Diapers and Subcriptions: My honest opinion on Honest

I had been meaning to post my opinions on diapers for sometime now but it's good that I waited until my 2nd child to do so because I'd have now more to say and know about it. Is it really that complex? Well...yes and no. As a first time parent, I considered all choices when it came to which diaper I would choose for Isla. I read blogs and reviews on different brands and really considered how much I am willing to spend for it. After all that research, I went, for both babies, Honest Co. I also liked Parasol Co. but thought that their pricing and what came in the subscription was not enough for the money. I also considered reusable diapers but based on reviews, it is a lot of work (washing) and also need some budget to start your pile. Now you may ask, do you need subscription? Of course not, as the mom, you are entitled to choose and purchase whichever diaper you want for your child. This post is mainly to say what I love and don't love about what I chose for my kids.

Love...

1. I will admit that the first thing that drew me to honest are the prints! I'm a girly girl, pretty superficial about certain things including diapers that goes under my children's clothes! haha...they're just too cute!

2. I've tried several brands--pampers, huggies, target brand, seventh generation, babyganics and I will say that Honest will still be my favorite. Yes it is overpriced, this is something to consider but after using it and going back to other brands, I can tell there's a difference. Its absorption is great. It lasts about 6-9hours with no leakage whatsoever and my kids drink/feed a lot! Isla who doesn't sleep straight and still relies on milk (sadly) to help her get back to sleep drinks in total about 10-12oz of milk/water mixture every night and that cause a lot of peeing over night. With other brands I end up having to change her 2-3x/night as to 1/night with honest. With my little one, Quino takes his last feed at about 9-930pm of 6-8oz of formula and will sleep straight until 7a-8a does not need any changes overnight, unlike with other brands that would need 1 change over night and would have leaked by the morning time.

3. Honest diaper also does not sag. Even if it gets full, it gets heavy but does not sag like most diapers.

4. I also love their wipes, it's too bad I use so much of it that the 4 packs that used to come in my subscription is no longer sufficient for two babies. It's thick, not overly wet which is great because Isla has very sensitive skin and needs to be dry at all times. It also does not tear or stretch out like other wipes would. Not scented either, some like it that way some like it scented, but that's just an info I'd add here.

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5. My opinion on subscriptions? I love it! With honest or any diaper brand you choose, you can have subscriptions. You can go directly to the honest website and avail their $80 one (I did this for a year and some months, came with 186 diapers and 4 packs of 76 bag wipes) or simply go to amazon and now, target has them too! I love it! With two babies, shopping anywhere is tough and since I try to limit my target runs, I now do most of my shopping online. I just love that diapers/wipes are in stock at my house since I still have two using them for now. I've switched my subscriptions to target from direct honest, this way I am not tied to just one brand and I can customize my monthly payment the way I want it. My current subscription at target has me getting 2boxes of honest diapers and one box of pampers 576count wipes for $56 every 4-6weeks (with redcard). More wipes that I would ever get for the $80 I used to pay at honest. I also only subscribed to two boxes of diapers because target would sometimes have a sale on honest diapers and promos on all diapers and I would still like to be able to avail those. For example, recently target had a promo of buying 2boxes of diapers any brand and you will get a $10 gift card. Since I normally use 3boxes of diapers/month for two (yes with honest even though the count is less, since my changes are also less, 3-4 boxes are enough for my two babies), I purchased the two and used the $10 giftcard to purchase one more box.

Not so great...
1. Do  not be fooled with the honest marketing ploy about it being green or extra safe etc. a diaper is a diaper, because it has prints, they still use dye, and even if it marketed itself as safe for the environment, because we throw them in non-biodegradable bags, it kind of defeats the purpose.

2. Biggest one, it is pricey! Overpriced in fact, I, however, use it because I love it therefore I chose to spend on it. Now though, I do have a more conscious effort to get them at the lowest price possible.

3. Honest can be found at marshalls and ross, a tad bit cheaper price...it kind of hurt when I used to have the subscription only to find out you can also get it elsewhere.

4. Sizing, I do think they run a bit small compared to the weight description on the sizes. My kids now wear the same size diaper (at 11 months apart, yes they don't weigh that far off from each other), at size 4 even though weight wise it says they should still be ok with a 3, 4 just fits more comfortably for them.