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Maria is an aspiring "fit mom" of 3 children, writing about cloth diapers, going green, and her life as a single mom. Maria works with many companies within the cloth diaper industry and beyond, providing social media management, product development, and other services.
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Econobum Winner

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I hope everyone enjoyed the easy entry for this giveaway!  Expect to see easier giveaway entries from my blog in the future.  Of course, if they are sponsored by someone else (other than me) there will be at least one optional entry to benefit them (such as liking their Facebook page.)  You can expect to see an optional entry from me every now and again, but I will try to keep it simple and easy.
The winner of the Econobum is Michele of Found Giveaways.  Congratulations Michele!
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Weekly Friday Giveaway Roundup for August 13th, 2010

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Each Friday, I will post cloth diaper, babywearing and “green” giveaways that I’ve found, or that readers have submitted. The post will be accompanied by a linky where you may enter any family friendly (no “adult” products please!) giveaways, they do not need to be diaper related.

If you have a cloth diaper/accessory/babywearing/green giveaway you would like to be listed in the next giveaway roundup post, please email a link, blog name, giveaway title, end date and photo (if applicable) to change.diapers.change.the.world at gmail dot com.

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My Econobum Giveaway ends tonight, 8/13  Very easy entry, single entry method, just leave a comment!

This week’s giveaway finds
The Cloth Diaper Whisperer 
Wahmies Diaper from The Cloth Diaper Retailer Cooperative and Tender Loving Cloth Diapers (ends today, 8/13)  Mandatory entry is a Facebook “like,” which I do not care for but you might want to enter.
FuzziBunz Perfect Size Diaper from My New Life as Mom and Snappy Diapers (ends 9/6)

Bummas Wipes from Happily Southern (ends 8/21)

Bum Essentials AI2 from Mama B and The Baby Plus Store (ends 8/20)

Thirsties Duo Hemp Prefold from The Cloth Diaper Retailer Cooperative and Earth Angels Diaper Co. (ends 8/31)

Planet Wise Wet Bag from Living on Love and Cents (ends 8/23)

Envibum Diaper or cover from Mama to 3 Blessings (ends 8/17)

Envibum Diaper from Mommy of 1 and Counting (ends 8/21)

Envibum Diaper or cover from A Mom’s Take (ends 8/20)

Bum Essentials Diaper from My New Life as Mom (ends 9/9)

Mother-Ease fitted diaper & cover from Dirty Diaper Laundry (ends 8/23)

Sleepy Wrap from Survey Junkie (ends 8/31)

Lovelybums hand painted organic fitted diaper from Sap’s Mama (ends 8/25)

Green Acre Designs Diaper from Home Grown Families and The Diaper Wagon (ends 8/25) Requires a Facebook like, comment and blog follow for the mandatory entry

Super Doopsy Insert from The Cloth Diaper Report (ends either 8/16 or 8/20, the title says 8/20 but the bottom with the entry instructions says 8/16)

Bummas Wipes from A Mommy’s Blessings (ends 8/27)

Snappi from Happily Southern (ends 8/28)

ReThink Crafts Cloth Diaper Cover from Everything Mom and Baby (ends 8/26)

Super Undies Cloth Trainer from Liz Has a Life (ends 8/27) 

Giveaways still running from last week:

pediped® Originals® from One Savvy Mom (ends 8/31)

Thirsties Duo Diaper from Happily Southern (ends 8/21)

Happy Heiny’s Diaper from Happily Southern (ends 8/21)

Mother-Ease Diaper & Cover from My New Life as Mom (ends 9/3)

Planet Wise Wet/Dry Bag from Mommy is Green (ends 8/19)

Nifty Nappy Diaper from It’s Me Melbie (ends 9/4)

Tiny Tush Diaper from Liz Has a Life (ends 8/18)

FuzziBunz Starter Kit from Pregnancy360 (ends 8/31) Super easy entry!!

