I should have written this review years ago. Why? Because I’ve been using Sweet Pea one-size diaper covers for over 4 years and on 3 different babies. I’m going to share with you today why I like these cute, budget-friendly covers so much.
The covers I’m featuring in this review are from my own collection – Chevron and Raccoon:
Basic features of the Sweet Pea diaper cover include:
- Waterproof PUL exterior and wipe-clean interior
- Double gussets around the legs
- Two snaps at the waist, plus two more (optional) hip snaps
- Crossover snaps at the waist, for a snug fit on skinnier babies
- A fabric loop on the back for hang drying
- Adjustable snapping rise fits babies from 10 to 38 pounds
- Retails for $11.95
You’ll notice the size range starts at 10 pounds. This is very accurate, because even though there are crossover snaps at the waist, I was never able to use our Sweet Pea covers in the newborn phase and had to start at 10 to 12 pounds. Fortunately, they DO have a newborn cover now and it’s one of my favorites. You can see pictures and feedback on the Sweet Pea newborn cover here.
Opened up, you can see that the Sweet Pea cover is very basic but functional. It has a wipeable interior and inner gussets around the legs for extra leak and blowout protection. The wings are very stretchy and fasten with double snaps. There are two more snaps on the waistband which you can fasten to keep the diaper from sagging. I’ve found that fastening just ONE of those hip snaps is sufficient.
The Sweet Pea cover does not have flaps inside to hold inserts in place, but it functions fine without this feature. I often use our Sweet Peas with fitted diapers because of the generous cut of the cover. It’s also a great cover to use overnight for the same reason; you can really fit a lot in there (doubled up prefolds, fitted with a booster, flats with a booster, etc.).
At 7 months and 14 pounds, Ingrid is wearing this cover on both the smallest rise setting and the small waist setting. This is just another illustration of how this “one size” cover really does fit best on older babies and toddlers.
As far as body types go, I would also say Sweet Peas are ideal for chunky babies, although they certainly do fine on skinny little ones, too.
Here’s a picture from this summer which shows the fit on a toddler. You can see how the cover stays up a bit better on Susanna (who has chubbier legs and wider hips) than it does on Erik (who has thin legs).
Over the years, Sweet Pea has added a lot of new colors and prints. Here’s what’s currently available:
You can buy Sweet Pea diapers directly from their Canadian website, or from select US retailers. Some of my favorite affiliates:
Sweet Pea just announced a NEW COLOR in their lineup – Teal Green! This new color will be available in all the Sweet Pea waterproof products.
I love Paisley but I wish there was a boy version of it.
Love the paisley print!
Great review, Anne! Thanks for adding the comments about “chunkier babies”! I always struggle to find cloth dipes that do not leave red marks on my little chunkster and would love to give these a try!
i hadnt seen the new pritns yet. I love the sheep one.
I really liked the way you not only had pictures of the cover, but how your children of different sizes fit into the cover. I love the teal, sheep, abs red covers. I will be ordering some for my little one.
I agree with the comment that there should be a more boyish print of paisley! I also love the new Racoon one!
You have good taste, Anne! The sweet chevron and raccoon are my two favorite Sweet-pea prints! I would be excited to win either the racoon (which would totally match our forest themed nursery) or the beautiful new teal green (however, I feel that they should have given it a more fun name, like “emerald city” or something.) Thanks for the review, it’s nice to see how it fits on different sized babies.
I would love to see your forest nursery! Woodland critters are some of my favorites. It was hard to pick one for my blog design (deer, squirrel, rabbit, fox?)! Thanks for your sweet comments and good luck with the giveaway! I’m following your Etsy shop now. ~Anne
Love the chevron
Love the raccoon print…
so many cute options- paisley, chevron, retro and the new teal. love that color though it does remind me of hummindbird
I LOVE the Raccoons!!
My face are purple, sapphire, raccoons, and owls.
