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It is hard for me to believe that it has been over five and a half years since I was pregnant with Mister!

This is me, on October 3rd, 2007. Mister was born on December 7th, at 35w5d. Which means I was about 29 weeks pregnant in this picture. Yes, I got a lot of “watermelon” and “basketball” comments. LOL.

My pregnancy with him was not easy. It was my third pregnancy, with two pregnancy losses prior. I have degenerative disc disease with nerve damage in my lower spine. The weight of the pregnancy irritated the nerve damage, causing me to be in near constant pain and occasionally my leg would give out on me. To combat the pain, I had several epidural steroid injections, was on routine pain medication, and under the care of a high risk pain specialist that specialized in pregnant women.

All of that to say, I learned early on that there are a few things that an expectant, or new, Mommy must have in her toolkit to ensure her pregnancy comfort.

1) A pregnancy support pillow. Hubs affectionately called mine “the beast” and would joke about it taking over the bed.
2) A reliable stool softener.
3) A comfy chair and footstool- to get those feet up!
4) Tons of support from loved ones.

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Baby Care Diaper Service

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A new baby means a lot of things… lots of kisses, snuggles, hours awake, and loads of laundry.  When you are cloth diapering, newborn diaper laundry can be OVERWHELMING, considering most newborns use AT LEAST 12 diapers a day.  In those first few sleepless weeks, the last thing you want is to have to spend precious time doing dirty diaper laundry. Fortunately for us, we didn’t have to do a lot of diaper laundry in the first four weeks because we received Baby Care Diaper Service for review.

Baby Care Diaper Service

Baby Care Diaper Service is a full service cloth diaper service in the St. Louis Metro Area.  They offer both a prefold service, which is what we received, and a hybrid service that is a mix of prefolds and All-in-One’s.  For their Hybrid service, you receive 30 bumGenius Freetimes AIO’s each week, plus your selected number of prefolds, and are guaranteed to receive the same exact AIO’s back each week.  Your own dedicated AIO’s from a diaper service, which is absolutely perfect for daycares that prefer AIO’s over prefolds and covers.

Since we don’t have to be concerned with daycare preferences, we stuck with the simple prefold service.  The prefold service diaper counts work on a rotating 2 week basis.  We signed up for the 80 prefold count service, which is typically $20/week, since we did have our own stash of newborn AIOs and AI2s.

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With Baby Care Diaper Service, you can schedule a pre-birth delivery of diapers, which is awesome.  Pre-delivery includes half of your ordered amount of diapers, so if you order 80 prefolds weekly, you would receive 40 pre-delivery then just call them when baby is born and they deliver the rest on your regular service day.  In our case, Little Miss surprised us by arriving 8 days early, so our service started after we returned home from the hospital.

With our first delivery, we received:

    • A diaper pail (a loaner that had to be washed and returned at the end of service, but can also be purchased for $20)
    • Two pail liners (one for clean, one for dirty)
    • A deodorizer disc, which fits in the lid of the pail
    • 80 prefold diapers
    • An informational booklet that included instructions on different diaper folds
    • Diaper Covers (4 weeks paid service includes a Bummis Super Whisper Wrap)

Our delivery was scheduled for Thursday morning, and I was advised that our route was an early one.  Sure enough, diapers were on my porch by 6:30 a.m.

At the end of the first week, I filled out the included diaper count tag with how many clean diapers I had left, and affixed it to the bag with the wrap tie.  I set the bag out on the porch Wednesday evening, and when I checked on Thursday morning at 6:30 a.m., there sat a beautiful bag of fresh clean diapers, and all I had to do was carry them inside.  It was a BEAUTIFUL thing, which we were happy to repeat for four weeks of service.

After carrying them in, I unpacked the bag of diapers by tens into the crib, which sits next to the changing table and is currently not used as a crib (LOL) since baby rooms in with us in her bassinet  Stacking them criss-cross by tens helped me count diapers more easily at the end of the week, when it was time to fill out the tag again.

The prefolds that I received were consistently in pristine condition.  In fact, they all looked like fully prepped and never used diapers.  Not once did I spy a stain, which is remarkable considering how many poopy diapers I sent back to them!!  Of course, they recommend that you scoop the poop before placing it in the pail liner, which I did, but we all know what newborn stinky’s look like.

To end the service, I simply called two days prior to my next scheduled delivery (which in my case was a Tuesday) and let them know that the driver would be retrieving everything.  I washed out my pail and then set my pail, a pail liner of clean diapers, and a pail liner of dirty diapers on my porch, along with my loaner covers.

It was so hard to say goodbye!  In fact, as I set everything on the porch, I couldn’t help but hear the lyrics to “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday” song by BOYZ II MEN in my head.

Baby Care Diaper Service also has a web store where you can purchase gift certicicates for a loved one, diaper covers, cloth wipes, and a selection of other cloth diaper related products.

Give the cloth diapering parent you love the gift of time by taking away the dirty diaper laundry!  Shop Baby Care Diaper Service now, learn more by liking Baby Care Diaper Service on Facebook and following Baby Care Diaper Service on Twitter.

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VTech InnoTab 2S Giveaway

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Have you seen the VTech InnoTab2S?  The VTech InnoTab 2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet has a built in camera capable of taking pictures or videos and has learning apps that open up a world of educational content in a variety of curriculums while keeping learning fun.We recently received one for review, and my two preschoolers could not have been more excited about it.  Mister has been asking for a video camera for quite some time.  Sister just loves anything that you can do art on.

