Raise your hand if you are constantly falling behind on laundry. My hand is way up in the air! Even pre-kids, I had a hard time keeping up with laundry. Now, I am the main washer of clothes for my family of 4 plus pets. It’s amazing how much clothing tiny humans seem to dirty! Add cloth diaper laundry, and it’s like the mail. It just keeps coming and will never be done. Tips for Keeping Up with Laundry Make a Plan When I am getting ready, I can easily go through multiple outfits until I find something worthy of
Cloth Diapers
After intense testing, interviews, reporting and more, Wirecutter has named bumGenius Original 5.0 as the Best Cloth Diaper! What makes bumGenius Original 5.0 the best cloth diaper? Wirecutter noted that bumGenius Original 5.0 excels at containing leaks, is easy to understand and use, and is readily available in many colors. Other top features: Longevity. bumGenius 5.0s hold up well with long-term cloth diapering. Easy to clean. There aren’t tons of crevices for poop to collect. Great absorption. The quick-wicking suede cloth and microfiber inserts hold a lot of liquid. Pocket diapers like the bumGenius Original 5.0 can be customized to get the perfect
We’re bringing “What’s OTB” (on the bum) to a whole new level with an Instagram Photo Contest! We know you pretty much can’t get enough of your #clothdiapers, so why not a little extra incentive to show them off? To celebrate our bumGenius Color Revival now through July 23, 2018, we’ll be featuring a different diaper color each day on our Instagram accounts and WE’RE GIVING AWAY CLOTH DIAPERS! <3 How to Enter the Color Revival Contest Post a fun pic of your cloth diapers in that color and Tag #lovemyclothdiapers and #bgDOTD (bumGenius Diaper of the Day) for a chance
A while back, we rolled out some limited edition bumGenius baseball diapers to celebrate World Series Champs. Our fans in our Facebook group, the Mob, said our original baseball diapers were a home run! We’ve had requests to offer them again, but we didn’t want to do the exact same thing. We’re mixing it up! To make fans of every team happy, we have introduced PLAYBALL in some of the most popular team colors. Shop your team colors now! What is a baseball diaper? Our PLAYBALL diapers are bumGenius Freetime diapers with contrasting blanket stitch to make it look like a
NEW bumGenius Unicorn Diaper – Introducing Tay-Tay! Don’t miss your chance to get our first unicorn diaper! Tay-Tay the jolly unicorn frolics around each day with corny things to say…. “What did the unicorn say when it fell? I’ve fallen and I can’t giddy up!” Tay-Tay, a fun, magical unicorn diaper is available exclusively at cottonbabies.com. Bring it home – it’ll bring a smile to your face! Who doesn’t love a magical unicorn? Tay-Tay is our first unicorn diaper, and we’re pretty sure you’re going to fall in love with it, too! What makes Tay-Tay so unique? This small batch unicorn
We have exciting news! As many of you know we released Elemental Joy in the Fall of 2017. We know that diapers are expensive. Many families struggle to feed their family and buy diapers. If a family wants to use cloth diapers, cost shouldn’t be an obstacle. Our heart is to make cloth diapers accessible to as many people as possible. We know little changes make a big difference. Walmart Open Call This week Jenn attended some meetings at Walmart’s 5th Annual Open Call at their headquarters in Bentonville, AR. Earlier today, we were informed that we are one step closer
Cotton Babies started out as a baby retailer selling baby slings. Then, our owner, Jenn Labit, went on to make her own cloth diaper inserts. In 2005, she created bumGenius cloth diapers. Since then, we’ve expanded our brands and make lots of (we think) cool products that help make life easier for parents and eliminate waste. Cotton Babies products have a focus on baby, but many can be used by the entire family. Here’s a breakdown of our evergrowing product assortment, the majority of which are made in the USA! bumGenius bumGenius is where it all started. These cloth diapers are
The bumGenius Diaper subscription with exclusive prints is available through the Cloth Diaper Collectors Club! Did you know it’s been a year since we premiered the Doodles Collection? We’ve had so much fun creating imaginative, playful cloth diaper prints to send to you on a month-to-month basis. The bumGenius diaper subscription is getting some updates too! Since the Cloth Diaper Collectors Club has been around for a year now, we’ve been reviewing feedback. One of the biggest requests we receive is – can I just buy the single diaper??? And now we’re excited we can say yes! The bumGenius diaper
Important info regarding the April 2018 Collectors Club shipment. Sometimes you just got to mix it up! We’ve been scrambling the last week or so because it turns out, the fabric for BOT-OF-TEA is still steeping and won’t be here in time for your April delivery. So…. we’re moving BOT-OF-TEA into May. It is a bummer, so we decided to have a little fun mixer based on fabric we still had on hand from Doodles round 1. If you prefer not to receive this Mix Up set, no problem. Just contact us and we’re happy to refund this month. Mix
I won’t lie. When I was researching cloth diapers before I had my first child, I was taken aback by the cost. I knew it would cost more than a box of diapers, and after I figured out the costs of diapering over a lifetime, I accepted that though the initial outlay was higher than I wanted, I would save money in the long run compared to using disposable diapers. I ended up using cloth diapers on four children and even after factoring my need to buy an additional 2 dozen prefolds, more diaper covers, and a new wet bag,