Washing cloth diapers for the first time can seem like a daunting task. There is so much information out there about how to wash cloth diapers and everyone seems to have their own different method. Not to mention all of the controversy as to what detergents you should and should not put into your diaper wash. No need to worry though! I will get you started on the basics of washing your diapers and you will be a pro in no time!
                                     

Washing New Diapers

When you purchase new cloth diapers it is best to wash them before you use them. Here are a few simple tips to get you started.

• First, and most important, try the cloth diaper on your baby before washing. This way if it doesn’t fit, you can still return it.
• Remove inserts from pocket diapers. It is not necessary to take out snap-in doublers or inserts, just preference.
• Wash hand-dyed diapers separately a few times to ensure they don’t bleed on your other diapers.
• Read the washing instructions carefully from the manufacturer. Often time’s hemp products, such as inserts, may need to be washed several times before they reach maximum absorbency.

Wet Pail, Dry Pail or No Pail?

There are three basic methods for storing dirty diapers. The most popular way to store diapers is the dry pail or a hanging wet bag. Here are descriptions of each way so you can decide which method is right for you.
  

• The Dry Pail - A lidded container, usually plastic, in which you simply toss soiled diapers in. Often a pail liner or hanging wet bag can be used inside the pail to help transport dirty diapers to the washer. A deodorizing disc, essential oils, or baking soda can be added to help eliminate odors if necessary.
• The Wet Pail - A lidded container filled with water and accompanied by additives such as baking soda, vinegar, and other stain and odor removers. When you have a wet pail it is important to have a lid that seals in case the wet pail gets knocked over. You may need to use a separate dry pail, depending on the types of diapers you use.
• No Pail - Instead of storing soiled diapers in a pail, you can throw them directly into the washer, running short cycles or a rinse until you have enough to wash a full load. This method can be a great way to keep your dirty diapers stain and odor free.

Basic Cloth Diaper Washing Instructions

There are many variations on how to wash cloth diapers, but here is the most common method.
 

• Remove solids unless your baby is exclusively breastfed.
• Wash every 2 - 3 days to avoid stains and odors.
• Make sure you use enough water to cover the diapers completely.
• Begin with a cold rinse, no detergent.
• Continue with a regular wash cycle on hot, using 1/4 cup detergent.
• Follow with an extra rinse on hot.
• Dry in the dryer on low or medium or line dry if you choose.
• For quicker drying time, unsnap doublers and inserts.
• Do not use bleach or fabric softener sheets.

If this method does not work for you, try some of the following options:

• Add baking soda to the first rinse help fight stains and odors.
• A 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar will help soften hard water.
• Try Bi-O-Kleen Bac Out in your initial rinse for to eliminate tough stains and odors.
• OxyClean can be used in the hot cycle to kill bacteria and whiten your load.
• Leaving your stained diapers (or any other clothing for that matter) out in the sun for a day can make stains magically disappear.

Other Diaper Washing Tips and Tricks

Here are a few things I wish someone had told me before I began washing my diapers!

• Always attach aplix closures to the laundry tabs. Otherwise your diapers   will stick to each other and can ruin the aplix and cause pilling on your other diapers.
• Desitin and other zinc oxide diaper rash creams will stain your diapers.
• Washing more than two dozen diapers at a time can cause pilling of the diapers from too much friction.
• If your diapers are crunchy after drying in the sun, they can be softened in the dryer with a 15-minute “fluff cycle.”
• An extra spin cycle will help make your diaper drying process faster.
• Dyed diapers can leave color imprints if left lying out while wet.
• Never wash new hemp with anything else. The natural oils of the fiber will cause repelling in your diapers and inserts.

Choosing A Cloth Diaper Detergent

When choosing a laundry detergent, there are a few points to remember to give your cloth diapers a long life and keep them problem free.
  

