Welcome to Diaper Pin's RSS Feed. http://www.diaperpin.com Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:53:48 -0400 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:28:26 -0400 Diaper Pin http://www.diaperpin.com/diaperpin_rss.asp Subscribe to the Diaper Pin RSS feed and stay tuned for weekly articles on parenting, cloth diapering, WAHM interviews and news. It is definitely not the old, white cotton wraps held together by safety pins that your grandmother used to use. The Happy Heinys brand diapers are the creation of Linda Byerline of La Mesa. "My daughter was born prematurely. It was suggested to me to switch her to cloth diapers," said Byerline. But when she couldn't find any that fit, she made her own. http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/cloth_diapering.asp#inthenews http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/cloth_diapering.asp#inthenews?d=20080621 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST The first week of your baby's life brings big adjustments for both of you. You are adjusting to being a mother and caring for your baby and your baby is adjusting to life outside the womb. It is a time of great joy -- and possibly immense fear! Although you've been preparing for the birth of your baby for months, now he is here and depending on you for everything which can seem overwhelming. Don't expect too much of yourself during these first days! If anyone offers you help -- take it! http://www.diaperpin.com/articles/article_firstweekwithbaby.asp http://www.diaperpin.com/articles/article_firstweekwithbaby.asp?d=20080611 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST Growing up, Janet Rowan never found the thing that she knew she wanted to do for the rest of her life. Then, when preparing a care package to Yemen, she decided to make her own cloth menstrual pads to include as her donation. Her friends gave rave reviews of her pads, and encouraged her to sell them online; this was the birth of Ama'z Padz. Now, Janet knows she has found something she loves to do, and she can't imagine doing anything else. http://www.diaperpin.com/btd/btd_amazpadz.asp http://www.diaperpin.com/btd/btd_amazpadz.asp?d=20080511 Sun, 11 May 2008 12:00:00 EST "I don't think I could switch now, my child will be potty training soon" This is often said by the parents of children who are nearly two. Making the choice now is more cost effective than ever. The average child at around age two will be using 6-7 diapers a day. Seriously, a parent can cloth diaper for the time period up to potty training at the cost of one month of disposable diapering. http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_evaluatingtiming.asp http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_evaluatingtiming.asp?d=20080109 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST "I could never cloth diaper; I couldn't deal with the whole poop factor." You know I hear this often and I realize that the people making the statement just don't know because they don't have the same experiences that I have had. I have changed poopy diapers that were both cloth and disposable ( through a church nursery). I would totally rather deal with a poopy cloth diaper than a poopy disposable diaper. http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_dealingwithpoopies.asp http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_dealingwithpoopies.asp Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST "I don't have time to be washing diaper laundry, I can't keep up with the laundry I already have." Diaper laundry is different. No sorting or pretreatment is required before going into the laundry. Once the diapers are clean no sorting, folding, and putting away is required. And don't even think of ironing them, regardless of what some studies report. The hardest parts, the most dreaded parts of laundry are absent. http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_evaluatingtime.asp http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_evaluatingtime.asp Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST Your feet are swollen and your back is killing you. Sleeping upright is the only way that you can manage to fall asleep between the demands of your bladder and your baby's kicking spells. This is the life of a pregnant mother in her ninth month. The offer of a way out of this physically uncomfortable conundrum appears at first to be a blessing. This is the seduction of induction. http://www.diaperpin.com/articles/article_avoid_induct_labor.asp http://www.diaperpin.com/articles/article_avoid_induct_labor.asp Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST For the care of your wool diaper covers or for any of your wool clothing, Laura provides full step by step instructions and pictures for lanolizing your wool. http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_howtolanolizewool.asp http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_howtolanolizewool.asp Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST Folding prefolds is easy with Carynia's instructions. Learn the standard, diaper cover and kite fold! http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_artofdiapering.asp http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/article_artofdiapering.asp Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST A store front cloth diapering store is thriving in Waterloo, Canada. "Opening a store like Diapers n' More, at 55 Erb St. E., was something Helen Mahy has dreamed about doing for decades, ever since her daughter developed an allergy to perfume and wasn't able to wear disposable diapers."... http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/cloth_diapering.asp?20071011#inthenews http://www.diaperpin.com/clothdiapers/cloth_diapering.asp?20071011#inthenews Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST