Just For Baby Giveaway Blog Hop/#Just4Baby {$130+ ARV}

Welcome to the Just For Baby Giveaway Hop. This Giveaway Hop is hosted by Fabulous Finds and Mama Chocolate. This Giveaway Hop features everything under the sun you’ll need for baby. Be sure to visit each blog from the linky below and enter for your chance to win some really amazing prizes! This event will end on August 10th at 11: 59pm EST.

 Mama's Emporium is offering a Rumparooz Wet Bag {ARV $18.95} You can read my review here.

Small Concept - A Boutique born of the love for children. Is offering an Ah Goo Baby - The Plush Pad. {ARV $29.95} You can read my review of the Ah Goo Baby - The Plush Pad here.

Glowbug Cloth Diapers is offering a pocket diaper {ARV 12.50}.  Read my review on Glowbug Cloth Diapers here.

Thirty-One Consultant Lindsay Thompson is offering a Large Utility Tote in the Circle Spirals Print. {ARV $35} (Embroidery not included)

Copy-Kids is giving away their Copy-Kids Eat Fruits and Vegetables DVD {ARV $19.95}. Read my review of the Copy-Kids DVD here.

The Willow Store is offering Sprout Cream {ARV $9.95}. Read my review here.

Potty Cover is offering a package of 6 disposable Potty Covers {ARV $5.99}.  Read my review here.

Mama Bucks Blog is offering a Medium Sized Fleece Soaker from Wahmie-Panties {ARV $7.50}.  Read our review here.

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Where do I store my cloth diapers? {Sponsor Spotlight}

I store my diapers in a Thirty-One Large Utility tote.  This tote is large enough to accommodate the majority of my cloth diapers and portable enough to take along or carry to another room if the need arises.  In addition, when I am done cloth diapering the Large Utility tote can be used in other areas of the house.  Thirty-one products come in a variety of fun prints sure to fit any decor.  Thirty-One consultant Lindsay Thompson will be giving away a Large Utility Tote in the Circle Spirals print  (the same print I own pictured here) in the Just for Baby Hop July 30-August 10.   

Summer Coth Diaper Giveaway Hop {$100+ Prize} (US) #Summer Cloth

Welcome to the Summer Cloth Diaper Hop Giveaway hosted by Mommy's Favorite Things.

This hop features all cloth diaper themed giveaways.  Almost 50 blogs have linked up to bring you many exciting cloth diaper giveaways. Enter my giveaway below and then hop to the other blogs listed at the bottom of this post to enter their fluffy giveaways as well! Each blog has a cloth diaper prize valued at $25 or more and many blogs have prizes worth over $100.  This event will end June 30th at 11:59 PM EST.

Mama Bucks is giving away a $100 gift certificate code to Mama's Emporium:
Mama's Emporium's strives to help budget minded mamas find high quality baby essentials, and extremely useful baby luxury items, at affordable prices.

We are also giving away a fleece soaker from Wahm-ie Panties ARV $7.  Read my review here.
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Be sure to visit each blog below for more great prizes!

Have you wanted to try cloth diapers, but are afraid of the commitment? {& Cloth Diaper Giveaway}

Click here to visit Mama's Emporium If you have wanted to try cloth diapers, but are afraid of the commitment, why don't you consider renting?  Mama's Emporium is one such retailer that offers Mamas the chance to rent cloth diapers. Here is how it works:

Trial/Rental Period (in days): Varies anywhere from 30 days-6 months
Deposit: Varies upon which diapers is selected and the quantity of diapers, but is give all back to you in cash.
Bonus: If you decide you would rather have store credit, you will get an extra $20 credit to use toward anything in the store.
Trial/Rental Fee: The fixed rental fee depends upon the length of the rental. 
Bonus Freebies: Detergent sample pack.
Products that are available for rent:
*Rumparooz One Size Covers

*Cloth Diaper Accessories Rental (customizable & can include: wetbag, wipes, rash cream, detergent, liners, doublers and extra inserts)

*EcoPosh Newborn Fitteds

*EcoPosh One Size Fitteds

*EcoPosh Recycled Training Pants

*Rumparooz One Size Pockets

*Lil Joey Newborn All-in-One



Mama's Emporium will be Sponsoring a $100 gift certificate for our Summer Cloth Diaper Hop June 21-30.  Also, join her Facebook group to help determine what products she carries in her store here.

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MG Baby (Maci Grace) Cloth Diaper Review

Babyhalfoff.com sent us an MG (Maci Grace) pocket diaper to review. 

My first impressions were that I:

* Love the rainbow snaps on the black

*The inners are made of Super Soft Fleece. I prefer this material for the inners for the stay dry feel it provides my babies.

*It came with two 4 layer bamboo inserts. 

*It snaps down to a tiny size.

* The wing tabs can snap criss-crossed

The colorful snaps as described above.

The super soft inner along with the two 4-layer bamboo inserts.

A picture of the MG Baby tabs criss-crossed which allow for a great fit for a skinny baby. I have not come across this feature in other snapping cloth diapers. But as a Mom to a long and lean girl, I can appreciate this capability.

This is the MG Baby diaper completed snapped to the smallest settings.  The tiny size coupled with the trim bamboo insert should make MG Baby a a one size diaper that could truly be used from newborn on up.

The first thing I did was prep the bamboo inserts by boiling them for 20 minutes.  I then washed and dried them. I have never used bamboo so I was excited to see how it would preform for my 9 month super soaker.

Once prepped, Brooke was ready to put MG Baby to the test.  Since I have never used bamboo before I decided to try it with both inserts. And even with both inserts in, the diaper had an ultra trim fit.  There should not be any issues with bulkiness or MG Baby not fitting under jeans. I was most impressed with the fact that Brooke wore this diaper for 4 hours straight and not a single leak or bit of dampness on the outside of the diaper.  In fact, when I took off her MG Baby and pulled out the inserts to check the absorbency, the back 1/4 of both inserts were still dry.  I could not believe that after that long the inserts were not completely saturated.  This heavy wetting baby and Mom duo can not wait to get our hands on some more of these awesome MG Baby diapers!

Confessions of cloth diapering?

I have a dirty little secret. I am using cloth diapers. It began as a money saving venture. But, it has quickly turned into an addiction. I mean have you seen these things? Check out the photo below. Have you ever been super excited to run out and buy a package of disposable diapers? I get super excited every time I get my hands on a new "fluffy butt" (what we affectionately call cloth diapers in our home). I need to confess, I live in an area where it is not common to cloth diaper. In fact, as an active participant in my city of 25,000 I only know two families who are currently using cloth diapers. TWO! There are zero cloth diaper stores in my neck of the woods. So, everything I have managed to learn about cloth diapering I have done through research or trial and error. I don't claim to be an expert. I am a novice at best. But, I'm inviting you along on this journey as I try to figure out the ins and outs of this cloth diapering world.