<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917</id><updated>2012-02-20T08:07:01.775-05:00</updated><category term='prefolds'/><category term='diaper washing'/><category term='facebook'/><category term='green living'/><category term='covers'/><category term='one size review'/><category term='news'/><category term='giveaway'/><category term='hospitals and cloth diapers'/><category term='cloth diaper tips'/><category term='vinegar'/><category term='parenting'/><category term='All In Three Diaper'/><category term='Product Review'/><category term='dads and diapering'/><category term='wipes'/><category term='youtube'/><category term='wetbags'/><category term='cleaning'/><title type='text'>Sweet Pea Diapers</title><subtitle type='html'>Welcome To Sweet Pea Diapers Blog!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-1102204671812939719</id><published>2012-02-20T05:00:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T08:07:01.780-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><title type='text'>Eyla's Imports will bring Sweet Diapers to the Natural Products Expo West 2012!</title><content type='html'>Cloth Diapers due to make an appearance via Eyla's Imports, at &lt;a href="http://www.expowest.com/ew12/public/enter.aspx"&gt;Natural Products Expo West 2012&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://eylasimports.com/index.html"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qcbn34HNl-g/T0FOwDREMLI/AAAAAAAACV4/dqPcz13Jak4/s320/eylas-products.gif" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://eylasimports.com/index.html"&gt;Eyla's Imports&lt;/a&gt;, a Denver, CO based distributor of natural and eco-friendly products will bring their A game to the Natural Products Expo West 2012 in March.  Ari Shore and partner Amy Chapman will reach out to attendees of the Expo presenting quality products many of which are invented and produced by Mompreneurs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eyla's prides themselves on products that are not only quality made and beautifully packaged, but products that customers will fall in love with for their practicality and function.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eyla's product lines include&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://sweetpeausa.com/"&gt;Sweet Pea Diapers&lt;/a&gt;, A manufacturer of modern cloth diapers and cloth diapering accessories for the progressive eco-minded consumer.  Being green and raising baby naturally has never been more important and Sweet Pea Diapers prove that cloth diapers are making a comeback in a BIG way.  Create a well rounded offering for your natural boutique by adding Sweet Pea Diapers and accessories to your product lineup.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dressmeuporganic.com/"&gt;Dress Me Up Organic&lt;/a&gt; is a small, independently owned toy company.  Dress Me Up Organic specializes in handmade, natural, organic cotton soft toys, baby linens and the ground-breaking eco-teething Bonbon®.  Another superb product line for the fast growing community of natural minded parents.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.momma-nature.com/"&gt;Momma Nature&lt;/a&gt; is the manufacturer of surprisingly luxurious yet natural, vegan, and cruelty-free products designed for the "natural momma" and her family. Unnecessary exposure to toxins and chemicals in skincare and household products is a growing concern and Momma Nature provides quality products without the risk.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Attendees of the Natural Products Expo West can visit &lt;a href="http://eylasimports.com/index.html"&gt;Eyla's Imports&lt;/a&gt; at their beautifully designed booth, Booth #4712, March 9-11th, 2012.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on Eyla's Imports and their product lines please contact ashore@eylasimports.com or call 1-888-432-6962.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're attending the Natural Products Expo West please join &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Meet-Us-at-Natural-Products-Expo-2012/347394905295089"&gt;Eyla's Attendee Facebook Page&lt;/a&gt; and connect with them!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-1102204671812939719?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XzrMtUp94sA/SywdAif_37I/AAAAAAAAAYY/QcJAuX1lIMQ/S220/for+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qcbn34HNl-g/T0FOwDREMLI/AAAAAAAACV4/dqPcz13Jak4/s72-c/eylas-products.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-9208432051627140729</id><published>2012-02-12T18:49:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-12T18:53:55.234-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><title type='text'>3000 Facebook followers giveaway!</title><content type='html'>Will post details here when we have a giveaway for our 3000 followers on Facebook....&lt;br /&gt;Should be soon!&lt;br /&gt;Have a great week!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/7357945673832896701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/7357945673832896701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/12/and-winners-are_15.html' title='And the winners are.....'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-2081970065509975329</id><published>2011-12-14T11:59:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T12:07:59.477-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And the winners are....</title><content type='html'>Thank you to everyone who participated and shared your traditions with us.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Random.org picked the winner!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deb U wins our package of the cover, prefold, AI3 and flannel wipes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since it's a festive season, we also picked 3 additional winners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wetbag and flannel/velour wipes: Carissa, Attila/Tamara and Jaye Payne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Holidays!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Please e-mail us at sweetpeadiapers@yahoo.ca with your mailing address.&lt;br /&gt;We will most likely mail out prizes after the holiday rush.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-2081970065509975329?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/2081970065509975329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=2081970065509975329' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2081970065509975329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2081970065509975329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/12/and-winners-are.html' title='And the winners are....'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-9140187635233764852</id><published>2011-12-08T10:30:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T11:07:38.231-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><title type='text'>On the 12th day of Christmas, Sweet Pea gave to me....</title><content type='html'>On the 12th day of Christmas, Sweet Pea gave to me&lt;br /&gt;1 Owl print cover&lt;br /&gt;1 newborn sized prefold&lt;br /&gt;1 Owl print AI3 and&lt;br /&gt;1 pack of flannel wipes....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post a comment on our blog and tell us what one of your favorite holiday traditions is.&lt;br /&gt;Giveaway ends Monday, December 12th at 9pm EST.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One comment per follower, please.&lt;br /&gt;Please let your e-mail address.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-9140187635233764852?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/9140187635233764852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=9140187635233764852' title='75 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/9140187635233764852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/9140187635233764852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-12th-day-of-christmas-sweet-pea-gave.html' title='On the 12th day of Christmas, Sweet Pea gave to me....'