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Sunday, July 14, 2013

#summerfluffing Mom Becks - Thirsties Duo Wrap & OsoCozy Cloth Wipes Review & $25 GC Giveaway! US 7/31

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Rebecca decided to start a cloth diapering store to provide others with the highest quality products with the best value and only offers products that she loves and has used as well. She has cloth diapered her own 5 children over the past 12 years and has learned a lot about what works and what just is not worth it. She was called "MomBecks" by her mother when she was younger as she was always such a little mother hen. The name just stuck and Rebecca is still MomBecks. MomBecks is located in the Colorado Springs area and you can contact Rebecca to set up an appointment and have a chance to 'look before you buy', what a great and fun opportunity for those new to cloth as well as those who have been using cloth, but would like to explore new products.

Newborn Cloth Diaper Rental Program at MomBecks
What a great way to get started with out the huge investment of start up costs! At MomBecks you can cloth diaper your newborn, from 6 to 12 pounds for only $10 per week and you will receive 24 Sandy's newborn fitted diapers and 4 Thirsties X-Small covers. This is a great way to get your foot in the water of the cloth diapering journey! 

 Thirsties Duo Wrap 

 Thirsties Duo Wraps ($12.25ARV) are available in eight solid colors and you have the option of snaps or aplix. They are also available in two different sizes, size 1 fits 6 to 18 pounds while size 2 fits 18 to 40
pounds. These wraps will last twice as long as your standard one size diaper cover. Thirsties Duo Wraps have exposed PUL so you can reuse them many times before needing to wash them. They also have double leg gussets, great for holding in those newborn pooplotions and other messes. You can use these wraps with trifolded prefolds, snappied prefolds and trim fitteds. Thirsties Duo Wraps are made in the US! 


Ezio is 18 months old and 26 pounds. With the Size 2, Thirsties Duo Wrap on Ezio the rise is fully snapped down with a little room still. Even though it is fully snapped down with a little extra room, it still protects very well, whether I use a single snappied prefold, a snappied prefold with a trifolded smaller prefold as a doubler
 and also great with different thickness fitted diapers. 


Cade is 3 years old and 39 pounds. While he wears the Thirsties Duo Wrap the rise snaps are fully opened or sometimes snapped down one, depending on what I put under the cover. I usually use prefolds on Cade occasionally I'll use fitteds. Even though the wrap's rise snaps are fully opened there is still a ton of room for this wrap to continue to grow with Cade and I personally think it will fit for well past 40 pounds, although Cade is tall and fairly skinny, so on a shorter and chubby baby it will probably fit differently. 

Both of the boys have sensitive skin and eczema. We've used some other covers with FOE/binding around the diaper and those other ones would leave red rashes on the boys thighs, but we've had NO issues with the FOE on this wrap! The aplix is very strong and very 'sticky'. I also love how the wings on this wrap are wide so they fully cover prefolds and fitteds around hips, unlike others we have tried. 

When the FOE becomes damp, I just let it air dry and then we use it again at the next diaper change. If neither of the boys is wearing this cover to bed then I toss it in the wash when I do my diaper laundry at night, once they have gone to bed. 

All in all, I love the Thirsties Duo Wrap! It is a great cover and protects against leaks from #1 and #2 great! 

OsoCozy Cloth Wipes 

OsoCozy Cloth Wipes ($9.75ARV) are made of unbleached cotton flannel and unbleached cotton terry with a multicolored surging around the edge and are super soft! These cloth wipes measure 8" x 8", thicker and more absorbent making for the perfect cloth wipes. These are made in Pakistan and come in packs of 12. They do need a little prepping, or maybe I should say prepping is recommended. They should be washed several times to strip off the natural oils and also so they can become more absorbent. 


 I have fairly large hands, for a girl any how. I absolutely love that these cloth wipes are larger then my hand! I have many cloth wipes that are smaller then my hand and you need many of those to get the job done. With the OsoCozy wipes, I only need one, sometimes two. So awesome! I don't make a wipe solution yet, all I do is get one or two wet, by running it under the water from the sink.

I always see charts for how much cloth diapers can save you per child or per year, but never seen anything about how much you can save if you use cloth wipes. From reading MomBeck.com I have learned that you will save around $500 per child when using cloth wipes! Also, cloth wipes don't really have a maximum life span or a point where they will no longer be useable like some diapers that contain PUL, so these would last through several children and save you tons of money! With two in diapers, when we were using disposable wipes we were spending about $15-$20 on wipes every 2 weeks or so and that was buying the cheapest wipes we could find that were okay with the boys' skin. 
 
