Cloth Diaper Review from a Cloth Diaper Swap

I was super lucky to participate in a Cloth Diaper Swap (mentioned in a previous blog). I received my "Fluffy Mail" and opened it with glee. My swap partner could not have picked a more perfect match for us! She sent us a Four Little Fluffy Bugs Upcycled T-shirt OS OBV Fitted. This is right up our Alley! I am a re-user! I love the fact that it is recycling and old t-shirt and giving it new life. I do this all the time! I have a 10 year old boy and his hand me down shirts turn into my 1 year old's new diapers. I find myself buying new clothes for Joseph (10) thinking about when he grows out of it it will be super cute as a cloth diaper.
Four Little Fluff Bugs OS Up-cycled OBV Fitted Cloth Diaper Review
Overall this diaper is a fantastic fit for my lil nugget. The old t-shirt on the outside is a way soft, comfortable, and has that reminds you of home feel. It features the OS (one Size) fold down snaps to adjust to baby's rise. The body is made with the super luxuriously soft Organic Bamboo Velor (OBV) and a double OBV snap in liner. The tabs are extra long to fit around any beefy baby and have enough snaps to be efficiently snug. It is a surged diaper, but the edges are soft. No marks or chaffing from crawling or walking. I have absolutely no wing droop, due to the narrow front and snap options. After washing it a few times to get it ready for use...it plumped up and got even more squishy. I am really digging my new diaper. Find Four Little Fluff Bugs >>HERE<<.

Lastly I would like to thank Megan from www.newlywednewlybred.com for putting on this great swap and Katie from Think Pink for gifting me this wonderful fluff!

Cloth Diaper Swap

**I was a participant in an AWESOME Cloth Diaper Swap put on by a Lovely Mama, named Megan from

www.newlywednewlybred.com

The Swap worked like this: Buy $25 (before shipping) worth of cloth diapers and/or accessories for your swap partner and mail it out on October 10th. We would all start receiving our Fluffy Mail around the same time. Review the items and post a comment/blog about the new diapering experience. I have to say that this was a ton of fun. No one had the same partner too. I sent diapers to a different Mama than the Mama who sent my new fluff. We should all start getting them this week!!!
Check out Megan's site and see what Cloth Diapers were given and received. I'm totally excited to read the reviews and see the pictures of what was sent out. I'm giddy for cloth.
My next post will be my NEW FLUFFY MAIL!!

Smells like October

October is my Favorite month....ever. Leaves change color, the season changes, time seems to almost stand still, and it's darker for more hours of the day (which I'm not sure why that is good...) Oh yeah and Halloween! I'm down with Halloween. I always dress up and try really really hard to make all of our costumes. This year is the same. We have been kicking around a lot of really great ideas. I think it's really important that the family all dress as the same theme i.e. Star Wars or Super Hero's. I can only say that we have been Star Wars characters for far to many years, so I'm digging deep to come with something extraordinary.
What are we going to do this year? Hmmm.....you'll have to stay tuned to find out.

Artfire and Resweater Wool Giveaway!

Artfire Cloth Diaper Addicts blog and Resweater are doing a Wool sweater giveaway on AF blog. >>HERE<< is the link to the blog. Entering is easy and they have links on how to make your own wool cloth diaper covers. That's easy too!
Here are examples of what you can do with an Old Wool Sweater!


Covers, Shorties, Wraps, Longies and skirties.
Wool Rocks!
You can check out my Online store for >>HERE<< upcycled Wool Wearz by Fundawears or you can visit these fine sisters for Upcyced Wool cloth diaper fashions too! If you buy from these other sisters, tell them Sara from Fundawears sent you their way :> (click on their names to take you to see their stores)
Resweater: She's already done the leg work for you! She stocks wool sweaters!
Sweetie Bird Fashions: This Mama does wonderful work! Customs too.
Our Lady of the Snow's: She is the women who turned me onto Wool! She started this new addiction for me. TY Mellon!

