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Why Choose Cloth Diapers: Health Reasons

by Autumn Beck on March 28, 2009

When I tell people we use cloth diapers they are almost always shocked. After they make comments like “you’re so brave” or “I could never cloth diaper”, they ask me why.
For my family our baby’s health was the reason we chose cloth diapering. My husband is a chiropractor and that opened the door to a [...]

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Overwhelmed? Cloth Diapers 101

by Autumn Beck on January 5, 2009

I love the story my pastor tells about Vince Lombardi.  After the Packers had lost 3 or 4 games in a row, Vince meets with his players in the locker room, holds up the football and says, “This is a football.”
Mamas, I’m starting at the basics today.  I have been guilty of getting side-tracked by [...]

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How To Start Cloth Diapering on a Budget

by Autumn Beck on August 15, 2008

Many families choose to cloth diaper for financial reasons. Budgets can be so tight that startup costs are often overwhelming. However, there are ways to begin cloth diapering today on less than $125.
The least expensive route are prefolds and covers. My favorite prefolds have been the very first ones I purchased in [...]

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Disposable Diapers: Environmental Time Bomb

by Autumn Beck on July 11, 2008

Last night instead of watching my usual HGTV or TLC, I got caught up in a show on The History Channel called The Works. The title of the show was “Garbage”. “Garbage” centered around a New York City landfill and described how landfills are made, how they are filled, and how they are used [...]

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