Tuesday, June 12, 2012

{Sponsor Spotlight & Review} Mother Earth Baby & Imse Vimse Organic Cotton Training Pants



Mother Earth Baby specializes in cloth diapers and accessories for your little ones, along with many other eco-friendly, natural baby and mom products. Not only do they have their website for you to shop their vast array of brands available, but they also have a brick and mortar store located in Oswego, New York. Mother Earth Baby was started in 2008 as a wonderful compliment to their existing family business, Mother Earth Health Foods. This health and wellness store, located in North Syracuse, New York, was started in 1969 and also has a cloth diaper boutique inside too. If you're in New York, that means there's TWO locations for you to check out cloth diapering products first hand. Sometimes there's nothing quite like experiencing cloth diapers first hand, and it's wonderful that Mother Earth Baby exists to serve the needs of natural mamas in their area!
Check out the inside of the Mother Earth Baby store. Oh how I wish they were local to me! This store is so adorable, I doubt you could walk in without pulling out your wallet and feeding your cloth diaper habit! If you don't feel all warm and cozy yet, check out more reasons to shop at Mother Earth Baby:

- Huge Natural Product Selection - Cloth diapers, accessories, baby carriers, toys, feeding, clothing, pregnancy, breastfeeding, postpartum, skincare and lots more!
- Best Price Promise
- Cloth Diaper Service for locals!
- 21-day Trial Program
- Gift Registry available 
- Shop by brand online
- Excellent, personalized customer service

Mother Earth Baby generously sent me a pair of Imse Vimse Organic Cotton Training Pants from their store to review. These are the Junior size and fit 35-44 lbs. These training pants are made with organic cotton knit on the outside in an adorable farm print.
 The inside is absorbent organic cotton terry with an extra sewn-in layer throughout the entire wet zone from front to back. There is a hidden layer of PUL which will hold a small accident. The organic cotton terry is very soft, and will definitely allow your little potty trainer to feel any wetness that may occur so a run to the potty can happen. These are recommended for day use only, and I definitely agree with that since there isn't too much absorption in just the 2 layers of organic cotton terry to work for nighttime. I did let Buddy wear these for a nap and he soaked through like crazy! It's really my fault though since he's only dry during naps a little more than half the time right now, and this will happen with pretty much all training pants anyway. You can always add more absorption in any trainer, but I also really liked the suggestion of just putting a diaper cover over these as added protection. I would have never thought of that and will definitely be trying this!

In case of a small accident though, these should tide you over and keep their jeans dry until you can reach the potty and change their trainers. In the photo on the right above, you can see how the seam between the organic cotton terry and leg trim is serged together. This gives a little gusset in case of an accident, so if it's a small one it will all stay contained inside and have a chance to absorb. Definitely a smart feature!

The legs are a soft stretchy ribbed trim with a very tiny, thin elastic inside that I could barely feel. This helps to keep the legs snug, but really allows them to be comfortable and not cause any red marks that a larger, stronger elastic can sometimes cause. The elastic waist on the right is very soft and not too constricting at all. These wash like a dream and take just slightly longer to dry than the rest of my laundry. Because there is no hemp or microfiber, they are definitely faster to dry than other trainers. And since they're cotton, it's relatively quick in comparison.


These do seem to have a higher rise than other trainers I own and have reviewed before, but that just means they stick out of Buddy's pants at the top. That's okay since they're totally adorable! Otherwise they are very trim and almost as trim as just underwear. They seem to lay flat on his body and not look poofy at all. These trainers are definitely ones that I would recommend for little ones who are dry most the time during the day, but aren't quite ready for regular underwear like Buddy. We're close though! Very close! They seem very comfortable on Buddy and I love that it's only super soft organic cotton touching his skin! As my first experience with Imse Vimse training pants, I'm definitely impressed.

Price: Imse Vimse Trainers - $18.25
 
Buy It: Check out MotherEarthBabyOnline.com to order today!

Want to win? Come back to my blog from 6/21 - 6/30 during the Summer Cloth Diaper Giveaway Hop for your chance to win your choice of any in-stock Imse Vimse or Blueberry Trainers from Mother Earth Baby!
 

 
Disclosure: I received the above mentioned product(s) to facilitate this review for free. No other compensation was received. This is my completely honest opinion above and may be different from yours. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

73 comments:

  1. The diapers these days are just so darling! I always did disposible.. bad bad, I think if I had another we would go with cloth for sure!

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  2. That store is super cute! I love supporting local small stores like that!!! I will come back to enter for sure!

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  3. Very cute dipes!
    Wish we had a local cd store when we were using them!

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  4. Wow that store looks like paradise!

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  5. I am local to this store and the store and owner are so awesome. I love Imse Vimse diapers but never tired their trainers.

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  6. I love Imse Vimsi and I love the store!

