Creative Diapers - Emergency Diaper Solutions

What do you do when you have run out of diapers?  Well I asked my fellow BabyCenter Cloth Diapering Mama's to show me their most creative diapers made out of random house hold things.  So if you are ever in a situation where you need an emergency diaper we might just have the solution for you (okay maybe not) but here is what we came up with:

1. It's Comical - Newspaper Diaper (submitted by me, model Callen)

2. Uno Diaper (submitted by Connie, model Mason)

3. Bums'R'US (model Apollo)

4. Wash Rag (submitted by Heather, model Estrella)

5. Sleepy Head AKA Pillow Case (submitted by Heather, model Estrella)

6. Gift wrapped - in a maternity shirt (submitted by Heather, model Estrella)

7. Scottish Kilt (submitted by Heather, model Estrella)

8. humuhumunukunukuapauu (submited by me, model Callen)

9. A Strolling Mishap -worked great on a walk when diapers ran out (model Juliana)

10.  TP Diaper

11. Gift Bag Diaper (finally a use for those things)

12.  Kitchen Towel Diaper (Submitted by Amanda, Model Lucas)

13.  Throw it away already diaper - the shirt you just wish you're husband would get rid of (Submitted by Amanda, model Lucas)

14. Bra Diaper (Submitted by Amanda, Model Lucas)

15. Bubble Butt (Submitted by Me, model Callen)

16. Marshmallow Diaper (Submitted by Me, model Callen)

17. Adam (Submitted by Bridget, model Roman)

18. All tied up - from chair to diaper in seconds

I know there are a few more out there and I will continue to add them as they come it.  Thanks Ladies these diapers look GREAT.

Bee Changed - A Diaper Review

As many of you know I'm a big cloth diaper fan, in fact when I first started a blog it was called Travel, Fluff, and Other Stuff (on Everything Mom).  I often did diaper reviews and one of my first posts was about how I got into cloth diapering.  When a new cloth diaper store called The Little Bee Cloth Diaper Company was looking for people to review their new diapers I jumped at the chance.  I LOVE trying new fluff and they were kind enough to send me one.

the Company and the Diaper:
The Little Bee Cloth Diaper Co is quite new and and their biggest claim to fame is their misson to provide orphans around the world with clean cloth diapers.  For every cloth diaper that is purchased (and along with this review) a diaper will be donated to an orphan in need (you can read more about their story and mission).

The diaper that I am reviewing is the Bee Changed Microsuede Diaper in Guatemalan Morning Mud.  The Bee Changed is a onesized pocket diaper with snap closures.  The one part of this diaper that sets it apart from most others is the elastic waist in the front and back of the diaper.  This diaper also come with two microfiber inserts which can be snapped together.

 The Bee Changed Diaper

The Bee Changed Diaper Insides

the Tester:
When testing a diaper in ideal conditions the subject would fit a variety of age, weight, and body shapes.  I however only have access to my son (there are other people who are testing this diaper with different babies so their reviews might be more helpful if your baby is not built like mine - facebook should have access to them).
Callen is 7 months old, weighs about 18lbs, and is about 28 inches long.  He fits the skinnier mold of babies.

My Review


Overall the Bee Changed Microsude diaper is a well made and well constructed diaper.  The outer PUL lining is the softest I've ever felt and that softness holds up on even after line drying.  The microsuede lining is very soft, pulls away wetness, and is easy to remove solid waste.  The microfiber inserts are VERY absorbent in fact the second time I used the diaper I used the small newborn diaper instead of the regular one and it held up really well, no leaking.  The elastic on the front of the diaper is a good idea (especially for babies not yet on solid food) but the snaps then tend to snap a bit farther apart than other brands.  My son is  now crawling and the diaper moves very well, does not bunch and seams very comfortable.  My only complaint about these diapers are that the snap down only has two snaps across instead of three which creates puckering.

Trying to show the puckering (I have the diaper adjusted to the second rise)

 Finally my only suggestion for the future would be to offer fun prints, I know I LOVE prints but the colors available are really beautiful.  This diaper is worth the price and worth buying, your money is going a long way with this diaper especially sense each diaper you buy is really two (one for your baby and one for a child in  need).  I'd buy more and their wipes too (I was given a sample a few weeks ago and they are really great and very cute).

Action Shots

Fine print: This diaper was given to me by the Little Bee Diaper Co. in return for a review.  I am not affiliated with them at all and I gave my honest opinions on the diaper.  I was not solicited to make a good review for them, it just happens that I like their product.  If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at andweareoffto @ gmail . com or contact Little Bee directly here.

4 Months Old and Fixing the Flat

Fixing the Flat - 3 weeks in the band and 3 weeks to go.  7mm growth and looking good.

 4 months 14lbs 3oz and 25.75 inches (aprox we find out the official values on the 22nd)

My boys

In 4 Months Callen has been to:
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey

3 Months Old

I know this has nothing to do with travel but Callen is now 3 months old.  He is growing so big; unofficially he is 14lbs 9.6 oz and 25 inches long.