I fell in love with this raccoon print the first time I saw it because my nursery theme is forest animals, I told my husband I had to have it but haven’t ordered one yet because I wanted to wait until baby is born( 2 more weeks to go) and showers to pass incase one was gifted 😛 lol Couldn’t resist entering this draw thou such a cute print!!
I love the woodland theme, too! It’s why I chose the doe and her babies for my blog. The raccoon print will be so cute on your newborn. Congrats, Dianne!! ~Anne
I love the chevron print
Oh my, the raccoon print!! I have 5 sweet pea diapers so far and love them all!
Love the new a teal color!
I really love the Raccoon print!
These are my favorite covers! I’ve only had the version from before the redesign, but it was the first cover that fit when baby outgrew newborn covers and the other OS covers were still too big. I loved the fit on all my skinny kids. 🙂
I remember you recommending them to me a long time ago so THANK YOU immensely for that, Laura! ~Anne
I would love to try them!
I have the chocolate color and my boy just grew into it, its a great cover. I love both the chevron prints.
I love that the Sweet Pea covers have the double gussets. The owl, raccoon and teal prints look great!
The Racoon print is my favorite for my little guy!
Do you always line dry your covers? Or do you alternate between dryer and line dry?
Elizabeth, I’ve used the dryer (on medium) for over 5 years for all my diapers. ~Anne
I like the owls and sweet Chevron prints
I love both the racoon and chevron prints. I thought the chevron print would be too “boyish” but it is perfect for my little girl.
I have a Sweet Pea cover in Owls and love it! I totally agree with everything you said in your review!
I LOVE those raccoons!! They are so cute! The new teal color is great, too!
Currently I have the Argyle diaper cover and like it.
sapphire is my favorite color! I’m new to cloth diapering so this review helped me a lot since as a newbie you never know where to start brand/type wise!
The new teal color is gorgeous! I also love the raccoon and sheep prints.
I really love that teal color! It seems like a great gender neutral color!
My favorite is basic black, and I also like silver. What can I say, I enjoy solid colors!
I own an apple green cover and absolutely love the stretch of it!
Love the raccoon and sheep prints!
I like both of the chevrons. And all of the solids
Sweet pea covers look to be a great option over fitteds at night. A generously sized cover.Chevron would be my favorite Sweet Pea print.
It was nice to see how the diaper fit different size babies. I really like the teal green and the owls! Thanks for sharing this review!
I love the photos of the diapers on different kiddos. It’s such a great comparison. Also in love with the raccoon print!
I love the sheep print, too cute.
I love paisley
I love the Paisley print!
I’m a big fan of the standard pink sweet pea diaper color!
would love chevron and apple green
This is a great review! Thank you for the pictures showing how they fit different ages and sizes. My favorite print are the raccoons and lambs.
I love the silver and the chevron print
Love the sheep one!
I love sheep and chevron prints. They are so cute
I would love to try one of the newborn covers for my baby due soon.
I’d love to own a Sweetpea diaper not only because of reviews like this one but also because when I was expecting Lil Buckaroo we referred to him as “Sweetpea” because we didn’t know who was coming!
That is so cute!
We are Sweet Pea Exclusive in our house. My favourite is the black white red chevron, my son Hawksley (he is two) loves his penguin covers, and we have new little girl, Cadence, in our house and we are currently building her collection. Right now loving the raccoon and sheep for her #SweetPeaChampion
You are a super fan, AmyLynn!
bandit is my fav!
I really like Owls, Polka Dots and Sapphire prints and colours.
I love the new teal green color… Along with silver, purple and sapphire!
I love the paisley and the black.
I like the paisley best.
Sweet Chevron is my favorite print! There are so many cute ones though!
These diapers look great. I love seeing how well they fit on your kids. They have a great selection prints and colors. I love that its a wipeable cover.
I loved the newborn covers. definitely was my favorite newborn cover because the double gussets held everything in.
I really love Paisley
I love raccoon, owls, and chevron!
