Customer Reviews

Pampers Swaddlers Diapers, Size 1-2, 234 Count

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These are plain and simply the best diapers on the market. I can't say nearly as much for regular Pampers, Huggies, or even Luvs. We tried every brand available when my son was born a size preemie - nothing would fit on him, and everything leaked! We had our hospital guests running out for us to find us preemie onsies, sleepers, and diapers. Then we finally decided to try these, and they still fit him, no matter what he's growing like at the time. They're super stretchy and the softest diaper I've felt. Nothing scratchy touching the baby, and since they stretch and fit comfortably snug no matter what, you never have a pile of left over diapers that don't fit him anymore, when they go up to a new size. They fit till the end, and they overlap each other in size rage so there are no weird periods of growth when he's an 'in-between' size. They are also SUPER absorbant. We've changed more than one leak from Huggies, (regular) Pampers, and Luvs and most of them were all from 'weird angle!' accidents and the diapers were barely wet. With Swaddlers you go to change the diaper and it's as heavy as a softball and you're just flabberghasted. They pull everything away from his skin, and are just plain and simple = wonderful.

I am always trying to get the best value for my dollar so at first I only bought whatever brand of diapers I had a coupon for. These are the only ones that never leaked. Also, I wanted to use up all the luvs and huggies I got for gifts but I wish I had just spent the money for these. I ruined so many outfits and had to do the full poopy dipe change (sheets, blankets, etc.) in the middle of the night so many times with him in other diapers. For a while anyone who was holding him would panic if they heard or smelled anything because those other diapers wouldn't hold his forceful breastfed pooh. These only leak occassionally. I guess no diaper is perfect. Also, the mesh is AMAZING. His butt is almost CLEAN after a blowout. So, he has never had diaper rash. You wont have to worry about your baby sitting in "flesh eating acid", as we jokingly refer to baby pooh as, if you cant change it the seconds after they go. I cant believe I am reviewing a diaper, but we are so pleased with these.

We have used these diapers from day 1 for my now 5-month old. I LOVE the wetness indicator stripe, it is so convenient! A month ago when we ordered a huge box of 1-2's they had the wetness indicator. This time (same size, same size box) they didn't! Packaging is exactly alike, but sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't??? I really hope they are not phasing it out and putting it only on the sensitives, and I wish you could tell if the diapers have the stripe by the outside packaging. It is a total shot in the dark whether or not the stripe will be on the diapers once you open the box... and when it's not there it's a total bummer :/

I have used Pampers Swaddlers (both the new Dry Max and the previous technology) and Pampers Baby-Dry Diapers, Size 3 (16-28 Lbs), Economy Plus Pack, 204 Diapers on my 5 week old. We started with the Dry Max Swaddlers and he started developing diaper rash. As new parents, we amped up our vigilance and started using copious amounts of diaper cream. After a few days, not only did it not get better, it was getting worse. At this point we needed more diapers and I picked up the Pampers Baby Dry (not intentionally, we didn't realize that there was a difference between Pampers models). After only a day and half in these, the diaper rash started going away and finally disappeared as we made it through that pack of diapers. We assumed our fast swoop and change with the diaper cream was finally doing the trick. Now needing a bigger size, we picked up a pack of Swaddlers (old technology, not Dry Max), because they definitely are less bulky than the Dry Max. By the end of the end of the first day in these, the diaper rash was back. I may be new to this parenting thing, but whatever is in the Swaddlers is causing diaper rash for us. This isn't a knock against Pampers in general (no leaks in any of the diapers we used) and I do like the Baby Dry, but if you start seeing diaper rash in Swaddlers it may be due to whatever the absorbent chemical is.

Word of warning: these are NOT the same diapers as the Pampers Swaddlers Size 1 you may have gotten in the hospital. We've been using Swaddlers Newborn (purchased in November 2009) and Swaddlers Size 1 (from the hospital) for our two week old, and have loved them. We thought we were ordering more of the same, but these are a totally different diaper - I'm not sure if the manufacturer has changed the product, or if this is just a case of bait and switch, but either way, we are very disappointed, and will have to get rid of the rest of the value pack after using less than five diapers. First, the diapers have an EXTREMELY strong artifical "baby powder" scent - it gives me a headache, scents the room, and I can only imagine will bother my baby too. (We have not seen a rash yet, but its only been a day, and with perfumes this strong, I'm afraid that is coming.) Second, the diapers are thinner than the ones we got from the hospital, and the absorbent pad only goes halfway up the back of the diaper. We've already had one major poop leak due to this. Third, the handy strip that changed colors when wet is gone ([...] says that Pampers has "temporarily stopped including" this). From some of the other reviews, it sounds like there may have been a recent redesign on the product, and perhaps the original Swaddlers are now sold under the Swaddlers Sensitive label??? Either way, we will not be buying these diapers again, or will at least be testing with smaller packages before buying in bulk.