• Most common laundry detergents contain “optical brighteners” - tiny particles that stick to the surface of your clothes, giving the effect of brighter colors. What does this mean for your diapers? Chemical residue is being left behind which can cause you diapers to repel or cause skin irritation.
• Enzymes in your laundry detergent are made to degrade protein molecules. This can be good for removing stains, but when the enzymes are not properly rinsed from diapers (or clothing), they will actually “eat” away at skin.
• Most don’t know this, but artificial fragrances are made from petroleum
• While chlorine bleach is great for killing germs, you won’t want to use it on your cloth diapers. Not only decrease their durability and absorbency, but it will also eat away at the fibers of your diapers.
• When buying detergent, keep in mind that liquid requires more additives than powder, to keep it in liquid suspension.
• Avoid any detergent that contains actual soap. It will leave a residue on your diapers that can cause them to repel moisture.
• Detergents that commonly known to cause problems for washing cloth diapers are: Arm & Hammer Fabricare, Arm & Hammer Sensitive Skin, Cheer, Gain, Melaluca MelaPower, Nature Clean, SA8, The Laudress, Tide HE.

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Beth is a SAHM of 5 wonderful boys ages 2 months to 14 years. She has been cloth diapering for over two years and has a passion for helping other moms learn all about it. She also loves to write, sing and spend time with her loving family.

You can read more about Beth at her blog, The Diaper Cover.

Traveling with an infant is difficult without even considering the cloth diapering issue. It’s amazing the amount of space a tiny little person can take up in your car, in your hotel room, at your friend’s house, in a church nursery, in your grocery cart…little people need an amazing amount of stuff! So of course, as daunting as traveling can seem, traveling with cloth diapers can seem even more impossible. I’m here to tell you it is not.

When we first decided to use cloth diapers, Dave and I said, “yeah, we’ll do cloth at home and disposables when we leave the house.” When our stash was only six diapers deep, that’s what we did. We kept a stash of disposables in the diaper bag and that was that.

Now, my husband is a youth pastor so we spend a lot of evenings at the church for different youth events and meetings. When our daughter was 2-3 weeks old, I knew that the youth at church missed me and really wanted to meet the newest addition, so I started packing her bag and was ready to do without the cloth diapers again when I thought, “How hard could it be? I’m only going to make a short appearance and come right back home.”

I stuffed a few cloth diapers in the bag and toted my precious bundle to see her new church friends. Ironically, she chose those few hours to make a poop bomb in her diaper. Despite having to carry the poop bomb home in a plastic bag, the evening was a success and I decided to do it more often.

Since that day, we’ve traveled with cloth diapers for trips as short as the grocery store to almost a full week away from home over the holidays. Each time we go out with our cloth diapers and we rarely ever open the few “emergency” disposables we keep on hand. Each time we’re away I learn new things I can do to make traveling with cloth diapers easier on us.

Before going on our trip…

Before going on our trip, we have to know what we’re up against. We need to know how long we will be there, where we will stay if it’s an overnight trip, and what kind of facilities the place has for washing our cloth diapers.

Based upon that information, there are certain things we pack from our “at-home” cloth diaper stash.

(Traveling with cloth diapers means knowing you can’t pack your entire “at home” stash to go!)

The following are some packing guidelines that work best for me and my husband:

For short trips lasting no more than a couple of hours, we bring:

• 2-3 pocket diapers (I still haven’t mastered the art of prefold diapers, but I’m told they’re easier to travel with because you can re-use the cover)
• 4-6 cloth baby wipes (I made my own out of flannel, but you can buy them if you’re not crafty)
• 1 mini spray bottle with baby wipe solution (you can either buy this pre-made, or make your own, it doesn’t have to be expensive)
• A small wet bag
• A changing pad
• A small can of Lysol in case I have to change her somewhere gross

For longer day trips I bring:

• 5-8 pocket diapers (better safe than sorry!)
• 8+ cloth wipes
• 1 mini spray bottle with wipe solution
• A medium sized wet bag
• A changing pad
• Disinfectant is optional depending upon your destination.

