Fall In Love With Fluff Cloth Diaper Giveaway Event!

Are you ready to fall in love with fluff
and win $500 of cloth diapers and accessories?!

Welcome to the Fall In Love With Fluff Giveaway Event presented by Daily Mothering and Eco-Crazy Mom! Over 100 blogs are coming together to celebrate our love for fluff with this awesome Valentine’s Day giveaway! We are giving away a Cloth Diaper Prize Pack valued at $500 to one lucky winner!!

Fall In Love With Fluff is sponsored by Sandbox Lane and Kissed By The Moon!

Sandbox Lane is your one stop shop for affordable & stylish eco-friendly baby products! This family-owned business is known and loved for their great selection of affordable cloth diapers and cloth diaper accessories in a wide variety of styles and brands. They also carry a variety of stylish baby clothing and accessories, breastfeeding supplies, mama cloth, eco-friendly laundry products, swaddle blankets, toys and other earth friendly products to help get your little one off to a great start. Be sure to check out the Sandbox Lane Blog, and follow them via Facebook, Twitter, and Newsletter for information on sales, events, new products & more! Free shipping is offered on all purchases over $30, and all orders under $30 ship for just $3. *Shipping is only offered within the US and Canada at this time.

Sandbox Lane is offering a special 10% off coupon code for giveaway participants during this event! Use code Fluffylove10off at checkout to receive your discount! Excludes Bumgenius, Grovia, Flip, and Econobum.

Prizes Sponsored by Sandbox Lane:

BumGenius Freetime One-Size AIO Diaper
(Snap closure, winner's choice of Print/Color)

BumGenius 4.0 One-Size Pocket Diaper
(Snap closure, Winner's choice of Print/Color)

Flip One-Size Cover & Stay-Dry Insert
(Snap closure, Winner's choice of Color)

Econobum Trial Pack: 1 One-Size Cover and 3 Prefolds
(Winner's choice of Color)

Fuzzibunz Elite One-Size Pocket Diaper
(Winner's choice of Color)

Charlie Banana One-Size Pocket Print Diaper
(Winner's choice of Print)

GroVia One-Size AIO Diaper
(Vanilla)

Sweet Pea One-Size Pocket Diaper
(Winner's choice of Color)

ones & twos One-Size AIO Diaper
(Winner's choice of Color)

Incredibum Bamboo One-Size Pocket Diaper
(Winner's choice of Color)

Incredibum Small Wetbag
(Winner's choice of Color)

Rockin' Green Hard Rock 2.0 Detergent
(45/90 Loads)

Rockin' Green Funk Rock
(9 oz.)

Incredibum Bamboo Wipes
(2 packs - 8 wipes total)

Sweet Pea Cotton Velour Wipes
(2 packs - 10 wipes total)

BabyLegs Leg Warmers
(Rainbow)

Kissed By The Moon was created out of a passion for cloth diapering and eco-friendly living. This mama-owned shop is a favorite of many, well known for their cloth diaper rental packages, kissed cash rewards program, user-friendly gift registry and awesome weekly specials. They offer a wide variety of new and pre-loved cloth diapers, cloth diaper accessories, laundry solutions and everything needed to make your cloth diapering experience a success! Be sure to sign up for the Kissed By The Moon Newsletter and follow on Facebook and Twitter to be the first to know about sales, promotions, giveaways, and upcoming events. Shipping is always free for orders over $25 (US Only), and international shipping is available!

Kissed By The Moon is offering a special 10% off coupon code for giveaway participants during this event! Use code LOVEFLUFF at checkout to receive your discount on orders over $25! Excludes sale items, GroVia, Flip, and Bumgenius.

Prizes Sponsored by Kissed By The Moon:

Oh Katy One-Size Pocket Diaper
(Winner's choice of Color)

Rumparooz One-Size Pocket Print Diaper
(Winner's choice of Print and Closure)

Bummis Tot Bot Easy Fit One-Size AIO Diaper
(Winner's choice of Color/Print)

Green Line One-Size Cover
(Winner's choice of Print)

Green Line Soaker
(Bamboo/Cotton)

SoftBums Omni One-Size AI2/Pocket Diaper
(Aplix, Winner's choice of Color/Print)

SoftBums Snap-In Pod
(DryTouch)

itti bitti tutto One-Size AI2 Diaper
(Winner's choice of Color/Print)

Swaddlebees Simplex One-Size AIO Diaper
(Winner's choice of Color/Print)

Planet Wise Flannel Wipes
(Set of 10, winner's choice of Color)

Leslie's Boutique Pail Liner
(Winner's choice of Color/Print)

Rumparooz Print Wet Bag
(Winner's choice of Print)

Changing Diapers: The Hip Mom's Guide to Modern Cloth Diapering
(by Kelly Wels)

THiRSTiES Booty Luster
(4 oz.)

