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Cloth Diaper Mysteries Solved! Wicking, Stripping and PUL

May 14, 2012

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I cloth diapered for more than a year before I had a decent comprehension of certain cloth diaper terms.  The most mysterious ones for me were wicking, PUL and stripping. Is wicking good or bad? Do I say P-U-L or pull? Stripping?  What the heck?   Wicking is so simple you’ll kick yourself. Is it [...]

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How to Convince A Daycare to Use Cloth Diapers

May 7, 2012

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This is a wonderfully, equipping guest post written by Linda Auge.   After reading it, I felt completely confident in my ability to “win the sale”! Being a Military Mom has many challenges, one of which is moving every couple years.  This means finding a new day care provider for my Little Ones as we move [...]

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Simple Effective Ways To Disinfect Cloth Diapers

February 23, 2012

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The other night on Twitter a blog feed popped up that looked to be fabulous.  Once I began to read I knew this information had to be shared with you. The blog post came from Mona of Eco Nuts.  Mona makes most of us look like slackers (just take a look at her bio)! I [...]

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How To Wash Cloth Diapers In A Foreign Country

February 2, 2012

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The 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, Lebanon, [...]

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Homemade Laundry Detergent Safe for Cloth Diapers

November 15, 2011

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Keeping 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 have [...]

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How To Stuff A Pocket Cloth Diaper

November 12, 2011

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Pocket 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) and [...]

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5 Simple Steps To Begin Cloth Diapering

October 12, 2011

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If 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 cloth [...]

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Dirty Jobs: Four Ways to Deal with Cloth Diaper Poop

October 5, 2011

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Guest 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 a [...]

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

August 18, 2011

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This 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 the [...]

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A Different Way to Fold Flat Cloth Diapers

July 10, 2011

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I’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 so [...]

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