We are working on our last pack of gifted disposable diapers and don’t intend to buy more which means the cloth diaper stash needs to be expanded ASAP.

Can I just add that Huggies Pure & Natural diapers suck big time? They really do! Poor E has poop stuck to her butt in these diapers, like the fabric repels the poo or something (and it is breastfeeding poo so it’s not solid, just liquidy). I much prefer Seventh Generation disposable diapers over the Huggies hands down!

Anyway, I bought some Planet laundry detergent and 3 more BumGenius diapers and was stoked when it all arrived! Yesterday I pre washed the diapers via the special instructions, line dried them (since our dryer still needs a power cord) and today we are breaking them in.

Now this isn’t the first time E’s worn cloth diapers. We were gifted a variety of cloth diaper goodness ranging from prefolds to pocket diapers.

I was even given some hand-me-down handmade made diapers that were actually her first cloth diaper experience (see the photo on the left). Some of the diapers I have need plastic covers/ wraps. My pocket diapers don’t need a plastic outer cover or wrap.

We tried out the diapers that needed the wraps and covers first since they didn’t need as much special laundry treatment. The problem with them right now is they are super bulky on E right now. She is heavy but is still little and those bulky diapers kind of dominate her as you saw in the above photo. We’ve resolved to use those once she gets a tad bigger.

In the meantime we are using trimmer cloth diapers. BumGenius 3.0 and GroBaby are the diapers I am currently trying out. They are much less bulky and they have a built in waterproof cover.

I put baby E in one at 2pm and by 5:30pm she was crying so I checked out her diaper. It wasn’t wet looking from the outside and wasn’t leaking so I opened it up to find some poop and lots of pee. It all stayed nicely inside the diaper, woot!

So I changed her from the green diaper to an orange one and am pleased with the BumGenius so far. All the moisture was wicked away from her bottom and absorbed by the nifty newborn insert which means the start of diaper rash that she was getting (thanks to those awful Huggies diapers) should clear up fast.

I’ll admit I was intimidated to actually try out cloth diapers. Once I received a few the washing and care instructions scared the crap out of me. Each fabric type needs special treatment. I was sure I would ruin the diapers or that they wouldn’t work right after I pre washed them. I am happy to say that so far the BumGenius diaper test has gone very well and I am so stoked to be cloth diapering! Gotta get more diapers now, aka poop catchers.

By the way this is NOT a sponsored post, I paid good money for these diapers and some were gifted by readers.

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I have some fine lines around my eyes that I have been looking to reduce, crows feet or something… On the DermaLastyl site they share much praise and scientific evidence about Dermalastyl and how it can benefit everyone plus the have a 100% money back guarantee.

On the site I learned that DermaLastyl-β:

1. Supplements elastin levels in the skin’s surface
2. Reduces the appearance of existing wrinkles and help prevent the onset of new wrinkles
3. There is no other product sold today that contains human Tropoelastin

All the claims and testimonials sound great, huh? Well, here is what I noticed when I got to sample .25 oz of DermaLastyl-β.

Upon receiving the sample I just followed the usage instruction on the container. I didn’t look up the product on the internet or read anyone else’s reviews of the product until after I was done testing. I wanted my review to be 100% based upon only my personal experiences with the product.

The first thing I noticed while applying the cream was the smell. My pregnancy must have really heightened my scent sensitivity because it had a strong metallic smell that lasted a good 24 hours. Several hours after applying the cream I also noticed that my face sort of smelled a bit like a mildewy towel and some pennies.

I was not pleased with how my face smelled and I was really worried that others would be able to smell it on me so I tried to stay home while testing the cream. Again it could have just been my heightened sense of smell at work here…

Several days after running out of the cream I also noticed that I began to breakout quite a bit. My skin has been so clear and healthy throughout the pregnancy (aside from the crows feet) but after I ran out of the cream I got many pretty big zits that were annoying and I did also notice my wrinkles being more obvious once the cream was gone.

I didn’t notice and considerable positive changes in my skin while I was using DermaLastyl-β. Perhaps it was because I only had the .25 oz to use. The site says “we guarantee you will notice a difference in thirty days” so it could be that I didn’t have enough product to see full results.

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Last week we were vacuuming the house and our vacuum started smoking. That’s right a billowing stream of smoke was coming out of the vacuum so we unplugged it and took it outside (just in case it burst into flames). It was a good vacuum considering the demands. We have a dog, four cats, a bunny and two zebra finches. We vacuum up pet hair, the occasional dumped over planter, my craft and sewing messes and all the usual dirty house debris. Our vacuum takes a beating and the poor Eureka Whirlwind Vacuum was toast- literally!

I was perusing Target with some friends on Tuesday, we ended up in the vacuum area and proceeded to try to figure out the various vacuum cleaners when I found our new vacuum!

At target it was about $75.00 it was the Eureka Altima Upright Vacuum. It has a detachable  upholstery/ pet hair roller brush (called the “power paw”) that essentially functions like the beater brush on a regular vacuum, it also has a “self cleaning duster” which is pretty cool!

I like it so far, although the attachment hose thingy is a bit shorter than I like. Just wanted to share the news on the new vacuum. If you are looking for one and have major pet hair to vacuum up this one works well. Our couch looks just like new again!

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