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Cloth Diaper Basics: Inserts 101
December 22, 2013 12:31 pm | by

Cloth diapers provide families with options.  From the color and closure to the type of inserts you use, you get to choose YOUR cloth diapers. With that said, the number of options can be overwhelming, so it’s important to know how each type of diaper and insert works.  This post is a quick guide to cloth diapers and inserts. The bumGenius 4.0 is a pocket style diaper, which means you need to stuff it with inserts to become absorbent.  Most parents stuff bumGenius 4.0s with bum genius Stay-Dry Inserts.  These inserts are one-size and will grow with your baby.  Just coordinate

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Cloth 201: Diaper Creams
December 8, 2013 11:57 am | by
Cloth Diaper Creams

Diaper cream — our favorite topic. In fact, it seems to be everyone’s favorite topic when it comes to cloth diapers. A LOT of parents often wonder if cloth diaper cream is okay to use with cloth diapers and the answer is yes, but under a few conditions. You see, with bumGenius, Flip and Econobum cloth diapers, you can’t just lather your baby’s bum in a cream and place a cover over it. This will void your warranty, as it can cause a whole mess of issues such as leaks, odors, and unnecessary wear and tear. Creams and lotion are designed

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Cloth 201: Drying Your Cloth Diapers
November 24, 2013 9:34 am | by
Cloth Diaper Creams

During the summer, most of us have the luxury of drying and sunning our cloth diapers outdoors since the weather is warmer. But during the cool, winter months, most of us can’t. So what’s a busy mom to do when she can’t dry her cloth diapers outside? Dry her cloth diapers inside, of course! First off, let’s cover the basic rules of drying cloth diapers. Just because you have to dry your cloth diapers indoors for a few months does not mean that you can do it in the dryer! bumGenius Freetime – The bumGenius Freetime was specifically designed to dry faster,

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Storing Cloth Diapers for the Next Baby
November 10, 2013 11:43 am | by
Prepping Cloth Diapers

Cloth diapers are meant to be reused.  And depending on the condition of your stash and the overall wear and tear, you may be able cloth diaper future children with your existing bumGenius, Flip, and Econobum products, which increases your savings and helps you get the most out of your investment. We have put together some helpful tips for storing cloth diapers for the next baby. Unlike other household items, cloth diapers should not be tossed into a box and dumped in a closet or basement for a few months — or years. So if you’re planning to use your cloth diapers on another

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Cloth 101: Cloth Diapering at Night
November 3, 2013 2:03 pm | by
Prepping Cloth Diapers

Using cloth diapers at night should be just as easy as using cloth diapers during the day, right? The short answer is yes.  But sometimes, cloth diapering at night takes a bit more work.  Whether it’s due to your little one’s sleep position, the amount of time your baby rests, or if you have a heavy wetter, you may experience more cloth diaper leaks at night than you would during the day. Try some of these tips to help you cloth diaper at night and stay leak-free! 1. Double up.  With bumGenius 4.0, or other similar pocket styles,  you can stuff additional

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Prepping Cloth Diapers
October 20, 2013 11:10 am | by
Prepping Cloth Diapers

Prepping Cloth Diapers Cotton Babies released new prints and products last week, so it’s only suiting to write a blog post about prepping cloth diapers — especially because a handful of people most likely ordered these items. Prepping cloth diapers is one of the most important steps in getting your cloth diapers ready for use and ensuring maximum absorbency. We’ve come up with a quick list for how you prep bumGenius Freetime, Original Pocket Diaper 5.0, Newborn or Flip Diaper and Econobum One-Size and Newborn Covers, and Stay Dry inserts. Prepping Cloth Diapers in Six Easy Steps Sort your cloth diapers into like colors, just like you would

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Cloth 201 – How to Deal with a Diaper Blowout
October 14, 2013 5:54 pm | by
Cloth Diaper Creams

What better way to spark some fear into a parent than by mentioning the unthinkable — yet unstoppable — diaper blowout. I mean, diaper blowouts are a mom or dad’s worst nightmare because well, poop.. everywhere. Now, when nature calls, it calls, and there’s not much you can do about it. But if you’re prepared, especially during a blowout, you can find a little redemption in a horrifying situation. Check the fit of your cloth diapers. This is singlehandedly the most important step in fighting the blowout. To learn how to check the fit of your cloth diapers, click here.

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Cloth 101: Prepping Your Cloth Diapers
September 29, 2013 1:44 pm | by
Prepping Cloth Diapers

Cloth 101: Prepping your cloth diapers Cloth diapers require a little bit of TLC but with a little big of info you can set yourself up for prepping your cloth diapers and you’re ready to go. It’s true, you will need to wash your diapers a bit differently than you would with other laundry — from start to finish. Prepping your cloth diapers is pretty simple and we have a few tricks that can help make it even easier such as the wet towel tricks and regular washes with hot and cold cycles become part of your cloth diaper laundry routine. So, when you pick

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Cloth 201: High Efficiency Wash Machines
September 8, 2013 3:50 pm | by

Washing cloth diapers in a high efficiency wash machine shouldn’t be any different than washing cloth diapers in a top loader or laundromat. Sometimes, however, it is different because HE wash machines use as little water and energy as possible to clean your laundry. This can be good and bad. When washing dirty cloth diapers, it is extremely important to be sure that your bumGenius, Flip and Econobum covers are getting cleaned enough. If not, your cloth diapers may start to stink due to detergent build up and left over messes, which could irritate your baby’s sensitive skin. Finding the

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Love My Cloth Diapers
September 1, 2013 1:46 pm | by

Did you see our announcement on Facebook last week? We are looking for a bunch of  lifestyle shots of babies wearing bumGenius, Flip Diapers, and Econobum products for a project we are working on this fall. If you have a photo that you took of your baby that you’d like us to consider for this, please post it to our wall, leave it in the comments section below, or email it to media@cottonbabies.com. Be sure to Include a quote about why you love the diaper your baby is wearing. If you are a Twitter or Instagram person, post the shot

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