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>75</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-5237068274197505791</id><published>2011-11-19T08:19:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-19T08:20:32.260-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Product Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All In Three Diaper'/><title type='text'>A Pocket Diaper Lover Reviews the SweetPea AI3 Diaper!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMcBf9SfIfY/Tsesem9RCdI/AAAAAAAACE4/f-UoMBdNkqE/s1600/sp-1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMcBf9SfIfY/Tsesem9RCdI/AAAAAAAACE4/f-UoMBdNkqE/s320/sp-1.gif" width="256" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I had the privilege of reviewing &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;Sweet Pea Diaper’s AI3&lt;/a&gt; (all in three).  I’m strictly a pocket diaper user so I have to admit that I was a little apprehensive of trying something new on my daughter, Lady Bug.  Initially, I was intimidated by all of the snaps on the diaper.  Whoa!  I do have to admit that when I started using cloth diapers three years ago with my son, Buggie, the popular fasteners on cloth diapers were hook and loops so this whole snap thing is rather new for me.  It really has nothing to do with the diaper’s job – which is great by the way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;An AI3 diaper consists of a waterproof polyurethane layered cover (or as my mom would call them “rubber pants”) and two inserts that snap into the cover.  As long as the cover isn’t soiled or sopping wet just wipe it and use it again!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;Here are my &lt;i&gt;Loves&lt;/i&gt; about this diaper:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DWwe8n9mrk/TseslECwufI/AAAAAAAACFA/BpLYd0ZBowI/s1600/sp-2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DWwe8n9mrk/TseslECwufI/AAAAAAAACFA/BpLYd0ZBowI/s1600/sp-2.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Easy to use&lt;/b&gt;.  Kelly Wells  in her book &lt;a href="http://store.kellywels.com/?AffId=37"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Changing Diapers&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; describes the "all in" diaper as the “daddy and daycare diaper.”  I  couldn’t agree more. The beauty of this AI3 diaper is the fact that  there is no stuffing required, just snapping, which is refreshing to this pocket  using mommy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Aesthetically pleasing&lt;/b&gt;.  Of  course looks aren’t everything but they definitely help!  The owl  print that was sent to me is so cute and it is gender neutral.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trim&lt;/b&gt;.  As a pocket diaper  user I frequently have Lady Bug wear clothing a size bigger to  accommodate her fluffy bum.  I was really impressed by the trimness  of &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;Sweet Peas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ppmiUu6bY_o/TsesuTMQ1FI/AAAAAAAACFI/oryU0cG24a4/s1600/sp-3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ppmiUu6bY_o/TsesuTMQ1FI/AAAAAAAACFI/oryU0cG24a4/s1600/sp-3.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Perfect fit around the thighs&lt;/b&gt;.   As you can see by the picture, the fit around Lady Bug’s thighs  was just right.  Not too tight and no gapping around the leg.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Absorbent but keeps baby’s  bum dry&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;The bamboo soaker is AMAZINGLY absorbent.  It  took me more than my normal low heat drying cycles to dry it and it  still wasn’t completely dry. There’s a soft micro fleece topped  two layer microfiber doubler that did a great job of keeping Lady  Bug’s bum dry.    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;The only thing about &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;Sweet Pea Diaper’s AI3&lt;/a&gt; that could have been better, was how long it took the soaker to dry, however that is also one of the things that I really liked about the diaper.  It’s a catch-22.  You want your diaper to be able to really absorbent but you’re a mom and you want things to be done quickly.  I think that I’d rather have an absorbent soaker that takes a while to dry than a quick drying soaker that wasn’t absorbent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;I think that if I were to redo my stash of fluff I’d buy more Sweet Pea AI3s.  I really LOVE the ease of the diaper as well as how it looks under Lady Bug’s clothes. If you’re new to cloth diapering this would be an excellent starter diaper for you and your family.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P382yZzdD0A/TndY0HZaaPI/AAAAAAAAB1U/C9uL7D3sfFc/s1600/bert-bio-pic.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P382yZzdD0A/TndY0HZaaPI/AAAAAAAAB1U/C9uL7D3sfFc/s200/bert-bio-pic.gif" width="132" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Elizabeth (aka Bert) Anderson  married her college sweetheart in 2005, and started her journey into motherhood in  2008 with the birth of her son. &amp;nbsp;She started &lt;a href="http://adventuresinmgwiththeandersons.blogspot.com/"&gt;blogging&lt;/a&gt; in 2009 as a way  to keep track of her thoughts on being a first time mom, especially her  struggle with&amp;nbsp;postpartum&amp;nbsp;depression, and as a way of reaching out to  other moms who are struggling with the same things. &amp;nbsp;This June, Bert had  another first in her motherhood travels - a little girl! &amp;nbsp;Even though  she's newly a mother of two, Bert maintains that no matter how many  children you have you will always be a "first time mom" because there's a first time for everything! &amp;nbsp;Visit her blog, at &lt;a href="http://adventuresinmgwiththeandersons.blogspot.com/"&gt;FTM&lt;/a&gt;. Bert is a contributor for &lt;a href="http://www.shethinksmedia.com/"&gt;She Thinks Media&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-5237068274197505791?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/5237068274197505791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=5237068274197505791' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/5237068274197505791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/5237068274197505791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/pocket-diaper-lover-reviews-sweetpea.html' title='A Pocket Diaper Lover Reviews the SweetPea AI3 Diaper!'/><author><name>Julie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01993680376441458670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XzrMtUp94sA/SywdAif_37I/AAAAAAAAAYY/QcJAuX1lIMQ/S220/for+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMcBf9SfIfY/Tsesem9RCdI/AAAAAAAACE4/f-UoMBdNkqE/s72-c/sp-1.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-1004688870580057521</id><published>2011-11-16T09:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T09:28:09.859-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dads and diapering'/><title type='text'>Cloth Diapering was Dad's idea!</title><content type='html'>I’d love to tell you that the decision to start cloth diapering was mine. Yes. I’m that wonderful, earth saving, frugal mom who took it upon herself to get hubby on board with the idea.  Nope.  Incorrect.  It was my husband’s idea, not mine.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACxoIr-4wrs/TsPICLxEEuI/AAAAAAAACDk/74Mrb6UgJto/s1600/Lady-Bug-Diaper.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACxoIr-4wrs/TsPICLxEEuI/AAAAAAAACDk/74Mrb6UgJto/s320/Lady-Bug-Diaper.gif" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;It all started when friends of ours looked into cloth diapering their first child.  She was due three months before I was due with our first.  She showed us the website where she was going to buy her &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;cloth diapers&lt;/a&gt; and once my hubby saw how much money we could save he was hooked.  I was completely frustrated and annoyed because I knew I would have to do all of the work.  Why on earth were we doing this?  Wasn’t bringing a child into this world enough work for me to do as a stay-at-home-mom than to add on the daunting task of cleaning diapers?  