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Product Reviews
May 29, 2009 4:20 pm | by

The product review system online is starting to get murky as more and more companies begin to solicit posts from bloggers. While we value the blogging community (I am a blogger myself), we also believe that value and reliability of a review lies in the unsolicited, unbiased opinion of the person writing the review. With that in mind, I wanted to state a few important points about how we handle product reviews: 1. Cotton Babies does not solicit rewarded or paid reviews of our products or our website. Reviews that you read can be trusted as unsolicited reviews from real

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Alert to bloggers who also cloth diaper!
May 22, 2009 5:25 pm | by

The cloth diaper industry (businesses and consumers alike) needs to work together to effectively counter a bribed blogger initiative designed to promote disposable diapers through mommy bloggers. This is coming directly from the disposable diaper companies. You may have already started to see these posts on some blogs. As a reference, you can rely on this little tidbit in the Wall Street Journal in an article called “Big Diaper Makers Square Off” published on April 13, 2009. “Kimberly-Clark plans to ship free samples of its new diapers to about 500“mommy bloggers,” hoping to build buzz among mothers who write aboutchild-rearing

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Why do you cloth diaper?
May 21, 2009 12:02 pm | by

Cloth diapers are all over the news these days – everything from how easy and convenient they are to use to the fact that they are more cost-effective, better for the environment and safer for our babies’ bums than disposables. It is often said “these aren’t your grandma’s cloth diapers” and that couldn’t be a more accurate statement. Sure, prefolds with a diaper cover resemble the diapers we toddled around in, but with amazing diapering systems out there, like bumGenius, cloth diapering breathes a whole new life. A recent article at thebigmoney.com focuses on the rise in cloth diapering during

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Halting Houdini (or at least slowing down little escape artists)
May 19, 2009 12:15 pm | by

Some babies never try it. Once their diaper is on, they toddle off to resume their normal activities. But some… you never know in what condition you will find their diaper – or if you will ever find it at all. These little engineers have busy fingers and figure out how to take anything and everything apart. On of my friends had a child like this. When they put her pajamas on they had to put a safety pin in between each of the snaps or they would find her in the middle of the night, buck naked. My Lily

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What’s your bumGenius story?
May 12, 2009 2:03 pm | by

I love reading and hearing about all the great adventures in cloth diapering – stories ranging from why you picked bumGenius as your cloth diaper of choice to funny stories involving your daily experiences with cloth diapers. Here are two blog posts that made me smile: A video game dad turned cloth diapering fan. (I’m a sucker for the dads that love their bumGenius!) An expectant mother’s excitement over her first cloth diaper purchase. So… what is your bumGenius story? Post in the comments or send me an email at kc.cottonbabies AT gmail DOT com.

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A Post-partum Review – Nursing A Newborn
May 8, 2009 1:44 pm | by

Elsie is now almost three months old. We’re finally settling into a routine. She is adjusting well to life outside of my uterus. As we suspected, our first weeks with her home were wonderful but rough as my body went through the initial postpartum period. I’m back to work now and learning how to to do life as a company owner with a nursling. When I posted about her birth, I promised a review of some of my favorite products for the postpartum time period. I’m finally getting a moment this afternoon to write a review of the nursing products

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Will She Notice?
May 7, 2009 12:19 am | by

I posted recently that I have had Lily (19months) in disposables while I navigated the stormy waters of morning sickness. I wondered what she would think when I switched her back. The first cloth diaper I put on her as a bumGenius. I didn’t point it out to her that it was any different than her usual disposable diaper, I just did a matter-of-fact diaper change and sent her on her way. She didn’t blink an eye and did not seem to notice a difference in any way. At the next diaper change, I tried something different. I let her

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Lower the carbon impact of using cloth diapers!
May 4, 2009 7:36 pm | by

So, I learned something new recently. According to a recent UK study, we can lower the carbon (ie: environmental) impact of using cloth diapers to 40% less (!) than the carbon impact of using disposable diapers. You can. Here’s how: 1. Wash cloth diapers in temperatures under 140 F / 60 C. 2. Line dry cloth diapers. 3. Use your diapers for a second child. If you need to know what carbon impact is… here’s a quick primer: Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that affects the ozone layer. Lowering greenhouse gas emissions helps address global warming issues. The goal

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We Love bumGenius Reviews!
April 28, 2009 10:38 am | by

The bumGenius Organic One-Size is getting rave reviews on babyworld! Check it out and post your own review while you’re there! Learn more about the bumGenius Organic One-Size here.

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11 Weeks
April 25, 2009 10:40 pm | by

It’s been a while since I have been around here, since December 4th to be exact. How did it get to be the end of April? It’s been a bit of a busy year around here. My oldest child moved out to go to college, and we discovered that we were expecting again. I am now 11 weeks along and I think I am on the upswing from the nasty nausea that has been ever present for the last several weeks. I can’t complain though – after suffering from hyperemesis during almost every one of my pregnancies, a little bit

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