Marilyn on August 3rd, 2009

I’ve been rather dissatisfied with my laundry detergent lately.  I started out using Purex Free and Clear and that was fine, if unremarkable.  I tried regular Tide for a while before I switched to the “Seven Signs” Tide (the one in the orange bottle).  And that worked fine too.  But lately I’ve grown frustrated with [...]

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Marilyn on June 3rd, 2009

It is a side-bonus to cloth diapering that my children have had far less rashes since I started using cloth.  When my oldest was a baby, he had rashes all the time and they were BAD rashes.  I became familiar with all the different creams and ointments out there and used them all.  All the [...]

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Marilyn on May 14th, 2009

Depending on your personal tastes, stains can become the bain of any cloth diaperer’s existance.  I generally am not a big stain fighter myself, but I like to be able to resell some of the diapers I have.  And you get better resale when the diapers are stain free.
Still, stains are a fact of life [...]

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Marilyn on April 21st, 2009

Everyone who gets into using cloth diapers learnes one thing right off the bat regarding diaper laundry:  DO NOT USE FABRIC SOFTENER.  It can cause buildup in your diapers, which will lead to stink; it can coat the surfaces of your diapers, causing them to repel instead of absorb liquid.  It is BAD JUJU.
So that’s [...]

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