All About Cloth Diapers

When I was growing up and asked my parents if I could go do something they always asked who, what, when, where and why.  The hardest was always why. My husband and I believe that having a firm why to everything you do is vital.  Not understanding why you do something leaves you open to [...]

The Thrift Store Cloth Diaper Project…by Tara Dukaczewicz I am not a thrifty person. I aspire to frugality and I love to read about frugal people. I admire their ability to buy groceries with a folder full of coupons and save fifty dollars on their bill. But that’s not me, and when I bought my [...]

You may recall Kelly’s winning entry in the “Tell Me Your Cloth Diaper Story” contest entitled Kelly’s Cloth Diaper Story Became a Project. After posting her story, Kelly was inundated with requests on how to help her with her project.  Many of you asked us both how you could start up your own project serving [...]

You guys are amazing! Things have been crazy around my house this week… First, Sterling began potty training.  Unexpectedly, which left me feeling a little overwhelmed by his “bigness”.  Day one went as you might expect, a few successes and a few messes.  Day two was going awesome and then the stomach bug hit him. [...]

I get dozens of questions via email and comments daily. I try my best to answer them promptly but sometimes life gets in the way and days go by. In an effort to allow you to help each other and to give more attention to these great questions, I am starting a new series. Cloth [...]

Everyone has their favorite place to shop for cloth diapers.  But, when you’re new to everything you have no clue where to start. If you’ve checked out the My Recommendations tab you’ll see many linked to Amazon.  Why Amazon? Amazon isn’t likely to move pages around and stop carrying something which creates less work for [...]

Preparing for a newborn is the fun balance to all the nausea, frequent peeing and braxton hicks that go with pregnancy. No matter how uncomfortable I am it seems I can always move a piece of furniture if it has to do with the baby. And fold laundry?! No fun in that unless it’s itty [...]

There are a few different options you may choose when it comes to storing your dirty cloth diapers. Wetbag: Choosing a wetbag is almost as hard as choosing a cloth diaper.  There are so many brands, patterns and prints.  Do you want cute? Do you want cheap? Do you want stylish? Do you want leak/smell [...]

Families of all kinds are making the pledge to only buy  products made in the U.S.A.  By all kinds I mean mainstream, crunchy, religious…doesn’t really matter. Thankfully, most companies proudly display their Made In The U.S.A. badge.  But, when you shop through an online store carrying many brands it’s often hard to find where the [...]

On Friday, I began this series (When Cloth Diapers Leak Part 1) by discussing 4 causes of cloth diaper leaks.  To remind you, here is the list: Poor fit. Soaker material vs. pee speed incompatibility. Poor construction of the diaper. Heavy Wetter. Over saturation. Compression leaks. Repelling either from rash cream or fabric softener (& [...]