Tank Cloth Diaper

We started using these with my daughter when she was still in standard newborn size diapers. We are now several months in and we LOVE these diapers. Cleaning them is easy, I love the colorful prints, and the tank inserts are quite simply TANKS. We’ve had maybe one leak and that let us know it was time to size up the rise - and no problems since. My friends’ babies are constantly having blowouts but we have entirely escaped that so far. My daughter will sometimes hold poop for several days but the elastic at the waist and legs still manages to hold it in when the “poopocalypse” hits. Although we were gifted many disposable diapers at our shower, we’ve only used a handful of each size because we lil helpers so much. A dry bag for dirty diapers makes it easy to use these when out of the house, and a little sprayer on our toilet makes poop removal a breeze. These were an investment but I am so glad we took the plunge.

We love lil helper! These diapers have been great for my daughter, as she has sensitive skin and the minute a disposable diaper touches her she gets a rash. These diapers have held up great to many washes, and ultimately they’ll be way more cost effective than disposables.

My only complaint is that my daughter tended to leak through these when we were just using the small inserts (up until she was 12lbs, which I think is the recommended size for starting to use the large ones). She is a very well hydrated baby so I think they just couldn’t handle the volume of liquid, as nothing was wrong with the diaper absorbance. Customer support was super helpful though and provided some suggestions like adding in cloth wipes under the insert for additional absorbance. This helped about 75% of the time but we still did get SOME leaks. But now that we’re using both inserts, we have had NO issues and it’s been great. Even with the leaking I’d recommend these (just maybe not for an under 8 week old who is very hydrated!).

My ask for lil helper is maybe to offer an option to purchase a SMALL bamboo liner addition with the PUL backing for newborn sizing. I think we could have made the bulk work but the length of the large insert was just too much to fit before she was about 12 lbs. just something to think about!

These hold allot. They get thier name honestly.

We really regret going all-in and getting 3 days worth of these diapers and inserts. Our baby is 5 weeks old. According to the instructions, we are using just the small insert, and her output has been saturating the insert in under 2.5 hours, leaking into the PUL and soaking her back and/or leg at least once a day since she was about 3.5 weeks old. The diaper is well-fitted and the inserts pass the absorbency test, but one insert is obviously not enough and we cannot fit both inserts yet. We've already stopped using these at nighttime.

Hopefully these diapers will work better with two inserts, which hopefully we'll be able to fit once our baby is 3 months old. Otherwise, what a waste of hundreds of dollars... Lesson learned!

Edit: increased from 2 to 4 stars -- customer service reached out to me shortly after I had posted my original 2-star review to help troubleshoot. Our baby has now been using the diapers with the full Tank insert (both small and large ones) for the past 2 weeks (since 6 weeks old) with great success! The customer service representative was very helpful in checking the fit for us, and our baby is bigger now so it's easier to fit both inserts. We've had no more leaks! Fingers crossed that we'll stay leak-free!

Highly recommended for babies and smaller toddlers. Definitely on the short side for average height or tall toddlers.

Our twin 18 month olds have had pretty constant diaper rash and yeast, so we wanted to try a switch from disposable to cloth. So far it's helped quite a bit. These diapers held a lot, with only a minor leak overnight due to fit, and wash very well. They are comfortable on the baby, and no more rash!

With my older kids we had tried some all-in-two cloth diapers and always had to wash the covers every time, the inserts on these hold enough we can go a change or two without needing to also wash the covers.

Unfortunately, we aren't going to get to use them long. My girls are nearly 18 months old, about 26 lbs, wearing 18 months-2T clothing, and between size 4 and 5 in disposable diapers. They have quite a bit of width left to go in these diapers but the rise is so low it's nearly too short already. When they get taller there's no way they will continue to fit. We've tried removing the smaller insert, but didn't gain any real improvement in rise and the decrease in absorption wasn't worth it.

I'm considering trying a pair of the training pants with the tank inserts to see if that would work.