Like with my last review, I couldn’t do a regular pad fold, because the insert ended up too narrow and caused leaks inside a pocket because there wasn’t enough side-side coverage. I had more success with this diaper overnight, though, I think because the cotton is a thicker fabric. I posted a tutorial HERE to show you how I made using a small flat work for me! (Pinterest Link for tutorials.)
Vroom!
On the go!
For price, absorbency, ease and overall bang-for-your-buckness, I’d give these diapers 4.0 stars. I’ve been using them for about 2 weeks now. There’s not been any visible staining and they do well overnight when folded correctly. I would use this diaper at any time, but it’s so cute that baby could run around without a cover in day time and give you a little smile from the absolutely cuteness! I would definitely love it if these came in a size large for toddlers, as well.
These flat reviews are really interesting to me. I still don’t think I’ll go for flats for every day, but I have a new appreciation for them, and can see how they are good to have in your stash. Plus, that is a cute pattern!
I am a flat user but mine are not as cute as a printed version. I think to go with flats you just need to learn to do different folds. I like them because they are so versatile and I wouldn’t really need to get a bigger size. Plus they have so many other uses in a pinch.
I’m also a huge fan of the Imagine products – have used both their prefolds, OS cover and newborn cover and tried some of their plain flats. These prints are just to die for! Must-must have the dino print for my litle guy.