Sposie breathability

I *think* they say that because of the multiple layers of that mesh material inside. to the eye.. it could look "breathable" BUT what is deceiving is that there is an icky gel inbetween that and the outer NON-breathable layer. Ever notice how an unused sposie "looks" fluffy inside. Then once pee'd in... it's soggy and grody? (not to mention all the chemical gel balls on babys bottom )

Sorry for the rant :LOL my son comes home in a sposie everytime he comes home from his dads and I HATE it

Ok I found an old Huggies diaper we had and I took it apart....

When I tore off the mesh and the gel layers, I was able to really see/feel the outer/inner layer and when I pulled on it (till it broke) I could tell it had some sort of plasticy material in it. It almost looks like PUL does when stretched (but PUL is stronger and will not break, unless it's cut into a tiny piece first then pulled).

That's interesting they don't specify the outer material content... I wonder why (It would go against their whole campaign about how the diaper is "breathable")

ETA: we had to switch to cloth (at 7 months) because sposie were not breathable! Hunter had an all over rash from them (everywhere the sposie touched him) and has a small rash that we fight every time he gets home from his dads
NOW... he is unable to wear anything PUL related as well. My conclusion (based on my babys bottom) is that PUL and sposies are NOT breathable

from info i was given to post @ http://www.alternativebaby.net/modul...=today+tpnight

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as far as heat retention, siobhan is typically not hot in her huggies but MUCH hotter in her target or BRU specials. argh. she's in sposies 2x a week at work with DH (poop disposal at work is not something he's ready to deal with : i went out & bought the target & BRU b/c they're cheaper, we're using SO many less and she was starting to get plumber's crack in the huggies as she FINALLY started to slim down. but, hot hot hot in the cheaper ones! so, now she's in the cheaper ones at work with dh in the central air & i'm trying to remind him to put on a huggies to come home. next mission is put a cloth on to come home

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It really helps to look at it yourself!

Take a disposable and put your mouth on the inside of one of the legs, then put your hand on the outside of the leg and blow into it and see if air comes out the other side.. that's the definition of breathable in my book. I couldn't get air to come out of a pampers or a 2mil PUL AIO but I got tons of air to come through fitteds and even a fitted inside a wool cover (hand on outside of wool cover). Give it a try and tell me what you find.