This blog post is a bit of a “choose your adventure” type of deal. Depending on how familiar you are with Funky Fluff diapers, you may or may not need my spiel about recent changes to the company and the product line. If you’re a long-time #FunkyFluffian and want me to outline these changes, keep…
December 2020 update: I’ve also included the Dream Diaper with overnight insert in a more recent post. Sweet Dreams are made without leaks! Please tell me you have the Eurythmics stuck in your head or—depending on your generation—Marilyn Manson. That classic 80s track is in heavy rotation on my preschooler’s Spotify playlist thanks to the only…
I clearly had overnight cloth diapering easy with Cub. My “overnight cloth diaper sandwich” was a huge success for me and the many moms who continue to tell me they use it and love it. Little Miss Cub is an avid night-nurser, and she’s typically in her overnight diaper for at least thirteen hours. She…
Whoever says cloth diapering is expensive never considered the following: our homes are full of textiles that can be used as diapers. You can think of it as being cheap, or you can think of it as going green—I prefer the latter. Rather than tossing a pile of ratty men’s T-shirts into the trash or…
I began my cloth-diapering journey using Velcro diapers. I was actually a very committed Velcro-user for a long time, and my husband still refuses to use snap diapers if he can avoid it. That being said, I do know that for many parents, Velcro is a deal-breaker. Velcro tabs are magnets for threads, hairs, fur…
Jocelyn, the mama behind Just 4 You Baby Designs, is one talented little diaper maker. She’s also absolutely adorable (as are her children). She’s a cloth-diaper laundry expert, and I love that the packaging for her one-size Hybrid Nightly Essential diaper provides the best laundry recommendations I’ve ever seen on a diaper package! (Similar to…
Now that I’ve been fully immersed in the world of cloth diapers for four years, I’ve had the chance to try a lot of different products. A lot of times I review diapers or accessories and then pass them on to a diaper-lending charity or a friend, not because there’s anything wrong with them, but…
December 2020 update: I also included the bumGenius Elemental 3.0 in this post about my favourite diaper for twins! Folks, as you know, I’m a stickler for correct spelling and grammar. I even employ my aunt as my editor, and she picks through my posts with a fine-toothed comb to weed out my superfluous commas…
There are many mysterious abbreviations to puzzle the newbie cloth-diapering parent. Once your membership into an online cloth-diapering Facebook group is approved, you will scroll through posts that seem like top-secret code. For months, I thought that “PPD” stood for “PayPal Dollars,” a form of currency I believed to be used exclusively for online purchases.…
If you’re a die-hard Wolf Packer, you’ll know that my least favourite cloth diaper style is the fitted diaper. I pretty much never use them if I can get away with it. I don’t see the point of using them during the day when there are simpler options that don’t spread wetness all over baby.…
Before I get into my review, I feel I would be remiss if I did not mention that Smart Bottoms knocked it out of the proverbial cloth-diaper-print park in 2016. I mean, have you seen Sprinkles, aka the DOUGHNUT diaper?! Makes me hungry every time we use it, and it was the first time in…
I recently went to Ikea for a cheap lunch date with Little Miss Cub and decided to mix business with vegetable balls and do some cloth diapering-hacks recon. Fun detail: While we were eating, another mama came up to me and said, “Are you the lady with the blog?!” Yes. Yes I am. Cloth diapering…
In my dream world, we could all afford top-of-the-line, made-in-Canada cloth diapers, hand-sewn from silk spun from free-range unicorn tears. Alas, such is not the case. I will settle for getting as many families into cloth diapers as possible, regardless of budget constraints. Why? Because as soon as you start, you start saving money, and…
Do you have a cloth-diapering family on your holiday shopping list? Perhaps YOU are a cloth-diapering family and want to subtly drop some hints about gifts you could really use? Well, I’ve put together a list of great gift ideas for any family that uses or plans to use cloth diapers. I’m writing this with…
I successfully diapered Cub overnight using my Overnight Insert Sandwich combo all the way until he potty-trained at about three-and-a-half years old. Little Miss saturates that combo and the diaper leaks without fail; so have a lot of other options I’ve tried. There are a few factors that explain this: She still nurses at least…
My name is Lindsay and I am a 40-year-old mama of four trying to live an eco-friendly, budget-friendly life! I am a substitute teacher and Child Passenger Safety technician in Calgary, Alberta. Join me on my adventures!
