Why I Care About The Cloth Diaper Detergent “Rules”

Jan 15,2014 / By Maria / 17 Comments

Why is cloth diaper detergent such a hot button issue for me? Why do I care how you wash your diapers? Why does an internet “fight” about this way vs. that way, and arguments over semantics make me want to tear my hair out? Well, first of all because the detergent rules/fear is what stopped me from cloth diapering earlier, and I was pretty ticked when I found out that what I’d been told through the old game of telephone was simply untrue (yet 4 years later, the same things are repeated daily.)

Where’s the Viral Support When Kids Do Good Things? #InternetPraise

Jan 14,2014 / By Maria / 9 Comments

Photos of parents publicly shaming their children go viral in an instant. I want to publicly praise my daughter for her hard work on her multiplication facts with me over her Christmas break. Thanks to her persistence, she received a 100% on her 3 minute timed facts test.

At the risk of looking like I’m exploiting my child (I’m not, she is dying to be “famous,”) can praise go viral like shame?

Should I “make” her wear an “I worked hard and got an A+” sign around her neck while I take her out for ice cream? 😉

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Forget Silver, I’m Investing in Applecheeks

Jan 8,2014 / By Maria / 6 Comments

Post contains affiliate links. “Forget Silver, I’m Investing in Applecheeks.” Words that actually came out of my mouth. By nature, I am not a collector. I don’t like “things” and joke that our house would be practically empty if it were up to me. 😉 I love to admire other people’s collections, and watching shows like Oddities, I ooh and aah at all the incredible things people have. However, it would just stress me out to have a bunch of stuff in my house! The closest I’ve gotten to “collecting” is the handful of books I purchased used as a teen. I don’t even recall their titles, but whenever we visited the used book store, I hunted the shelves for the oldest books I could find, and opened them looking for inscriptions.

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Cloth Diaper Story – Diapering Twins Plus a Stay at Home Dad

Jan 6,2014 / By Maria / 1 Comment

My friend had two daughters (now 9 and 5) who had been disposable diapered. She received the shock of a lifetime when their big surprise baby #3 turned out to be babies #3 and 4. I sent her several diapers I wasn’t using so they could give cloth a try, and her husband, a stay at home dad, cloth diapered their now 20 month old twins part time. 2013 held one more surprise for them as they just welcomed baby #5! I asked her to write a guest post for me, but understandably, she was a little busy! Instead, she agreed to answer some questions for me.

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