2 CJ’s BUTTer Samples
(1/2 oz. each)

And now for the giveaway!

ONE WINNER will receive this ENTIRE prize pack:
(most colors/prints will be winner's choice as listed above)

This giveaway ends at 11:59 EST on February 7th, 2011.

Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter.

If you have not yet signed in to the new Rafflecopter forms, use either your Facebook account OR your name and email address to sign in. Click "Do It" for instructions on how to complete each entry. There is no mandatory entry.

The more entries you submit, the better odds you have of winning!

This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada* contestants only.

*If a Canada winner is drawn, some prizes will be substituted with other products
or store credit of retailer's choice due to shipping restrictions on certain brands.

Jack Be Natural Review & Giveaway! {New Year, New Babies, New Mommies of 2!}

Today I want to tell you about another one of my favorite cloth diaper stores- Jack Be Natural! 


Jack Be Natural was created by a mom, Stacy, in 2010 after she was fed up with disposables and all the chemicals that were in them. Like many moms, she had been discouraged by friends and family when it came to using cloth diapers. But after she found out what was really in disposable diapers she switched to cloth right away and created Jack Be Natural.  Jack Be Natural not only sells cloth diapers but they work to educate moms on cloth diapers so they can find out for themselves the many benefits of cloth! 


Jack Be Natural sells cloth diapers but also natural detergents and lotions, natural toys, and even natural bedding!


I love Jack Be Natural! They have free shipping to the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska! They also ship super fast! I purchased some diapers from Jack Be Natural when I was cloth diapering Noah and I always loved how quickly I got my diapers! I purchased a diaper from them when I was pregnant with Isaac and received the diaper super fast once again! I received a GroVia newborn AIO to review from Jack Be Natural and once again..super fast shipping!  Jack Be Natural also has a rewards program! For every $15 you spend you get $1 in rewards that is credited to your account. So next time you make a purchase that credit is used toward your purchase! How cool is that?! 


Check out my GroVia Newborn AIO review HERE!

My not so happy little guy in his owl print GroVia Newborn All-in-One from Jack Be Natural!


Overall, Jack Be Natural is a great resource for cloth diapers and all things Natural! Not only can you purchase products like cloth diapers, natural detergents and lotions, and even shampoos and soaps for yourself and your baby, but you can also learn about the benefits of cloth diapering and other natural products with Jack Be Natural!

Buy It!

www.jackbenatural.com

Win It!

One lucky reader will win a GroVia Newborn All-In-One in their choice of color/print from Jack Be Natural!
Be sure to visit So Easy Being Green today to enter to win a Tiny Tush Elite Mini Pocket Diaper!

My New Life as a Mommy of 2!

I knew life would change when our second child arrived, but I didn't realize how much! While things are very much the same, things are very different now also! A good different though! I'm stretched a little bit thinner than I was, and I don't get near as much sleep as before, but I have two adorable boys who love me and love each other and make me smile on a daily basis!

I really love the age difference they are now and I'm sure I'll love it even more later. Noah is old enough to be fairly independent and knows what I'm talking about when I explain to him that babies cry and Isaac needs help getting dressed, etc. but he's still young enough to want snuggles with mommy and need me to chase away the monsters in his closet. 

Isaac is such a good baby. He's such a snuggle bug! He only cries when he's hungry or his belly hurts, and he sleeps so well already! At 10 weeks old he is sleeping 7-8 hours almost every night! Naps are a bit of a challenge sometimes but he usually does well with those too. He is a very smiley and happy baby most of the time and for that I am so thankful! 