I really like the Paisley print.
I really like the raccoons and the owls. 🙂
I love the raccoon one! So cute!
I love the raccoon print! Adorable!
I like the chevron and black. Raccoon is also cute and I have been hearing a raccoon(s) not so happy for the past hour.
Love the Sheep print!
I love the Sheep print.
I love the new teal color! I also like the sheep print. I’m a sucker for anything with sheep.
I love the new raccoon and sheep prints!
Aaah, a polka dot diaper! I love anything polka dotted 🙂
I loved the polka dot NB cover I bought on your recommendation!
So nice of you to let me know it worked, Melissa! ~Anne
We used sized cloth diaps on our first child. Thinking about getting a few one sized to have on hand. Any words of wisdom?
Chelsea, there are only a few brands of one size diapers that worked well on our newborns – Buttons, Best Bottoms and Funky Fluff come to mind. My favorite sized covers are still the Sweet Pea and Swaddlebees. ~Anne
i just heard about these coves and really want to try them. Wish there we some more patterns to choose from but i do love the Paisley.
I’d take any of them, I love this cover so much. I’d probably buy the sheep print next and some solids. =)
I love the raccoon print! I would love to try it on my chunky baby!
I really like the indigo and the owls print covers!
Thanks for your rewiew! I love the new Raccoon print and the new Teal is the my favorite of the solid colors! My other favorite print in the Sweet Chevron.
would love the chevron print for my son
I’ve never tried Sweet Pea diapers or covers I love the raccoon print The new teal color is gorgeous Too.
I bought the newborn paisley cover a few weeks ago but would love another to try out. These covers come highly recommended and the prints are adorable!
I love that paisley print, Stephanie! Do you have a boy or a girl? ~Anne
I love all of their prints, so cute!
Sweet Pea have some great colours! I also really like their penguin print – so cute!
I like the raccoon print and the owl print
Great review! Thanks for addressing the fact that you only have to use one set of snaps on each side. I thought four snaps on each side was a bit excessive, especially for a wiggly baby! I really like that these are cut generously because I sometimes struggle to find a cover big enough to fit over our huge nighttime fitteds. 🙂
I agree! There are not a lot of covers that will fit well over a bulky nighttime diaper. This one works great! ~Anne
raccoon is adorable!!! i love that they have double gussets! thats a big seller in this house!
They get me with that new teal!!!
I really like both of the chevron prints. In fact, there are lots of good colors and prints to choose from!
I like the sheep, paisley, and pink colors! These covers look amazing!
i love the prints! espec raccoons and owls!
Raccoon, Sheep, and Polka Dot are my favorites! I need one of these!!!
I *love* the teal green cover! <3
I love both of the chevron patterns and the owl pattern!
I have the raccoon print and love the new teal green. I also love the owls and retro… I want them all!
I really like the sheep print.
I love the pink ones and want them for a friend of mine who is expecting.
ALL of the prints are darling! I really want to try their band strictly because of the name (my maiden name is Pea)
I LOVE the new teal green color; I also like their indigo and pink covers.
I like the chevron pattern the most 🙂
My favorite is the Sweet Chevron – which I find humorous, because when chevron first became “it” in terms of design, I was not a fan!
I like the white
That raccoon print is so stinkin’ cute!!!!
I love the owl and raccoon prints!
I won a Sweet Pea newborn cover, and loved it! It was so tiny! I think i would like Sweet Pea because it fits a lot on the inside.. double prefold? wow! I also like ll the snaps options! It allows for you to get a good fit on your baby. I really like the red cover! It’s so vibrant!
I love the new teal green!
I loved both chevrons
I like the apple green color.
I have the chevron cover already! I’m using prefolds, and am especially loving it now that my boy is bigger (close to 20 pounds). It worked fine before, I just found the diaper sagged a bit and therefore shifted a bit too much.
Great review Maman! We love these diapers as well, only have three of them and would love to add they grey one with blue snaps to our stash!