Potty training ranks pretty high up on my worst things about being a parent list. Potty training Cooper was a long process that had it’s own set of challenges and by the time we finally got things acceptably under control I was completely and utterly exhausted on the potty training front. Everyone told me girls are so much easier to potty train and several of my friends have little girls that are potty training prodigies so I was really, really hopeful….
Maybe it’s because I live in Colorado, but I’m lucky to have several friends that share many of my strange hippie tendencies. A week or so ago, one of these friends sent out an email alerting a few of us to a really awesome event happening on April 20th. Um, no, not that 4/20 event. I’m talking about the Great Cloth Diaper Change of course! Normally, we are the kind of people that hate crowds or waiting in lines,…
I love the new “Albert” print that is now available in Flip and bumGenius diapers, however I don’t like the implication that the Albert print is the “boy print.” Who says girls can’t do math or that boys can’t have a soft side? At our house we don’t discriminate based on gender and have a strict diaper equality policy. Ellen often plays baby Einstein and Cooper has sported several shades of pink. I have high hopes that both of my…
I’ve done a lot of traveling this past month and consequently have used a lot of disposable diapers. While disposables do have their conveniences, every time I use them my love for cloth is only reinforced. (And I say that even when I have two kids in diapers with no end in sight. (When asked if he wants to sit on the potty Cooper adamantly says, “No, potty! Diaper!” Ugh.) I was reading an article on cloth diapering the other…
Make sure you read about our amazing diaper sprayer below, but I just wanted to let you guys know about a diaper deal. Flips are my diaper of choice and I know I have recommended them to some of you. Right now Cotton Babies has seconds (meaning they have an imperfection of some sort) of them on sale for $9.00. I just got an envelope of them in the mail today and even though they are seconds I can’t tell…
Audrey has really been jonesing for a diaper sprayer lately. Buying one outright they cost $45, but the other day she found this tutorial on how to make one out of a few bits and pieces from Home Depot for allegedly around $20. So the Saturday before last we set out with our list of random plumbing parts. After staring at the wall of valves and nipples and compression fittings and toilet stoppers for about 15 minutes I made the…
Before Cooper was born we had an entire wall of his bedroom lined with packages of diapers. I remember thinking, “We won’t have to buy diapers for a long time.” Then Cooper was born and they all seemed to disappear instantly. Every time I bought another package of diapers I felt like I was literally throwing money away. As our garbage can filled up higher than ever before, both my frugal self and my earth conscious self began to feel…