12 (Plus Linky for All Giveaways)

Mar 9,2012 / By Maria / 2 Comments

It’s time again for a cloth diaper giveaway roundup. This weekly roundup includes cloth diapers, accessories & baby wearing items.

If you’d like me to list your cloth diaper, accessory, baby wearing (etc.) giveaway next week, send a link and description to maria at change-diapers.com, or Fill out my contact form for readers.

My CJ’s BUTTer giveaway ends 3/15 RC

My Just Clean Wipe Bits giveaway ends 3/21 and is open to the U.S. and Canada RC

*Prizes from Fuzzibunz (no set end date, ends at 25k fans) Entry is through Facebook app, must “like” them on Facebook to enter

*$10 Diaper Junction GC from Earth Faerie Momma Mandatory Facebook “like” (ends 3/9) RC

*Softbums Omni from Brookie’s Baby Bargains (ends 3/9) RC

Honeybuns Diaper from mama Birth Mandatory Facebook “like” (ends 3/9)

*WAHMies diaper from Daily Mothering (ends 3/10) RC

*Sunbaby Diaper from Daily Mothering (ends 3/10) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

*Swaddlebees Simplex from Kissed by the Moon & Mama on a Green Mission (ends 3/10) RC

Thirsties Duo Diaper from Growing Up Geeky (ends 3/10) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

*Ones & Twos Diaper from Natural Parents Network (ends 3/11) RC

*$20 Bouncing Babies GC from So Easy Being Green (ends 3/11) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

*Greenchild Creations Diaper from Home Grown Families (ends 3/11) RC

*Blissful Booty Diaper from One More Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Mandatory GFC follow (ends 3/11) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

Sunbaby Diaper from Diary of a Working Mom (ends 3/11)

*Softbums Echo from Green Mama Jama Mandatory GFC follow (ends 3/12) RC

*Dick & Jane Diaper from On Being a Mom Two Mandatory Facebook “likes” (ends 3/12) Open to the U.S. and Canada

*Baby by Danish Wet Bag from On Being a Mom Two Mandatory Facebook “likes” (ends 3/12) Open to the U.S. and Canada

*Snappi from Contemplate Cloth Mandatory GFC follow (ends 3/12) RC

*$25 Oeko Popo GC from Dirty Diaper Laundry (ends 3/12) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

*$20 Rearz GC from Manager to Mom (ends 3/12) RC

*Sweet Pea Prefold & Cover from inRandom (ends 3/13) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

*Londonware Diaper Cover & Leg Warmers from Letters from Momma (ends 3/13) RC

Rumparooz Insert from Doable Diapers (ends 3/13) RC

*Boba Baby Carrier from Under the Apple Tree Mandatory Facebook “like” (ends 3/14) RC

*$20 Abby’s Lane GC from Mama on a Green Mission (ends 3/14) RC

$10 Jack Be Natural GC from Life With My Littles Mandatory GFC follow (ends 3/14) RC

Lil Helper Diaper from Really Are You Serious (ends 3/14) RC

*Cloth Diaper from Eco Crazy Mom (ends 3/15) RC

*$50 Abby’s Lane GC (ends 3/15) RC

Oeko Popo Diaper from My This n That Life Mandatory GFC follow (ends 3/15) RC

Sew Is Your Baby Diaper from Baby Giveaways Galore (ends 3/15) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

Doopsy Diaper from Life Full of Unexpected Happiness Two Mandatory Facebook “likes” (ends 3/15) RC

*Baby K’tan Carrier from A Nation of Moms (ends 3/16) RC

*GroVia Trainer from Happenings of the Harper Household (ends 3/16) RC

Fuzzibunz Diaper from Changing Diapers & Sapsmama (ends 3/16) RC

*Thirsties Duo AIO from Eco-Babyz Mandatory GFC follow (ends 3/17) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

Softbums Diaper from According to Jenny (ends 3/17) RC

Ones & Twos Diaper from Baby Dickey (ends 3/17) RC

Babyville Boutique Products from Nicki the Eval Gal Mandatory GFC follow (ends 3/17) RC

