Out of 150 nominations each week at FavoriteBabySites.com, Green Little Beans was one of the sites chosen and awarded Best Baby Website for this month!
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I’ve decided to create a static cloth diapers website that will be a collection of articles and tips for using cloth diapers. It’s been pretty fun so far, right now I want to work on a design overhaul, but it’s live and I’d love for you to visit. Remember to bookmark it for updates.
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Chances are, you’ve seen these “cakes” make the rounds at baby showers, and been impressed at how many “oohs” and “aahs” they elicit from the mom-to-be and guests. But who wants to spend eighty or a hundred bucks on what is essentially a lot of diapers all wrapped up nice and pretty? If you’ve ever wondered how to make a diaper cake as an inexpensive and fun baby shower gift, read on for some simple diaper cake instructions.
First things first: you’ll need some diapers. Some moms prefer cloth, and others prefer plastic, so make sure you know the choice of the mom-to-be ahead of time. Regardless, you’ll probably want diapers with some color (pink or blue, or yellow for those who don’t yet know the sex of the baby) and cute designs (teddy bears, bows, building blocks, etc.). Just peruse the aisles of your local grocery (for plastic) or baby (for cloth) store, and pick out the cutest ones you can find!
You’ll want to buy at least two or three packs, and try to get diapers of various sizes (he or she won’t stay in size 2’s for long)! Some other goodies you’ll want to purchase include ribbons and bows, colored cellophane, a piece of cardboard for the base, rubber bands, and dowels. Oh, and it is also fun to buy some small gifts to hide among the layers, such as small trial sized baby bath or lotion, coupons or gift certificates, and small baubles and toys.
To roll a diaper, start at the top and roll up tightly. Hold it together with a rubber band. Roll about six diapers, and then take a second, bigger, rubber band, and insert them all into it so that they form a cylinder. You will now have a single “layer.” Repeat with about fifteen diapers, and then again with about thirty. This will form the middle and bottom layers (you can use different numbers of diapers to make different sized cakes or a different number of layers).
Now comes the fun part. To assemble your diaper cake, place the biggest layer on the round piece of cardboard. Place the middle layer on top, using wooden dowels to secure it. Repeat with the top layer. Make sure to hide your small gifts inside the layers of the diaper cake!
To finalize the “cake,” wrap up the whole creation with colored cellophane and ribbons. Decorate in any additional way you choose. Some people like to top the “cake” with a larger gift, such as a soft doll or stuffed animal. However you choose to complete your diaper cake, you can be sure it will be the most talked-about gift at the baby shower!
Leefe Poche is the founder of http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com
How To Make A Diaper Cake by Leefe Poche
We just received the new Happy Heiny’s One size diapers. My little guy has grown out of ALL his Fuzzi Bunz and other diapers, so I had to do something drastic. I ordered 12 of them! That was very risky to order a new type of diaper in such a large quantity, but I was desperate for something that would fit.
I washed them and put them on my baby. They worked beautifully! I could tell they are truly adjustable for size. I had a little bit of trouble determining the best setting for my baby, and it turns out that it is the smallest setting. I have a fairly large baby (14 pounds at 2 months), so I’m not sure these would work well on a newborn. But I think that means they will last us a long time…into the toddler years.
There were no leaks with the first wash and I was in heaven! Each of the diapers comes with two inserts, a large and a small. These snap together so you can really double them up for extra absorption. I think I may have a laundry problem though, the second time we washed them we had a couple of leaks out of the leg holes. My husband found a stray dryer sheet, so that might have been the culprit. We’re on wash # 3, so we’ll see if we fixed the laundry problem or not. I really think I like these diapers though-better than BumGenius 2.0 diapers.
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Happy Heiny?s One Size Diaper