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Archive for June, 2010Introducing the New bumGenius 4.0!Tuesday, June 29th, 2010The news you all have been waiting for – the arrival of the bumGenius 4.0 which will be replacing the 3.0 that so many people have come to love. These are the new features… (images below!) 2. All new hook & loop closures (also available in refresher kits) 4. Three new colors. Bubble (light lavender), Noodle (light cream) and Sweet (light green). 5. And my favorite new feature… you now have your choice of closures (snaps or hook & loop). Big News at bumGenius!!Monday, June 28th, 2010The big news arrived last week via blog from Cotton Babies – they are coming out with something new, exciting and special…BUT that means the retirement of the ever popular and loved bumGenius 3.0 One-size cloth diaper. I was a bit stunned because although they aren’t my favorite, I know many, many people who cloth diaper and use ONLY these. My tall girl grew out of them before she turned 2 in the rise and I ended up needing a whole new stash – so my guess is something that might last a *bit* longer? Here’s a snippet from their entry: “Something fun and new is coming. But that usually means that we have to say goodbye to something else. So, it is with slightly heavy hearts that we have to announce that we have discontinued our highly acclaimed bumGenius 3.0 One-Size Cloth Diapers.“ We still have a limited supply of these at Maine Cloth Diaper, so if you are freaking out or need a gift, get over to the site and put in your order right away or give us a call. Cotton Babies goes on to say how excited they are about their new diaper and are confident that we all will be too. They are planning to unveil the new diaper TOMORROW… So Stay tuned! Recalls, Recalls Everywhere!Thursday, June 24th, 2010It seems like everywhere you turn another baby/child product is being recalled. As a parent this actually scares me to death!! My daughter was never a lover of the crib and in fact began refusing to sleep there around 6 months and then soon after I hurt my back and began letting her sleep with me full time because it was easier to nurse her and I was having a hard time lifting her out of the crib. Christy actually posted a link on Facebook this morning to an article talking about the new list of cribs that were recently recalled and when I clicked the link, lo and behold, there was a picture of the exact crib that we had inherited from my brother and sister-in-law that I believe both of their girls slept in as well (the Jenny Lind). I guess I am what most people would call a “cynic” and thus am not the type of person that trusts on a whim – my other like-minded friends and I typically find ourselves looking into other peoples carseat without thinking, just to check if the children are properly strapped in, or mentioning to a fellow mom that her baby carrier is on wrong or too loose as well as bringing up subjects such as the lead recently found in juice or BPA or additives in snack. So I don’t consider myself naive, but come on! Cribs? The Jenny Lind crib has been a very popular model and sold since 2000 – they haven’t figured out how to make it safe by now? Additionally, there were some baby carriers by Cybex that have faulty plastic buckles that were recently recalled. My husband thinks I am crazy when we buy something child related and I am tugging on straps and twisting buckles and hinges to see if they are strong or could break easily. But I don’t have that trust in the manufacturers of these products and more and more is seems like this trust that many parents have is ill placed. Below is a link to the the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s page were they list baby/child product recalls. All the new crib recalls are on this list as well as the baby carrier, some Kleen Kanteen, clothing and shoes that have been recalled for one reason or another – this list excludes toys (that is a whole other post..) We welcome your comments and thoughts. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/child.html Celebrity Cloth Diaper UsersMonday, June 7th, 2010I was reading some celebrity baby blogs the other day (I know I know…) and couldn’t believe now many celebs that either used or are still using cloth on their babies! Not really for any paticular reason was I surprised, but I guess I assumed that it would be too much work or viewed as inconvenient (although we all know better!) Among favorites of the celebs are actually 2 of our favorite brands - Happy Heiny’s and Fuzzi Bunz. I was surprised that none of them were using any fancy-shmancy ones, like Goodmama – but nope (or atleast they didn’t admit it!) After doing a bit of searching I came up with a pretty impressive list of celebrity cloth diaperers…. Dave Mathews Tori Spelling Matthew McConaughey Melissa Joan Hart Ming Na Scott Baio Brooke Shields Denise Richards Terri and Steve Irwin …and those were just the Major celebs that really jumped out at me (there were about 3 times as many on different sites that I found.) I know I used to hear it on pretty much a weekly if not daily basis from other moms (sometimes people I knew and other times even nosey ladies in a public restroom) – “Oh wow, that must be so much work!” or “Ya, I am just too busy for that, I just can’t bother with the hassle.” Others who just looked at me like I was fresh out of a Laura Ingall’s story book! Although I know that very few, if not none of our readers cloth diaper because of trend – perhaps this celebrity serge in cloth diapering will make it “hip” to use cloth thus getting more parents to give it a try. I know I am defnitely going to drop some of these names next time I am having a discussion about how awesome it is to use cloth with those that are hesitant!! Happy diapering |
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