Kissaluvs Outlet Open!!!

Hey fluff family! I got an email this afternoon letting me know that the Kissaluvs Outlet is now open! First come, first served on...(copied and pasted from the email)

Marvels Fitted Diapers in designer prints – mostly in the lovely Mocca print, and some Zoo-Blue, at incredible prices!

Kissa’s Fitted Cotton Fleece: in all three sizes – 0, 1 & 2.

Kissa’s Organic Fitted’s: in Size 1 only (super absorbent and organic fabrics).

Kissa’s Cotton Fleece Contours: both sizes, NB and M. Great for diapering on a budget.

Wipes: Organic, Premium Organic and Awesome Terry (pick your favorite or at Outlet prices you may want to get ‘em all!).

Doublers: both sizes- Boosters and Super Soakers (perfect for Size 1 & 2 diapers, pockets and g covers).

Diaper Lotion Potion Spray: New Formulation with No Alcohol, No Parabens and No Phthalates.

With every order of $50 or more, we will include FREE BONUS ITEMS. Simply pick from the list below and let us know in the comments field of your order, the item you prefer:

1. 6 Wipes (we choose from inventory)

2. 4 Doublers (specify Boosters or Super Soakers)

3. 1 Cotton Fleece Fitted Diaper (specify Size)

4. 2 Contour Diaper (specify Sizes)

5. 1 Diaper Lotion Potion Spray

We will try our best to give you the colors/prints you specify for all items, including Free Bonus items, but reserve the right to ship from inventory at hand.

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. Sale ends when we run out of stock.

So go shopping! Hurry, hurry, hurry! This sale stock never lasts long!!

Sale at MonkeyBuns!

Hey fluff family!

I just got an email from Elissa over at MonkeyBuns letting me know that she's having a SURPRISE sale today and tomorrow: 10% off of everything, no coupon code required!

If you remember my reviews, my MonkeyBuns fitteds diapers and covers were some of my favorite diapers for my daughter's first 8 or 9 months. (At that point, my son was potty trained, and my daughter was able to start wearing her big brother's diapers, which is why I didn't order more MB in bigger sizes.)

If you've been wanting to try out some fitted diapers, and love the idea of supporting a WAHM, please take advantage of this weekend's MonkeyBuns sale!!

(You can also find Elissa at her eBay shop for MonkeyBuns diapers.)

Sale at Cotton Babies! (and update on my daughter)

I meant to get this out yesterday, but between all the laying around and not getting dressed until 5 minutes before my daughter's appointment (for UTI and rash-related issues once again, sigh), I just couldn't seem to get on the computer. As a result, there's not much left.

BUT, if you have a girly girl, and you love pink diapers, and you love bumGenius, Cotton Babies has them on sale for only $14.95!!

Happy shopping!

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I haven't written on here in a while, because I kind of feel like a cloth impostor: my sweet little girl has been in paper diapers (sposies) for almost a month, because she's had the most heinous and unbelievable diaper rash for about the same length of time. We'll get it marginally cleared up, and then her bottom breaks out all over again. Fiery red, lumpy, bumpy, scaly, weeping, bleeding, pin-prick dotted, and pustules. We have tried literally everything under the sun, including letting her go diaper free during her waking hours (and just cleaning up after her, oh how I wish I had had an EC-friendly baby potty while at my in-law's) for 2 or 3 days.

Finally, yesterday, Dr. Husband recommended that we take her back in to let her own pediatrician take a look at her. Dr. M took a urine sample and decided to put the Little Lady on oral antibiotics and a topical antifungal (nystatin powder, because we already tried the nystatin ointment and it made literally no impact on the rash in 3 days). So we'll see how this goes. If it doesn't clear up pretty quickly, the ped is sending us to a pediatric dermatologist.

Anyway, because of all the ointments and creams and oils we've been applying, and because I've been concerned about contaminating her diapers with an infection on her skin, I've kept her in paper for the past few weeks. My precious mother-in-law is always so generous and bought us a big box at Sam's, so we still have plenty left to ride out this trial.

It's been sort of nice to have a rest from fluff washing and folding, but I really am ready to get her back in cloth, so hopefully this issue will be behind (haha) us soon!

Free Shipping at Kelly's Closet!

Today and tomorrow (May 20 and 21) ONLY, get free shipping on all orders $35 or more at Kelly's Closet. This is a steal!!! Usually free shipping doesn't kick in until orders of $99 or more at KC.