And how could we save THAT much money – wouldn’t our water bill go up? He’s the numbers guy and brilliant at it.  I don’t question him unless I want to do the work and really, numbers and I don’t get along.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;My hubby said that we’d wait a few weeks until our son was older to start cloth diapering.  We had read reviews that the kind of &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;pocket diapers&lt;/a&gt; we were going to buy were not the best fit for a newborn.  I was so relieved.  I didn’t have to try to start this “stupid” lifestyle change right away.  You know what though?  At the end of the eight weeks, after having to make midnight runs to the store to buy yet again another package of diapers, after dropping more money on disposables and having to do more laundry due to explosive blow outs I was ready for a change.  My husband was more than ready for it.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;It took a month of getting used to it but I fell in love.  I mean really, I fell in love.  I got sucked in and I’ve never looked back.  The benefits that I’ve seen by cloth diapering far outweigh the convenience of disposables.  My son has incredibly sensitive skin as well as eczema and switching to cloth was a perfect choice for us with him.  And yes, it’s silly but cloth diapers are just so darn cute!  There’s a reason why mamas get hooked on them… have you seen some of the diapers out there?  ADORABLE. If you haven’t you’re missing out and yes there is one and only one reason why disposable diaper brands are putting cute prints on their diapers.  They recognize the current cloth movement.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;I always tell my friends that if &lt;i&gt;I&lt;/i&gt; can &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;cloth diaper&lt;/a&gt; anyone can.  Remember, I was completely reluctant to do it but now I can’t imagine having a baby and solely using disposables.  The “work” that is often assumed by those who don’t use cloth diapers isn’t that much and it isn’t life altering.  And after using cloth diapers for the last three years and with both of my children, I can tell you that my view of the world is a little greener.  Give it a try.  I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.  And speaking of cloth diapers, I have to run downstairs to do the rinse cycle on mine before the morning.  Adieu!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P382yZzdD0A/TndY0HZaaPI/AAAAAAAAB1U/C9uL7D3sfFc/s1600/bert-bio-pic.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P382yZzdD0A/TndY0HZaaPI/AAAAAAAAB1U/C9uL7D3sfFc/s200/bert-bio-pic.gif" width="132" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Elizabeth (aka Bert) Anderson  married her college sweetheart in 2005, and started her journey into motherhood in  2008 with the birth of her son. &amp;nbsp;She started &lt;a href="http://adventuresinmgwiththeandersons.blogspot.com/"&gt;blogging&lt;/a&gt; in 2009 as a way  to keep track of her thoughts on being a first time mom, especially her  struggle with&amp;nbsp;postpartum&amp;nbsp;depression, and as a way of reaching out to  other moms who are struggling with the same things. &amp;nbsp;This June, Bert had  another first in her motherhood travels - a little girl! &amp;nbsp;Even though  she's newly a mother of two, Bert maintains that no matter how many  children you have you will always be a "first time mom" because there's a first time for everything! &amp;nbsp;Visit her blog, at &lt;a href="http://adventuresinmgwiththeandersons.blogspot.com/"&gt;FTM&lt;/a&gt;. Bert is a contributor for &lt;a href="http://www.shethinksmedia.com/"&gt;She Thinks Media&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-1004688870580057521?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/1004688870580057521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=1004688870580057521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/1004688870580057521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/1004688870580057521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/cloth-diapering-was-dads-idea.html' title='Cloth Diapering was Dad&apos;s idea!'/><author><name>Julie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01993680376441458670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XzrMtUp94sA/SywdAif_37I/AAAAAAAAAYY/QcJAuX1lIMQ/S220/for+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACxoIr-4wrs/TsPICLxEEuI/AAAAAAAACDk/74Mrb6UgJto/s72-c/Lady-Bug-Diaper.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-2684131101454729308</id><published>2011-11-14T12:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T12:52:26.951-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wetbags'/><title type='text'>Five "other" uses for your wetbag, besides cloth diapers!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u0tgellk3VU/TsFS353LsII/AAAAAAAACDc/lEZjm19-LOs/s200/wetbag.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A wetbag, although an awesome &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;cloth diaper&lt;/a&gt; accessory, is often considered more of a luxury item than a necessity.&amp;nbsp; Truth is, a wetbag has many uses, beyond cloth diapering, making it a very versatile product and one that you'll be sure to get your money's worth out of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what &lt;i&gt;CAN&lt;/i&gt; you use your wetbag for, other than cloth diapering?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perfect for those fun, yet very possibly wet situations.&amp;nbsp; Bring along with you to the pool or beach and use your wetbag as a tote to protect your cell phone, car door opener or any other valuables.&amp;nbsp; The handle makes it easy to hang on a chair, stroller or beach umbrella.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Traveling? Wetbags are great for carrying toiletries or for use as storage for your soiled delicates.&amp;nbsp; Keep your socks, underwear and anything else inside, then store inside your luggage.&amp;nbsp; Perfect for keeping odors in.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Potty Training.&amp;nbsp; A webtag is great for use when little one has an accident.&amp;nbsp; You'll have somewhere to store their soiled clothing or underwear until you get home and can wash them.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Family cloth or Mama cloth?&amp;nbsp; If your family uses family cloth instead of toilet paper then you need a handy storage place in the bathroom to store the cloth after use.&amp;nbsp; Use the handle to hang your wetbag from the toilet paper dispenser or a hook within arms reach.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;General tote bag.&amp;nbsp; Although waterproof, there's no reason you couldn't use your cute wetbag simply as a tote, diaper bag, book bag or lunch tote.&amp;nbsp; Great for storing overnight clothes, toys, trinkets, snacks and more!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;i&gt;So there you have it!&amp;nbsp; Five reasons you NEED a wetbag, even if you don't think it's an absolute must have for cloth diapering. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-2684131101454729308?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/2684131101454729308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=2684131101454729308' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2684131101454729308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2684131101454729308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/five-other-uses-for-your-wetbag-besides.html' title='Five &quot;other&quot; uses for your wetbag, besides cloth diapers!'/><author><name>Julie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01993680376441458670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XzrMtUp94sA/SywdAif_37I/AAAAAAAAAYY/QcJAuX1lIMQ/S220/for+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u0tgellk3VU/TsFS353LsII/AAAAAAAACDc/lEZjm19-LOs/s72-c/wetbag.