(Pictured above are cloth baby wipes and a mini spray bottle of wipe solution.)

For overnight trips I bring:

• 12+ pocket diapers for one night & 24+ pocket diapers for more than one night
• A duffel bag for my clean cloth diapers
• 30+ cloth baby wipes
• A large container for my cloth wipes (a gallon sized Ziplock bag will do)
• A larger spray bottle with wipe solution.
• Two medium-large sized wet bags (one in use and one in the wash at all times)
• A changing pad
• Laundry detergent or dish soap (depending upon whether I’ll be machine washing or hand washing)
• Hemp inserts for overnight and long car rides. (the Knickernappies Loopy Do insert, made of hemp and microterry, works wonders for heavy wetters)

Washing and Drying Cloth Diapers When Traveling

When it comes to washing and drying your cloth diapers while away from home for an extended period of time, there are few options:

1. Most hotels have washing machines and dryers available for you to use for a small fee. If you use these, you can simply use your cloth diaper detergent. When staying with family or friends, simply ask ahead of time if they’re machines will be available for you to use.

2. If there are no washing machines available, bring some dish soap and wash the diapers in the bathroom sink. It really isn’t as bad as it sounds because you can get your diapers washed and stripped at the same time when using dish soap!

I fill the sink with warm water and a squirt of dish soap, put as many diapers as I can fit in there, and agitate the water myself. I let them soak for a bit before draining the water, and refilling the sink. Then I repeat the process until there are no more bubbles in the water.

I hand wring the diapers and find places such as hangers, curtain rods, towel bars, and even luggage holders to lay the diapers to dry.

They take longer to dry when they’ve been hand wrung, so keep that in mind. Such repeated washing will do a number on your hands so make sure to bring lots of hand lotion!!!

3. When I’m at home, I use the dryer to dry only my inserts and I line dry my diapers. I prefer to do it this way because I feel it will give the elastics a longer life-span.

However, when I’m away from home and a dryer is available, I sometimes prefer to dry everything in the dryer simply because it’s time efficient and the place I’m staying might not be amenable to having my diapers laying everywhere to line dry. As long as you don’t try to stuff them while they are still hot, this shouldn’t do any damage to the elastics.

After a couple of tries, we’ve found that cloth diapering while traveling works for us. We simply love to use cloth everywhere we go!

Maybe it’s because we know we have the cutest diapers around and people who don’t know anything about the leaps and bounds cloth diapering has made are delightfully surprised. Maybe it’s because we know that our daughter isn’t going to sit around all day in the toxic chemicals that comprise a disposable diaper. Maybe because it almost always presents the opportunity of teaching others about cloth diapers.

In any case, I never leave home without my cloth diapers and I think a lot more moms would do the same if they realized that it’s not much different cloth diapering away from home as it is within the comfort of your home.

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Becca is a part time Spanish Teacher, a part time Stay-at-home-mom, and the wife of the best husband imaginable. Becca’s absolute favorite thing to do is to spend time with her little family. She also enjoys doing anything crafty - from making jewelry, to writing, to sewing, to photography.

You can read more about Becca at her blog, Becca’s Cloth Diaper Blog.

Ever find that your cloth diapers have become stinky and you just can’t get them to smell fresh anymore? Or you go to change your baby’s cloth diaper and find it just isn’t absorbing and causing leaks? If so, it may be time to strip your diapers.

Over time, a soapy build-up can occur if your detergent leaves residue. That is why it’s always important to include an extra rinse when washing.  Here is a simple step-by-step guide on how to strip your diapers. 

Step 1: Wash your diapers as you normally would. It is important to start with clean diapers before the stripping process is started.

Step 2: Fill the washer with hot water. Make sure the water level is higher than the diapers.

Step 3: Put your diapers in the washer and let the agitation cycle begin.

Step 4: After the diapers have gone through the agitation cycle for a few minutes, add 1 - 2 squirts of liquid Dawn. 

