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3 bumGenius Freetime Diapers – Giveaway from Diaper Junction (CLOSED 10/6) U.S./Canada

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I think we have all heard the exciting news about the new bumGenius prints (Albert and Lovelace), colors (Dazzle, Mirror and Sassy) and products, including the bumGenius! Freetime diapers and Flip Potty Trainers!

bumgenius freetime

They are not shipping until December, but Diaper Junction (one of my favorite places to buy cloth diapers!) is giving one of my readers the chance to win not one but three of the bumGenius Freetime One Size AIO cloth diapers!

bumgenius freetime

Like everyone else, I haven’t gotten to see or try these diapers, and while AIOs aren’t my favorite type of diaper, I’m still really excited to try them. I think the soaker style (sewn in at the ends only) will be much easier to thoroughly clean than the sewn in style of the now discontinued sized AIOs. The style will also allow you to fold the soakers to put maximum absorbency just where you need it, and they are topped with stay-dry material. The shell is lined with an extra layer of microfiber terry and a stay dry material touching baby as well!

On the flip side, they won’t be quite as cloth diaper novice friendly as a pre-stuffed pocket diaper, and the soaker style may make them a little more messy to clean (if poopy) like the Organic O/S AIO (Elemental) diapers. Obviously, that’s all just speculation, since I haven’t actually tried them!

bumgenius freetime

They will be the snap-down rise one size style we expect from bumGenius, and will be available in both Velcro and snap closures.

The Freetime diapers will retail for $19.95 each ($2.00 extra for prints) and Diaper Junction will offer quantity discounts when you purchase 3-5, 6-11 or 12+ at a time! Get on the waiting list now, and then enter to win some!

Giveaway: Diaper Junction is offering one of my readers 3 solid color bumGenius Freetime diapers. Diapers will ship in December and while I will pass along your color/closure preferences and DJ will do their best to fulfill your favorites, winner chooses just boy, girl or gender neutral.

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Cloth Diapering Cloth Diapers Diaper Sewing Materials Giveaway

Babyville Boutique DIY Cloth Diaper Sewing Program Kit Giveaway (CLOSED 9/27)

Babyville Boutique 7 diapers

Babyville Boutique 1

Babyville Boutique is a DIY cloth diaper sewing program from Prym that has just about everything you need to make cute diaper covers, diapers and accessories.

Babyville Boutique 3 projects Babyville Boutique 2 products

Available Babyville Boutique products include PUL (polyurethane laminate) fabric (in 10 prints and 14 solid colors) sold in packages of 3 generously sized 21″ x 24″ diaper cuts (MSRP $14.99) or by the yard, fold over elastic (FOE), plastic snaps, snap pliers, embroidered appliques (MSRP $5.99), embroidered labels, colored hook and loop tape (MSRP 3.49) and buttons. All products have been tested for, and either meet or exceed CPSC and CPSIA certified lab testing requirements. They are also BPA, PVC and Phthalate free.

Two full color books, the “Cloth Diapers Made Easy” Sewing Book and “Baby Essentials Made Easy” complete the family of products.

In “Cloth Diapers Made Easy,” you’ll find pull-out patterns for diapers and soakers for newborn to large sizes.

Babyville Introduces Cloth Diapers Made Easy:

“Baby Essentials Made Easy” will inspire you to make changing pads, bibs, placemats, diaper bag, toys and much more.

Babyville Introduces Baby Essentials Made Easy:

You can subscribe Babyville Boutique on YouTube so you don’t miss new videos/tutorials they add!

This diaper bag, swim bag and headband are all things you can make with Babyville Boutique products!

Babyville Boutique Swim Bag Babyville Boutique Diaper Bag
Babyville Boutique 9 headband

If you are making a diaper cover, you can buy everything but the thread from Babyville Boutique. If you want to make a lined or pocket diaper, you would buy the inner fabric separately. You can make a cover in a few hours, and as you get more practice, you can make them more quickly. You can personalize the diaper by adding a cute applique or label, and more advanced diaper sewers have even cut apart the wings and added contrasting fabric wings. You can really customize them as much as you want to!

Babyville Boutique 5 diapers Babyville Boutique 6 diapers
Babyville Boutique 4 diapers

The Babyville Boutique DIY Diaper Sewing Program arrives in most JoAnn Fabrics, all Hobby Lobby, and select Hancock Fabrics stores starting in September (and I believe the official launch date was actually this week on the 18th!)

Babyville Boutique 7 diapers Babyville Boutique 8 diapers

The Babyville Boutique website and blog will launch soon, and will have places for tutorials, communicating, and sharing. The Babyville Boutique Facebook page has lots more info and great photos of products that testers have made! Also be sure to follow Babyville Boutique on Twitter.

Giveaway: One lucky winner will receive a Babyville Boutique prize package, including a book, a 3pk of diaper cuts for boy or girl, a package of EZ Adjust Tape, and a package of FOE (fold over elastic.) The suggested retail value of this collection is $35.46! Entries go in the Rafflecopter form below!