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-8016073172954840464</id><published>2011-11-10T11:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T11:36:37.446-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parenting'/><title type='text'>When was your "Wow I'm a grown up moment?"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LvnYfG2HcGM/Trv9Uk95QlI/AAAAAAAACCk/x8VN_qz1A18/s1600/Family.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LvnYfG2HcGM/Trv9Uk95QlI/AAAAAAAACCk/x8VN_qz1A18/s320/Family.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted a mini-van.  Weird?  Yes, most 20-somethings aspire to buy anything but a mini-van but I guess I’m not like most. My parents had a mini-van so I saw it more as a convenience than anything else.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;My hubby and I got pregnant in 2008 and I felt the mini-van urging again.  My hubby’s a very practical man and felt we didn’t &lt;i&gt;need&lt;/i&gt; a mini-van with only us and one child (okay and a beagle too, sorry I didn’t forget you, Chula).  We waited and I drove an undesireable car for the next two and a half years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;Then hubby and I got pregnant again in the fall of 2010.  I thought that surely since we were adding another being into our family we’d get the mini-van.  Nope.  Not so because of course we didn’t &lt;i&gt;need&lt;/i&gt; it; we could easily fit into our car the four of us.  And Chula?  Well, when we drove to my parents’ house in Galena, IL, the five and a half hour drive wouldn’t be that bad for Chula since she’d only be lying in the middle seat between the kids.  We only made one trip to Galena in our little car until that little car that seats four starting needing more and more repairs.  We took the plunge and I was finally going to get my mini-van.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;I was so excited about our big move into adulthood, rather, parenthood.  That’s until I test drove our mini-van.  Sitting behind that wheel, I looked out at the road and thought to myself, &lt;i&gt;When did I become a grown-up?&lt;/i&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;Isn’t it interesting?  We so badly want to grow up when we are children.  We badly want to go to high school and then college.  Then we dream of careers, meeting the love of our life and having babies.  At what point though do we become the grown-up we were striving to become as children?  Is it when I carried and birthed two babies?  No.  It was when I bought and drove my own mini-van.  Suddenly I saw myself not as a girl playing house with a boy but as a mother caring for two beautiful children with the love of her life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;When was your &lt;i&gt;Wow I’m a grown up&lt;/i&gt; moment?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P382yZzdD0A/TndY0HZaaPI/AAAAAAAAB1U/C9uL7D3sfFc/s1600/bert-bio-pic.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P382yZzdD0A/TndY0HZaaPI/AAAAAAAAB1U/C9uL7D3sfFc/s200/bert-bio-pic.gif" width="132" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Elizabeth (aka Bert) Anderson  married her college sweetheart in 2005, and started her journey into motherhood in  2008 with the birth of her son. &amp;nbsp;She started &lt;a href="http://adventuresinmgwiththeandersons.blogspot.com/"&gt;blogging&lt;/a&gt; in 2009 as a way  to keep track of her thoughts on being a first time mom, especially her  struggle with&amp;nbsp;postpartum&amp;nbsp;depression, and as a way of reaching out to  other moms who are struggling with the same things. &amp;nbsp;This June, Bert had  another first in her motherhood travels - a little girl! &amp;nbsp;Even though  she's newly a mother of two, Bert maintains that no matter how many  children you have you will always be a "first time mom" because there's a first time for everything! &amp;nbsp;Visit her blog, at &lt;a href="http://adventuresinmgwiththeandersons.blogspot.com/"&gt;FTM&lt;/a&gt;. Bert is a contributor for &lt;a href="http://www.shethinksmedia.com/"&gt;She Thinks Media&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-8016073172954840464?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/8016073172954840464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=8016073172954840464' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/8016073172954840464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/8016073172954840464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/when-was-your-wow-im-grown-up-moment.html' title='When was your &quot;Wow I&apos;m a grown up moment?&quot;'/><author><name>Julie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01993680376441458670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XzrMtUp94sA/SywdAif_37I/AAAAAAAAAYY/QcJAuX1lIMQ/S220/for+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LvnYfG2HcGM/Trv9Uk95QlI/AAAAAAAACCk/x8VN_qz1A18/s72-c/Family.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-5390029375269255462</id><published>2011-11-08T10:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T10:56:21.882-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cloth diaper tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hospitals and cloth diapers'/><title type='text'>Cloth Diapering from birth?  What to pack for the hospital.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/product.html" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UH_Zo9zLYSI/TrlRAEEBXyI/AAAAAAAACBk/N49Yn7uS46Q/s1600/infant.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In my opinion there are three important things to consider when packing &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;cloth diapers&lt;/a&gt; for use at the hospital. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cloth Diapers-&amp;nbsp; Pack a variety of cloth diaper styles and sizes.&amp;nbsp; While you don't need to pack an entire stash, you do want to keep in mind that you don't know how little or big your newborn will be.&amp;nbsp; Will he be 6lbs or 8lbs?&amp;nbsp; Chunky or super skinny?&amp;nbsp; If you plan to use one size, keep in mind that they might not fit yet.&amp;nbsp; Be prepared or you may end up having to use the hospital provided disposables.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clothing-&amp;nbsp; If you're new to cloth then you might not realize that fluffy bums often mean that certain styles of clothing, particularly pants, shorts, denim, etc. have to be the next size up to accommodate the cloth diaper.&amp;nbsp; This varies depending on the brand and fabric.&amp;nbsp; Bring an extra outfit or two just in case that newborn or preemie size outfit you love just won't fit the new little one.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Liners-&amp;nbsp; Biodegradable/Flushable Liners are awesome.&amp;nbsp; Not only will they help with meconium stains, they make cleanup easier.&amp;nbsp; You can simply toss the dirty diapers into your wetbag and when you get home, remove the liners and flush.&amp;nbsp; You will have saved yourself a LOT of work.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;Well, those are just a few important things to keep in mind when packing for the hospital, especially if you're going to be using cloth diapers from day one!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-5390029375269255462?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/5390029375269255462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=5390029375269255462' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/5390029375269255462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/5390029375269255462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/cloth-diapering-from-birth-what-to-pack.html' title='Cloth Diapering from birth?  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This is the  way our family gets our diapers clean!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K1unbaO5hYg/TrRPg5Da2fI/AAAAAAAACA0/0ZO_SuGigNU/s1600/RnG.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="133" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K1unbaO5hYg/TrRPg5Da2fI/AAAAAAAACA0/0ZO_SuGigNU/s200/RnG.