In 3 months Callen has traveled to:
Mount Vernon, VA
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore, MD
Gaithersburg, MD

My Boys

My Fluffy Background

Well I thought I would give a bit of background into my cloth diaper experience.  A few years before I had kids, I went to a get together with a few of my high school friends (two of which had kids).  I was shocked to see one of them using a diaper that did not look like what I imagined cloth diapers to look like and they sure weren’t disposables (they were bright orange).  And so I was introduced to Fuzzy Bunz, cloth diapers.  A year or two later, I found out that I was pregnant and the first thing I did was buy one Fuzzy Bunz (Orange) and one Happy Heiny (Forest Green).  They were the cutest things ever.  My husband was not sold on cloth diapers at all, he thought they would be messy, hard to use, and most of all expensive (at about $20 a diaper they are not cheap).  I still wanted to cloth diaper (CD) but never brought it up again until we went to a baby show in Toronto.  At the baby show there were lots of vendors selling cloth and I picked up one more diaper (variation of the Monkey Doodlez in lime green).  The man selling however had my husband convinced that getting started CDing would cost about $2000 (Holy Crap that is a lot of money and would we really spend that much on disposables?).  Granted we did want more than one kid so the next child it won’t cost as much and cloth is better for the environment (I like to be as environmentally friendly as possible but we could compost our diapers here) but still that’s a lot of money. I knew there must be a cheaper way to CD and I did find a Work-At-Home-Mom who made cloth diapers that were much cheaper so I bought a 4 pack variety pack of diapers (4 different styles of diapers). 

I only had 7 diapers when my son was born and I had no idea what I was going to do with them.  My son came home from the hospital in disposable and wore then for the next few weeks.  The cloth diapers were much to big (even though I bought small ones and my son was 8lbs6oz when he was born) but Finally one day when I was bored I decided to put my son in the Happy Heiny.  It was a bit big but if fit well enough and so I decided that I was going to do cloth diapers part time (only at home and not at night).  A week later there was another baby show and I was introduced to Bum Genius (BG) diapers.  The thing that helped convince my husband (who really cares more about our bottom line than the environment, while I am the opposite) was that these diapers were one size (OS – meaning that they grow with your baby from 5lbs to 30lbs but the 5lbs they will still be giant on your baby).  With OS diapers they would reduce the cost of cloth diapering by 2 or 3 times (most sized brands come in S,M,L and XL). We bought 6 of them and they worked great (I had come to think that it was normal for cloth diapers to leak a lot because most of my other diapers leaked) no leaks, no blowouts, they were awesome.

I still had no idea what I was doing.  Where did the dirty diapers go (I needed a pail), what should I line the pail with (I needed a wet bag), what if I wanted to use them when I went out (need a travel wet bag), how should I wash them (they were starting to smell), what should I wash them with (they were starting to leak)?  Finally I joined a CDing group on Facebook and wow was there a lot of info.  Everything from what the different kinds of diapers were to how to wash them, what to wash them with and what not to do (we were doing a lot wrong which is why they leaked and smelt so bad).  We were using dryer sheets (caused the leakage), only washing them once with bad detergent (they now get washed 3x with Ecos detergent and tea tree oil).  I found websites to buy wetbags and more diapers and so an addition began J.  We went from only using cloth part time to only using cloth (disposable only when we went away and when the diapers were in the wash).  I began buying any cloth diaper I found that looked cute, I found lots of on-line stores and went a bit crazy (my husband had to perform a cloth diaper intervention and I had to try to stop buying fluff).  However, my husband also fell on board with the whole CDing thing (other than the excessive buying of diapers), mind you he only using the BG brand of diapers and refuses to use any diaper that has snaps. 

Things were going great until we had a leaking set back, every night our son would wake up soaking wet.  He would leak through the diaper, his sleeping sack, and sheet, Every Night.  We started putting him in disposables at night (he leaked though that too).  Eventually we found a solution to that (I stopped the night-time feed) but now we are back to disposables at night (so sad about this and if you have any suggestions let me know but my diapers are clean, and well stuffed with hemp insert at night). 

Tavish has been in cloth for just over a year now and other than the night-time (now) they are amazing.  Some brand work better than others (for us anyway), we use all sorts of diapers (one-size, sized, pockets, all-in-ones, hybrids, fitted, pre-folds and even g-pants with cloth inserts) and we just bought him his first pairs of cloth pull-ups.   I love finding more people who are interested in cloth and 3 of my friends have recently converted to cloth.  In my next fluffy blog, I will go over some of the types of diapers, and what you need to get started.  Cloth diapering is not that hard (especially now that many kinds are just as easy as disposable and easier if you use a liner). I will also go over some of the pros and some of the cons (not many).  I am excited to share my story and I hope you enjoy.

Also posted at http://www.everythingmom.com/blogs/amiequinn/