Step 5: Allow the washer to agitate the Dawn while keeping an eye on it. 

Step 6: Continue the wash as normal.

Step 7: Once the wash cycle is finished, run the rinse cycle as many times as necessary until the bubbles are gone. This may take as many as 3 - 4 times.

You may have to complete this process more than one time in order to completely strip your baby’s cloth diapers of any residue. 

How Often Do I Strip My Diapers?

The good news is you may never need to strip your diapers. If after a normal wash your diapers have a bad odor that just won’t go away, you may want to try to rewash them, or use a bit more detergent next time. However, if that does not work, then I would suggest stripping.

If you find that your diapers are repelling moisture, rather than absorbing, it may be due to detergent build-up. Before you strip your diapers, make sure you do not have another problem with your diapers. You may need to add extra absorption such as another insert or doubler. It may be the particular brand of cloth diaper.

I have noticed some pocket diapers seem to have PUL that allows moisture to come through. If this is not why your diapers are leaking, then you may want to try stripping. If you choose, you can strip your diapers on a regular basis to ensure that you will not have any issues with residue build-up. Some mamas choose to strip their cloth diapers once a week, or once a month for this purpose.

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Beth is a SAHM of 5 wonderful boys ages 2 months to 14 years. She has been cloth diapering for over two years and has a passion for helping other moms learn all about it. She also loves to write, sing and spend time with her loving family.

You can read more about Beth at her blog, The Diaper Cover.

There are several benefits to pullingwool diaper covers over your baby’s cloth diapers. The style of wool diaper cover shown below is called a wool soaker.

This wool soaker is economically sewn from recycled wool. So whether you already love wool soakers, or perhaps want to try them for the first time - you can start with minimal investment by sewing one from an upcycled sweater.

Items needed to sew a wool soaker:

• Wool Sweater
• Elastic
• Polyester thread (not cotton - it absorbs urine)
• Safety Pin
• Scissors
• Sewing Machine
• Serger (optional)

1. First you need a wool sweater. This one is 100% Lambs Wool. Wash it on hot with a little bit of soap then dry on high to felt. This makes the weave tighter and in my opinion, the sweater softer. Your sweater will shrink when you do this, so the bigger the sweater, the better!

2. I chose to use a soaker I already had as a guide for my pattern. it was too big for my new baby, but I liked the design so I am altering it to fit.

3. You need a sewing machine. Mine is almost as basic as they come. (This one is actually a friends because mine went kaput.)

4. A serger is optional. It gives a finished look, but you can skip this step and still have a great cover.

5. I laid my cover on my sweater to find a good placement, but promptly forgot to take a photo until after I cut…oops!

6. Since you don’t have this particular cover to trace I will give you some hints. These measurements are for a small cover. This will fit a newborn to about 12 pounds. To accommodate a bigger baby, add 1.5 inches for Medium and 3 inches for Large. Find the middle of the sweater bottom and mark, measure 4 inches on each side. Measure 6 inches from the bottom of the sweater toward the middle. These will be the sides of your diaper.

Cut making sure there are 8 inches between the sides. Now mark your halfway point; this should be about 8 inches in. Measure off 2.5 inches to the right and left of your halfway point mark. This is the crotch. Now connect the end point of the sides you cut to the end point of your crotch. These will be your leg holes. Fold that part up as shown.

7. Now use this as a template to cut the other side. This is what you should have.

8. Fold in half and make sure you are even (I had some trimming to do).

9. Take your cuffs and cut about 1 inch up from the ribbed part. This is for your seam allowance.

10. After both cuffs are cut, this is what you should have. It is okay if they don’t line up perfectly.

11. Sew up the sides. Make sure to backstitch at the beginning and end. All seam allowances are 1/4 inch.

12. Repeat on other side.

13. This is what you should have.

14. Next take the cuff.

15. Put the cuff inside the body as shown. Note the seams on the body are still inside out; the cuff is not. Keep it just as shown in the previous picture. Line up the edges. Now, if you have a serger, that is next. If not, skip ahead to the next step.

