Hurricane Harvey Fundraiser “I’ve been sitting at my computer for at least an hour trying to find the words to open this post and I’m having a hard time finding them. As many (all?) of you know, Texas was recently hit with a hurricane and subsequent flooding that has caused a disaster to rival Katrina and Sandy. There are no …

Going into this challenge I had a lot of preconceived notions. I thought washing by hand would be hard and overly time consuming. I was already familiar with using flats but they were strictly back up diapers. Overall I thought it was going to be stressful to keep up with in my somewhat chaotic life. The idea of hand washing …

Finding out you’re having twins is an exciting and slightly frightening thing. You go in for your appointment expecting to be just a regular pregnant woman and walk out with a lot of feelings and thoughts you weren’t prepared for. One of the first things that went through my head, after the initial shock, was how much everything would cost. …

Some of the biggest concerns I hear about cloth diapers are fears of difficulty using them and leaks. Flats are often the diaper type that makes people most apprehensive. At first glance they do seem complicated but they’re really very easy to use. I’ve used them periodically over the years but have tended to favor prefolds, after this week I …

Prior to this challenge the only things I’d washed by hand were delicate fabrics. Gentle washing is a far cry from what’s needed to get heavily soiled items clean and my shoulders and arms can attest to that. There are several methods we recommend for washing by hand, you can find them here. I was trying to spend as little …