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Food for Tot
February 29, 2008 11:17 pm | by

I had hoped that the time would stand still. Breastfeeding is going so swimmingly with Lily, I hate to add the complication of other foods. But the clock never stops, nor does Lily stop growing into her own little person. In the spare moments I scrape out of my day before falling asleep I have been reading Child of Mine by Ellyn Satter and I am finding it remarkably full of common sense. It is a breath of fresh air and gives me hope that the current problems I am having feeding my 3 year old healthy food (he would

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Car Seats Part 3 – Riding Sanely
February 23, 2008 5:55 pm | by

So now Jr. and Little Sis are all strapped in and ready to go, how do you keep from losing your marbles? For that matter, before you even get in the car there looms the chore of strapping everyone in snug and tight. How will you get smoothly to the car and get everyone buckled, and once buckled, how can we keep everyone happy on the way to our destination?

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Car Seats Part 1
February 23, 2008 1:10 pm | by

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… or maybe it was in this galaxy, on this planet, car seat laws and recommendations were a bit different than they are now. When my first child (who is about to turn 18) was a baby, my pediatrician told me I could face her forward in her car seat as soon as she could sit up by herself. So she faced forward from about 6 months on. But I thought I was doing pretty good because a good friend of mine faced her child forward from birth. Just before she

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The Laundry Dance
February 20, 2008 3:09 pm | by

Several years ago, a friend showed me an article in Welcome Home magazine about laundry. The article was entitled, “The Laundry Dance” by Barb Warner and talked about how she worked so hard to get her laundry done. She would pile it up on the couch to fold it but would get pulled to do some other thing and the pile would sit unfolded. After a day or two she would fold the clothes and move them to the bed so she would HAVE to put them away before she could get in bed at night. But, inevitably, the kids

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White Onesie
February 13, 2008 9:43 pm | by

A good friend of mine once pointed out to me that there is just something about a baby in a white onesie. It took me a while to really understand what she meant, but it is true. There is something so pure and perfectly simple about a baby, especially a freshly bathed one, in a white onesie. There are millions of beautiful baby clothes out there, why something so boring as a white onesie? I think that it is because when your baby is in a white onesie, what you look at is just the baby. There is nothing to

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My Personal War with China
February 8, 2008 10:01 pm | by

Last year, when the first few recalls came out for toys with lead, I barely blinked. The toys mentioned were not toys I tended to buy on a regular basis, so I just blew it off. I did notice that a few were from brands that are well known and I would tend to trust inherently. They were big brands, brands I would look for and expect quality from. So my confidence in them was knocked down a notch, but that was about all the thought I gave it. But as a few more recalls rolled out and Christmas was

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But I Wanted a Smaller Diaper Bag!
February 6, 2008 12:03 pm | by

Taking the whole cloth diapering show on the road can feel like a challenge. First of all because it does become a show. Cloth diapering is still a novel idea to most people. Even Grandmothers who never used a single disposable will be astonished that you use cloth diapers. They seem to think that it is ludicrous to use the old fashioned stuff when the ease of disposables is to be had for just a few dollars. Every time I change a diaper when we are out and about, someone pokes their head over my shoulder to ask, “Is that

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It’s Easier Now!
February 2, 2008 7:48 pm | by

While I was in the throes of cloth diapering my newborn this time around, I realized I had forgotten how much babies pee. I think I must have blocked it out from the last few times, or maybe it is because I didn’t have it written in a blog somewhere. But now it will be saved forever for posterity. Babies pee a lot. And they pee often. Newborns pee almost continually, I think, at least it seems that way sometimes! But then with Lily there came a day, at around 3 months, when I realized that cloth diapering had just

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Time Magazine features cloth diapers!
January 10, 2008 9:25 pm | by

Time Magazine just published a fantastic, positive article about cloth diapers on their website tonight! The article, expertly written by author Pamela Paul, discusses the benefits of cloth diapering, the arguments against and features several cloth diaper brands including bumGenius, Fuzzi Bunz, Happy Heiny’s, Kissaluvs and gDiapers.

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Cloth Diapering Celebrities (and the rise of cloth diapering in modern America)
December 27, 2007 6:36 pm | by

This year, many celebrity parents have chosen to “go green” and use cloth diapers with their new baby. According to Celebrity Baby Blog: Singer Dave Matthews cloth diapers his son, Oliver. Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard cloth diaper their daughter,Ramona. CSI: NY actress Anna Belknap cloth diapers her daughter. Singer and actress couple Brad and Kimberly Williams-Paisley cloth diapertheir son William Huckleberry. Numb3rs actress Diane Farr cloth diapers her son Beckett Mancuso. Model and actress Josie Maran uses gDiapers with her daughter Rumi Joon. Our goal at Cotton Babies is to see cloth diapers on more babies. When we

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