16. Serge the edges. Set dials according to your machines instructions.

17. This is what you should have.

18. Must trim those threads.

19. This is your next step if you serged or not. Stitch around your leg cuffs. I do this several times.

20. Around again.

21. Repeat on both leg cuffs.

22. Peek down at the sweet baby in the sling…yep, still snoozing!

23. Pin your waistband down about an inch all the way around.

24. Start in the middle of the back waistband.

25. Sew around waistband but STOP 1 inch short of the beginning stitch. Back stitch at start and end.

26. Get your elastic. I like the poly braided kind.

27. Measure around the waist of your cover. Now subtract 1.5 inches and cut.

28. Fasten a safety pin to one end of your elastic. The bigger, the better…this was all I had on hand.

29. Thread the safety pin through the waistband channel. Make sure you hold onto the end. You will be really upset if you don’t!

30. Pin your ends together after you thread it all the way through. This will keep the end from slipping back into the channel.

31. Stitch your elastic together. I go back and forth at least 4 times. I do not sew my small opening closed in case I need to access the elastic again. I find it really hard to seam rip on wool. But if you prefer to close it up, go ahead!

32. Voila! A great wool soaker for your baby’s wool diaper cover collection! Easy Peasy, huh?

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Ashlee is a follower of Christ, wife, mom of many, and artist.

You can read more about Ashlee at her blog, {let my lifesong sing] and check out her designs on Etsy at Tweet Designs.

On Friday we posted about how to build a cloth diaper stash, most specifically, Emi of The Cloth Diaper Report’s question, “How did you decide on what styles and brands of diapers to purchase.”.

Today we are going to give you a basic formula we use both in our online and brick and mortar store to calculate (don’t worry, you won’t need a calculator…I don’t think) HOW MANY cloth diapers you will need for your baby.

Are You Ready for Some Cloth Diaper Math?

Diaper changes times laundry. More diapers, wash less often. Cloth baby diaper math is that simple.

(# of diaper changes per day)
x
(# of days between washing)
__________________________
(# of diapers you need)

More diapers, wash less often

If you change your newborn baby’s diaper 12 times a day, but you only wash twice a week, you need 3-4 dozen diapers. This may be more diapers than you need. If you schedule more washing into your busy life with a newborn, you will only need about 2 dozen cloth diapers.

Fewer diapers, wash more often

Once your baby is a bit older, you won’t be changing diapers quite as often. For a crawling baby, 8 changes a day may mean fewer washes for you.

Very few diapers, wash every day

You can just make cloth diaper washing part of your daily routine. When you wash every day, you need far fewer diapers.

Toddlers need fewer changes

Once your baby is talking, you may hear, “Diaper! Diaper!” Your baby will let you know when it is time to change. A toddler may even tell you before it is time. It’s time for potty training! Even when your toddler tries to get to the toilet each time, you will likely continue to change diapers for a while.

Ideal wash load

You can get by with 4 or 6 diapers for a toddler, but you may not want the expense of laundering so often when your toddler uses few diapers every day. It may be convenient to have 4 dozen diapers for a newborn, but does your washing machine allow enough room to clean so many diapers well? Depending on the capacity of your washer and the type of diapers you use, you may find the ideal number of diapers per load is 12 - 36 diapers.

Emergency stash, the extra diapers

What if you usually wash every other day, but you need to skip a day? What if your baby is sick and uses twice as many diapers as you expected one day?

If you keep a dozen cotton prefold diapers handy, you don’t need to worry about baby outgrowing the diapers. Then, when your toddler leaves diapers behind, these cloth baby diapers make wonderfully soft cleaning rags.

Do all of the diapers need to be the same?

No! Needs vary. There are a variety of cloth diapers and cloth diaper covers to choose from. You may find different times of day/different activities call for different styles of cloth diapers and diaper covers. If you are unsure of what to try, there are a number of cloth diaper sample packages available to discover which cloth baby diaper best fits your needs.

