More Diaper Photos

Toree has recieved her diapers! Here's what she says:

"I GOT MY DIAPERS!!! Fist of all, she claimed she was sending them several times. Then claimed to have sent them on May 7th, but the post mark is May 11th. Nearly 3 months after I ordered them!! The address I have on the "package" is:

PO BOX 3817
Paducah, KY 42002-3817

Here is the "package" I got:


The delivery confirmation # was never emailed to me. However, it was on the package. I tracked it back to the post office in Paducah.

And now on to the actual diapers themselves...

4 out of 5 were the fabric i picked out. They have a faint smell of cigarette, but mostly just smell musky. The soaker is 1-3 layers of whatever fabric she had laying around.

Here are the two I cut open:



The 5th one was completely weird. It felt very hard and stiff. So I cut it open and guess what's inside??? A TABLE CLOTH!!!!!!!! Hmmmm, sound familiar??? Here is the inside of them. This one has a table cloth inside:


The others have PUL inside, but it's only a strip of PUL.

The stitching isn't bad. 4 of them are actually not terrible, for $5 anyways. i would NOT consider them to be AIO's (which is what I ordered) but more like fitteds. The main thing wrong with them is that they tabs are not long enough to fit around a baby's body to velcro them to the front. So even if they were the best materials, they still would be unusable."

Okay, folks. You may have heard rumors that there's a lady who sells $5 diapers online that are made with tablecloth material instead of PUL, and we might just have finally tracked her down. And what is that brown fabric that she lined the last diaper with, felt? Honestly? 100% polyester, water-resistant, non-washable, FELT? This is not just atrocious workmanship, it's false advertizing. Her website specifically says the soaker is 3 layers of flannel, which is really not nearly enough, anyway. (Not to mention the PUL she promised.) And this is not the first person I've heard from who hasn't even been able to put the diaper on their baby because the tabs won't fit. How do you decide to make diapers for sale without ever actually trying one of your diapers on a baby?

One last thing - I'v just become more convinced about the Prep and Posh connection. Not only has Prep and Posh been accused of using tablecloths instead of PUL, as we see happening here, but look at the velcro tabs. See the square of velcro on the outside of the tabs that's for crossing the tabs over one another on a small baby? None of the diapers pictured on Ladys and Lads have that. The ones on Prep and Posh do.

Updates

Here are a few recent developments:

- The 4131 Clarks River Road 425 Lot address that was previously posted appears to be ruled out as a possible address for Talisha Hernandez. One helpful person said that the satalite pictures on maps.google.com were clear, and "The third address is a highway! It takes you to an approximate location, but if you click those arrows there you end up under an overpass. Don't know where she'd plug her sewing machine up down there. . ."

- Regarding the idea posed to notify the local Paducah news stations, Lindsi and The Cloth Diaper Kid have provided this info:

WPSD is the local NBC station in Paducah, KY. (www.wpsdtv.com)

WSIL is the nearest ABC station, in Carterville, IL. (http://www.wsiltv.com)

KFVS12 is the local CBS station, but is actually located in Cape Girardeau, MO. (www.kfvs12.com)

The Cloth Diaper Kid also adds, "In my experience, WPSD is the better of the three news stations, and would be the best bet for sending in the story. They offer better local coverage. I don't have any direct experience with her, but she's making everyone around here look like hicks, rednecks, and scammers. I say go after her! Copy and paste the email you sent to KFVS12 and send it to WPSD."

- As of this writing, the Ladys and Lads site is down because of what the homepage calls "site maintinence". Perhaps the site is down for good?

- I have been asked to comment on this site regarding the connection between Ladys and Lads Boutique and Prep and Posh Boutique. There are several similarities between the two sites, such as:

• The sites look almost identical in layout. I believe this is because they both use the same web-store host, which means they may or may not be connected.

• Reviews I have read of Prep and Posh diapers have complained that they reek of cigarette smoke, which is a complaint that has also been made about the Ladys and Lads diapers. However, some people who have gotten diapers from Prep and Posh have questioned weather Prep and Posh uses real PUL in their diapers, or, as some theorize, tablecloth material - others have simply said that the PUL seems to be "really stiff", which doesn't sound like PUL at all. Ladys and Lads diapers, such as they are, appear to be made with real PUL.

• The sites both mentioned that production was delayed because of an ice storm at around the same time. This is more convincing to me, but it might be because the two owners live near each other or Talisha just saw the Prep and Posh owner's excuse and copied it.

• The strongest connection between the two sites seems to be that though the owner of Ladys and Lads calls herself "TeeChea" we, of course, know her as Talisha Hernandez. The owner of Prep and Posh calls herself "Lydia" but one customer of hers says she was sent an email from an address registered to Dee Hernandez.

This may surprise you, but I'm still not sure. When I compare the two sites, the pictures of the diapers are similar, sure. But since I've made a few diapers before, I can see some minor differences in the way they are sewn. For example, many of the Prep and Posh diapers are top-stitched. All in all, the Prep and Posh diapers seem to me to be a bit superior. Also, the Prep and Posh site seems to be much more professionally written, without the grammar and spelling errors that seem to be the hallmark of Talisha's work. So, is it possible that Talisha and "Lydia" are the same person? Or perhaps they're related to each other? Please comment on this post and tell me what you think! We can use any evidence that you can supply.