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Because we homeschool, my kidlets aren’t as at risk for the dreaded Summer Brain Drain.  However, since our homeschool calendar is more relaxed right now with the new baby, it is something that concerns me.  Summer Brain Drain is the phenomenon in which kids lose the knowledge they gained during the school year because they aren’t exercising their brains while away from the structured learning environment.  Many kids lose months of reading and math skills during summer break!  I know I did as a kid!

As parents, there are many things we can do to help our kids continue to exercise their minds during the summer months.  The VTech InnoTab 2S W-Fi Learning App Tablet is one of them.

The InnoTab 2S is one of the first children’s learning based tablets with Wi-Fi.  It is your child’s own tablet with age-appropriate content and it connects wirelessly to the VTech app store, the Learning Lodge, where you and your child can browse a variety of content and your child can even create their own wishlist to share with you.  It has a 180° rotating camera with video recorder, tilt sensor, photo viewer, video player, MP3 music player, e-reader, art studio, microphone and so much more.

The Learning Lodge features over 350 educational games, e-books, music and videos.  Content is developed specifically for each child’s unique stage of development, as well as with their age and interests. Subjects include math, reading, social studies, science,  creativity, and problem solving… just to name a few! Additional software cartridges awithpopular characters such as Mike the Knight™, Angelina Ballerina®, Team Umizoomi™, Dora the Explorer™, Thomas & Friends®, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles®, Jake & the Neverland Pirates, Sesame Street are also available. New titles coming out on the Learning Lodge beginning in June include: Monsters University®, Turbo®, Planes®, and more.

Here’s my favorite feature… parents can track their child’s progress through the Learning Lodge™ Progress Log!

Mister and Sister have fallen in love with the InnoTab 2S.  Mister says his favorite thing about the InnoTab 2S is that he can take “funny photos” and that his second favorite part is the calendar app, so he can schedule everything fun.  Sister also says her favorite part about the InnoTab 2S is the camera, and her second favorite thing is the finger artist app.

InnoTab 2S

Learn more about the InnoTab 2S and check out VTech on Twitter  and VTech on Facebook

Now you can enter to win your own InnoTab 2S, courtesy of VTech.

***VTech product, information, and additional gift pack were provided by VTech***
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BUNNZOO Diaper Review

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BUNNZOO Diapers are made by a WAHM, Michell, and are made in her home sewing room in Nebraska.  Michell’s motto, as listed on her site, is “a CUTE and QUALITY diaper is not always EXPENSIVE.”  I can live with that! Michell makes a variety of diapeers, including pockets, covers, and hybrids.

Michell recently sent me a one size pocket diaper in a pink stripe material.  It is SO cute.  Her one size diapers fit from 10lbs to 35 lbs, and the pocket diapers range from $18.95 to $24.99 dependent on fabric.  This diaper has a cotton exterior with hidden PUL layer and inner microfleece layer, and came with a microfiber insert.

BUNNZOO Pink Stripe Diaper

The wings on this diaper are symmetrical and the stitching is even.  It has four rise settings and a hook/loop closure with laundry tabs.  The horizontal stripes are straight without any wonky lines.

BUNNZOO OS Pocket OTB

This diaper is so cute on the baby.  As you can see, some of the microfleece tries to creep out at the leg openings when it is fastened on the smallest rise setting.  I’m not sure if it’s black sheep fabricbecause of the hidden layer of PUL, or if it will happen on the larger rise settings, but I am able to tuck it back in, as you can see in the bottom right photo.  The creeping microfleece hasn’t caused any issues, but I am the paranoid type and I use this diaper during the day only and try to use it with lap shirts or leave the onesie unsnapped just in case it wicks.  It hasn’t yet, and we’ve used it a couple times, but like I said, I am the paranoid type.

Michell has some of the cutest fabrics listed on her BUNNZOO Fan Page. Like this one—>

Is that not just the cutest?  I could easily see it as a diaper cover with black leg casing and elastics.  Squeal.

What is your favorite diaper print?

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Juicy Ann Diapers

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When it comes to cloth diapers, some are functional, some are cute, and well, some are both.  The diapers we received, for review, from Juicy Ann are both.

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We received the zebra print Newborn Bamboo AIO Pocket with a newborn sized microfiber insert.  The diaper is an all in one diaper, but has the pocket so you can add an extra layer of absorption if necessary.  The bamboo inner absorbs more slowly than microfiber, which may be an issue for some baby’s, but wasn’t for ours.  This diaper fit Little Miss well at 7 pounds on the smallest setting, and at almost 12 pounds on the largest setting.

We also received a One Size AIO Pocket with a 4 layer hemp insert.  Juicy Ann OS AIO

This was our first hemp insert, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.  I didn’t attempt to use the OS AIO until after Little Miss was ten pounds, and it fit well on the smallest setting and I could have easily used it from about 8 pounds on.  The AIO functioned perfectly without the hemp insert, and bought us five hours sleep at night.  It would have lasted all night, had she not woke up hungry.  LOL.

I keep trying to get a picture of Little Miss with the OS AIO on, but it seems like every time I put it on her, she poops.  #cutediaperdown Suffice it to say, I love it, and it launders well.

Juicy Ann recently relocated her online boutique to http://hyenacart.com/stores/OhMyFluff/

Check it out, she’s got the cutest diapers and OH SO MUCH MORE!

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