Unfortunately, the more I read about cloth diapering, the more overwhelmed I get.  I even read about a woman training her infant to pee in the sink to save a couple of diapers…genius, I guess, but not where I want to head!  I’m afraid I am going to be overwhelmed enough being a first-time mom, and I need to try to simplify this cloth diapering ( Read more... )

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what do you consider to be the no-frills necessities of parenting? I'm making up my checklist/registry lists right now, and I'm trying to go as low-budget as I can both for my husband and I, and our family and friends, all of whom are struggling with money right now?

Some more specifics about what my planned parenting choices are, and some stuff I ( Read more... )

So I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant. I willl be getting a pregnancy test today, but 99.5% I am pregnant. I have some questions, for all you mommy-to-be's and you mommies. Cause I am excited to get pregnant. Is that weird? I wanna be a mommy so bad ( Read more... )

Ok so I am only 10w 1d but I am looking at diapering options already bc there are so many out there ( Read more... )

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I'm 11 weeks pregnant today, so I have plenty of time to prepare for baby's arrival this December. However, family and friend are already throwing around the word 'shower,' and some gifts have even begun trickling in! My husband and I live a very minimal 'natural' lifestyle and have a super small house (1 bedroom), so we're hoping to keep our baby ( Read more... )

Hello,

I've been doing my research on cloth diapering, and am waiting to be accepted to clothdiapering , so I thought I would ask you ladies a few questions.  I looked through this community's tags, as well.  I got lots of great info there, but I still have these inquiries...

We're already certain that we're going with cloth.  I really like bumGenius in particular ( Read more... )

Here's the deal: my husband and I live in an apartment. The building has 14 units and 1 washer/1 drier, we pay by the load. After the first couple of months we will both be working full time--a schedule that makes it a challenge to stay on top of our current laundry needs. The closest laundromat is nearly a mile away and my husband doesn't drive. ( Read more... )