Nifty Nappy: Bitty Bum & Weensy Woolies #ClothDiapers #Review (#NewbornCloth Event)

Nifty Nappy™ is a homegrown American business owned and operated by Vilate Thacker. Vilate is a wife and mother of 6 and has created all diaper patterns herself. Nifty Nappy™ offers a variety of cloth diapers including fitteds, AI2s, wool covers and reusable swim diapers. Nifty Nappy™ diapers are not sold by retailers or by order anymore. They are sewn and sold by Cottage Licensees. Occasionally auctions are held on the Nifty Nappy Facebook page.

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Bitty Bum Fitted Cloth Diaper

• Fits 7 to 15 lbs
• Can be folded to fit a preemie
• Fits under the umbilical cord
• Needs to be washed and dried 5 times to reach maximum absorbancy
• $22.50

BODY:

• Outer layer: cotton knit
• Sandwich layer: organic hemp fleece
• Inside layer: microfleece

LAY IN INSERT:

• Organic hemp fleece
• Organic bamboo velour
• Fold in half and lay inside fitted

Weensy Woolies Wool Diaper Cover

• Fits 7 to 15 lbs 
• Designed to be worn with a Bitty Bum
• 100% un-dyed organic wool interlock
• Two layers of wool for double the protection
• Hidden elastics
• Side snapping to reduce bulk in front
• Set of 2 for $34.90

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{My Review}

I did not receive the fitted and wool cover from Nifty Nappy™ until my son was a week old. The original set had gotten lost in the mail. Vilate was very nice and sewed and sent another fitted and cover for me to review. Once I received them, the fitted had to be washed and dried 5 times to reach maximum absorbancy because of the hemp and bamboo. I am always so impatient when waiting for diapers to prep!

I really wish I would have had the diapers at the birth of my son because I had VERY few cloth diapers that fit below his umbilical stump. The Bitty Bum and Weensy Woolies (love the names!) are very low rise so I'm sure they would have fit well underneath his stump without causing irritation.

Both the fitted and wool cover are mostly made with organic materials which is great for Eco-Conscious families. 

Bitty Bum

I love the fitted black and white pattern. It looks so sophisticated!

Nifty Nappy --- Bitty Bum fitted.

I love that the diaper is made with hemp and bamboo. Such great materials to use in a newborn diaper as they are so absorbent without being bulky. I really like that the lay-in-insert is hemp fleece and bamboo velour as I believe fleece and velour cause less diaper rashes than regular bamboo/hemp. Having a lay-in-insert instead of sewing it in is also a great idea. AIOs take so long to dry but the Bitty Bum dries very well as the two parts of the diaper wash and dry separately.

My son is almost 11 lbs now (he was 8 lbs 14 oz at birth) and just over 3 weeks old. He still has plenty of room around the waist but I believe that the rise will not fit him for much longer. The diaper is very low cut and in the back the diaper JUST covers his bum crack. I am afraid as he gets bigger we may start to have blow outs. The diaper is supposed to fit until 15 lbs but I don't think it will on my son because of the rise.

This would be an ideal fitted for smaller babies and preemies. Or any baby right at birth because of the low rise which will not irritate the umbilical cord stump.

Weensy Woolies


I love wool! I have longies and shorties for both of my sons now and think they are a great night-time diapering solution.Wool is breathable and anti-bacterial. I was super excited when Nifty Nappy sent me their newborn sized wool cover to review.

Nifty Nappy --- Weensy Woolies cover

I washed and lanolized the cover right away. The Weensy Woolies did not take long to dry. Most wool takes at least 24 hours to dry completely but this cover look about 3/4 of that time. This is the first interlock wool that I have tried. I love how soft and thin it is.

The encased leg elastic left no red marks on my son's legs and the entire cover is very soft and smooth.

It is the same size as the Bitty Bum fitted. I wish the cover had a little higher rise as the fitted and cover reach the same spot on his belly. If it had a higher rise I would be more confident that we would not have wicking. There hasn't been any yet but I am afraid it would happen eventually. (See video for a visual.)

The Bitty Bum and Weensy Woolies work great as a set. They are a very trim diaper pair and are not bulky under newborn clothes. I tried the cover with a newborn prefold and the prefold rise was higher than the cover so there was wicking. The Nifty Nappy™ newborn fitted and cover are designed to go together which they do well. It is unfortunate that the cover does not work with prefolds as prefolds make up the majority of most newborn stashes.

{Buy It}

Bitty Bum fitted diaper --- $22.50

Weensy Woolies wool diaper cover --- $34.50 set of two

Nifty Nappy™ diapers are sold by Cottage Licensees.

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Go Green Baby Co.

• Go Green Baby Co. also offers a newborn rental package of 24 Bitty Bum fitteds for $255 for 3 months with a refund of $150 at the end of the term. 

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{Disclosure}


I was sent the Bitty Bum and Weensy Woolies diapers  free of charge from Nifty Nappy™ to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own and 100% honest. Your experience with the
product may not be the same as mine. I will NOT be compensated for sales of
these or any other Nifty Nappy™ products.