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;When  its time for a diaper change, we rinse off the dirty diaper, using a  diaper sprayer. I have read that we probably could skip this step since  our baby is breastfed. Breastfed baby poop doesn’t have to be sprayed as  it will get clean during the first rinse. We keep all of the dirty  diapers in a trash bin in our laundry room. We use a pail  liner, which will go right into the wash with the diapers. I would  recommend having two pail liners, so that while one is in the wash, you  can put the other one right on. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q50e3M67Zpk/TrRPtKVKKEI/AAAAAAAACA8/ygiMw0MHU1s/s1600/wash-4.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="168" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q50e3M67Zpk/TrRPtKVKKEI/AAAAAAAACA8/ygiMw0MHU1s/s200/wash-4.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;When  it is time to do a load (which for us is every other day), we first do a  rinse cycle on COLD. Once that is finished, do a regular wash cycle HOT  with detergent. We use Rockin’ Green detergent (right now we are using  Motley Clean scent…smells so good!) &amp;nbsp;Let them soak one hour (or  overnight if you aren’t in dyer need of clean diapers). &amp;nbsp;Once that is  finished, do another rinse cycle COLD. This step is very important  because it gets all the remaining detergent out. When that is finished  we line dry all the cloth diapers and cloth wipes. On a nice day we put  the drying rack outside. Not only does it seem to dry a little quicker,  but the sun is sort of a natural bleach and gets most of the stains out.  Last but not least, always check the &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/care.html"&gt;cloth diaper makers instructions  on care&lt;/a&gt;. You may need to wash certain diapers&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;separately.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;So what's your wash routine?&amp;nbsp; Do you have any tips or tricks to share? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QjlZuA6IihE/TrRKpIyNRWI/AAAAAAAACAk/q9sHlp1EYx8/s1600/BioPic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QjlZuA6IihE/TrRKpIyNRWI/AAAAAAAACAk/q9sHlp1EYx8/s1600/BioPic.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;My  name is Samantha, I am 27 years old and live in upstate New  York. I am a mom of two amazing little girls ages 3 years and 4 months. I  have been married to my best friend Mathew for 4 and a half years. I am  a college graduate, but I am living the good life of being a stay at  home mom! I love my family, taking pictures, reading and writing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-2140014648928110496?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/2140014648928110496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=2140014648928110496' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2140014648928110496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2140014648928110496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/peek-inside-one-mamas-cloth-diaper.html' title='A peek inside one mamas cloth diaper washing routine!'/><author><name>Julie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01993680376441458670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XzrMtUp94sA/SywdAif_37I/AAAAAAAAAYY/QcJAuX1lIMQ/S220/for+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X9WKOgcm3hc/TrRPXRLdXqI/AAAAAAAACAs/kPMM3AAAssY/s72-c/wash-3.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-4331793801742594037</id><published>2011-11-03T12:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T12:56:42.342-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleaning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green living'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vinegar'/><title type='text'>What's the scoop on Vinegar?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7ypJqWpVeGM/TrLHlaY2EGI/AAAAAAAAB_0/2wmSvGm9ymE/s1600/vinegar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="158" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7ypJqWpVeGM/TrLHlaY2EGI/AAAAAAAAB_0/2wmSvGm9ymE/s200/vinegar.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I know you've heard of it, Vinegar!&amp;nbsp; It's cheap, it's smelly that is true, and it can be used for a TON of different purposes.&amp;nbsp; But why does it work and is it safe for use with cloth diapers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Here's the scoop!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vinegar is a safe and inexpensive alternative to chemical based cleaning products.&amp;nbsp; It naturally has the opposite pH as ammonia which makes it an excellent choice for cloth diapers because it will neutralize the pH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's acidity is perfect for the breakdown of buildup and reside and this is why it's preferred for cleaning.&amp;nbsp; From coffee pots to dishwashers, washing machines to tile floors and counter tops, vinegar can be used to clean it all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For household cleaning it's generally diluted with water, about equal parts, and used in a spray bottle to clean whatever you choose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To strip or deep clean your washing machine or dishwasher it's recommended that you add at least a few cups to an empty wash cycle.&amp;nbsp; It will help dissolve and break down nasty grime and residue that might have built up over the years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In laundry, vinegar is used to prevent and treat stains as well as a natural fabric softener.&amp;nbsp; You can add vinegar to a fabric softener ball and toss into the wash just as you would regular softener.&amp;nbsp; For stains you can spot treat with a spray bottle and scrub brush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The effectiveness of vinegar can vary depending on your water quality and water type.&amp;nbsp; If you notice any undesirable smells in your laundry or cloth diapers please discontinue use.&amp;nbsp; It's not for everyone, but those who love it use it for nearly everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;So how about you?&amp;nbsp; Do you use vinegar in your household?&amp;nbsp; How have you used it?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-4331793801742594037?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/4331793801742594037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=4331793801742594037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/4331793801742594037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/4331793801742594037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/whats-scoop-on-vinegar.html' title='What&apos;s the scoop on Vinegar?'/><author><name>Julie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01993680376441458670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XzrMtUp94sA/SywdAif_37I/AAAAAAAAAYY/QcJAuX1lIMQ/S220/for+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7ypJqWpVeGM/TrLHlaY2EGI/AAAAAAAAB_0/2wmSvGm9ymE/s72-c/vinegar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-8436679651490260257</id><published>2011-10-25T11:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T11:16:19.068-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='one size review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='youtube'/><title type='text'>Have you seen DDL's Video Review of the One Size Diaper?</title><content type='html'>It's an oldie but goodie!&amp;nbsp; Kim of &lt;a href="http://www.dirtydiaperlaundry.com/"&gt;Dirty Diaper Laundry&lt;/a&gt; made a great video review of the &lt;a href="http://www.sweetpeadiaper.com/index.html"&gt;Sweet Pea Onesize Cloth Pocket Diaper&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp; Her video shows you up close and personal just how easy to use and adjust the Onesize diaper is!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've embedded the video below so that you can check it out for yourselves!&amp;nbsp; Make sure to give it a thumbs up if you love Sweet Pea Diapers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HKLVgpXWVTc" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-8436679651490260257?