Splitting time between the two can be a challenge sometimes, especially when Brian is working and I'm all by myself. Sometimes one of them has to wait for a minute while I get the other food or change a diaper or something. Usually Noah is pretty good about waiting while I'm doing something for Isaac. When Isaac is napping sometimes I have to let the housework go so I can spend quality time with Noah. Sometimes that's hard because I think about all the things I need to get done like dishes and laundry, but quality time with my little guy is more important. 

So yes, there are some challenges to being a new mommy of 2, but just like being a mother or one or ten, there are so many rewards as well!

Mom Blog Monday Blog Hop! {FACEBOOK!}

Are you a Mommy blogger?

Do you blog about your kids?

Do you blog about great things for Mommies?

Do you wanna meet other Mom Bloggers?

With the announcement that Google will soon be pulling the plug on GFC, Mom Blog Monday is beginning to evolve! We will be rotating Social Media Outlets each week, featuring different ways to follow some of your favorite {and new} Mommy Blogs!
The rotation will follow this sequence: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, RSS/Email

All we ask is that you follow the 3 Co-Hosts: The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a First Time Mom, Luxury Living Frugal Style, and So Easy Being Green… the first three blogs on the linky! Then follow Spot #4 which is the featured blog of the week!

We would LOVE it if you’d grab our button and put it somewhere on your blog or in a blog post! This would help us spread the word. However, you aren’t required to. Please be sure to link up to the correct Social Media of the Week and leave us a comment so we can follow you back!

This week’s Featured Media is Facebook!

This week's featured blogger is…

Are Butterflies Ticklish?

Fuzzibunz One Size Cloth Diaper Review! {New Year, New Babies, New Mommies of 2!}

Today I want to tell you about one of my favorite types of cloth diapers! I loved it when I cloth diapered Noah and I love it even more now that I’m using cloth on Isaac! I am talking about the Fuzzibunz one-sized pocket diaper! Why do I love it even more now you ask? Because this is the first one-size diaper I was able to use on Isaac! Even when he was under 10 pounds! 

The Fuzzibunz One-Size cloth diaper fits approximately 7-35 pounds. It is a bit different than most one-size diapers in that it uses buttons to adjust the waist and thigh area. Since the diaper is so adjustable it is easy to get a perfect, snug fit for your baby’s unique shape!

Like I said, this is the first one size diaper I was able to get on Isaac. A lot of the other one-size diapers I have are just now fitting him well at their smallest setting. The Fuzzibunz one-size I was able to get a good fit on him at about 3 weeks old! That just added to my love for Fuzzibunz cloth diapers! I have always loved my Fuzzibunz because they are such well made diapers. They are made with a PUL outer layer and a soft microfleece inner layer, and I’m talking soft! They come with two microfiber inserts that are super absorbent! I don’t think I’ve ever had a leak with a Fuzzibunz diaper on Noah or Isaac! Another thing I love about the Fuzzibunz one-size diaper is how durable it is! ALL of my Fuzzibunz one-size diapers I used the 17 months I cloth diapered Noah and are still in great condition now that I’m using them on Isaac! What’s great is the one-size diapers come with extra elastic just in case the elastic does get a little worn and needs to be replaced. But to be honest, I haven’t even had to replace the elastic on any of mine!

A lot of mamas wait to use cloth diapers until baby can fit in to one-size diapers because they don’t want to worry about newborn diapering. My suggestion to you if you are one of these mamas  is to get some Fuzzibunz one-size cloth diapers! You’ll be able to put your little one in cloth sooner and start saving money and helping the environment sooner too! 

(This is not a sponsored post)

Guest Post- Preparing an Older Child for a New Sibling! {New Year, New Babies, New Mommies of 2}

Hi everyone I'm Darlene from http://youngmammatales.blogspot.com  I'm so excited to be here today! I'm going to share with you guys today a little bit about preparing for baby number two!

Everyone says your older child is in for a big change when number 2 comes along, and for us I think that will be even more so the case when baby girl comes along at the end of April. By then, our son Jasper will have had almost FIVE years being an only child. Almost five years of staying home with me every day, never having to share me, his dad, our attention, his personal space or toys. When grandparents come to visit, it's just to see him and he knows it. He was the first grand child on both sides, and has been spoiled from day one.

 

 Soon he will have another person here that he has to share his mom and dad with, and since he is old enough to know and remember how things used to be, I'm imagining this change will be much more difficult than if we would have given him a sibling while he was just one or even 2.

