Today is the third full day of the Flats and Handwashing Challenge.  As a reminder, this is a 7 day Challenge where participants can only use flat cloth diapers and have to ditch their washer and dryer in favor of good ol’ fashioned handwashing.  We are close to 500 participants this year and many are [...]

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  Today is Day 2 of the Flats and Handwashing Challenge and our topic of discussion is “Supplies.”  What are we using for the challenge in terms of flats, covers, acessories, and washers.  Scroll to the bottom to see the other blogs that have linked up! The reason this is the “Flats” and Handwashing Challenge [...]

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Today hundreds of parents will begin the 2nd Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge.  The Challenge means that for seven days the babies will only wear flat cloth diapers (1 large square of fabric, just like grandma used on your parents) and the parents can only handwash and air dry them. I’ve already gone into a [...]

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The Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge will begin on Monday, May 21!  Since the date is rapidly approaching I wanted to help get those participating a little more prepared. I’m also going to address the bloggers participating and offer some helpful topics to cover each day during the Challenge.  Visit the announcement to learn [...]

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I have a terrible memory.  One of the reasons I take photos of my kids virtually every day is because I use them as ways to recall the moments I don’t want to forget.  If it weren’t for my excessive iPhoto catalog I wouldn’t be able to remember some of our trips and adventures and [...]

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This girl is going to BlogHer 2012 in NYC and representing Rockin’ Green! So what exactly is BlogHer and who is Rockin’ Green, you are probably asking yourself. BlogHer is the largest conference for women (and even some men!) bloggers that happens every year.  There are several informative sessions each day.  I’m especially looking forward [...]

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Saturday April 21, 2012 marked the second Great Cloth Diaper Change where parents around the world attempted to break the Guinness Book of World Record™ for most cloth diapers changed simultaneously.  There were an estimated 300 locations located in 17-18 countries.  Some parents even woke up their babies to change them at 6:30 am! Last [...]

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The long awaited announcement for the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge is finally here and a date has been set.  Mark your calendars for May 21-27 as the 7 days you will be handwashing your flat cloth diapers. A little background for those new to this event: The Flats and Handwashing Challenge 2011 was [...]

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I live and breathe cloth diapers.  Every day I do work related to promoting and educating others on the benefits of cloth diapers as well as how to use them.  Most of my focus is channeled to the online world and I admittedly do less in my local arena than I should.  I do know [...]

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One of the things that I have noticed lacking in the cloth diaper world is an introduction to cloth diapers that is simple, not overwhelming, and that isn’t brand specific.  Generally speaking, the only people interested in putting the time and effort into this type of thing are big brands. I got the idea in [...]

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