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/8436679651490260257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=8436679651490260257' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/8436679651490260257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/8436679651490260257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/10/have-you-seen-ddls-video-review-of-one.html' title='Have you seen DDL&apos;s Video Review of the One Size Diaper?'/><author><name>Julie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01993680376441458670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XzrMtUp94sA/SywdAif_37I/AAAAAAAAAYY/QcJAuX1lIMQ/S220/for+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/HKLVgpXWVTc/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-5763843981693183469</id><published>2011-10-04T17:32:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T17:35:55.057-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diaper washing'/><title type='text'>Washing Diapers -- It is simple!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XkhU6is3FN4/Tot8F0Yjz2I/AAAAAAAAAAo/-0b41G6tvCU/s1600/DSC01133.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XkhU6is3FN4/Tot8F0Yjz2I/AAAAAAAAAAo/-0b41G6tvCU/s320/DSC01133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659753796124004194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi I am Sharni and I own the &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/"&gt;Nappy Shoppe &lt;/a&gt;in  Allen Texas (and distribute Sweet Pea Diapers in the US).   I have a three year old son who recently trained, but he is my third infant to cloth diaper.  We get a lot of people who come to the store or email me  who want to use cloth for the various benefits but are concerned about  the washing aspect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is easy!  I promise you are not required  to have a stream in the back yard with rocks to pound on the diapers.   Your washing machine does all of the work!  When I was washing diapers I  was doing 2-3 loads of diaper wash a week, but on the other side of the  coin, I was doing less clothing wash than I had with my previous baby  in disposables, because I had far less blowouts and leaks with cloth.   So I found that I was not doing many extra loads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The keys to a successful washing routine are water and the right &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt;detergent&lt;/a&gt;.   Diapers are dirty!  Yes dirty!  Someone just pooped and peed on cloth  so they are dirty, and this takes water to clean out.  So I ran a rinse  before I did anything.  I did a cold rinse, so I didn't set any stains  with heat.  Now I have removed the worst of the soil, I can then add my &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt;detergent &lt;/a&gt;to really clean the diapers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I use an additive free &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt;detergent&lt;/a&gt;.  There are several great brands on the market that are made for cloth diapers, such as&lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt; Rockin Green, Thirsties liquid, Eco Sprout and Eco Nuts&lt;/a&gt;.  And yes you can use these on your regular wash too.  I found them to be comparable price wise so I no longer buy regular &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt;detergent&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found I used far less &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt;detergent &lt;/a&gt;than  I used to before I cloth diapered.  One of the biggest mistakes that  many make (including myself starting out) was that they use too much &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt;detergent&lt;/a&gt;.  And the residue gets left in the fibers and reacts with pee and causes rashes.  I found for my water, a tablespoon of &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt;Rockin Green &lt;/a&gt;worked the best for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suds  do not make for clean diapers.  Suds mean there is residue to be  removed from the water.  The better detergents do not make suds.  When  you peek in your machine for the final rinse, suds is something you do  not want to see.  If you do, run a rinse cycle or full cycle again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  use hot water for the wash cycle.  My machine does a hot wash and cold  rinse.  This worked fine for me.  Do not use the sanitise cycle on your  machine, the water can be so hot it can ruin the elastics and the  waterproofing of your diapers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not use bleach or fabric  softener.  Keep it simple!  These items will harm your diapers.  All you  need is water and your diaper safe detergent to wash your diapers.  Do  not use dryer sheets.  Not only do these harm your diapers, but they  also have harmful chemicals in them that are not good for you in  general.  Cutting out all these items keeps the cost of washing down  too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So keep it simple, a good &lt;a href="http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/detergents-and-more-c-205.html"&gt;detergent &lt;/a&gt;and lots of water, and your diapers should be clean&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-5763843981693183469?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/5763843981693183469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=5763843981693183469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/5763843981693183469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='html'>You guessed correctly!&lt;br /&gt;Our new colours will include &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);"&gt;PURPLE&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;RED&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;First 3 to guess are:&lt;br /&gt;Vanessa&lt;br /&gt;Kristen Joy&lt;br /&gt;Mummy Kim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have until 3 pm EST tomorrow (09/29) to send us your address at sweetpeadiapers@yahoo.ca&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for playing!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-4116248017701450038?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/4116248017701450038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=4116248017701450038' title='1 Comments'/><link 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='covers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><title type='text'>1000 FB Follower Giveaway!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>Finally!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first 3 followers to tell us what &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"&gt;TWO&lt;/span&gt; new colors we are adding to the Sweet Pea collection win~!&lt;br /&gt;1st correct guess: &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;1 pack of velour wipes, 1 pair of nursing pads, 1 cover/prefold and 1 Ai3!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd correct guess: &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;1 pack of velour wipes, 1 pair of nursing pads and 1 Ai3!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd correct guess: &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;1 pack of velour wipes and 1 pair of nursing pads!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giveaway ends when all 3 guesses are correct.&lt;br /&gt;Only 1 entry per follower, please.&lt;br /&gt;GOOD LUCK and HAVE FUN!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-6138994826796482086?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/6138994826796482086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=6138994826796482086' title='62 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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giving away &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; packs of wipes, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; pairs of nursing pads, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; cover and prefold and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; AI3!