Weekly Friday Giveaway Roundup for October 29th, 2010

Oct 29,2010 / By Maria / 4 Comments

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Each Friday, I will post cloth diaper and babywearing 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 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 maria at change-diapers dot com. I want to keep the featured giveaways to cloth, accessories & babywearing only please.

This week’s giveaway finds:

Still a few active giveaways from my “Year of Fluff” event!

My Designs by Cace giveaway ends tomorrow, 10/30

My $20 Abby’s Lane GC Giveaway ends 11/2

My Knickernappies 2G Pocket Diaper giveaway ends 11/4

Kangadu Upcycled Wool Soaker from Crunchy Beach Mama Mandatory Facebook Like, comment and GFC follow (ends 11/9)

Cloth Diaper Mommy Upcycled Cloth Wipes from Crunchy Beach Mama Mandatory GFC Follow (ends 11/9)

Sage Diaper from The Bragging Mommy (ends today, 10/29)

Bummis fleece liner from Goodbye Disposable, Hello Cloth (ends 11/7)

$10 Gift Certificate to Diaperenvy.com from Natural Baby Giveaways (ends 11/10)

$25 Diaper Junction credit from Children Teaching Mama (ends 11/16)

Happy Heinys Diaper from Sugar Pop Ribbons Mandatory GFC follow (ends 11/5)

Thirsties Duo Wrap & Stay Dry Insert from Baby Dickey’s Giveaways (ends 11/6)

Thirsties Duo Wrap & Stay Dry Insert from This Mama Loves Her Bargains (ends 11/13)

Flip Diaper from It’s Me Melbie and Doable Diapers (ends 11/8)

Planet Wise Hanging Wet/Dry bag from This Mama Loves Her Bargains (ends 11/7)

Nifty Nappy Fitted from Biehl Adventures (ends 11/1)

YoYoo Diaper from Dirty Diaper Laundry and Snaps and Snails (ends 11/8)

Wool Dryer Balls from The Cheap and Choosy and Tree Huggin’ Mama (ends 11/25)

Bambino Mio Diaper Trial Pack from A Mom’s Take (ends 11/5)

Babee Greens One Size Organic Fitted from The Cloth Diaper Report (ends 11/3)

gDiapers from This Mama Loves Her Bargains (ends 11/14)

BabeeGreens Diaper from Familylicious Reviews Mandatory GFC follow (ends 11/14)

Organic Moby Wrap from Eco-Friendly and Frugal Mandatory GFC follow (ends 11/9)

GoGreen Pocket Diaper from The Small Town Mom Mandatory GFC follow (ends 11/5)

Disana Wool Cover from The Cheap and Choosy and Abby’s Lane (ends 11/25)

$10 Abby’s Lane Gift Certificate from This Mama Loves Her Bargains (ends 11/15)

Babykicks 3G Bumboo Pocket Diaper from Loves Jurn (ends 11/11)

Kissaluvs Fitted from Your World: Healthy and Natural (ends 11/12)

Bum Essentials Diaper from This Mama Loves her Bargains (ends 11/16)

Nicki’s Diapers Best Bottom Giraffe Print Mandatory GFC follow (ends 11/3)

Applecheeks Little Bundle from Chubby Cheeks Thinks (ends 11/11)

Super Undies Potty Training Pants from Chubby Cheeks Thinks (ends 11/11)

Giveaways still running from last week:

GoGo Green Pocket Diaper – 2 Winners – From Goodbye Disposables Hello Cloth Mandatory GFC follow (ends tomorrow, 10/30)

Tidbit Couture Wool AI2 Diaper Cover Set from Wishing Penny Mandatory GFC follow (ends tomorrow, 10/30)

Bummas Wipes from Your World: Healthy and Natural (ends today, 10/29)

$20 credit to Wee Little Changes from Children Teaching Mama (ends 11/3)

$10 Gift Certificate to Abby’s Lane from Monkey Tales mandatory GFC follow (ends 11/18)

Thirsties Duo Wrap and Hemp Prefold from The Small Town Mom (ends today, 10/29)

Mother-Ease Fitted and Cover from A Mommy’s Blessings Mandatory GFC follow (ends today, 10/29)

Boba 2G Classic Carrier from Giveaways and More (ends tomorrow, 10/30)

Boba Organic Baby Carrier from A Mom’s Balancing Act (ends 11/7)

Boba Classic Baby Carrier from Jolly Mom (ends 11/2)

Ergo Baby Carrier from Homegrown Families Mandatory Facebook Like, comment and GFC follow (ends 11/10)

Ergo Baby Carrier from Familylicious Reviews Mandatory GFC Follow (ends 11/14)

Rethink Crafts Diaper Cover from Life of a Slightly Crunchy SAHM of Drama Queens (ends 11/7)

The Baby Store Plus $25 Gift Card from Children Teaching Mama (ends 11/6)

Doopsy SD Diaper from Dirty Diaper Laundry (ends 11/1)

