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The Sweetbottoms Newborn Diaper Rental Program
Thinking about cloth diapering your newborn, but a little daunted by all the info out there about CDing? Not sure how to get started? So many options that it’s confusing? If you answered “Yes” to any of those questions, I have the answer. It’s the Sweetbottoms Newborn Diaper...
Featured Natural Product: BALM! Baby Diaper Balm {and 1st Aid!}
Vivid colored leaves fall to the ground, and the cool air comforts you at night. Fall weather is wonderful, but the cold air tends to cause dry, cracked skin! Luckily for us, we have BALM! Baby Diaper Balm {and 1st Aid!}, an ALL ORGANIC multipurpose balm, which can also be...
Featured Natural Product: Motherlove Diaper Rash and Thrush
Although my first baby was a breastfeeding champ, he was riddled with constant diaper rashes. Rough, painfully irritated yeast rashes that just wouldn’t go away. We tried what seemed like every cream and ointment on the market to no avail, passing the yeast back and forth. Itchy and in pain,...
Featured Natural Product: GroVia Itty Bitty Magic Stick Diaper Balm
Applying diaper cream during a diaper change can create a gooey mess, which is especially frustrating during quick changes on the go. GroVia’s Magic Stick Diaper Balm has become a must in our diaper bag for this very reason. I’m excited to announce that we’ll be giving away the smaller...
Smart Bottoms Smart One 3.1
Although I’m fairly new to cloth diapering (my oldest is 2 ½), I’ve tried almost everything currently available on the market. After testing a Smart One 3.1 all-in-one diaper by Smart Bottoms, I’m ready to buy all of their bold solid colors and bright, pleasing prints! Owner and creator, Christy...
Featured Natural Product: OsoCozy Cloth Wipes
This month’s Featured Natural Product is a three pack of wipes by OsoCozy. You can get yours FREE with a purchase of $25 or more. Just add the product to your cart and use code: FEATURED (or ask at check out, if shopping at the store.) We have two adorable...
Cloth Diapering with Pocket Diapers
We are nearing the end of our “Cloth Diapering With” series in today’s post about Pocket Diapers. In this post we’ll cover all the basics of pocket diapers and a few pro tips. Pockets just so happen to be my favorite kind of diaper for my baby and I’ll tell you...
AI2 Cloth Diapers
As we continue the “Cloth Diapering With…” series, we are venturing into more modern, new-fangled diaper styles. We started with the basics: prefolds, flats or fitteds with a cover. Today’s post is about the style known as All-in-Twos or ‘AI2’ for short. What’s an AI2? I remember when I first...
Fitted Diapers
Moving along with our Cloth Diapering series, we are on to fitted diapers. When I originally thought about the posts in the series, I considered including fitted diapers with the Prefolds and Flats post. Fitted diapers are the same in that they are all absorbency and require a waterproof cover...
Prefolds and Flats
Today I’m excited to start a new, in-depth series on cloth diapering! Maybe you’re a newbie who’s surfing around for information on how to get started. Maybe you have tried cloth and want to experiment with a different style. In this series I’ll talk about all the different cloth diapering...
Share the Love
If you haven’t heard about it yet, Share the Love is a nation-wide cloth diaper bank for families in need. It’s sponsored by Cottonbabies, makers of bumGenius, Flip, and Econobum. Local volunteer hosts help facilitate the process– from collecting diaper donations to educating recipient families about how to use them....
Cloth Wipes
If you’re cloth diapering, you ought to be using cloth wipes. I’ll admit, I didn’t use them when I first started cloth diapering my son. “Let’s just start with the diapers,” I said, “I don’t want to make it harder,” I thought. But the truth is that using cloth diapers...