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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Win a Stash!!!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Cloth Diaper Review
Going to put the finishing touches on my scoring outlines for reviewing this week. Last time for ideas!!! What do you want to see/know in a cloth diaper review? I will post my final scoring ideas for feedback! Can't wait to get started!!!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Cloth Diaper Carnival VIII
Write about ways they envision spreading awareness of cloth diapers or work they have already done to do so.
This is a topic near and dear to my heart! As most of you know, I am a labor and delivery nurse. And I love my job! It is such a joy to help new moms bring their tiny precious babies into the world! I have been working L&D for quite a few years now, but sadly, have had to change hospitals a couple of times as well due to my husband's job. It is hard to implement new education into a facility that you have not worked at long. However, at my current hospital (I have been there for over 2 years) I have finally gotten to a point where my opinion counts and I am not just "the new girl." While I am not teaching childbirth class (although I would love to!!) my good friend Brenda does! After stewing over the idea for a few months, I finally approached her and asked if she would be willing to introduce cloth diapers in class. She was ecstatic!!! I was thrilled! So I sat down and explained cloth diapers (the 5 minute version) and she was sold! We recently ordered a cloth diapering demo kit and are set to introduce them in the next class which will be starting soon! I am so excited! And of course, guess who the guest speaker is!!! :)
Over time, I had hoped to be able to introduce cloth diapering at the hospital as well. I do not know much about the cost of laundering hospital quality cloth diapers and how this would affect a hospital budget, but I had hoped that over the next few years I could gain more knowledge about hospital cloth diapering and maybe get this implemented at our facility. So I will have to leave it in the hands of my co-workers to take that step if they wish. Because we will also be moving again soon...for the FINAL time!
My husband recently took a FT permanent position in the same area where I grew up. My family as well as life-long friends (a few are CDing mommas!) are there and I am so excited to be moving home...forever!! But this also means starting again at a new hospital and working my way up. I hope to one day be a childbirth educator and I hope to get a cloth diapering community going there as well. It will just take TIME.
I am also trying to spread awareness and education through my blog. I know that when I was first starting into my cloth diapering journey, blogs and reviews like Dirty Diaper Laundry were tremendously helpful. I just want to be able to help other mommies (like me!) on their cloth diapering journey!!!
I am open to any and all ideas on how to spread education and awareness about cloth! I love my cloth diapers and I love helping other mommas to get started too!!!
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This is a topic near and dear to my heart! As most of you know, I am a labor and delivery nurse. And I love my job! It is such a joy to help new moms bring their tiny precious babies into the world! I have been working L&D for quite a few years now, but sadly, have had to change hospitals a couple of times as well due to my husband's job. It is hard to implement new education into a facility that you have not worked at long. However, at my current hospital (I have been there for over 2 years) I have finally gotten to a point where my opinion counts and I am not just "the new girl." While I am not teaching childbirth class (although I would love to!!) my good friend Brenda does! After stewing over the idea for a few months, I finally approached her and asked if she would be willing to introduce cloth diapers in class. She was ecstatic!!! I was thrilled! So I sat down and explained cloth diapers (the 5 minute version) and she was sold! We recently ordered a cloth diapering demo kit and are set to introduce them in the next class which will be starting soon! I am so excited! And of course, guess who the guest speaker is!!! :)
Over time, I had hoped to be able to introduce cloth diapering at the hospital as well. I do not know much about the cost of laundering hospital quality cloth diapers and how this would affect a hospital budget, but I had hoped that over the next few years I could gain more knowledge about hospital cloth diapering and maybe get this implemented at our facility. So I will have to leave it in the hands of my co-workers to take that step if they wish. Because we will also be moving again soon...for the FINAL time!
My husband recently took a FT permanent position in the same area where I grew up. My family as well as life-long friends (a few are CDing mommas!) are there and I am so excited to be moving home...forever!! But this also means starting again at a new hospital and working my way up. I hope to one day be a childbirth educator and I hope to get a cloth diapering community going there as well. It will just take TIME.
I am also trying to spread awareness and education through my blog. I know that when I was first starting into my cloth diapering journey, blogs and reviews like Dirty Diaper Laundry were tremendously helpful. I just want to be able to help other mommies (like me!) on their cloth diapering journey!!!
I am open to any and all ideas on how to spread education and awareness about cloth! I love my cloth diapers and I love helping other mommas to get started too!!!
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Spreadsheet
So tonight I sat down and made a spreadsheet of all of my cloth diapers and all of the info associated with my cloth dipes. This is going to help tremendously with reviews!! I am very pleased with myself!! Is this weird? LOL Don't answer that. Good night all!
Internet Shoppers Anonymous
So, I am taking a stand. No more internet shopping. I am calling it "cold turkey" for now. The hubby and I need to sit down and either make out a budget, or I am just NOT shopping online. It is so hard when you find things that you want and they are CHEAP!!! I love the bargain sites like babysteals.com and kidsteals.com and zulily.com. They are just FANTASTIC deals...most of the time, anyway!
NO! No more shopping! Especially right now! I am only working casual (so my paycheck has been cut back to next to nothing), the hubby is just starting a new job, we are looking at selling our house, moving expenses, and either buying or building a new house. So NO MORE SHOPPING!!! Unless above mentioned budget is in place or the hubby approves the purchase too.
For the record, I do have a few more diapers on the way. My Jillian's Drawers super deals should be here today, plus my PLUMP diaper should come today or tomorrow, and then my free bG 4.0 should come soon. Other than that...no more diapers for a while!!! My stash is at a nice size now, plus I have so many different ones...the next purchase will be for those that my husband and I really like and want more of....but again, approved purchase by him!!! LOL I need him to keep me accountable!
This decision also came from back to back Zulily purchases. Yesterday, they had these adorable Organic t-shirts. One says "cupcake" and one says "honey bunny" and I just had to have them! And then today, they had great deals on winter coats and matching snow pants. I am very picky when it comes to winter coats, so when I saw something that I liked...with matching snow pants...and for a great price...I just had to! But back to back purchases from Zulily...that was the kicker!! No more!!!
So I am starting on the cold turkey method for Internet Shoppers Anonymous...and I will kick my addiction!!! Do I get a gold coin at 6 months???
NO! No more shopping! Especially right now! I am only working casual (so my paycheck has been cut back to next to nothing), the hubby is just starting a new job, we are looking at selling our house, moving expenses, and either buying or building a new house. So NO MORE SHOPPING!!! Unless above mentioned budget is in place or the hubby approves the purchase too.
For the record, I do have a few more diapers on the way. My Jillian's Drawers super deals should be here today, plus my PLUMP diaper should come today or tomorrow, and then my free bG 4.0 should come soon. Other than that...no more diapers for a while!!! My stash is at a nice size now, plus I have so many different ones...the next purchase will be for those that my husband and I really like and want more of....but again, approved purchase by him!!! LOL I need him to keep me accountable!
This decision also came from back to back Zulily purchases. Yesterday, they had these adorable Organic t-shirts. One says "cupcake" and one says "honey bunny" and I just had to have them! And then today, they had great deals on winter coats and matching snow pants. I am very picky when it comes to winter coats, so when I saw something that I liked...with matching snow pants...and for a great price...I just had to! But back to back purchases from Zulily...that was the kicker!! No more!!!
So I am starting on the cold turkey method for Internet Shoppers Anonymous...and I will kick my addiction!!! Do I get a gold coin at 6 months???
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