Author Archives | Autumn Beck

About Autumn Beck

Autumn is a wife, mother, homeschool teacher, friend and most important a follower of Christ. She began cloth diapering in 2005 and has experienced many joys and trials throughout the years. Autumn enjoys writing but would choose camping with her family any day!

Will These Gifts End Up Hidden In a Closet?

November 23, 2012

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We live in a time where most of the people we know already have everything they need. In-laws, distant relatives and long time friends usually take the longest to shop for. What in the world could we possibly buy and them not end up hiding it in a closet or re-gifting it? I struggle with [...]

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A Very Special List of Black Friday Sales

November 20, 2012

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All About Cloth Diapers has an amazing group of sponsors.  Many have been with me from the beginning and all have blessed me with a friendship I love. This is an extremely busy time of year for retailers of all kinds but especially for small, family owned and operated businesses.  It brings me great joy [...]

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Preparing the Thanksgiving Diaper, I Mean Dinner

November 17, 2012

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I am pretty sure that the days and years are going by faster than they did 5 or 10 years ago.  Yes, they have to be. No, it can’t have anything to do with me getting older. It can’t because I’m only 34 and old is older than me. But, I could have sworn we [...]

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What Is RLR and How To Make A Cheap Substitute

November 12, 2012

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What is RLR? I get this question often usually in response to my recommendation to use it. RLR is a laundry additive, not a detergent.  It is phosphate and perfume free and helps to bind to the buildup in your diapers (minerals, detergent or ammonia gunk) and strip them.  After using RLR you will notice [...]

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Re-Diaper All New, Cloth Diaper Awards and Giveaways!!

November 9, 2012

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This is a fun post! Lots of prizes! Remember many moons ago when I introduced you to Re-Diaper.com?  A great site before and now is under new ownership.  Jennifer Hill spent the better part of October reworking her new baby to provide a better shopping experience for you. The new site just launched this week [...]

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An Interview With Click-A-Doo Dipes. Come Meet and Shop!

November 6, 2012

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Most cloth diaper parents can name 5 big cloth diaper companies easy. I want you to know the big guys but one of my goals is for you to be able to name 10 WAHMs!  Every big company started as a little WAHM/D.  Sharing these early stage companies with you brings me joy and hopefully [...]

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4 Things Needed to Cloth Diaper Successfully part 2

November 2, 2012

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In Part 1 I showed you how to choose what type of cloth diapers to buy and my favorite way to store dirty cloth diapers- in a wetbag. As a safe recommendation for most parents I suggested pocket cloth diapers. This is a good starting point for most new to cloth diapers. You can use [...]

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4 Things Needed to Cloth Diaper Successfully

October 31, 2012

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Due to length, I have divided this into 2 parts.  Today I have included the first 2 things needed to cloth diaper successfully.  If you are already successfully cloth diapering, this is a great post to share with others!  You’ve just gotten the cloth diapering bug and you are now stumped.  The thoughts and feelings [...]

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Using Cloth Diapers Even When You Want to Cheat

October 23, 2012

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This week my sweet little family of 7 1/2 will pack into our Toyota Sienna mini-van and drive a total of 2,892 miles in a span of 6 days. Just a short little trip. It’s going to be an adventure to say the least.  But, my sister’s wedding is a can’t-miss-event. Sure, it will be [...]

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What Are The Best Daycare and Nighttime Cloth Diapers

October 20, 2012

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Questions about nighttime cloth diapering, washing and recommendations never stop flooding my inbox. Here is a question asked many times in many different ways: Hi Autumn! I was wondering if you could give me your opinion. I have a 3 month old that I have been cloth diapering since 4 weeks. She was only 5 [...]

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