&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-5442921673629618910?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/5442921673629618910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'>1000 FB Fan Giveaway!</title><content type='html'>Only 25 to go to win TONS of great Sweet Pea Products!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-2788390695322027391?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/2788390695322027391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=2788390695322027391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2788390695322027391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2788390695322027391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/09/1000-fb-fan-giveaway_27.html' title='1000 FB Fan Giveaway!'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-7242253753579079344</id><published>2011-09-19T20:19:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T20:20:05.704-04:00</updated><title type='text'>1000 FB Fan Giveaway!</title><content type='html'>We are getting close....only 94 more to go!&lt;br /&gt;We will be giving away lots of wipes, lots of nursing pads and our AI3 diapers!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-7242253753579079344?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/7242253753579079344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=7242253753579079344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/7242253753579079344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/7242253753579079344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/09/1000-fb-fan-giveaway_19.html' title='1000 FB Fan Giveaway!'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-3605029796679383936</id><published>2011-09-09T09:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-09T09:23:17.484-04:00</updated><title type='text'>1000 FB Fan Giveaway!</title><content type='html'>When we reach 1000 fans on Facebook, we will be giving away some of our awesome products! Wipes, nursing pads, AI3!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-3605029796679383936?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/3605029796679383936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=3605029796679383936' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/3605029796679383936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/3605029796679383936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/09/1000-fb-fan-giveaway.html' title='1000 FB Fan Giveaway!'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-8914705941261845111</id><published>2011-09-07T10:17:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T10:18:02.170-04:00</updated><title type='text'>1000 FB Follower Giveaway!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>We will be sharing our awesome products with you when we hit 1000 followers!!&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-8914705941261845111?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/8914705941261845111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=8914705941261845111' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/8914705941261845111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/8914705941261845111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/09/1000-fb-follower-giveaway.html' title='1000 FB Follower Giveaway!!!!!!!'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-6589624511755416649</id><published>2011-06-30T08:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T08:37:47.559-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Winner is Abigail (#70) picked on www.random.org&lt;br /&gt;We have e-mailed you!&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for playing.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-6589624511755416649?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/6589624511755416649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=6589624511755416649' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/6589624511755416649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/6589624511755416649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/06/winner-is-abigail-70-picked-on-www.html' title=''/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-8957630020079902338</id><published>2011-06-25T13:34:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-25T13:40:12.287-04:00</updated><title type='text'>OWL PRINT giveaway #2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xs9FD11MJuI/TgYdcUgnnNI/AAAAAAAAAKE/IcECo4t5XKo/s1600/sweetpea%2B9%2Blow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xs9FD11MJuI/TgYdcUgnnNI/AAAAAAAAAKE/IcECo4t5XKo/s320/sweetpea%2B9%2Blow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622213557197708498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have an owl print cover to give to one of our faithful followers!&lt;br /&gt;Please post in the comment section along with your e-mail address WHY you would like to win one!&lt;br /&gt;Giveaway closes Wed, June 29th, 2011 at 10pm EST.&lt;br /&gt;GOOD LUCK!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-8957630020079902338?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/8957630020079902338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=8957630020079902338' title='77 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/8957630020079902338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/8957630020079902338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/06/owl-print-giveaway-2.html' title='OWL PRINT giveaway #2'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xs9FD11MJuI/TgYdcUgnnNI/AAAAAAAAAKE/IcECo4t5XKo/s72-c/sweetpea%2B9%2Blow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>77</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-2133668839172757952</id><published>2011-06-10T08:46:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-10T08:48:18.412-04:00</updated><title type='text'>and the winners are.........</title><content type='html'>Winners of the 2 wet bags are Paula and Mrs. M&lt;br /&gt;#1 and #31 were drawn from Random.Org this morning!&lt;br /&gt;I will e-mail you shortly!&lt;br /&gt;Next giveaway! 2 AI3's........soon............&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-2133668839172757952?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/2133668839172757952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=2133668839172757952' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2133668839172757952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/2133668839172757952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/06/winners-of-2-wet-bags-are-paula-and-mrs.html' title='and the winners are.........'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-5832994299929681964</id><published>2011-06-06T08:38:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T08:49:15.265-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New OWL PRINT giveaway!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0zgWDV2x2s/TezK26zA95I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/GLfOb5bq-JQ/s1600/sweetpea%2B40%2Blow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0zgWDV2x2s/TezK26zA95I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/GLfOb5bq-JQ/s320/sweetpea%2B40%2Blow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615085880269141906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In celebration of our OWL print release, we are giving away 2 wet bags to 2 Sweet Pea fans!&lt;br /&gt;Follow us on our blog, FB or Twitter!&lt;br /&gt;One entry per person!&lt;br /&gt;Please tell us why you would LOVE an OWL print bag.....&lt;br /&gt;Please provide your e-mail address.&lt;br /&gt;(Ends Wed. June 8th, 2011 at 11pm EST).&lt;br /&gt;GOOD LUCK!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-5832994299929681964?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/5832994299929681964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=5832994299929681964' title='51 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/5832994299929681964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/5832994299929681964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-owl-print-giveaway.html' title='New OWL PRINT giveaway!'