I had finally done it: progressed to a point that diapers were just diapers. I put them on the baby’s bum and moved on. There was no more driving need to have all the diapers. No new prints had tempted me enough to actually buy one in a while. Okay, sure, it helped significantly that [...]
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Cloth Diapering for the First Time
All right, you’ve done it! You ordered those oh-so-adorable cloth diapers. The mailman has begun to think that you’re absolutely insane because of all the packages trickling in over the past few days—or maybe you did all your shopping in one place at one time to start. Whatever the case, you’ve got your first order [...]
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Variety: The Spice of Life
“What’s your favorite cloth diaper?” It’s a fairly common question, especially among moms who are new to the cloth diapering scene—and you’ll get as many different answers as there are brands of diapers—and different sizes and shapes of babies. Personally, I despise Fuzzibunz (though I will admit that I haven’t tried one of the new [...]
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What’s the Deal with Cloth Wipes?
Okay. You’ve swapped to cloth diapers—you’re being green, saving the environment and saving your family some money—go you! However, the very idea of cloth wipes just…kind of grosses you out. Disposable wipes are so convenient! You swipe the poop, dump it in the trash can, and you and baby are both happy and good to [...]
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Your Baby is Green…Are You?
Whatever your reason for swapping to cloth diapers—overall savings; saving the environment; or because they work better for your child’s sensitive skin—once you’ve taken the plunge into reusable diapers, it is impossible to entirely ignore other “green” options on the market. Unpaper towels have become more and more common over the years; and the latest [...]
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How Big a Wet Bag Do You Really Need, Anyway?
All right: you’ve mastered the art of cloth diapering, and you’re ready to take your baby out of the house in their adorable fluff. Obviously, you need somewhere to place any wet or soiled diapers so that it doesn’t get all over everything else in your diaper bag (and all over the inside of your [...]
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Confessions of an AIO Convert
I started off my cloth diapering journey like a lot of other moms: warily. I asked a lot of questions. I considered making the switch several times before I finally took the plunge. When I finally decided to get started, I went about it very warily, trying to make financially sound decisions that would hold [...]
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How To Make Wool Dryer Balls from Wool Batting
OK last week I brought you the simple quick, and easy to get products to make the wool dryer balls from wool yarn. This week I am bringing a tutorial on how to make them from wool batting. Most of the shops that you see online either use wool batting or wool roving. I actually [...]
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Summer Cloth Diaper Hop
I have decided to go on a mission to try just about every cloth diaper out there. And not for any other reason but I love the experience. Seeing that my mail has come. opening the mailbox to see a package that I know is fluff, getting to prep my new fluff and then out using it, and [...]
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Have You Tried “A Happy Green Life”?
As many of you know, I am a cloth diaper addict! I am constantly on the hunt to try new cloth diapers. I am privileged enough to have a daycare that will also use cloth diapers. Unfortunately because he goes through them much quicker at daycare, then at home, we end up doing a whole [...]
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