We want to make the transition as smooth for him as possible and we are doing everything we can do help him prepare. How could we not? His life is about to be completely turned upside down!

I've read books, blogs and online magazine articles and talked to parents with multiple children to try to figure out what will work best for our family, since every child and every situation is different.

Here's what we have come up with.

1. Since he will be sharing a room with his sister (around 5-6 months when we transition her in there) we   have already bought her crib, and as soon as we get back from Christmas we will put the crib in there and start preparing him for the invasion of his space. We think it will be better to do this before she gets here, to give him more time to get used to the idea.

2. Involve Jasper with as much baby stuff as possible. So far he has been to both ultrasounds, and that really got him excited and made it more real. We had a 4D ultrasound and they gave us a DVD to take home and he always asks to put the movie in to watch the baby.

3. Get him involved in the shopping- so far he loves picking out baby outfits to buy- we think this gets him excited about it instead of feeling left out and that shes the only one that is getting new things, now he actually gets excited and has even bought an outfit with His money!

4. Get some big brother books- he loves having us read to him, so I think he will love this.

5. Get him around some babies! We are heading back to Iowa for 2 weeks of Christmas fun and I have a brand new baby niece and two friends who just had babies so getting him around babies will help him visualize what is coming in April!

6. Talk (a LOT) about how important big brothers are. We have already started this and he already realized what an important part of her life he is going to play. I think we will come up with a few special big brother jobs- he is always such a great helper and it makes him feel important so he needs to have some big brother jobs to concentrate on!

7.After baby gets here, we plan on having separate Mommy Jasper, and Daddy Jasper dates. We do those now, and it's something fun and special, and I don't want that to stop when she gets here. They will be pretty short in the beginning, like going down the street just the 2 of us for ice cream when I'm able to leave her for a little while, but continuing this special ritual is very important to me. I grew up in a family with 5 kids and my parents would make the time to take us out one on one and it was always So special to have mom or dad to ourselves! And hopefully this will make him feel like he isn't being replaced at all.

Anyone else have any great tips to getting the older child to adept to a new addition? I know it won't be easy, but hopefully these steps will at least help prepare all of us for the changes that are going to come this spring!

Bummis Easy Fit Diaper Review & Giveaway! {New Year, New Babies, New Mommies of 2!}

Bummis diapers are another brand of diapers I had always heard great things about but never actually tried myself. I always preferred pockets over all-in-ones and snaps over Velcro so I just wasn’t sure if I was going to like Bummis diapers. But when I was pregnant with Isaac I decided this was another diaper I really wanted to try.

I received the Bummis Easy Fit diaper in chocolate (brown). The Easy Fit fits approximately 8 to 35 pounds. You could consider the Easy Fit an all-in-one but it works like a pocket diaper really. The insert is just attached to the diaper. But you have the choice of stuffing it in the pocket or laying it over the top. The connected insert is made of two layers- rayon from bamboo and polyester microfiber. The rayon from bamboo absorbs moisture 70% quicker than cotton. The rayon from bamboo is also super soft against baby’s skin!

Here’s a great video to show you how the Bummis Easy Fit works!

I am happy to say Bummis Easy Fit diapers are one of my favorite diapers now! I really like that the insert is attached yet I can still fold and stuff it to my particular needs. I absolutely love the fit on Isaac! I honestly think I get the best fit from the Bummis Easy Fit than any other diaper I have!  It fits perfectly around his chunky belly without giving him any red marks or rubbing him and the legs are just tight enough that nothing leaks out but it’s not super tight around his legs leaving little red marks. I have never been a big fan of Velcro but the Velcro on the Bummis Easy Fit makes me reconsider! It holds great! It hasn’t gotten pilly at all and it doesn’t stick to all my other diapers in the wash!

My Bummis Easy fit is seriously the first diaper I grab every time now! I just love how it’s built like a pocket but really an all-in-one! I love the fit on my chunky boy! And I love how absorbent and well made it is! 

Buy It!

http://www.bummis.com/us/en/find-a-retailer.php

Win It!

One lucky reader will win one Bummis Easy Fit diaper in their choice of color! 

Be sure to visit So Easy Being Green for a chance to win an Applecheeks cloth diaper!