Thirsties Duo Wrap and Hemp Prefold from Cakeblast (ends 11/5)

Planet Wise hanging wet/dry bag from Monkey Tales Mandatory GFC follow (ends 11/18)

AMP Duo Diaper from Chubby Cheeks Thinks (ends 11/4)

Mother-Ease Fitted and Cover from A Mom’s Take (ends 11/5)

Bum Essentials AI2 from Mama to 4 Blessings Mandatory GFC follow (ends 11/4)

3 diaper covers by Zizzies and Izzies from Rachel’s Reviews and Giveaways (ends 11/4) Mandatory GFC follow

Amberforsale Amber Teething Necklace from Marlie and Me (ends today, 10/29)

Knickernappies One-Size Diaper from It’s Me Melbie and GoGo Natural (ends tomorrow, 10/30)

Boba Organic 2G baby carrier from Mommy Living the Life of Riley (ends 11/8)

Tot Wraps Dream Trainer from Mama to 4 Blessings (ends 11/9)

Kissaluvs Marvels AIO from Shining to Save (ends tomorrow, 10/30)

$10 Gift Certificate to Snuggle Hugs from Snuggle Hugs & The Cloth Diaper Retailer Cooperative (ends tomorrow, 10/30)

Planet Wise Wet/Dry Bag from Shining 2 Save (ends tomorrow, 10/30)

Mother-Ease Sandy’s Fitted Diaper and Air Flow Cover from Shining 2 Save (ends tomorrow, 10/30)

Sleepy Wrap from Mom to Bed by 8 (ends 11/2)

Rethink Crafts Diaper Cover from The Cheap and Choosy (ends 11/6)

Sustainablebabyish Starter Kit from The Girl is a Mom (ends 11/1)

You may enter any family friendly giveaway in the linky below. The form 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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Plump Custom Diaper Winner!

Oct 29,2010 / By Maria / No Comment

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162 people entered, with 284 entries. The winning entry was #73, which is Michelle Stice. Congratulations Michelle, I’m sending you an email!

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Knickernappies 2G Sized Pocket Diaper Review & Giveaway (CLOSED 11/4)

Oct 28,2010 / By Maria / 17 Comments

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Ever since I fell in love with the Knickernappies superdo and loopydo inserts, I’ve wanted to try one of their diapers. So, I had been entering all of the blog giveaways I saw for their diapers. Last month, I found out I won the giveaway sponsored by Knickernappies on The Cloth Diaper Report. I was just as excited as you might have guessed, especially since it was the first diaper I’d won!

The Knickernappies 2G pocket diapers do not normally come with inserts, and the giveaway clearly stated the win would not have an insert. Knickernappies sent one anyway, which was awesome!

I couldn’t decide on color, so I let my husband choose. My daughter wanted violet, but while I’d put a deep eggplant on my son, I wasn’t so sure about that color. Her second choice was raspberry (pink)! He (obviously, since you’re looking at the pics!) chose melon. The color was a little brighter than I expected it to be. I’m not sure why since looking at the pics online now, it seems fairly accurate.

Both the 2G diapers and the Knickernappies one size diapers are side snapping. I prefer front closures, only because it’s what I’m used to. I think I have at least 3, if not 4 side snapping diapers now. So, they’re not as confusing now that I have more practice!

The “2G” pocket diapers are sized. I chose the medium, which is estimated to fit 15-28 pounds. The small fits about 5-15 pounds, and the large fits about 25-35 pounds. The complete Knickernappies 2G size chart also includes waist, thigh and rise estimates.

knickernappies medium vs bumgenius elemental med

It seems similar to the medium settings of other one-size diapers (that’s a Bumgenius “elemental” organic AIO.)

Here it is measured folded and stretched:

The medium fit my 18.5 lb son great, and he definitely has lots of room!

We didn’t have any leak issues with the microfiber insert, I’m sure it would be an even better diaper with a loopydo insert! I didn’t try it with mine since I tried to be cheap and buy large inserts. They get a little bulky when you try to fold them down, so I just use them at night now! The diaper without insert retails for about $15.95. The basic microfiber insert is $3.95, but you can save by buying the diaper with an optional loopydo or superdo insert.

Amazingly, the second diaper giveaway I won was also last month, for another Knickernappies 2G pocket diaper! Initially, I thought about asking for a new winner to be drawn, since I had just won one. The first one I won (am I saying one/won enough?) was sponsored by Knickernappies, but the second was sponsored by Earth Angels Diaper Co. on their Diaper Discussions blog.

While I haven’t personally purchased from Earth Angels Diaper Co., they have good prices, a wide selection, and even an affiliate program. Don’t worry, no links in this post are affiliate links! They have risk-free “try me” cloth diaper kits and even a layaway program! My experience with the owner was wonderful.

You can find Earth Angels Diaper Co. on Facebook, tweeting as @clothdiapergeek and on The Diaper Discussions Blog.

