Vacation Diaries: Diaper changes in a car

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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...]

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...]

Cloth Diapering: Not Just for SAHMs!

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Cloth diapering and daycare, one of these things just isn’t like the other. Living in Tennessee, I get strange looks anytime the subject of cloth diapering is discussed. Usually along the lines of “You must love to deal with poop, bless your heart.” I just smile. I still sometimes cannot believe I have managed to find a cloth diaper friendly day care center. I started cloth diapering at fourteen months. My son had a diaper rash. Constantly. I had to apply cream at every diaper … [Read more...]

A Diaper Pail Tale

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When I started cloth diapering, I didn’t have enough money to buy all my diapers at once.  I had to save the money and add to my stash quite gradually.  Because my focus at the time was simply getting enough diapers to last my daughter between washes, I didn’t even think about cloth diapering accessories for a long time.  As you can guess, my dirty diaper storage was interesting, at best. We started with three bumGenius! One Size Pocket Diapers that were a gift from a friend which I … [Read more...]

Why Does My Diaper Pail Stink?

No matter how wonderful your diapers are, poop stinks. Read these tips for keeping your diaper pail stink-free

No matter how wonderful your cloth diapers are, there is one thing that we can never really improve on by making awesome cloth diapers—the fact that urine and poop stink! Yes, of course, when we wash our baby’s diapers, they come out fresh and clean, but you can’t pop every diaper into the wash immediately. In the real world, your diapers will get washed every 1-3 days which means that dirty diapers will sit and wait for 1-3 days. Tip #1 Get a zippered wetbag or a bag that in some … [Read more...]

Cloth Diaper Giveaways – Week 39

Each week we find and publish as many cloth diaper giveaways as we can find, or are submitted to us, across the world wide web. Many of these cloth diaper giveaways also include personal testimonials and reviews of the product(s) included in the giveaway, making them a resource as well as a giveaway. Don't forget - each giveaway is run differently, so pay close attention to each blog's or site's guidelines for how to enter - many giveaways allow for multiple entries…giving you even … [Read more...]

Cloth Diaper Giveaways – Week 36

Each week we find and publish as many cloth diaper giveaways as we can find, or are submitted to us, across the world wide web. Many of these cloth diaper giveaways also include personal testimonials and reviews of the product(s) included in the giveaway, making them a resource as well as a giveaway. Don't forget - each giveaway is run differently, so pay close attention to each blog's or site's guidelines for how to enter - many giveaways allow for multiple entries…giving you even … [Read more...]