Just enter coupon code FACEMAY at checkout.

Kelly's Closet has become one of my favorite diaper shop e-tailers. She has a lot of different products available in one place, and quite a few things that I've never found anywhere else, like KiwiPie fitted diapers. Their customer service is always friendly and prompt, and they even have a live-chat option where you can ask questions to a customer service rep in real time - fabulous feature, especially for newbies!

They also have sewing patterns for sale, if you're so inclined to make your own fluff. For expectant moms, Kelly's Closet has a gift registry option that will allow you to create a cloth wishlist. And of course, there's a whole lot to shop for other than diapers!

Take advantage of the 2-day shipping sale - happy shopping!

Sale at MonkeyBuns!

Here we go - another sale!

One of my most favorite work-at-home-moms, the creator of MonkeyBuns Diapers, is offering a Mother's Day special of 10% off all orders of $50 or more! Just enter coupon code MONDAY at check out. The sale goes from today, 5.7.09, through Mother's Day Sunday, 5.10.09.

And don't forget about entering the pocket diaper giveaway right here!

Kissaluvs Outlet Sale!

Okay, my fluff family! I've promised you before that I will do my best to pass along sale and clearance info from the newsletters I get from the cloth sites that I subscribe to, so here you go!

Tomorrow, 5.6.09, the Kissaluvs Outlet Store will open! They say they'll have great prices on fitted diapers, contour diapers, wipes, and more. They'll even throw in a bonus freebie with every purchase! It could be a doubler, wipes, or even the diaper lotion potion spray.

Until tomorrow, the link will direct you to their bundle-package deals, but beginning on May 6th, the link will take you directly to the Kissaluvs Outlet Store.

If any of you remember my reviews on Kissaluvs diapers, they received a hearty 2 thumbs up from me. Many veteran cloth mamas and daddies will tell you that if you could have only one diaper in your stash for a newborn, the Kissaluvs fitted size 0 would be it! I really loved these for my newborn, and I even got some size 1s for after she grew out of the 0s.

Anyway, I wanted to pass the word along. Please come back and leave a comment to let us know what you snag!

And don't forget about the giveaway - open through Mother's Day!

WOO-HOO! My first giveaway!

To whom it may concern:

THANK YOU SO MUCH for the gift certificate to Cotton Babies! Cotton Babies is one of my favorite sites to shop for cloth diapers and diapering accessories. They always have a wide variety of awesome diapers in stock, and they're a great resource for lots of cool non-diapering goodies. With competitive prices, they have everything from diapers, to maternity fashion, toddler toys, and baby clothes. They even have baby carriers and wraps, strollers, and haute diaper bags for fashion-minded mamas.

Go take a look around! Cotton Babies is a super cool e-store that has all the things you need - and some things you probably didn't even know you needed - for your growing belly AND your growing babies!

EDIT!!

I've been wanting to do a giveaway on here for a long time, and now I have the perfect opportunity to do it!

I want to give away ONE pocket diaper, and the best part is, the winner gets to choose 1 of 3 pocket diapers:

1 BumGenius 3.0 One-Size pocket diaper
1 Happy Heiny sized pocket diaper
1 Thirsties sized Pocket/All-in-One diaper

So one winner, and you get your choice of style of diaper, any colors that are available, and the size you need!

If you want to enter, just leave a comment! I'll leave comments open from today until May 10 - a free new diaper equals a VERY happy Mother's Day! :o)

At midnight eastern time on Mother's Day, I'll use a random number generator to choose one winner! Happy commenting!

Thanks to all who entered - the giveaway "closed" early because I just couldn't stay up any later tonight. I'll post the winner tomorrow!

Stash Purging

Jenney made a good point in her comment on the last post: why don't I show you guys some of the diapers I'm getting rid of? Since none of them have sold yet, I'm happy to post them here! I will receive Paypal and can get you my Paypal email address (it's not the one associated with this blog) if you want to purchase something.

The prices I've listed are for all items in each "listing." I really don't want to split things, because of the cost of shipping. If you want only one item, I'll have to check into shipping costs before I can give you the price for a single diaper. If you choose more than one lot (listing) then I'll knock $2 off the total price. Just leave a comment or email me if you see something you'd like to have!

