Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers, Size 4, 140-Count Review.
"Huggies vs Pampers" 2005-09-09
By Joe'sMom (Ayer, MA)
Ahh, the ultimate controversy. I feel like I've graduated from college to adult when the hot topic with my friends has changed from 'boxers vs briefs' to 'huggies vs pampers'.
We did stage our own version of the Pepsi Challenge, and purchased Huggies, Papers, Luvs and even some other random brand I found in our local grocery store. Huggies wins hands down. Luvs leaked all the time, and was even kind of scratchy. Pampers was nice and soft, but also leaked. For us, Huggies has never leaked. The elastic bands around the legs fit well, the diapers are soft enough to not bother my son. We've used Huggies from size NB up to 3 so far and have still preferred Huggies in each size range.
Within the Huggies line, I prefer the Ultra-trim (which I guess is being called something else now?) over the Huggies Supreme. The Supreme were extra padded and tended to bunch up. They didn't leak, but they just weren't as comfortable for my son's frenzied activity level.
As for fit, my son has always been small for his age (10th percentile in weight, 60th percentile in height), so I'm not sure if that makes any difference... maybe pampers works better for chunky kids? Which opens up another age old controversy "does size really matter"? But that's a conversation for another day.
"5 stars for the diaper itself" 2005-03-07
By D. ZHANG (San Diego, CA)
Huggies diapers are the best diapers for boys by design. I heard Palmpers use a slightly different design to fit girls. These are the two premium brands: Huggies for boys, Palmpers for girls.
Now about the price. Although the boxes look like in similar size, they are not. The size 3 Huggies sold by costco has 168 (the most recent ones have 174), compared to 144 sold by amazon.com and walmart, target, etc. A simple math showed that we should buy from Costco, this is after considering sales tax, shipping, etc.
"Great Diapers. Here's a little advice." 2005-08-29
By Michael A. Kelly (Basking Ridge, NJ USA)
I like Huggies. I also like that I have figured out how to use them. First, you must make sure to "open" the diapers before you start to change your baby. The elastic is folded into the diaper and a gentle tug of your finger will flatten it out. Second, you must make sure that the elastic is not bent inward when you put the diaper on your baby. Follow these two rules and you shouldn't get many leaks. (You may be able to tell that these rules are based upon experience.) Good luck.
"Helps reduce amount of #2 blow outs" 2005-09-21
By ekc (Dallas, TX)
I used Pampers, which worked fine at the newborn stage. Then my baby's poops started coming out with some force and the Pampers diapers didn't keep it in (it would shoot out of his diaper, up his back. I know, gross!) I tried securing the velcro straps tighter, but then I felt like I was squeezing my baby's waist. I realized then that my baby needed a diaper with elastic around the waist to help trap his poops in, and allow some give so he's comfortable. Pampers doesn't have elastic across the waist, so I decided to try Huggies Baby-shaped w/the elastic band, and it has worked great! No more blow outs! (Well, not completely, but we have significantly less blow outs now with the Huggies diapers.) I have to say that I also tried Huggies Supreme, which also has the elastic waistband, but I didn't like it b/c the size ran very small and was a little bulky. (For example, Pampers and Huggies Baby-shaped size 3 fit my baby at 21 lbs, but the Huggies Supreme size 3 was too small.)
"Great for our babies." 2006-04-01
By Archana Mishra (Sunnyvale, CA USA)
I love Gigglastic Waistband diapers for my little one. I have seen him always happy with this brand.
By Joe'sMom (Ayer, MA)
Ahh, the ultimate controversy. I feel like I've graduated from college to adult when the hot topic with my friends has changed from 'boxers vs briefs' to 'huggies vs pampers'.
We did stage our own version of the Pepsi Challenge, and purchased Huggies, Papers, Luvs and even some other random brand I found in our local grocery store. Huggies wins hands down. Luvs leaked all the time, and was even kind of scratchy. Pampers was nice and soft, but also leaked. For us, Huggies has never leaked. The elastic bands around the legs fit well, the diapers are soft enough to not bother my son. We've used Huggies from size NB up to 3 so far and have still preferred Huggies in each size range.
Within the Huggies line, I prefer the Ultra-trim (which I guess is being called something else now?) over the Huggies Supreme. The Supreme were extra padded and tended to bunch up. They didn't leak, but they just weren't as comfortable for my son's frenzied activity level.
As for fit, my son has always been small for his age (10th percentile in weight, 60th percentile in height), so I'm not sure if that makes any difference... maybe pampers works better for chunky kids? Which opens up another age old controversy "does size really matter"? But that's a conversation for another day.
By D. ZHANG (San Diego, CA)
Huggies diapers are the best diapers for boys by design. I heard Palmpers use a slightly different design to fit girls. These are the two premium brands: Huggies for boys, Palmpers for girls.
Now about the price. Although the boxes look like in similar size, they are not. The size 3 Huggies sold by costco has 168 (the most recent ones have 174), compared to 144 sold by amazon.com and walmart, target, etc. A simple math showed that we should buy from Costco, this is after considering sales tax, shipping, etc.
By Michael A. Kelly (Basking Ridge, NJ USA)
I like Huggies. I also like that I have figured out how to use them. First, you must make sure to "open" the diapers before you start to change your baby. The elastic is folded into the diaper and a gentle tug of your finger will flatten it out. Second, you must make sure that the elastic is not bent inward when you put the diaper on your baby. Follow these two rules and you shouldn't get many leaks. (You may be able to tell that these rules are based upon experience.) Good luck.
By ekc (Dallas, TX)
I used Pampers, which worked fine at the newborn stage. Then my baby's poops started coming out with some force and the Pampers diapers didn't keep it in (it would shoot out of his diaper, up his back. I know, gross!) I tried securing the velcro straps tighter, but then I felt like I was squeezing my baby's waist. I realized then that my baby needed a diaper with elastic around the waist to help trap his poops in, and allow some give so he's comfortable. Pampers doesn't have elastic across the waist, so I decided to try Huggies Baby-shaped w/the elastic band, and it has worked great! No more blow outs! (Well, not completely, but we have significantly less blow outs now with the Huggies diapers.) I have to say that I also tried Huggies Supreme, which also has the elastic waistband, but I didn't like it b/c the size ran very small and was a little bulky. (For example, Pampers and Huggies Baby-shaped size 3 fit my baby at 21 lbs, but the Huggies Supreme size 3 was too small.)
By Archana Mishra (Sunnyvale, CA USA)
I love Gigglastic Waistband diapers for my little one. I have seen him always happy with this brand.
