Vacation Diaries: Diaper changes in a car

Daddy's cloth diaper girl

Most of us end up traveling by car when we’re on vacation. Even if we fly somewhere, a rental car is generally necessary to get us around once we arrive at our destination. With car travel, comes the occasional necessity to change your baby’s diaper in the car or some other confined location. Here’s an opportunity for your finely-tuned problem solving skills—a parental necessity—to come into play. Really, the only thing you absolutely must have for changing your baby is a flat … [Read more...]

“Flipping Out” over The Flip

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I think I have discovered the best combination of convenience and economy that I have seen yet in my cloth diapering journey. I recently had the opportunity to try the Flip One Size Diaper System. I'd heard lots of positive reviews, but honestly, it didn't seem much different to me than tri-folding a prefold cloth diaper and sticking it in a cloth diaper cover at first. However, since giving it a try, I have come to value the ease and economy that the Flip has to offer. As my little one has … [Read more...]

FuzziBunz to Katydids

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I started cloth diapering when my second child was born just 9 months ago. We were nervous about the decision, but thought that it would be the best way to go. It answered our budget dilemma. We searched online for information and narrowed down our decision to stock up on Fuzzibunz onesize diapers. We purchased 24 to make up our stash. To this day, I am so glad that we made that decision. Now that I have realized what an addiction cloth diapering can be, I have been networking online … [Read more...]

Flat as a pancake…

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...and I'm not talking about what your little one ate for breakfast, but rather what it will be contained in later! I have a true to the core, undying, unwavering love for flat cloth diapers. Call me cheap, call me "old school", call me anything, as long as you call me brilliant. For $1 a diaper, you can have the most customizable, easily laundered, inter-changable diapering system ever…FROM BIRTH TO POTTY TRAINING! Now, if you are new to cloth diapering, you probably think I'm nuttier … [Read more...]

Life is Not Bubble Wrapped

The GroVia All in One cloth diaper and cloth diaper cover dry quickly.

Last June I had the awesome fortune to win a Feed Your Stash Friday giveaway. It was my first giveaway win and I was very excited to try out one-size diapers, as I had been using all in ones and prefolds with covers before that! I was able to add two GroVia one-size diapers (including snap-in inserts and organic boosters) in kiwi green and mandarin orange to my little stash of cloth diapers. Don't they just sound deliciously cute? With my winnings came a discount code, and I was able to … [Read more...]

Embarking on a New Adventure: Solid Foods

cloth diapers are perfect for just hanging out and enjoying a snack.

I have to say, cloth diapering my newborn was a really easy thing. I used to change her diapers by taking the dirty diaper and the cloth baby wipe and throwing them both, as they were, in the wetbag; waste and all. Yes, I did breastfeed exclusively and the waste that comes from an exclusively breastfed baby is water soluable. I was spoiled and not even aware of it. I had heard that solid waste, "just rolls off the cloth diaper." Well, let me tell you… My experience with starting solid foods … [Read more...]

Addicted to Cloth Diapers

Cloth diaper with snaps

As I have been walking down this journey of parenthood, I have been given the opportunity to experience some very powerful emotions. I think that the most surprising one is that of addiction. I mean, they're just diapers.....right?! I know that this is a common feeling, though, as I am meeting and talking to other cloth diapering parents. I think that it is an interesting anomaly. The trepidation that I felt as we were making the decision to cloth diaper was really intense. I was in awe … [Read more...]