So you’re worried you’ll run out of toilet paper and not quite ready to install a bidet? I’m with you, my friend, I’m with you. I’ve seen other recommendations for what to do when you run out of toilet paper, including just “take a shower.” What?? I’m imagining some extremely dried-out skin, eczema going nuts, […]
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Just this morning I had a cute baby on my lap, typing away, when I heard the telltale putter of a BM in action. It didn’t sound ominous at all, just average size, maybe even on the small end of the spectrum, not too forceful. Still, wise mama that I am, I wasn’t about to
The Only Cloth Diaper I Bothered Buying (BEST Brand Newborn to Toddler!) Read More »
Cloth diapering is a great eco-friendly and potentially budget-saving tactic many parents are embracing, but what about cloth diapering newborns? Are there more pros or cons to using cloth diapers on newborns? Everyone says not to cloth diaper newborns. Now if you’re a super rebellious person, that might be reason enough for ya. But if
5 Reasons You Should Definitely Cloth Diaper Your Newborn Read More »
When I started with cloth diapers (on baby number 3!) just over a year ago, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I didn’t really want to take a lot of time to research on the Internet, and the cloth diaper forums can be overwhelming (and suck you in). My colleague Erin Odom
Ready for Cloth Diapers? (or not?) How to do it Frugally and Successfully Read More »
Prepare yourselves for some brutal honesty here: I don’t like cloth diapering. (waits for sky to fall on head) … … Since I’m still here, I guess I get to tell you more. For me, cloth diapering has been “one more thing” to add to a very busy household and scattered, out of balance schedule.
Cloth Diaper Wrap-up: What do I really recommend? Read More »
This is the post I was hoping someone would send me back in July before John was born, or December when I was about to jump into cloth diapers and was scared out of my mind. I couldn’t quite visualize what cloth diapering would be like, and that was a major psychological roadblock for me.
A Cloth Diapering Rookie’s First Steps: the Routine, the Laundry, the Vocabulary Read More »
Paper or plastic? No, I’m not putting plastic on my baby’s bottom, but the question for grocery shoppers might as well be the question for young moms: Cloth or disposables? Just as we used to be asked again and again at the grocery store, “Paper or plastic?” we now encounter the “disposable or reusable” question
What 3-year-old wouldn’t love sitting on top of the kitchen table pouring water all over things? Mine had a blast. Dear Leah helped me pour a Tablespoon of water on two dozen different cloth diapers, all reviewed individually for performance in the cloth diaper review. I taped the results close up for you to view.
We made a grand old mess! To satiate my curiosity about how much these cloth diapers really do hold, I laid out all 25 of those cloth diapers from the cloth diaper review, and I did two tests (on different days): Leah helped me do some closeup videos of how quickly each diaper and/or insert
Cloth Diaper Absorbency Tests: How Much Will It Hold? Read More »
There are a lot of bells and whistles nowadays in the cloth diapering world. No longer do you choose between signing up for a diaper service or washing your own, and then your decision-making is over. You have to juggle cloth diaper styles and brands, insert materials, washing styles and detergents, line dry or machine,
Needs & Wants of Cloth Diapering: Yes, I Need Wet Bags Read More »
There’s not really a baby step process to having a baby – it’s an all or nothing deal to be sure. You just have to jump in with both feet and get all wet, sometimes quite literally. I still remember my husband and I, in the very first few days of parenting, trying to figure
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