Although my family quickly jumped on the cloth diaper band wagon, we were unaware of how economical cloth baby wipes were. It had not occurred to us, in our vast research on cloth diapers, to investigate about the use of cloth wipes.

Cloth wipes can be used repeatedly, keeping disposable wipes out of the landfill and keeping money in your wallet. Cloth wipe solutions like bumGenius! Bottom Cleaner can be purchased or even made on your own with low cost (and environmentally friendly) ingredients. We have found the combination of cloth baby wipes and cloth wipe solutions are often more efficient at cleaning baby’s bottom than disposable baby wipes. After use, we simply throw them into our cloth diaper pail along with the soiled cloth diapers.

As mentioned before, parents can purchase all natural, organic, bottom cleaners, or for a cumulative cost savings over time, many websites offer cloth wipe solution recipes. All wipe solution “chefs” suggest only making enough solution for one week, throwing out what you do not use each week. “Chefs” also suggest waiting until just before the wipes are to be used before adding the solution. These practices prevent moldy wipes and solution.

Parents should be cautious with some of the recipes containing essential oils. Be sure to use a carrier oil, which helps to dilute the essential oil (thus reducing the probability of an adverse skin reaction). Also, some oils may cause skin reactions for sensitive children.

Here are some sites that offer recipes for wipe solutions:

• Homemade Baby Wipes Recipes at Natural Birth and Baby Care
• Cloth Wipe Solution Recipes at Zany Zebra
• Homemade Baby Wipes Recipe at TipNut.
• Make Your Own Wipe Solutionat Ezine.

Do you have any cloth baby wipes suggestions or links to share?

The purchase and use of cloth diapers helps to protect our planet. Many families also find cloth diapers more economical than disposable diapers. For others the use of cloth diapers may be due to fewer diaper rashes or allergies. Regardless of the reason families choose cloth diapers, one major obstacle can be “What to do about Daycare?”

When scouting potential daycare facilities, parents who wish to cloth diaper often dread asking the question, “Will you accept cloth diapers?” Some facilities will state they cannot “do cloth.” Be prepared to respond; do the research ahead of time and be knowledgeable of any restrictions included in your state’s laws and codes regarding cloth diapers. Most likely there are none and the refusal is directly from the daycare providers who are unaware of the ease of use and modernization of today’s cloth diapers. They only know from their previous experience - 1970’s-era rectangular flat diapers with pins and plastic covers. Take samples to show your potential daycare provider BEFORE asking if they take children in cloth diapers; show them how the diapers look and work. Show them the wet bags and clarify your intent to remove all soiled cloth diapers daily to take home and launder.

Some states, such as New Jersey, do have legislation regarding the use of cloth wipes. Again, you will need to check your individual state restrictions. If a daycare facility is licensed in your state, then they are required to follow the state’s laws.

For more information, here are two articles by Examiners at Examiner.com:

• Using cloth diapers at childcare: How to make it work and how to talk with your daycare provider by Frugal Family Examiner
• Cloth diapering 101: Cloth diapers and New Jersey daycare by Newark Cloth Diapering Examiner

Do you have any suggestions regarding cloth diapers at childcare that you would like to share?

In my last post, Reducing Household Waste, I mentioned a few ways that families can recycle.

In today’s post, I will expand on more ways that families can recycle and save money.

Below, you will find a collection of DIY websites for making different cloth diaper accessories from used household goods.

