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How To Wash Cloth Diapers In A Foreign Country

February 2, 2012

Pin itThe following guest post was written by Gypsy Momma I have used cloth diapers about 90% of the time since my now fourteen month old daughter was born. I also spend 80-90% traveling internationally with my baby for my own and my husband’s work and for leisure to places such as Paraguay, South Africa, [...]

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Homemade Laundry Detergent Safe for Cloth Diapers

November 15, 2011

Pin itKeeping expenses low is a priority for many cloth diapering parents.  After all, for many, saving money is the reason they chose to cloth diaper. One quick way to blow the budget is to overspend on detergents that promise a lot and under-perform.  Even if many detergents are worth the price, most families don’t [...]

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How To Stuff A Pocket Cloth Diaper

November 12, 2011

Pin itPocket cloth diapers are a highly versatile system.  A pocket cloth diaper contains a pocket whereby you “stuff” the amount of desired absorbency into the opening.  You may choose to use 1 insert creating a very trim cloth diaper option.  By adding 2 inserts you are adding a bit more bulk (still fairly trim) [...]

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5 Simple Steps To Begin Cloth Diapering

October 12, 2011

Pin itIf you are just beginning to research the modern world of cloth diapers you are no doubt overwhelmed. I have written extensively on how to cloth diaper from every aspect but compiling it all together can be confusing to the new reader. Below I will very briefly lay out steps to take to begin [...]

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Dirty Jobs: Four Ways to Deal with Cloth Diaper Poop

October 5, 2011

Pin itGuest post by Jessica Bruds I’ve gotten pretty good at convincing my friends/family members about the benefits of using cloth versus disposable diapers. Cloth diapers are safer than disposables made from plastics and other hard to pronounce chemicals, better for the environment, and when you combine the cost savings this would appear to be [...]

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Cloth Diaper Kits Coming To JoAnns, Hancocks and Hobby Lobby!

August 18, 2011

Pin itThis is really awesome! I’m pumped…and I don’t sew! Just the fact that cloth diapers are becoming more and more accessible to EVERYONE makes me giddy! The kits are the design of Babyville Boutique (Ellie Joos and Jean Kievlan). **CORRECTION*** There are no kits, all of the items are sold in separate packages so [...]

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A Different Way to Fold Flat Cloth Diapers

July 10, 2011

Pin itI’ve recently added flats to my cloth diaper stash and I’m quite enjoying using them. The origami fold has been my fold of choice.  But, I don’t love this fold.  I always end up with this weird extra fabric in the back that isn’t necessary. FYI, I don’t do my origami fold with precision [...]

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Smashing Watermelons During the Flats Handwashing Challenge

June 2, 2011

Pin itGuest post by Samantha H. “Why should my washer get all the smelly goodness of my scented Rockin’ Green?!” Ok, so that wasn’t the FIRST thing that popped into my head when I decided to take the Flats and Hand washing Challenge this week. Although when I contemplated the hand washing part, I most [...]

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The Thrift Store Cloth Diaper Project

May 26, 2011

Pin itThe 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 [...]

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How to Sew Cloth Diapers For Those in Need

May 11, 2011

Pin itYou 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 [...]

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