Harvest Bin

I've been getting Farm Fresh fruits and Veggies delivered to my door twice a month from Dandelion Organic Delivery. I've blogg'd about them in the past. I want to say, I'm still a big fan. I am so proud of myself. I have been eating veggies that I never knew existed and I've been cooking some great meals. All the produce is Local and Organic, that makes me feel good too.
This is Jetson, my 1 year old. He attacked the Harvest Bin when I got it this week. He ate two plums and a Donut Peach before I could get the order put away. The kid can barely walk but figured out how to open the lid and take his pick.
This is a Roast I made, minus the roast. It was off the hook delicious!
mmm.. Yummy Purple Potatoes. These make great mashed potatoes, they DO turn out purple. Huge heads of lettuce, Broccoli and the cucumber in the bottom of the picture was SO large, I couldn't get the whole thing in the shot.
If you live around Bellingham, Washington. Do Dandelion Organic Delivery. Do it! It's a great way to save time and money at the grocery, a wonderful way to support your local economy, it's flipping good for you and it's Organic. nuf said...
Find them here http://www.dandelionorganic.com/

Cloth diapering and Camping. It can be done!

I was posting some photos to FB the other day from our camping trips we took over the summer. Someone asked what did I do without my cloth diapers? Jokingly, I hope. I then quickly realized that some may think this is an impossible feat to accomplish. It can be done. Granted it takes some prep work but really what doesn't? I stuffed a bag full of my cloth diaper stash, wipes, a few small wet bags and a couple of plastic grocery sacks.
It was fun camping and easier than I thought while cloth diapering. The poo diapers were to be dealt with later but the pee dipes were rinsed in the river and hung to dry. This cut down on smell and room. Of coarse i packed way to may diapers for two nights but if we would have ran out, the rinsed diapers would have been fine.
All the diapers packed up pretty easy hen done. The river dipes were surprisingly soft for being line dried. My poo dipes were...well poo'd diapers but all came out clean and fresh after the wash.
It made me think of Pioneer days. I was bent over the river standing on a stone washing diapers. Funny. My husband thought it was sexy. Who knew washing diapers was so sexy, especially in the wilderness?

Fundawears Cloth Diapers

Not only is a great name, but these cloth diapers are eco-friendly, easy to use and Oh so Fun to wear! Fundawears is a small WAHMama biz. A mother of two boys, Sara has been a sewing sister for a few years now. She started off making clothing and accessories for her website Baras Clothing (pronounced Bare Ass) year round, while vending at concerts during the Summer. When a swollen belly and the coming of a second son, Baras Clothing turned a new leaf. Children apparel and cloth diapers sprang up like wildflowers and Fundawears was born! After many, many trial and errors on the first diapers, the pattern got tweeked, pulled, pudged and squished. Onesize diapers are great in theory, but not all babies are onesize. So Fundawears offers small, medium, large and now a S/M( 8-25lbs) and M/L(25-35+lbs). They come in all different styles too, everything from prefolds to fitteds, Covers to wool. Fundawears also offers the option of leaving your fitteds snapless for Pins or Snappi's, Hook and Loop (like velcro only softer) or profesional Poly-Resin snaps. Her website also offer's seconds and gently used cloth diapers of all brands that come across her path.
Right now you can find Fundawears on Artfire.com and on Baras Clothing.com. Both BC and Fundies websites are going under new development-so bare with the mess. Custom orders are always available, if it is not fully stocked, email her. With a relaunch/re-grand Opening coming in September, she is busy sewing and holding off on stocking but has a ton of Organic clothing and Organic Cloth diapers just waiting for you!
Send Fundawears some love! By becoming a Fan, you will receive stocking updates, sneak peeks and discounts on all clothing and diapers. http://tiny.cc/KMO8F <

Burpie Blocker

I just received a new product that I won in a giveaway. It is an ingenious idea. The Burpie Blocker. This is an WAHM creation that rocks. What a great idea?
Check out her website and decide for yourself. I wish I had a few of these when my lil nugget was younger. They would have come in very handy. A thumbs up in my book. Check it >>http://www.burpieblocker.com/info.html

Miracle Diapers

What a great organization! They bring Cloth Diapers to low income families and they need a little help. Donate diapers or most importantly, money.
http://miraclediapers.org/pledgeparty
http://miraclediapers.org/?p=246

Take a moment and read a little bit about what they do.

Organic Produce Delivery

Dandelion Organic Delivery is a wonderful idea and company local to Bellingham, Washington. They deliver fresh, Organic locally grown fruits and veggie bins to your door step. As much as I love to shop at the farmers market every Saturday, I lead a busy life, and can't always make it to get my produce. Maria and Jonny at Dandelion Organic have made my life much easier. PLUS I still get the added benefit of supporting my Local Growers and businesses.
Check out what they have going on. Maybe they can make your life easier and HEALTHIER too!

http://www.dandelionorganic.com/index.htm

Urband Nomad

For the Urban Namad. www.barasclothing.com