12 Reasons to Love DiaperShops.com

Hi, my name is Julie. I'm a cloth diaper addict.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.  The second step (in this case) is stalking DiaperShops.com for the latest coupon codes!

Why am I so addicted to cloth diapers?  They are soft, they are colorful, they are cute, they don't irritate my super sensitive little one's bottoms and they are reusable!  I truly love my FuzziBunz perfect size diapers because of their literally perfect fit, and beautiful bright colors.  My husband is a huge fan of the BumGenius aplix, because even with a wiggly baby, it's easy to diaper up and go.  Furthermore, I can't resist pretty new colors and prints of Rumparooz, Happy Heinys, and GroVia...there simply could not be enough of any of these diapers, and there is always another one to try! 

Seriously, we just don't have the finances to buy all the cute cloth diapers I want to get!  We're a military family on a tight budget.  We know the end result of cloth diapers is savings, but purchasing a stash all at one go was never an option.  But, continuing to pay for diapers I'm just going to throw away?  Even less of an option!

I bought one diaper at a time, and wondered how to maximize baby's time in cloth.  I was elated when my friend told me about DiaperShops.com.  I know, this is sounding like the cheesiest of infomercials, but it really has turned our whole approach to building a diaper stash completely around.  Not only can you earn points every time you make a purchase (to earn more free fluff!), but there are coupons...for FREE diapers!

It may not sound like it could amount to that much.  Even I underestimated the savings!  As I wrote this post, I went back to my order status to count up how many free diapers I've received...and I had to stop counting at a dozen!  That is the first 12 reasons I love DiaperShops.com!  It amounts to over $200 of free diapers!

We're expecting our third child in March, and I actually have accumulated such a stash, I'm putting some of it aside to use for the first time on our little boy...even though I could use it now.  The picture shows just a few of the diapers I have earned through points and coupon codes.  I've received Econobum, KaWaii, Rumparooz, Katydids, and FuzziBunz (among others)...and even the cutest Bummis Swimmi diaper!
My favorite part of the order is of course opening the box, but with a little twist.  My husband actually peeks over and I get to show him which diaper I got for free.  The approving smile is priceless.

I could list many reasons for my love of our favorite retailer, and fluff in general, but I think those first 12 reasons are pretty good!  (Who can argue with free cloth diapers?!)  It's time to call it a night.  After all, I need sleep so I can dream about the fluff that's on it's way in the mail right now!

By Julie G.

12 Reasons to Love DiaperShops.com

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Plunging into cloth with an older baby

It all started with a bad kiddie pool experience.

At the first signs of warmer weather, my husband and I practically rushed to the store and bought the plastic pool and a pack of disposable swim diapers. Eager to let my 6-month-old “swim” for the first time, we soon filled the pool, stripped my son, slid on the diaper and dipped him in. Of course, he had a blast.

Then he got that all-too-familiar look on his face. Despite scooping him up as quickly as I could, our new wading pool got much more broken in than I expected as a brown cloud disseminated in the water. Anticipating a full summer of pools and lakes, I knew this wasn’t going to cut it, and I turned once again to the grand idea that I had done plenty of Internet-browsing about before the birth of my first baby: Cloth diapers.

I settled on a Bummi Swimmi because it was cute, not too expensive, and because it velcroed on and off like the disposable diapers I was accustomed to. For the rest of the summer, the pack of disposable swim diapers sat on the shelf and the Swimmi went with us. It felt so nice to just throw it in with the wash and know I wasn’t adding to the trash pile (or buying more diapers) with each outing.

Cloth diapering was something I was interested in while I was pregnant, but, thanks to a lot of sarcastic comments from others and an overwhelming amount of choices, I abandoned the idea completely by the time my son was born.

Following a summer of success with the cloth swim diaper, however, I finally decided to invest in a single pocket diaper to try outside the pool. I started out where most other moms don’t: overnights. When the diaper did its job better than I expected, I finally, and cautiously, took the plunge and invested in a few other types of diapers so that I could use cloth evenings and weekends.

At first, I regretted not having done it sooner — it seemed like all those diapers I’d bought and thrown away were such an unfortunate waste. But, in retrospect, I see that had I juggled figuring out cloth with all the other juggling that comes with becoming a mother — no sleep, breastfeeding, etc. — I might have given up.

After my son turned one and I felt like I had mothering figured out enough to delve into something new, we went "full time" and started taking the diapers to day care, too. We’re having great success, and hopefully when another baby comes along we’ll be able to cloth diaper exclusively from the beginning.

It is a shame that all the misconceptions about cloth diapering made me shy away from it at first, but coming around to cloth gradually and on my own timetable has made it a more doable, and pleasant, experience.

By Jessica W.

Plunging into cloth with an older baby

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