Okay, first up is 3 EUC Swaddlebee Pockets, size Medium, no inserts. I'm asking $25 PPD within the lower 48.

All 3 are a pale baby pink. I bought these at a consignment sale and they are in pristine condition. Unfortunately, at the sale all bags are taped shut, so when I got them home and took them out of the bag, I saw that there was no way these trim diapers would fit my chub-a-lub baby. I don't have a photo of these, because they got tossed in a tub of stuff for me to sell in a later consignment sale, and that tub got tossed in the attic. But if anyone is interested, I'll get Hubs to bring the tote down for me and post a pic.

Next are 3 GUC Tiny Tush Elite One-size pockets, no inserts. I'm asking $18 PPD within the lower 48. 2 sage, 1 peach, see pic below.


Now, I need to get to my reviews on pockets. I loved these diapers at first. They were my hands-down favorites. But then I started having some problems with them repelling. I contacted the company directly, and they were less than helpful. They recommended stripping (which I tried a dozen times in as many different ways, all in accordance with their recommendations), all to no avail. Now, keep in mind that throughout my ordeal with the TT, I was having NO PROBLEMS with any of my other brands. I told the company owner this, and all she said was, "Well, we've never had any complaints before." I really felt like screaming, "You have one now! Do something about it!" A diaper company - no matter how small - with any integrity, accountability, and business sense should ALWAYS offer to replace a diaper, or at the very very least let you send it to them so they can inspect it and see if they can rectify the problem for you. But Tiny Tush did NONE of that. So as a company, BOO. Big fat boo.

I wasn't able to get my diapers functional through multiple stripping methods, but will surrender them to a mama who thinks she may be able to get them wearable again. OR, I kept a few to use as swim diapers, as they're still perfectly acceptable for that. (And if you read the fine print on the rules for babies in public pools, like at the YMCA, most pools specify that babies should be in tight-fitting swim "pants" - translation, diaper - rather than disposable swim diapers.)

You can see above that all diapers are unsnapped. See below for pictures of the 3 snap settings, so in total Tiny Tush diapers have 4 different size settings. (Sigh). You simply cannot know what a disappointment it was to have these diapers fail so dismally.


Next up are 3 EUC Haute Pocket one-size pocket diapers, no inserts. I'm asking $25 PPD within the lower 48. One chocolate/olive (center), one pale minty green (left), and one pale seaglass (right). (I can't remember the company names for the colors, and they change their available colors all the time.) See pic below.


Hautes are great diapers, but I think that they are kind of "love 'em or hate'em" diapers. I didn't hate them, but they just didn't work for us. They are a smaller one-size, so my son grew out of those much more quickly than he did his BGs or HHs. (Remember, my kids are chubby, so if you have a trimmer baby, these may work for you a lot longer.)


Next is a cryin' shame. I have 2 EEEUC MotherEase one-size bamboo fitteds. I'm asking $22 PPD within the lower 48.

These are awesome, awesome, awesome diapers. But they just don't really work for us. They're bamboo, so they're super absorbent, but I just never reach for them. Each one has probably been worn only 3 or 4 times. I thought about cutting them up and sewing them into soakers, but I decided to pass them along to a family who will love them the way they deserve to be loved!

Okay, folks. There ya go! Just contact me if you're interested in any of these.

What a deal!

This morning I got an email from Kissaluvs * about a special spring deal they've got going on right now! When you order a Bundle of Joy Starter Pack directly from the manufacturer website, you get a free Bummis Super Whisper Wrap cover! You don't get to choose the color of your cover, but you can order your starter pack in neutral, boy, or girl colors - woo-hoo! (And I feel pretty confident that if you order the boy colors, they're not going to send you a pink cover, you know?)

BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!!

From March 20-25, enter the code "SPRING" in the comments section of your order to get free shipping! Happy shopping, all you cloth nappy parents!

** Okay, if I've never said this before, go to every single diaper manufacturer website and diaper e-store and sign up for their newsletter emails. You'll get email alerts about sales, clearances, etc. I'll post the alerts I get, but I've only signed up for emails from brands I prefer for my kids and e-stores where I shop regularly, so I can't cover everywhere! For Kissaluvs, they actually have an e-outlet sale every once in a while when you can purchase brand new factory seconds for a huge discount. Set up a separate email account if you don't want all the dipey emails clogging up your regular mailbox, but it's totally worth it!