New year, New Blog

So in the spirit of the new year I am going to make a resolution to be more active with my blog. I plan on adding recipes, product reviews and finding followers. I am not a writer, not a professoonal chef, I am just a mama with an adventure to share. I have been writing for myself and plan on now writing a public blog. So don't forget to follow me and wish me luck.

Sick if the holy holiday war

So, I don't know about everyone else but I am getting pretty sick of people tearing me (and others) apart for saying Merry Christmas. I live in an area where there is an abundance of culture I have never been offended when people wished me a happy chanuka. Did you know that 96% of americans celebrate christmas? Of that 96% only 70 percent encourage a belief in christ? So I think people that don't celebrate the holiday should lighten up, and feel free to wish me a greeting from their holiday. Either way this should be a happy celebratory time of year! So merry chrismahanakwanzika to you.

Finding the perfect diaper

So we are 4 months into to our cloth diapering expirience. I am truly enjoying it but it's hard to find the perfect diapers. A friend of mine had given me a lot of different diapers to try. I was a little overwhelmed at first but now I have found my faves.

Fuzzi Bunz-I love fuzzi bunz diapers! I like the one size over the perfect size but adjusting the elastic on the one size can be a little complicated. They also come in a variety of cute patterns.

Bumgenius 3.0-I like this diaper but the only one i have we had the Velcro closure converted to snaps so I can't really say much about the Velcro.

Thirsties Duo diaper- These are my most recent buy. I love them! They come with a stay dry and soaker insert and they have the extra fabric around the legs to prevent leakage. They are super absorbent but my lo pulls them off if I don't put pants over them when she sleeps.

Swaddlebees econappy-These are by far my faves. They are so soft and the fit is perfect. The only problem is they are rather expensive and don't really fit in our budget.

I have also tried a variety of prefolds with covers and I find they are a great back up on laundry day but not my first preference.

I love CDing! i have quickly become a CD junkie.

Watch "toxic america" tonight and tomorrow

Watch "Toxic America", a two part investigative report at 8pm ET on CNN tonight and tomorrow.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta MD will be addressing things like everyday toxic exposure, pesticides, and plastics. Is enough being done to protects us from Toxic exposure to dangerous materials?
Find out in this two part series.

You can also find online coverage at www.cnn.com/specials/2010/toxic.america/

The rash from hell

So my husband and I went to jamaica last week and The grandparents had Kyra in disposables for a week. Apparently why we were gone she developed diarrea and developed a rash. I swear it's one of the worst rashes I have seen on her. So we came back, put her back in cloth and now it's almost gone. Just another reason cloth diapers are a better choice than disposables.

Besides all that my hubby and I had an amazing time on the beach. I truly believe all couples need to make time for themselves and their relationship. Although, the night before we left I cried because we were going to have to leave our little girl. We still had a great time.

Time for a change...switching for disposable to cloth diapers

So here I am. I have always done things to have less impact on the enviorment, but I have to admit I thought that cloth diapering was just way out of my league. I have a friend who convinced me to try it. I did some research and it was all so overwhelming and seemed like a foriegn language to me. Prefolds, insert, all in ones, pockets or no pockets, what in the heck does any of this mean?

So I went back to this friend...She has three children and she is well versed in the language of cloth diapers. Not only did she give me a lesson in cloth diapering, she gave me prefolds and all in ones. Showing me how easy cloth diapering can be, I made the switch and it was pretty simple.

Now we are in week 2 of cloth diapers and are adjusting to the switch well. My little girl waddled for a while but now is adjusting quite well.