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0zgWDV2x2s/TezK26zA95I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/GLfOb5bq-JQ/s72-c/sweetpea%2B40%2Blow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>51</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-7266801891268964765</id><published>2011-03-14T19:06:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T19:13:00.651-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prefolds'/><title type='text'>The simplicity of prefolds...</title><content type='html'>Laura from &lt;a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.morethanclothdiapers.com"&gt;More Than Cloth Diapers&lt;/a&gt; has graciously submitted the 2nd guest blogger post!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;I have a confession! I used to tell people that if I had to use prefolds I would not do cloth diapers. Yes, it’s true. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;The simple rectangle of absorbent cotton even scared this cloth diaper addict. When I got pregnant with my second child I did buy some with the intention of using them but never did.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;When I had my 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; I knew I should give them a try, if for nothing else to tell my customers an opinion of them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;When my 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; child was born a month early he was the smallest baby I had ever had weighing a little more than 6lbs. Although I was armed with a lot of diapers I did not expect such a small baby as my others were closer to 7.8 lbs. With 3 children at home and laundry galore with 2 in diapers; prefolds became my first grab over all the expensive diapers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;They were so versatile that the preemie size fit him right away. I was able to fold over the top to cover his little parts and keep the absorbency where I wanted. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;The ease of washing and drying with no stuffing or folding was a sanity saver. I was able to do laundry quicker which in my land of 3 small children is a necessity.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I simply would pile the prefolds on top of one and another and stacked them in the drawer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;My baby had GERD and anyone who has lived with a baby with this extreme reflux knows how often they projectile.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My prefolds were great at catching the barf. I was going through 18 barf bibs a day, the prefolds can hold a good spit up unlike the little barf bibs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;At almost 1 yr old now I still use the prefolds. I keep them on the change table if a little poop gets on them I am able to throw them in the wash and not have to change the table cover.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;I also use them as inserts by folding them in pocket diapers. Absorbent and trim its perfect for this application. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;There are not many baby products that you can get this kind of mileage from for the nominal price.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Later I can use them as cleaning cloths or donate them to a mom in need.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;My mom still uses the prefolds from when I was a baby (30+yrs ago) for cleaning cloths... that’s real value.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;If you are not a prefold user I suggest you give them a try. There is nothing complicated about them and you may fall in love with the simplicity of them like me! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-7266801891268964765?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/7266801891268964765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=7266801891268964765' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/7266801891268964765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/7266801891268964765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/03/simplicity-of-prefolds.html' title='The simplicity of prefolds...'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-1414548172697069665</id><published>2011-01-12T10:42:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T10:49:10.068-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to basics with diaper laundry - Guest Post</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Laura from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.morethanclothdiapers.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;More Than Cloth Diapers&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;is our first guest blogger!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Diaper laundry should not be intimidating; there are so many complicated washing instructions out there. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Well I am not a self proclaimed diaper expert I can tell you what works for me after having children in diapers for 7 years nonstop. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;1) Start with removing solids. I hold the diaper over the toilet and let the solids fall out. If it doesn’t fall out I don’t stress about it. If this makes you squeamish Bummis makes great flushable liners that can be flushed in the toilet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;2) Put the diapers in the washer. Makes sure all Velcro is fastened to the laundry tab. Most pockets will have the inserts taken out; unless they are &lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.sweetpeadiaper.com"&gt;Sweet Peas&lt;/a&gt; (they will agitate out on their own).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;3) I do a warm pre rinse. Why warm? Because I find it takes the left over solids off the diapers better. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;4) My wash cycle I use 3 tablespoons Rockin' Green Hard Water formula. It seems to work best with my water. My water softness all depends on if the salt in the water softener has gotten low or not. I use hot water on power wash and one cold rinse. I know some of you may gasp that I am not doing a double rinse. My washer machine does not have that option and I find I can get away without it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;5) I hang dry everything, all year round. In the summer everything gets on the clothes line. Winter I hang them on a clothes rack over night in front of my corn stove.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I then take them and fluff them in the dryer on low heat in the dryer for a few minutes just to soften up the diapers and makes sure they are totally dry. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;And there you have it, my simple washing instructions for cloth diapers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2828171760228370917-1414548172697069665?l=sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/feeds/1414548172697069665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2828171760228370917&amp;postID=1414548172697069665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/1414548172697069665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2828171760228370917/posts/default/1414548172697069665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sweetpeadiaper.blogspot.com/2011/01/back-to-basics-with-diaper-laundry.html' title='Back to basics with diaper laundry - Guest Post'/><author><name>Sweet Pea Diapers</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828171760228370917.post-7046318783747741585</id><published>2011-01-06T20:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T20:01:50.827-05:00</updated><title type='text'>WINNERS of the giveaway!</title><content type='html'>WINNERS of the giveaway....&lt;br /&gt;Please see below.  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