Rumparooz giveaway!

Rumparooz giveaway going on right now at Cloth Diaper Geek!

Go here to enter to win:  Enter To Win Rumparooz OS!

Lovable Labels {Review & Giveaway}

Lovable Labels {Review & Giveaway} 

Our friends over at The ABC Kidz are having a giveaway!  

Go read their review and then enter for your chance to win an awesome prize from Loveable Labels!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

Beco Butterfly 2 Carrier Review & Giveaway

Our friends over at The Eco Friendly Family are having a giveaway!!

One lucky winner will receive a Beco Butterfly 2 Carrier!!

This is an amazing carrier and if you are skeptical, make sure you watch the video review. 


Click here to go enter!!

Givewaway at Cloth That Counts!

There's a new giveaway going on at Cloth That Counts!

They're giving away TWO $50 gift certificates to Abby's Lane store!

Go enter to win!!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

What kind of reviews & giveaways do you want to see?

I know there are many blogs out there that do reviews & giveaways.  

I am just getting started but wanted to see if anyone has any thoughts, ideas, suggestions for what kind of reviews & giveaways you would like to see on this blog.

I am open to anything :)  (family friendly, of course!)

Do you have a product that you would like to have reviewed? 
Do you know have an idea for a product you would like for me to review?  

Are you a company that wants your product reviewed?

Email me or contact the company and tell them to contact me.  

My email is keepthechangemama@gmail.com

AMP Diaper Review & Giveaway! ENDS 2/8!

Head over to Life With My Littles and check out her review of AMP Diapers.

One lucky winner will win one from Sweet Cheeks, LLC!

Giveaway ends February 8, 2012 at 12:01 a.m.

Hurry!!

Click here to enter giveaway!

Apple iPad 2 and Amazon Kindle Fire Giveaway!

Welcome to the Rafflecopter Launch Party Giveaway hosted by Rafflecopter! Are you excited for the chance to win an Apple iPad 2 (16GB) and one of two Amazon Kindle Fires? I know I am!

Rafflecopter is giving away an iPad 2 to the winner of this giveaway, a Kindle Fire to the person who referred the winner, and a second Kindle Fire to the person who suggests a winning name for their smily-face hellicopter Rafflecopter Mascot! For complete contest details, please visit the Launch Party giveaway post at Rafflecopter.

Now for the fun! Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter!

Please put “Nikki from KeepTheChangeMama.blogspot.com” as the one who referred you!

I would LOVE to win a Kindle Fire if you end up winning the iPad 2!

Abby's Lane Gift Card Giveaway!

Dibs! is giving away a $25 gift card to Abby's Lane!

Abby's Lane is an awesome website where you'll find lots of great products for babies & moms-to-be!

Click here to enter the giveaway!

Another Thirsties Giveaway! Wow!

Head over to the Thirsties blog and check out their new giveaway!

They're giving away 3 things!


Thirsties Thursday Giveaway:
1-Thirsties Duo All-In-One Cloth Diaper
1-Thirsties Fab Wipes 6pk
1-Thirsties Diaper Duffle

Go enter to win here!

Thirsties Giveaway!!

Head over to the Cloth Diaper Geek and enter to win a new Thirsties Duo AIO!

Go Here To Enter!

Diaper giveaway!

There are lots of amazing giveaways going on right now on many different blogs.

One that I've got my eye on is this one:
Glowbug Cloth Diaper Review & Giveaway on Elf Family Blog

I love the review and I've been dying to try one of these diapers.

Head over and enter for a chance to win!

My cloth diaper stash photos

My diaper shelf--it contains all of my diapers, inserts, prefolds, covers, wetbags, pail liners, wipes, creams, etc...

Pocket diapers (19 total fit--4 have inserts)

GroVia inserts, hybrid shells & boosters (there are almost 20 inserts, 5 shells & 5 boosters)

Prefolds & covers (6 infant & 6 regular size prefolds, 6 medium covers)

Fitted & AIO diapers (not all are shown here...I had 3 or 4 in the wash)

Flip inserts (back); Applecheeks, Flip organic & Thirsties insert (front)

Microfiber inserts

This post is all about my cloth diaper stash & how I organize everything.