I agree that pampers swaddlers are good diapers - they are soft and conform well the the baby's bottom. My complaint is that they have too much perfume/odor. This has caused a very bad rash on my daughter. We tried everything you could imagine to stop this rash and then when it started to travel up the front and back we knew it was something else. We were using Huggies and I tried the Swaddlers as they were on sale. When we switched back, the rash immdiately started to heal - this was after 2 weeks of trying everything. They should offer an odor free version as I would consider it again.

Just had to had my 2 cents here about this diaper. My 4 month old son has been in the swaddlers since his premature birth and he truly has not had one single diaper leak yet! He is my 3rd child and once again, I have found myself a true Pampers fan!

I agree with the other reviewer that noted how well these diapers fit. All 3 of my children have been different weights and body frames, yet Pampers has been the best fit for all of them!


I Love them!

Why is it smell so much?? I just opened up the box of diapers that I got it from my baby shower, and the perfume of the diapers gave me a headache right away. The box and the description of this product didn't say anything about the scent. Think about me getting a headache just opening a box of diaper, what's going to happen to my little new born baby??? DO NOT BUY THIS DIAPER!!! Unless you like the strong perfume smell that knocks you out. I am so disappointed with Pampers.

I have been a loyal Pampers user since my daughter was born. Unfortunately, Pampers changed their diapers in December of 2009 and the new version of the diapers gave my daughter a horrible rash with blisters. It took us nearly 4 weeks to figure it out. I thought about changing diapers, but she had always been fine in Pampers and we had spanned two different packages. I read some other reviews as we needed to order more diapers and found others' talking about this horrible rash. We changed her to huggies last night and literally in 1 day her rash is healed with only faint marks left. I can not believe that Pampers changed their product without some notification on the packaging or website. If your child has a horrible, blistered diaper rash that is not getting better with creams - try new diapers for a few days.

New parent here. I have been using Swaddlers since my baby was born (newborn size). Great diapers in my opinion.

I had read that some Pampers diapers had Dry-Max in them and that it could irritate sensitive skin. However, as much reading I did online I never got a good concrete answer on which Pampers Swaddlers had dry-max in them.

To convolute things even more, go to a local store that sells diapers and you will probably find that some Pampers Swaddlers packages say "with Dry Max" on them and some dont (I'm not talking about the Sensitive version - Just regular Swaddlers). So Pampers makes two versions of Swaddlers, one with Dry max and one without? WRONG! (well, at least according to Pampers themselves that is wrong). Straight from Pampers customer service:

1. Any regular Pampers Swaddlers (non-Sensiitive versions) diapers have Dry-Max (regardless of whether it says Dry-max on the packing or not)

2. Pampers Swaddlers SENSITIVE do NOT have Dry-Max

I confirmed this by sending them the product codes of various diapers I had bought online and in actual stores, and they confirmed that each one had dry-max in it (even though some of the packaging did not explicitly say dry-max on it).

For the really confusing part, there is a non-sensitive Pampers Swaddlers Newborn diaper that does NOT have dry-max in it, even though it is packaged like a "regular" Swaddler (i.e. non-sensitive). Look closely and you will see on each of these newborn packages that it has a special little symbol on it that reads "SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL PRODUCT". What's that all about? I contacted Pampers again:

"Thanks for writing!

There is some packaging that is normally not offered at the retail level. These Swaddlers are going to be plain white for the hopsitals, and the make up of the diaper is like Swaddlers Sensitive. "

So at least for some newborn Swaddlers, they are made like Sensitive Swaddlers and do not have dry-max. Those diapers can be found here (see sellers Trend Marketing or Planet Stuff):
Pampers Swaddlers Newborn 240 Diapers (12 packs of 20)

whew...that was confusing right? So in summary, according to Pampers themselves:
ANY "regular" Swaddlers have Dry-max, UNLESS the packaging says "SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL PRODUCT" on the outside.
ANY "sensitive" Swaddlers do NOT have dry-max.

I hope this helps someone!!