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  7. This store looks so stinking cute! I love the diapers too.

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  8. I love them both so I picked out from the store, so hard window shopping I want most lol I really liked this Westcoast Baby Cocoon Blanket and I luv that they carry MaBoleez we have one and it is just so cute!
    Gladys P

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  9. I'd choose kiss the frog.
    mummytocharis{at}yahoo{dot}com

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  10. I'd love the Kiss the Frog training pants

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  11. i also love the bumgenius they sell!

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  12. Love the look of these. I like the legs alot!! No red marks are a huge selling point for me!

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  13. I would love the Magic Dragon training pants. :)

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  14. I would love to try the Blueberry trainers in monkeys.
    morales_y at yahoo dot com

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  15. I would like the try the Earth Mama Angel Baby products they sell.

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  16. I love the Imse Vimse in Magic Dragon!

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  17. The blueberry trainers in pink noodle or dinos is so cute!

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  18. the blueberry trainers in monkey or dino!! OMG SO CUTE

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  19. i would love an imse vimse 'magic dragon' trainer for my son!!!

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  20. I like Imse Vimse Kiss the Frog.

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  21. Another Item I would love to have is the Green Sprouts Organic Velour Blankie Animal

    lola_violets_2010[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  22. I like the Magic Dragon print.

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  23. I would love the imse vimse "Kiss the Frog" in pink for my daughter!
    tsalmherrmann at hotmail dot com

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  24. I think I'd choose http://mebabyshop.com/cloth-diaper-basic-diapers/training-pants/blueberry-trainers.html

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  25. I'm loving the Magic Dragon Imse Vimse Trainer :)

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  26. I love the Magic Dragon Imse Vimse Organic Cotton Training Pants

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  27. Their store looks amazing! would love to try the blueberry coveralls in the cow print!

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  28. love the magic dragon imse vimse trainers

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  29. Wow! This store has anything you could ever need! I would like the pink blueberry trainer!

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  30. I'd love to try a Blueberry Trainer in Groovy :)

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  31. I think I'd pick the Imse Vimse magic dragon!

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  32. I would get the Dino Blueberry Trainers.

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  33. I like the white training pants, I've been on a GN neutral kick lately; Baby Fever ;)

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  34. Imse Vimse Organic Cotton Training Pants in kiss the frog

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  35. Those cow print and monkey print Blueberry trainers are super cute!

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  36. I really love the stripes blueberry training pants!
    Amanda Olson-Laurette

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  37. I want to try the hybrid diapers

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  38. I love the Magic Dragon Imse Vimse Organic Cotton Trainer!

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  39. I would choose the monkeys blueberry training pants

    (rachel n on raffelcopter)

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  40. I'd get the giraffes Blueberry Trainers

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  41. I love the Swirls Blueberry Trainers!

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  42. I would love to try the Blueberry trainers in groovy

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  43. I'd love to have the pink "Kiss the Frog" Imse Vimse trainers!

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  44. I would like the Blueberry trainers in Traffic.

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  45. I have heard fantastic reviews of the blueberry trainers- I love the baby blooms print.

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  46. i would choose the magic dragon imse vimse trainers!

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  47. I think I'd choose the Imse Vimse Magic Dragon.
    tvpg at aol dot com

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  48. I'd like the Blueberry trainer in Cow print

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  49. I like to try organic cotton imse vimse in animal print

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  50. I would love the giraffe blueberry trainer!

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  51. I would love the blueberry trainers in pink!

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  53. Love the cashmere diaper covers they have!

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  54. Love the cashmere diaper covers they have!

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  55. I think it would be fun to try the Blueberry trainers in either swirls or monkeys (size med) for my little kiddo.

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  56. I like theImse Vimse Organic Cotton Training Pants. Love the organic cotton knit on the outside in an adorable farm print.

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  57. I love the look of their brick and mortar store! I really wish that we had a CD store around here.

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  58. I would choose the Imse Vimse Trainers in Magic Dragon!

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  59. I would love to visit the store, looks wonderful.

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  60. Imse Vimse magic dragon is so cute!

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  61. I would choose the small blueberry trainers in the giraffe pattern...super cute:)

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  62. The blueberry trainers in traffic

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  63. love the blueberry trainers in traffic

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  64. I love the farm one from Imse Vimse

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  65. I would choose the Blueberry trainers in "Dinos" if I won!

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  66. Oh man! I wish I lived near something so happily pro cloth diapers! I can barely find a cloth diaper store to save my life around here!

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  67. I'm loving the Magic Dragon Imse Vimse Trainer :) I wish I lived near a brick-and-mortar cloth diaper store. I rely on these reviews for the products I have to order online, thanks for this one!

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  68. I would choose the blueberry trainers in stripes

    cmcosman at yahoo dot com

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  69. imse vimse in magic dragon is awesome!

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