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The lastest change has been terrible!!!! Keep in mind Pampers owns Luvs.
I was a huge fan before August 2013. They were a great value, rarely had leaks, never had diaper rash, etc. But since the recent change, we've had nothing but problems. I ended up having to change his shirt and pants THREE times yesterday!!! Seriously, since we received this most recent box, I have done twice as much laundry.
Here are some of our recent specific problems:
- The tabs on the new diapers are shorter and don't fasten to front of the diaper as well. They seem to pop open at random times.
- FOUR times now, he has full on "leaks". I can't even call it a leak in the traditional since since the diaper was bone dry. Rather the diaper has pulled away from his inner thigh and urine ran straight down his leg (this wasn't a case of the tabs opening or coming loose at the top either, they were secure). Two of the four times it happened overnight.
- Countless regular leaks out the top of the diaper now, since the absorbent strip goes all the way up to the belly button now (which is why I am changing his shirt as often as his pants). This type of leak happens at least once every other day. Sometimes twice. Yesterday three times.
- Small diaper rash bumps now too. Never had that problem with the old Luvs.
- I personally don't think they hold any more than they used too. The diapers themselves are far thinner, so I feel it just spreads the urine out farther up his front and back.
- And lets talk about the crinkle sound. Holy much louder now.
- And that crinkle used to be a good thing. If there was a crinkle noise, he was still dry. The new diaper crinkles equally loud if it is wet or dry. And you know how you can just put your hand down there and "feel" how wet they are. Well not anymore. Unless they are plum full and soaking wet, you can no longer tell by just touching them through their pants.
And then to add insult to injury, they've once again lower the diaper count and decided to charge us more for an inferior product. I wasn't happy went the boxes went from 168 to 150. But now 140 and charging more money for a worse product is aggravating.
I haven't decided who we will be switching too.... but it's not going to be Luvs anymore. And since Pampers and Luvs are made by the same company (Procter & Gamble) I have a real hard time paying them even more money by switching to the overpriced Pampers. Very sad and disappointed since we weren't done having children yet and I expected to be buying Luvs for years to come.
UPDATE IN THE COMMENTS FOR THE BRAND WE DECIDED TO SWITCH TO!
September 2013 · Baby Products