Knickernappies Diaper from Petite Bottoms & Dibs (ends 3/18) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

Rumparooz Diaper from The Green Nursery and Cloth Diaper Geek (ends 3/18) RC

Glow Bug Diaper from Diaper Deals Two Mandatory Facebook “likes” (ends 3/18) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

*Perfect Bum Diaper from Mama Loves her Bargains (ends 3/21) RC

Incredibum Wipes from So Easy Being Green (ends 3/21) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

Baby K’tan Carrier from 7 Kids & Counting Mandatory Facebook “like” and Twitter follow (ends 3/22) RC

Flip Diapers & Planet Wise Wet Bag from Abby’s Lane (ends 3/22) RC

Glow Bug Diaper from Surf Mommie Mandatory Facebook “like” (ends 3/23) RC

Wee Pantz Diaper from Daily Mothering (ends 3/24) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

Groovycheeks Diaper from Green Mama Jama Mandatory GFC follow and Facebook “like” (ends 3/26) RC

Thirsties Duo AIO from Jack be Natural & Earth Faerie Momma Two mandatory Facebook “likes” (ends 3/26) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

Booty Buns Diaper from Contemplate Cloth Mandatory GFC follow (ends 3/26) RC

$20 Haute Bottoms Diaper from Oh the Joys of Boys (ends 3/29) RC

Tiny Tush Diaper from Padded Tush Stats (ends 3/31) Open to the U.S. and Canada RC

Planet Wise Wet Bag from Kissed by the Moon and 4 The Love of Sanity Mandatory GFC follow and Facebook “like” (ends 4/2) RC

*giveaways that have been listed in a prior week’s roundup
RC Entries collected via Rafflecopter
GD Entries collected via Google Docs Form

You may enter any “family friendly” giveaway in the linky below. The form Blog name – Giveaway Item – Ending date works well. Please at least include the item and end date, and link directly to the giveaway.

View my where I list my giveaways post, to find more places to link up your giveaways!

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Knickernappies Cloth Diaper Winner

Mar 8,2012 / By Maria / No Comment

548 people entered this giveaway, with 3093 entries in all!

The winning entry is #1138, which is Jennifer B. Congrats Jennifer, I’m sending you an email so you can claim your prize!

If you didn’t win, I hope you will check Knickernappies out. I love their Loopydo and Superdo inserts in just about all my pocket diapers, and I love their o/s diapers too of course!

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Diaper Cream Giveaway Review

CJ’s BUTTer Review & Giveaway (CLOSED 3/15)

Mar 8,2012 / By Maria / 1 Comment

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been cloth diapering as long as I have, and I’m just now trying CJ’s BUTTer. I’ve heard so much about it, that I contacted them to see if I could buy a bunch of samples to use as prizes (they are sponsoring the next few months of “top fans” runner-up prizes) and they sent a few extra for me to try too.

BUTTer is a cloth safe diaper cream (as long as you use a thin layer!) that seems to work for just about everything! It’s available in tubs, sticks and tubes from $6.97 for a .75 oz stick, up to $19 for a 12 ounce tub. BUTTer comes in tons of yummy scents, as well as a plus formula (formerly the yeast formula) and a vegan version (shea butter, cocoa butter & sesame oil.) They also have a spray version, foaming cleanser, body lotions and more!

CJ’s BUTTer ingredients: shea butter, olive oil, coconut oil, lanolin, beeswax, cocoa butter, vitamin e, colloidal oatmeal, fragrance

CJ’s BUTTer PLUS ingredients: shea butter, olive oil, coconut oil, beeswax, cocoa butter, sesame oil, vitamin e, neem oil

Most of the samples had a safety seal, which foiled my plan to sit & sniff all your prizes. Hmph. If you want to try lots of scents, you can create your own sampler of .5 oz tubs.

