I re-use an empty Foaming Hand Soap dispenser for all liquid baby soap I buy, and I've found it makes liquid soap go way further. Shampooing my baby's hair or washing a slippery baby is much easier when I can squirt foam soap out of a dispenser. Cuisipro foam pump dispenser I usually put an inch
Here's a fast and simple way to make all your flat, prefold and shaped diapers into easy Velcro®-closing diapers! Just cut one piece each of both hook and loop Velcro®. Sizing: Small - cut 12" (31cm) long; Medium - cut 18" (46cm) long; Large - cut 24" (61cm) long; XLarge - cut 30" (76cm) long.
Honeysticks Beeswax Bath Tub Crayons Here's how to make soap crayons for bath-time fun and easy quick clean-up! I am wondering if we could use cookie cutters or somehow get them into better shapes than just the ice cube tray, but I haven't tried it myself yet. Ingredients: 🖍️ 1 3/4 cups Soa
Gerber Birdseye Flatfold Diapers Have you got a bedwetter, but not enough money to afford those expensive cloth Bedwetter Pants, or the on-going expense of the disposable ones? You can make your own - NO sewing required! You will need: Two padded training pants (you can also use underpants,
Your baby needs to nurse, but you are out in public and you are uncomfortable about showing off all that skin when you lift your top? Layer one crop top, blouse, shirt, etc. over an old T-shirt or tank top (mix or match colors!). Nursing Shirts Cut two nursing slits in the old tank top or T-s
Thanks to Chantel for this Frugal Baby Tip!
I know everyone says tuck, tuck, tuck! but that does NOT work at our house. I say, "Untuck and be free!" Just kidding.
No really. I do NOT fold our prefolded diaper and tuck it all the way into the velcro cover. I lay it flat on the cover, put it under baby or toddler, bring up between legs, overlap diaper edges at both sides of waist (the cloth surface against cloth surface helps to hold in place), and then, when I fasten the cover, I adjust the legs so that some of the diaper is out. Just a fraction of an inch. It does several things: creates a better seal around the leg opening; creates a better fit for slender-legged babies; keeps all of the bm on the diaper; and keeps the elastic off baby's leg (no marks).
We don't have urine leaks by staying on top of changes. Only on occasion, when he's been "storing up" or we couldn't get to a change at regular time, do we have any damp clothing. You can still trifold another prefold to double and have it all inside. We've done it from the beginning and I almost never wash covers for poop leaks.
P.S. You can still fold down the top or fold in the top side edges a little if your baby is smaller; it'll still reach around the waist to overlap. That's a good way to keep the diaper from shifting so much in the cover.
Another thing to do to get additional layers while using this method is to use a doubler, a smaller diaper as a doubler, or just a double diaper folded as mentioned above.
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