More cloth diapering supplies made their way to my house this week! It's really sort of addictive...I want to try so many different products but I think we're well stocked with everything we need at this point. I bought another Planet Wise cloth diaper pail liner (this time in raspberry) so we could rotate that with the other one when we do laundry. Wet, soiled cloth diapers + No place to put them = Bummer! I also ordered some more Thirsties Fab Wipes that really live up to their name. They're really plush and come in a bunch of cute colors. We only use the disposable, pre-moistened wipes for the huge messes (which we don't have to deal with much since we're practicing E.C. with Shay).
The item we got that I was most excited about was an 11oz. bottle of Thirsties Booty Luster! I'd been wanting to try this for awhile now. I'm a fan of the Bordeaux All Natural Butt Paste which I blogged about in this post. The only bummer is that you aren't supposed to use any sort of diaper rash cream with cloth diapers as it gets into the natural fibers and blocks absorbancy. So, I finally bought a bottle of the booty luster which is supposed to be cloth diaper friendly. I love the ingredients list:
Aloe Vera, Vitamin E, water-based Extract of Coconut, Honey, Grapeseed Extract, traces of Glycerin, Avocado Oil, Humectant Moisturizers, and other Organic Ingredients. Thirsties Booty Luster is free of petroleum, alcohols, animal products, parabens, sulfates, DPGs or any dilutants; nor are any of our products ever tested on animals.
So far, so good! Shay seems to like when we spray her with it as she starts cooing. Then you just wipe dry and away you go! She's never had diaper rash, something I hope continues.
While we're on the topic of cloth diapers, I really haven't tried anything other than the products I've blogged about. While I'd love to, my bank account says otherwise! Which is why I try to win free cloth diapers in the hope that I'll be able to try other brands/styles out. Abby's Lane, one of the two online stores I buy most of my cloth diapering supplies from, has a lot of giveaways, the latest, greatest being on the owner's blog, It's the Cloth that Counts. This is a giveaway of 10 sets of Econobum diapers. Incidently, I love all of the funny/cute names they have for cloth diaper brands!
How are you winning the diapers?
ReplyDeletePretty much following the It's the Cloth that Counts blog (link above) and Abby's Lane on Facebook page. She announces giveaways all the time. Thinking of going the cloth route?
ReplyDeleteAbby's lane also does giveaways OFTEN on Facebook. I've won a $25 gift cert from that before, so it's definitely worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteI've never tried the Thirsties Booty Luster. I was ignorant and used my Butt Paste with cloth dipes at first. Bad, bad, bad. :) But if you feel you need to use it, they have diaper liners you can use over top of your cloth, which are essentially pieces of toilet paper placed in there. I've never actually tried them, but always figured I'd just use some chlorine free toilet paper if I needed to. Also I have used strips of fleece or some flannel scraps put in as a barrier if you don't want stuff to get on your diapers.
Anyway, hopefully you will love the Booty Luster and won't have a need for the Butt Paste. I have a ton leftover that I'm sure I'll never use now. Oh, we also used Grandma El's diaper cream which was supposed to be okay for cloth. Never had a problem with it though I can't say I particularly loved the stuff.
Fun reading about all your discoveries. I just got a cloth wipes warmer and bamboo wipes (which came with recipes for making your own diaper spray solution) for my baby shower and am super excited to get to use them soon. I wasn't that fancy with Char. Just used plain baby washcloths on her.
The Thirsties wipes you got do look "Fab." I've thought of getting those too....so many fun products, so little money. *Sigh*