From the monthly archives:

March 2008

My Top Four Fitted Diapers

by Autumn Beck on March 29, 2008

BABY BEEHIND My favorite fitted is the Baby Beehind one-size fitted diaper. I love the colors and the construction. Baby Beehind offers a hemp version or a bamboo version. Both choices are 100% chemical free natural fabrics. Baby Beehind are highly absorbent diapers and the one-size fits most sizing makes this an economical investment. This [...]

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How To Cloth Diaper A Newborn

by Autumn Beck on March 25, 2008

Making the choice to cloth diaper your precious baby soon to arrive is a wonderful gift. Already you are putting your baby’s health first no matter what it requires of you. The good news is it doesn’t really require that much more of you and you are saving yourself time and energy.
Cloth diapering a newborn [...]

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How to Make a Pocket Cloth Diaper

by Autumn Beck on March 21, 2008

Pocket diapers are a fantastic style to have in your stash. The pocket allows you to control the absorbency by the amount of “stuffing” you add. For a super trim, absorbent option a microfiber towel or Cotton babies Microfiber doubler can be added. If you are preparing the diaper for nighttime, add a prefold with [...]

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Cloth Diapers at Night, Dry Sheets in the Morning

by Autumn Beck on March 18, 2008

Talk to any cloth diapering mom and they all agree that the biggest obstacle is how to cloth diaper at night and not wake up in a puddle of pee. Yes, it’s going to take some trial and error ? But it doesn’t mean you have to resort to disposable diapers.
Disposable diapers leak, bulge, excrete [...]

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My Top 5 All-In-Ones

by Autumn Beck on March 14, 2008

I love a good All In One. All In Ones (AIO) offer simplicity, trimness, absorbency and cuteness. When I refer to an AIO I do not use the word to describe a “true AIO”. A true AIO has a sewn in soaker, therefore looking very similar to a disposable. There are many true AIOs available [...]

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Traveling and Cloth Diapering…It can be done!

by Autumn Beck on March 10, 2008

If you are going to be traveling soon and worry that you will not be able to cloth diaper, let me wipe away those doubts! I have always used cloth diapers when we traveled and I have yet to run into any problems. Here is what I do for long or short trips.
This weekend [...]

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How To Make A Fitted Cloth Diaper

by Autumn Beck on March 6, 2008

If making your own cloth diapers is something you are interested in doing I have found a great instructional video. After watching it for a minute I was ready to get my sewing machine out and give it a try. Watch the video and let me know what you think…and of course let [...]

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6 Reasons Why Cloth Diapers Are Making a Comeback

by Autumn Beck on March 5, 2008

Not all comebacks are worth drawing attention to. Like the briefly mentioned comeback of the early 90’s heartthrob band New Kids On The Block…newsworthy? Not-so-much! But the return of the cloth diaper is huge! Have you ever wondered why the cloth diaper faded to uncool status? Of course it was due to the disposable diaper [...]

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Cloth Diaper Blog Launch

by Autumn Beck on March 3, 2008

Welcome to this brand new blog about buying, using, and washing cloth diapers…basically all the things I feel like rambling on about. It’s somewhat empty around here at the moment, but that will be changing quickly. You can expect to see regular postings several times a week to this blog about all the goings on [...]

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