Making Your Home Safe
Expanding on the topic of my last post, I’d like to discuss a few baby proofing tips with you all. Once you have found the dream home where you would like to raise your child, your job is still far...
View ArticleHome Buying Tips For New Parents
When I was pregnant with my first child, my husband and I were still living in a loft downtown. It was a great place for just the two of us – limited cleaning and maintenance, close proximity to his...
View ArticleCounting Down The Days
Green Baby Goods is an idea that has sat in the dream realm for far too long. I had always wanted to pursue a business producing eco-friendly, non-toxic, handmade baby products for the environmentally...
View ArticleDo You Buy Seasonal Diapers?
Fall is in the air, and with it, the diaper makers are popping out with beautiful new ads. This one is making fancy pumpkin diapers for Halloween—limited edition, so act fast! That one is already...
View ArticleWhat’s With All the Diapers?
Yay—you’re having a baby! You’ve done your research, and you’ve decided that cloth diapering is definitely, completely, one hundred percent the way you want to go. You want your baby to be in cloth...
View ArticleIf I Could Cloth Diaper All Over Again
If I could cloth diaper all over again…wow, what a question! I have a truly excessive cloth diaper stash, especially for just one baby (but there’s another one due in November…that makes it okay,...
View ArticlePreparing for a Newborn
Is there anything more exciting than getting ready for a new baby? All the adorable little goodies that you get to buy…all the cute little odds and ends that you “just can’t live without…” and then, of...
View ArticleWhen Washing Machines Self-Destruct
They tell me I’m lucky. The transmission on the washing machine just locked up, instead of exploding engine parts and spewing oil over all of the clothes in my washer. I’ll take the “luck” for what...
View ArticleWhat’s in Your Diaper Bag?
One of the hardest things for a new mom to master is packing a diaper bag. There are so many things that you use for your baby when you’re just around the house—don’t you need them when you’re out,...
View ArticleHow to Keep a Toddler Busy
All right, I admit it: I’m a skeptic by nature. I explore Pinterest with an eye, not so much to what looks interesting, but to what is actually practical both of me (and my limited crafting ability)...
View ArticleBeginning Your Cloth Diapering Journey
That first experience with cloth diapers is always a little bit intimidating. You’ve done your research…you’ve looked into a hundred different aspects of it…and yet somehow, when the moment comes to...
View ArticleWhipped Coconut Oil
If you ask a board full of cloth diapering moms what to use for a rash, a good three or four of the first five answers you get are likely to be, “Coconut oil.” It’s not just for diaper rashes, either....
View ArticleMake Your Own Mosquito Trap (Pinterest Project Review)
We have been plagued by mosquitos this year. They’re always bad; but this particular year, they’ve been worse than ever. My toddler goes outside, and he comes back covered from head to toe in tiny...
View ArticleWhat’s in a (Swim) Diaper?
With summer arriving, everyone’s talking about swim diapers. “What do you use for your baby?” “What brand is the best?” “Where can I get one cheap?” “How many do I really need?” For a cloth diaper...
View ArticleWhat Do You Do with Diapers You Don’t Use?
Some moms have it easy. They buy their diaper stash all in one place, in one fell swoop. It’s made up of exactly one brand, with no variety other than the different colors or prints—and they tend to...
View ArticleA New Print?!
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...
View ArticleCloth 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...
View ArticleVariety: 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...
View ArticleWhat’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....
View ArticleYour 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...
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