One of my readers mentioned getting a bit confused about the new infant insert for ecoBumba in my last blog post.

So I got some photos to compare the old infant insert and the new infant insert, shown below:

The old insert (brown trim) has 3 layers of bamboo, the new insert (shown in blue trim) has two, but it is longer: you can fold it in half to make 4 layers of absorbancy.

The new 4 layer insert unfolds to 2 layers for quicker drying, just like the long insert. This addresses the concern from some tester mums about how the old infant insert (3 layers) dries a lot slower compared to the long insert (2 layers). I also based this new design on feedback that some mums prefer the trimness of about 4 layers of absorbancy when bubba is very young, while 3 layers isn’t absorbant enough.

It also helps me save bamboo fabric, and save time in cutting and fiddling around with 3 layers on the overlocker.
Instead of trimming down the bamboo strip to size and finding 3 pieces to layer together, I simply overlock the 2 layers left over from cutting the long insert.

So a win-win situation all round I guess