We received really cute submissions for this month’s theme, “Mama’s Helper.” Looks like your little fluffy butts are helping busy mamas lighten the load everywhere! It was excruciating to decide among so many creative submissions. A BIG congrats goes to Andrea Hamilton for submitting the winning picture of her adorable daughter, Elaine, helping with the window flowers while wearing her Kissaluv Marvels AIOs. Andrea and Elaine get a $15 coupon to Kelly’s Closet! Please email Sarah@diapershops.com to claim your prize! Check out all the babies helping around the house in this fun video.Next month’s theme is: “Baby BOO”. Share with us any pics that show your little Halloween ghouls! One picture submission per family, please! Submit photos to sarah@diapershops.com by Thursday, September 23rd. Winning submission gets a $15 gift card to Kelly’s Closet. Note: By submitting a photo for this contest, you consent that Kelly’s Closet and Diapershops.com has the right to use the photo of your child and his or her first name in future newsletters.

Things I have learned about cloth diapering a newborn. When my son, HB, was five months old, I had to put away all his newborn diapers. As I did this, I kept thinking about all the trials and errors that I’ve had with cloth diapering. Here are some of the things that I’ve learned: Gussets are awesome! Because breastfed stool is so runny, it can easily squish out of a diaper. Your Birdseye prefolds aren’t really prepped until there’s very little lint in your dryer. You don’t have to fold diapers but you might want to so that you can put them on the baby correctly in the middle of a long sleepless night. You avoid lots of accidents and get more sleep that way. Prefolds must be all inside the diaper. Any part of it sticking out leads to leakage. And make sure that all-in-ones or pockets haven’t folded over in the back. This can also cause leaks. Get a supply of inserts or doublers, which are really the same thing. I had heard you needed them at night for older babies, but never realized that because newborn stool is so watery it can seep through the prefold into the cover. All-in-ones don’t seem to dry completely in the dryer so they may still be wet in the evening. It maybe worth it to use prefolds with a cover …

Thank you for visiting The Cloth Diaper Whisperer Blog! Congratulations to Sarah Hull! Sarah please contact us here to claim your prize! In the subject line please write “30 Minutes of Fluff-9/28 Winner”. You have until 10/1 10pm est to claim your prize. We are starting a new way of doing giveaway’s thru social media called “30 minutes of Fluff”. In a nut shell we will randomly put up giveaway’s on our blog where you can enter to win free diapering products. Make sure you follow DiaperShops and The Cloth Diaper Whisperer on Facebook. We will keep the giveaway open for 30 minutes for people to get their entries in. Today’s giveaway: 2-bumGenius 4.0 one-size stay dry diaper (in your choice of colors & closures) Their are 4 ways to enter (Entries are only taken on the blog as comments to this specific post):1) “Like us” as a DiaperShops Facebook Fan. Post a comment with your facebook id as a comment to this post.2) “Like us” as a The Cloth Diaper Whisperer Facebook Fan. Post a comment with your facebook id as a comment to this post.3) ” Like” Kelly Wels, founder of DiaperShops.com on Facebook4) Post a thread (or respond to an existing thread)on any parenting or cloth diapering forum telling others about our new “30 minutes of Fluff”. Post a comment with the exact url and the name …

We need your help! We only received a few submissions for the October cute baby of the month photo contest. So we’re extending the deadline through September 30 (5pm ET). We’re also extending the theme to incorporate more types of photos beyond Halloween ones. We’re looking for photos that fit into “Baby Boo” but also ones that shows off nature – your baby playing in the yard, sitting under a tree or use your imagination! It is our celebration of the end of the summer – so make ’em good! One picture submission per family, please! Submit photos to sarah@diapershops.com. Winning submission gets a $15 gift card to Kelly’s Closet.

It all began when I was introduced to the world of cloth diapering with my 15 month old. A friend used them, they were cute, and it saved money! So, I ordered my first three pack of Fuzzibunz. It was love at first sight…and smell…and touch! I soon began ordering more, stalking the online shops and making room in our budget for more cloth, so that I’d have enough cloth diapers and never have to buy disposables. When I had enough for my 15 month old, I realized that I was still buying disposables for my 2 1/2 year old for night time and naps, and discovered I was pregnant, again! I soon put cloth diapering on hold, and got rid of the stash I had acquired. I felt like I was wasting money on cloth, “special” detergent, and electricity by just cloth diapering one of my soon to be three children. I didn’t have the money at the time to buy enough cloth to fully diaper three kids. Sometime in mid pregnancy, after reading my brains out about cloth diapers and how to make it work with all of my children, I decided that I was going to make it work. I was determined to be a cloth diapering family, from newborn to toddlers. I started over, regretting ever stopping and letting go of my dear stash. I started …