When using this as a diaper cream, I got just a tiny bit on my fingers, rubbed them between my fingers & applied. I used a lot more in these photos to show the texture. It looks greasy above, but within a few minutes, it absorbed and left my skin super soft, but not greasy. I have terrible eczema and my hands crack & bleed in the winter (you can see band aids on my hands in some videos, LOL.) Luckily, my hands aren’t bad when I am pregnant or newly breastfeeding, but I’ve had bad patches on my upper arms lately. I applied CJ’s overnight, then lightly exfoliated in the shower and they are all but gone. I also used it on my feet and wore socks to bed (yuck on the socks in bed, but it worked.) I even put a bit on my fingertips, rubbed them together, then smoothed the ends of my hair. It tamed my frizzies without making my hair gross!

Oh yeah, it’s a diaper cream too. 😉 The fragrance was pleasant but not overwhelming, and didn’t seem to irritate my sons’ skin.

I also tried the CJ’s lip balm, which sells for $3.30 for a standard .15 oz tube. You can also get a 4-pack for $10.50 if you can’t pick just one flavor!

CJ’s BUTTer lip balm ingredients: soybean oil, cocoa butter, shea butter, apricot kernel oil, almond oil, coconut oil, vegetable glycerin, beeswax, flavor

I tried the strawberries & cream flavor (yum!) but I think they all sound fantastic, especially liptricity (peppermint), mint chocolate chip, mochaccino, lemon cheesecake & vanilla chai latte!

I’m particular about my lip products. I don’t like anything sticky or waxy. The CJ’s slicked on smoothly (didn’t need much at all) and felt satiny. Even after it started to wear off after drinking, my lips felt soft for hours. The overall texture of the stick seemed softer than most store bought lip balms at first, but after I used the top bit of lip balm, the rest of the stick was firmer.

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Giveaway: One reader will receive a 4 oz. Tube of CJ’s Original BUTTer® in his/her choice of scent. The retail value of this prize is $9.00. In order to be a “giveaway” the prize has to be free (of course) so this giveaway is open to the lower 48 states of the U.S. only. However, if you are outside of this area and would like to enter, CJ’s would ask that you pay half of the shipping. Void where prohibited of course! Entries go in the Rafflecopter form.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

FTC compliance: I received samples at no cost in order to review. I was not otherwise compensated for this post, and all opinions are my own.

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Giveaway Review Wipes Solution

Just Clean Wipes Bits Review & Giveaway – 3 Winners (CLOSED 3/21) U.S./Canada

Mar 7,2012 / By Maria / 2 Comments

Just Clean Wipe Bits are pieces of wipe solution you dissolve in water to make an easy, hypoallergenic (and vegan) cloth wipe solution.

Ingredients are: Glycerin (kosher of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Soybean protein (conditioner), Olive Oil (naturally contains Vitamin E and anti-oxidants), Apricot Kernel Oil (softening/moisturizer), Witch Hazel (skin toner/healing) and Tea tree Oil

Just use 1 bit per 8 oz of water, heat the water & stir to dissolve. I like to use distilled water to keep it fresher. I typically use a spray bottle to spritz wipes (or directly on the bottom…that’s what I do for my older son but it seems to surprise the baby too much, LOL.)

This time, I folded my wipes to pop up and poured the solution over them (I used about 2 cups for 13 wipes.) This was nice, but I don’t often do it since I have two in diapers so what I can fit in one container isn’t enough for a day. Doing this would be better with thinner wipes and/or with only 1 in diapers!

The bits are available in 1 scent only, to keep prices down. The solution smells like its ingredients, and reminds me of a Clean & Clear shine control astringent (in a green bottle) that I used in the early 1990’s (probably the witch hazel?). My husband thinks it smells like a cleaning product.

It did the job to get my boys clean without leaving residue. It’s hypoallergenic and the witch hazel & TTO help soothe. A bag of 20 bits (makes 20 cups of solution) retails for $4.99, but is value priced at $2.99 through April 7th.

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Giveaway: 3 winners will receive a 20 piece package of Just Clean Wipe Bits. The retail value of each prize is $4.99. Entries go in the Rafflecopter form.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

FTC compliance: I received product samples for review purposes. I was not otherwise compensated for this post, and all opinions are my own.

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