Giveaway: As my second giveaway win, I received the size medium, melon color Knickernappies 2G pocket diaper and microfiber insert pictured above, and it is sitting, new and unused, awaiting a new owner. I have been assured that re-gifting (re-giveaway-ing?) a blog win isn’t as incredibly tacky as I’m afraid it may seem, so…at the end of this giveaway, one of you will have a diaper just like the one I reviewed (only new of course!) While this giveaway isn’t technically sponsored by Earth Angels Diaper Co., I did get their OK to do this!

Here’s how to enter: All entries go in the form below. I do love me some comments, but comments don’t count as entries. Mandatory entries include name, email address, and your favorite item from ~~Earth Angels Diaper Co. You may select the bonus entry if you follow this blog via GFC, RSS or email. As usual, I will update this post regularly with the # of entries received.~~

I will accept entries until Thursday, November 4th 2010 at 9 P.M. Eastern. I will select a winner using random.org’s true random number generator and notify him/her by email. Winner has 48 hours to respond before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is chosen. View my ~~giveaway rules~~ page for complete details. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.

Entries as of November 4th, 2010 at 9:00 P.M.: 234

https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dExPLV81R0I3SU02S0JnazBKYnJpLWc6MQ

FTC compliance: Both the review item and the giveaway items were random blog wins. I was not compensated for this post and all opinions are my own.

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Eli Monster Gift Card Winner

Oct 28,2010 / By Maria / No Comment

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128 people entered, with 213 entries. The winning entry is #101, which is Joanna Price. Congratulations Joanna, I’m sending you an email now!

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Blueberry Mini Pocket Diaper Review

Oct 27,2010 / By Maria / 8 Comments

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Blueberry Diapers and Swaddlebees sometimes have clearance sales where they clear out seconds, overstocks and discontinued items. I’ve perused before, but have either found the prices to be not so great, or like the last few times, the prices with shipping added are just too high.

About a month ago, I was able to snag a Mini Deluxe “irregular” diaper for $10, plus $3.90 shipping. The irregular/second didn’t include an insert, but I have plenty of newborn inserts/doublers from my one-size diapers. The regular price is $17.95, and I figured a 45% discount was worth it!

For the record, no, I don’t have a newborn, nor am I pregnant. I just couldn’t resist this eeny teeny diaper! I chose the lemon-lime color, which I had been eying for about a year. It didn’t look exactly like I’d expected from photos, but it’s still cute!

The tag is marked, indicating it is irregular. I think some of the stitching was a little bit uneven, but if I hadn’t known it was a second, I wouldn’t have noticed.

The Blueberry Mini is estimated to fit babies up to 15 pounds, and has a snap down rise (just like the one-size blueberry diapers) giving you three size options, not just one like some newborn diapers.

Pocket diapers are my personal preference, but I wondered if I would have to use salad tongs to stuff such a tiny diaper! Granted, I have small hands, but I had no trouble!

It has snap closures. I prefer aplix/Velcro (especially for newborn/middle of the night changes), but (in my opinion!) Blueberry Velcro is the worst I’ve encountered, so snaps from them is fine with me! You can also see the irregular stitching at the top of the diaper in the photo above.

Above is the Blueberry Mini on the small and also large settings, compared to the Blueberry one-Size on the small setting. The large setting seems to have a similar rise compared to the one-size small setting, but it is a bit narrower, to fit a small baby better overall.

Here’s the Blueberry Mini on the small setting, measured folded and stretched:

Medium folded and stretched:

Finally, the large setting of the Blueberry Mini, both folded and stretched:

Since I don’t have a newborn, I used my usual newborn diaper model!

I think the small setting is very similar to a preemie size disposable. It gets very small!

blueberry mini small vs preemie disposable diaper

The medium seems similar to a newborn disposable, and the large seems similar to a size 1.

Here I’ve compared the fit of a preemie disposable, to the fit of the Blueberry Mini on the small setting:

Here’s my model in a newborn disposable compared to the Blueberry Mini on the medium setting. My model was very thankful I only took the disposable pictures once, and re-used them on my other newborn diaper post. He thinks cloth is much more comfy!

Lastly a size 1 disposable compared to the fit of the Blueberry Mini on the large setting:

Naturally, I can’t put the diaper “to the test” since I don’t have a newborn. It’s called a “Blueberry Mini” and it appears to be just that; a miniature version of their one-size diaper, which I think is wonderful. Both the microfiber/hemp combo inserts and the bamboo inserts are incredibly absorbent, and the fit of the one-size diapers is great. Both the Blueberry Bamboo one-size diaper and the Blueberry Minky one-size diaper I have are ones I grab for naps or car rides, despite the awful Velcro.

Now, if only I had a newborn to put in this cute diaper!
Update after using on a newborn.
Please note that this review was not approved, sponsored or endorsed by Blueberry Diapers, or any cloth diaper retailer. All opinions are my own.

FTC compliance: I paid the normal, “clearance” retail price for this diaper. I was not compensated for this post.

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