Cloth Diapering with Wool, Now I am a believer!

Baby in Wool Soaker

The first time I heard about wool as an option for a water-resistant diaper cover, I just didn’t believe it. How on earth could something made of wool hold water? So I smiled and nodded, but never really considered the option of buying a wool cover to go over my daughter’s prefolds and fitted diapers. As time passed and I just kept hearing about the wonderful properties of wool, my curiosity was understandably piqued. All natural, breathable, a great cure for diaper rash, … [Read more...]

Going Coverless

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My daughter, Bunny, got a rash.  Not just a little, lets-use-prefolds-and-wool rash, but a rash so bad that it required some naked time and even a thick dose of rash cream.  It was awful. It was all my fault, too. My precious little daughter normally avoids rashes due to her wonderful cloth diapers, but she’s also the type of baby who doesn’t really mind walking around in her own poop or pee, so she doesn’t exactly let me know if she needs a diaper change.  That, coupled with the … [Read more...]

Going Coverless

If you often frequent cloth diapering or natural parenting forums, you may have heard this term quite a bit. So what is going coverless? Going coverless is when you have your baby in fitted diapers or prefold diapers without any sort of diaper covers. It may sound like a strange idea, but there are actually benefits for your child to go coverless. I have heard many a mama ask questions about how to do it and thought I could help answer some of those questions for you. How do you go … [Read more...]

Can you help out with a “sudden” diaper rash issue?

On occasion we receive questions from blog readers and/or customers at our online cloth diaper store. While we have information to give, and have thankfully heard and learned much from YOU, there are still some questions we like to put forth to you guys. Can you give a few minutes of your day to share your personal experiences and see if you can't be a super sleuth for this family's recent issue with their cloth diapers and diaper rash? This question is from Jennifer "A question for your … [Read more...]