Diaper Sprayer from My New Life as Mom (ends 8/25)

Thirsties duo diaper from Organic Girl (ends 8/18)

Knickernappies Diaper from Wee Little Changes (ends 8/22)

You may enter any family friendly giveaway in the linky below. The format Blog name – Giveaway Item – Ending date works well. At a minimum, please include the item and end date, and link directly to the giveaway.

Please view my post on where I list my giveaways to find more great places to link up!

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Doodle Dypes AI2 Review

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I received my Doodle Dypes all-in-two diaper a few weeks ago, and it earned it’s spot in my pile of favorites right away!
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Sandy of Doodle Dypes makes many of her diapers custom to order.  Mine has a cotton knit outer, hidden procare waterproof barrier and an organic bamboo fleece inner.
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I love this print!  I think the blue makes it suit my son, but the purple hearts would work for a girl too.
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This is an AI2 with a snap-in soaker.
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You can overlap the wings to fit a slimmer baby.
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This definitely looks like a professionally sewn diaper, with even stitching and evenly applied snaps.
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It is a “one size” by way of a fold down rise.  One thing that’s unique is that the second row of snaps are hidden (applied under the inner layer) so when you’re using this on a smaller baby, no snaps will touch his/her tummy.
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The all-in-two’s snap in soaker can give you 5-15 layers of organic bamboo fleece absorbency, depending on how you fold it.
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Organic Bamboo Fleece needs to be prepped (washed on hot & dried on medium heat 3-4 times) and will gain maximum absorbency after about 10 washes.  Sandy pre-washes all of her fabrics before sewing, so you don’t have to worry about any uneven shrinking.
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Above is how you use the fold-down rise.

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I’m able to get a good fit with or without folding down the rise.  The fit looks a little strange in that picture for some reason, but it’s not!
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It fits wonderfully around the legs too.
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I was anxious to get the diaper on him, so I only washed it once.
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The absorbency is fantastic.
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Our Doodle Dype is in our regular rotation.  In fact, my son is wearing it and sitting on my lap right now!
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We have even used it on car rides with no leaking, and it doesn’t have the wicking (at the legs) issues that some diapers with a cotton outer & hidden PUL have!  I do know that the cotton outer will fade and wear over time.  That’s just the nature of a cotton knit fabric.
A Doodle Dypes all-in-two will need to be changed at each diaper change, it isn’t the hybrid type where you can just change out a soaker.  Each one retails for $20 and you can shop Doodle Dypes on HyenaCart and visit Doodle Dypes on Facebook!
The diaper was provided to me free of charge for the purpose of this review.  I was not requested or required to write a positive review, and all opinions are my own.  I was not otherwise compensated for my review.
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New review archive, and why diaper laundry is fun

>So, looking back at some of my old reviews, I’m a little embarrassed.  When I was newer at cloth diapering, I wasn’t as good at reviewing since I didn’t know specifically what I was looking for or what I preferred. 

Even so, I’ve wanted to point people back to older reviews quite a bit.  I use tags, a blog post archive and a blog search feature, but I still have trouble finding things…and I know what I’m looking for is there!

I wanted to make it really easy for someone to see if I had already reviewed something and easily go to those posts.  So, I created the “Review Archive” page.  My intentions are to update that as I add new reviews, so you can quickly and easily refer back to them.  I’ve divided it by category as well.  The link will be at the top of the page, in the upper left corner (right under “home.”)

Another thing I did was to go to most of the reviews that are more than 3 months old, and add a short snippet at the end to update how it’s working for us now.

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and that is why diaper laundry is fun!
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my little helper may make things take a little longer…
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but he sure is cute!
My little lazybones is finally standing!
Hopefully he will be walking soon!
He knows just what to do!
Here you go Mommy!
Or maybe I’ll just…
drop it right here!  Hee hee!
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EcoMom $15 GC Giveaway Winner

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There were good odds on this one, only 151 entries!  The winner is Jen of We Love Fluffy Bums!
Congratulations Jen!
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