American Baby Company Waterproof Toddler Size Reviews Summary

Quality and Comfort

Pros:

• "The covers themselves are thick, soft, and the stitching is nice."
• "Love these!!! We bought two as the quality is so great."
• "Super easy to clean and blocks the mattress from everything my daughter has thrown at it."
• "Perfect fit in Graco pack n play and with a thicker mattress."
• "Easy to wash and dry."
• "This is an excellent mattress pad. I received one as a baby gift and have used it now for two years."
• "Great fit and stays so soft after several washings."

Cons:

• "As other reviews mentioned, this cover shrinks really bad."
• "While the mattress does offer better support, the foam is rather stiff and its outer plastic cover is noisy."
• "One is matching more or less the description but the second one has a very thick white synthetic slippery backing material that produces sound when you grab it and is definitely not breathable."
• "Unfortunately, there aren't really any other affordable organic options for a waterproof pad..."
• "But it shrunk in the dryer and I had trouble keeping it fully on without it raising the mattress up a little on the sides."
• "We've only ever washed and dried them according to instructions. Still, they've shrunk by several inches in length and don't fit on our crib mattress anymore."
• "It does smush the corners of my foam mattress."

Material and Safety

Pros:

• "The organic cotton reduces allergens due to the lack of pesticides."
• "I love that this is organic, makes me feel better knowing my daughter is directly laying on something with chemicals in the fibers."
• "Love that this is free of toxins, vinyl, PVC and so on."
• "I'm just happy that when my daughter goes to sleep she is not sleeping on top of dangerous PVC plastics."
• "These are great quality! The elastic has held up through multiple trips through the washer and dryer."
• "Soft and heavily quilted. Keeps my boy warmer at night and there is absolutely no crackling sound at all, feels amazing."
• "Free from harmful chemicals; no dyes."

Cons:

• "Not made in the US. What a sham. Is it even organic? Who knows?"
• "I really loved the product, but the name of the product is a misnomer. It seems the American Baby Company 'designed' the product, but it was Made in China!"
• "Because of the name I assumed this was American made. It is not. It is from China, big surprise."
• "We purchased an American Baby Company covers and a Naturepedic Organic cover, and we ended up returning the American Baby Company cover because of the vinyl chemical odor, and mainly because they were Made in China."
• "Organic cotton (if that's important to you), but made in China (the name 'American Baby' is a bit of a misnomer)."
• "Cotton only is organic!!...I read the package showing in small print that 2 layers are made of polyester which make this thing waterproof."
• "This pad is not truly organic. It has polyester filling and backing with organic cotton on the top."

Durability and Maintenance

Pros:

• "After many diaper leaks, potty training, and many, MANY washings it has not shrunken, it’s not leaking, and is still soft and looks good."
• "We've had this waterproof mattress pad since 2012 when our first baby was born, and it's still going strong five years later."
• "It is waterproof and also a blueberry stain came out with one wash."
• "I used this in my Graco Pack and Play. My granddaughter slept on it for a month. Fit well and was much more comfortable than the mattress provided."
• "This is soft, durable, and fits perfectly."
• "I feel so good about using their products up against my newborns delicate skin."
• "This fits our crib mattress perfectly."

Cons:

• "Really liked it at first - very soft and sides are stretchy. But noticed that it shrunk a little after the first wash."
• "Seems like a nice mattress pad, but I washed it as soon as it arrived in Dreft on cold/gentle and it now has white spots on it."
• "The cotton side of the mattress pad has started to pill."
• "The third time the interior liners broke off, bunched up in the middle and crinkled so badly the sheet was unrecognizable and completely deformed."
• "However I pulled the crib mattress out of the bed to make it easier to get the cover on, pulled it snug on the corners, not hard, but firm to eliminate loose fabric, and it ripped straight down the seam?!"
• "After several months the cover is completely unraveling from its elastic band."
• "This product probably works really well but it's so bulky and thick!"