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GIVEAWAY!
One lucky reader will win a $25 eGift Certificate to MomBecks.com! Enter the Summer Fluffing Giveaway Hop for your chance to win! This event will run from July 17th through July 31st, is open to US residents whom are at least 18 years of age at time of entrance. Good Luck! 

What would you purchase with your $25 eGC to MomBecks.com if you won? 

Disclosure: I received the above products in exchange for my honest review, all opinions and experiences are my own and may differ from those of your own. I received no monetary compensation for this publication.

#summerfluffing Mother Earth Baby Shop - Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted Review & $20 GC Giveaway! US 7/17-7/31

Lisa Emmons started her journey of cloth diapering in 2000 when she was looking for ways to become more environmentally responsible with the birth of her fist son, Alex. Back in 2000 cloth diapering choices were very limited, Lisa and her husband struggled to find cloth diapers that fit their son correctly as he was a larger baby and a heavy wetter. Lisa gave birth to their second son, Daniel in 2002 and while there were a few more options, they were still limited. Then, in 2008 their daughter, Olivia was born and they again explored cloth diapering options to help support their eco-friendly lifestyle. As they explored cloth diapering one more time they noticed they had evolved quite a bit since 2000. Lisa and her husband found that cloth diapering had become easier and more enjoyable to use. This is where Lisa's passion for modern cloth diapers had begun. But, retailers for these products in her area were not available forcing them to travel quite a distance to purchase them. She began connecting with other cloth diapering parents and found that they were also experiencing the same issues. Lisa decided to put her passion to good use and create a business focused on providing cloth diapers and other natural, eco-friendly options for families. Read more at mebabyshop.com.

Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted



 
















Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted ($17ARV) comes in a variety of fun colors and is so super soft, soft enough to want to use it as a pillow!! Available in snap or aplix, gentle elastic around legs and waist to help provide superb protection against leaks. Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted Diapers are available in two sizes, Size One is for 6-18lbs/0-9 months and Size Two is for 18-40lbs/9-36+ months. 

Crafted from stretchy, buttery soft textiles with a stay-dry liner, offering superior wetness protection for baby's delicate skin. Super easy to use, no snap in soakers to hold in place while trying to fasten the diaper around baby. The sewn in soaker is made of a spongy microfiber terry that can absorb up to seven times its weight in liquid! These fitted diapers have a sleeve or tunnel system, which means that the soaker is sewn into the diaper only along the sides, leaving the front and back open allowing more water to flow through during washing and faster drying. You can also stuff a Thirsties Duo Doubler into this tunnel if more absorbency is needed. This tunnel systems helps these fitteds become more clean easier. As these are fitteds, they are not waterproof on their own, so they should be covered, Thirsties Duo Wraps are great covers for all fitteds. 

Tunnel System

18m/o & 26lbs

Fitted diapers are my new love and the Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted has to be one of my top favorite fitteds! I love how soft it is leaving no irritation on either of the boys inner thighs, a lot of PUL leaves their inner thighs red from friction as they are always on the go. The diaper is super absorbent! I've used it over night on Cade, my 3year old heavy wetter, who weighs about 39lbs as well as on Ezio, my 18 month old who is about 26lbs and an average wetter.


Thirsties Fab Fitteds look a bit bulky, but they are rather trim when on baby, the Thirsties Duo Wraps are also trim. Don't mind the look on Mr. Crabby Ezio's face, above. I absolutely love the fit I can get on both of my boys with this diaper, even though it is on the lowest rise setting for Ezio, it's not too bulky or anything like that. Both of the boys can wear this diaper for at least a couple house with out a cover! Since it's been warmer now that we're in summer, Ezio has been drinking like a fish. He'll suck down an 8 ounce cup of water in minutes and want more, so this is a pretty impressive diaper.

3y/o & 39lbs
 Purchase a Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted
Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted are regularly priced at $17.00, however in Mother Earth Baby's Shop you can get them for only $14.45! Mother Earth Baby also has Free Shipping on all orders over $79.00. You can purchase from their online shop and they have two stores in New York!

Expecting a baby? You can create a baby registry on Mother Earth Baby and even a wishlist! I wish I had known about their shop and their baby registry when I was pregnant with Cade.

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GIVEAWAY!
Mother Earth Baby would like to offer one lucky reader a $20 Gift Certificate to be their online shop, enter through the Summer Fluffing Giveaway Hop HERE! This giveaway is open to US residents whom are at least 18 years of age at time of entrance, giveaway will begin on July 17th at 12am and run through July 31st
  at 11:59pm. Good Luck! 

What would you purchase from Mother Earth Baby if you won the $20 GC? 

Disclosure: I received the above product in exchange for my honest review, I received no monetary compensation for this post. All opinions and experiences are my own, please not they may differ from those of your own.