CLOTH DIAPERS

• All-in-ones: This site offers different ideas for ways to make All In Ones using shower curtains, t-shirts, sheets and towels.
• Free patterns of different types of diapers:
  • All-in-ones
  • Faux Fuzzi Bunz
  • Training Pants
  • Baby Doll/premie diapers
  • Prefolds
  • Pocket Diapers
  • Many others

DIAPER COVERS

• “Longies” made from thrift store wool sweaters
• Side Snapping Cover
• Hand-knit Wool Diaper Cover

CLOTH WIPES AND/OR SOLUTIONS

• Cloth Wipe Patterns:
  • My Happy Crazy Life
  • Make Baby Stuff
• Cloth Wipes for purchase: Sometimes purchasing a few cloth wipes is all you need to develop your own pattern–get a feel for what you like/don’t like, what size works best for you and your baby’s bum, etc…
  • Soft Cloth Bunz carries a variety of cloth baby wipes
  • …as does Zany Zebra
• Wipe Solution Ideas:
  • Zany Zebra offers over 10 different wipe solution recipes

DIAPER BAGS

• Diaper Bags made from a placemat!
• Customizable diaper bag pattern

WET BAGS AND BURP CLOTHS

• Make Baby Stuff

Free patterns for cloth diaper products can be easily found searching your favorite web browser (I used Google). Please post any additional websites that you find (or have found) helpful in the comments!

Potty training is such a bittersweet time. On one hand, you are “oh so close” to eliminating diaper changes (yea!). On the other hand, it is one more step your little one is taking away from you.

Right now, we are attempting to potty train our almost two year old. So far, she is doing really well. She tells us when she has to go, and she gets so excited when she makes it to the potty on time. You would think Elmo himself hung out in our bathroom for how excited she gets!

Still, we haven’t been without our trials. Let me tell you, it is NO FUN rolling-down poopy training pants.

Yuck.

And some days she flat out refuses to go anywhere near the bathroom door! Obviously, potty training has its steps forward and back, but luckily, most of ours have been forward.

Methods to the Madness

There are so many methods and devices out there to choose from when potty training; you are bound to find one that works for you. We call our method the “turtle method”. Why turtle? Because we decided to take potty training “slow and steady” and not push her too hard. In fact, for the most part, this has been a mainly “toddler lead” affair.

We let her decide when it is time to use the potty. I have personally seen the effects of parents who try to start too early and force their kids to potty learn before the child is on board. In my opinion, this is never the way to proceed and can lead to a lot of undue trauma.

Potty training should be fun, and okay, a little funny too! When we gave our daughter her first pack of “big girl panties” she was so in love with them she decided to put them on right then and there.

All six pair.

What are some of your funny Potty training stories?

AND THE DIAPERS GO TO…(where’s the drumroll when you need it, right?)

The winner is #120, Courtenay who wrote:

“I have a 7 day old baby boy - he was born on Monday, April 6th. Currently we are using newborn prefolds and bummies covers during the day. I really like our swaddlebees pockets for nighttime.”

Congratulations Courtenay, contact me with your mailing information so I can get these to you ASAP!

NEXT UP IS TODAY’s “FEED YOUR STASH” FRIDAY GIVEAWAY!

From our last post, Organic One Size Diapers are a Snap with Gro baby, you probably figured we’re pretty excited about this new ORGANIC option in what has typically been an all “synthetic” style of cloth diapers.

It makes sense that our SECOND ever “FEED YOUR STASH” FRIDAY Giveaway should give one lucky family a chance to win (1) Gro Baby One Size Diaper System (in your choice of color) PLUS (1) one package of Gro baby Snap-In Soaker Refills and ALSO, (1) one package of Gro baby Snap-In Soaker Boosters!

Whoohooo! Let the self-proclaimed “Revolution in Diapering” begin!

DID YOU CATCH THAT?

Today, for the cost of (1) one comment on this blog entry, you can be entered in a contest to win FREE DIAPERS! Come back around NEXT FRIDAY morning for the weiner winner!

ONCE AGAIN…here are the rules of engagement:

* Everyone over the age of 18 is eligible to play.
* Only one entry per household.
* Simply comment on this post and answer the question below.

AND THE QUESTION IS…

Do you prefer cotton (organic or not) over synthetic? Why?

There ya go…that’s what I want to know from you this week.
Comment below, answer the questions, and then check back Friday for the “FEED YOUR STASH” FRIDAY Results!