Babyville Boutique Girl Prize Babyville Boutique Boy Prize

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Cloth Diapering Cloth Wipes Mailbox Mondays Washing

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 9/19/11 – Solid Foods & Cloth Wipes

solid food & #clothdiapers wipes via @chgdiapers

Every Monday, I answer a reader question, and ask everyone else to weigh in too!

Questions don’t have to be cloth diaper related, just email maria at change-diapers.com with “Mailbox Mondays” in the subject, or fill out my contact form for readers, which you will always be able to find on my Contact Page.

Stephanie says:

My little one is still EBF so the poo is easy to clean up, but when she starts solids in a couple months, what am I supposed to do with the wipes? Do they need to be sprayed off along with the diaper before putting them in the wash or is there another way (or maybe a simpler solution)? I know it’s kind of an odd question, but I am just not sure. Thanks!

Stephanie

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Cloth Diapers Mailbox Mondays

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 9/12/11 – Vaccines & Cloth Diapers

vaccines and clothdiapers via @chgdiapers

On Monday, I answer reader questions!

Questions don’t have to be cloth diaper related, just email maria at change-diapers.com with “Mailbox Mondays” in the subject, or fill out my contact form for readers, which you will always be able to find on my Contact Page.

Rachel says:

Here is my question for mailbox monday… I wasn’t able to find much info on the web… My little guy just got a round of immunizations and one of the vaccines, measels mumps rubella, was a live vaccine. Is there anything different i need to do with his cloth diapers? Will the virus transfer to his diapers?

Thanks, Rachel

This is a great question, and one I hadn’t really thought about! Luckily, my B.F.F. is a scientist who holds an M.S. in Molecular Biology, does technical writing, and has worked in a lab with cancer cells, specimens (and other stuff I don’t understand!) In fact, she wrote a great post on Cafemom about How to Kill a Virus, so she was definitely the right person to ask! I’ve actually been trying to get her to guest post forever, but she’s been too busy. I have essentially tricked her into guest posting by grilling her for info, tee-hee!!

So first off, most viruses live less than 2 days outside an animal body. She says: “Understand what happens in the immune system. When germs get in your body, a series of events happens, which ends (more or less) with cellular recognition of the germ (or partial germ, viral particle, peptide, etc) and production of antibodies against the germ. The antibodies bind to the germs, sending signals to other cells to kill the germs. This all happens within a few days when you get sick – and at the same time the germs are multiplying in you, making you sicker.

Most vaccines are weakened or partial virus that can’t multiply no matter what, so there is no virus being produced in the vaccinated person, nor is there any virus being shed, anywhere, including the diaper.” Remembering what was said earlier about how the immune system works; “Well, when the germs come from vaccines, they cannot make more germs, so you don’t really get sick. Your cells still recognize the germs and make antibodies you keep forever – so whenever that germ gets in you in your lifetime, the antibodies already have a head start to find & destroy.”

If the vaccine is a live virus and the mom [or caregiver changing the diaper] hasn’t been vaccinated – I would say 2 days max on the diaper (or any body fluid)… but these ‘live’ viruses are extremely weakened and also should not be able to reproduce, so they should not be able to pass illness to an unvaccinated person.

2 ways to “kill” a virus are:

  • Soapy water (including in the dishwasher and washing machine). A good foamy solution works best at 98-130 degrees F. Use this to wash fabrics, hands/skin, carpets and solid surfaces.
  • Heat between 165 – 212 degrees F for more than 15 minutes. You can sterilize solid items in boiling water or in your oven, including food if you think it is contaminated. Your dishwasher and washing machine may also reach this temperature, depending on the setting of your hot water tank.

It sounds to me like cloth diapers should be a non-issue, even if the person handling the diapers hasn’t been vaccinated. If you want to be on the safe side, your usual hot wash followed by a 15 minute tumble in the dryer (since your water heater is probably only around 120) should be more than enough!

Note from Maria: I’m not a scientist and I don’t play one on the internet. My posts shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. I also trust that we, as moms, have all done our research & made the right choices for our families, so I really don’t want this to turn into a vaccine debate…please and thank you!

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Cloth Diapering Mailbox Mondays Repelling Stripping Washing

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 9/5/11 – Getting Diaper Cream Out of Cloth Diapers

getting diaper cream out of #clothdiapers via @chgdiapers

Every Monday, I answer questions readers have asked, and ask my other readers to weigh in too.

Questions don’t have to be cloth diaper related, just email maria at change-diapers.com with “Mailbox Mondays” in the subject, or fill out my contact form for readers, which you will always be able to find on my Contact Page.

Lindsey says:

Hello! I use a mix of pocket diapers (mostly Fuzzibunz) and prefolds/covers. My daughter had a bad case of diaper rash and in the search for a cure I used Desitin, Balmex and Triple Paste on her and continued to use cloth. I had read about those diaper creams being a no-no with cloth but I just hate to use disposables. Well, lesson learned. Now my pocket diapers are leaking. I have stripped and stripped with no effect. I’ve also scrubbed them individually with dish soap and stripped again. Do you have any advice on how to get the diaper cream out of the pocket diapers?

Thank you so much!

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