Cloth Diapers Begets

Cloth Wipes.

Thankfully, 90% of our diapers and wipes have been gifts.  My mother is extremely generous and has bought us boxes upon boxes of diapers and wipes.  However, we're down to our last few packs and I've decided to start making our wipes.

I have yards of flannel left over from a project.  Embarrassingly enough, that project was 3 years ago.  Since I haven't used it up, or used it again for that matter I figured I couldn't screw it up.

I cut out 8x8 squares of flannel and used my zigzag stitch around the edges.  This is time when a serger could really come in handy.

I then rocked a soak with Rockin Green or Eco Friendly Family cloth diaper detergent.  This is cheap flannel from Joann's and it repels water like crazy.  So in order to get the chemicals and soften it up I soaked them for about 4-6 hours and some overnight (uhmm overnight MAY have been accidental because I forgot about them).  Then I just washed them with my next load of diapers.

I used an empty wipes box and folded them so they would pop up using this tutorial. 

I do not pour my wipes solution into the case.  I just put it in a spray bottle and spritz as needed.  I usually spray half the wipe, wash Bear's rear and then use the dry half the dry him off well.

Wipe solution:
I'm currently using wipes cubes I got for free as part of the promotion at the Great Cloth Diaper Change.  I love the way it smells, you simply add one cube to 2 cups of water.

But I'm way too cheap to keep buying them. So once it runs out I'll have to investigate.  Probably just water, baby soap and some olive oil.

The biggest deal I ever got was....

We have guests visiting so my blogging time is limited!

So today I will share the biggest deal I ever got.  And, I wasn't even paying for it!

I found out I was pregnant with Bear in September 2009.  Hubs and I planned to wait to buy a crib till the Spring so I wasn't even really seriously looking around.  I had just started price comparing and deciding what color/style/options I wanted.

Then Babies R Us had their New Year Sale.  Yes, I was like 16 weeks pregnant and looking at cribs. 

They offered the Babi Italia Pinehurst collection as part of their promotion.  If you bought the low dresser (in the back of the picture) they gave you the crib for free.  The only catch was that it was in the Natural wood.  Exactly what I wanted.  My parents had told us they wanted to buy us the crib and dresser so we figured this would be a great option, quality for low cost.  My mom went to her local Babies R Us and they put together the total price and we were all shocked, because they gave her an ADDITIONAL 30% off because it was on sale.   They even agreed to deliver it to MY local store (450 miles away).  The total came to $337.


 A week later Babies R Us called my mom and let her know they didn't have any dressers in stock, only the cribs. But, they would offer her a replacement.  They read her the name of Baby Cache Uptown collection.  We both figured it would be a cheaper crib and dresser, but we were wrong.

The crib costs $499 and the dresser $599.  We managed to get both the crib and the low dresser for $337.

I would have to say that to this day, this is the best deal I have ever come across.