Before I finally figured out how to keep them all neat & organized, I searched all over the web trying to find ideas and just couldn't find very much.

So now that I finally found a solution that works and is actually very affordable & easy to do, I HAD to share it with everyone!

If you're like me, space is the biggest issue.  

We have a 2-story house and we are downstairs most of the time so all of our diapering things stay downstairs.  

I originally had 2 diaper pails (small pop-up trash cans from target).  
One for upstairs and one for downstairs. 
That became very annoying, very quick!  
So I invested in a hanging wetbag from planetwise here: Planet Wise Large Hanging Wetbag
I use the hanging wetbag upstairs...it hangs on our bedroom doorknob.
I use the pail liner for my diaper pail downstairs.  (Pail Liner)


Before I got my diapers organized, they were just randomly laying everywhere in our living room and overflowing out of a little basket I originally had for them. 


So here's where I went & what I purchased:

• 3 Shelf Bookshelf from Walmart ($15 in store; $20 online)

• 4 Fabric Bins from Lowes ($6.99 each and they give a 10% military discount!)

 Okay...so the fabric bins were a little pricey...but you might have something at home already that would work.  Or skip the bins altogether!  You don't really NEED them...I just like to contain the clutter :)


I could fit 4 fabric bins perfectly on 2 of the shelves with room on both shelves in between for extras and the top smaller shelf I was able to fit all of our inserts perfectly.


There's also the top of the bookshelf where you could put another basket or 2 bins for additional storage (I'm sure I will end up doing this as I collect more things).

All in all...since I've gotten my diapers organized, it's so much easier to keep them this way.  
Before I didn't know what to do with them and they were a scattered, disorganized mess!

Now they all have a place & I literally have them all folded & put up within minutes (which my hubby is happy about).

Do you have any great tips, ideas or advice about organizing diapers?  
Please leave a comment or backlink me!

Skeptical about cloth diapering?

Are you skeptical of cloth diapering?

 

Are you one of those skeptics who just doesn't know what to think about cloth diapers?  

Do you need confirmation that you CAN do it?

Well, I'm living proof that ANYONE can use cloth diapers!

I am a stay-at-home mother to 4 amazing children.  
I also have a boutique home business where I make 90% of my items to order.  
My husband is also military so we experience a lot of deployments.  
And we have absolutely NO family within 250 miles of us.  

How do I do it?  There's no way I could do all of this AND use cloth diapers, right??
WRONG!  

Here's a photo of my youngest daughter in a Goodmama diaper.

I honestly believe that a lot of the fears and worries you have will immediately disappear once you begin using them & realize how wrong you were to worry!  
I'm sure you are having the same doubts/fears that all of us have had:
"it's gross"
"its time consuming"
"my spouse won't approve/like it"
"my family will oppose"
"I don't feel confident enough to do it"

Trust me--you will be surprised once you try them!  

And I must put a WARNING label with this...cloth diapers are HIGHLY addictive and you just might have to join me in the "cloth diaper addicts" club ;)


There are so many benefits to using cloth diapers:
*environmentally safe
*economical-will save TONS of money-especially if you have multiples in diapers/trainers
*great for baby's bottom--especially sensitive skin--less prone to rashes
*potty training will be faster--YES, you heard me right!
*if you take proper care of them, they will retain their value!
*they are absolutely adorable & you get to use them over & over again


So leave all your worries, fears & doubts behind & get ready to dive head first into the amazing world of cloth diapers :)


I will be adding different posts to my blog over the next few weeks about different aspects of cloth diapering that I love.  
So please subscribe to my blog, follow me on Google connect & keep an eye out for my next posts!

In the meantime, if you have any cloth diaper questions that you would like for me to answer in my next post or blog about, please leave a comment below :)

Interchangeable buttons for flip flops

I decided to create a little tutorial to show people how to use button pony-o's to interchange on your flip flops and sandals.

This seems to be a huge secret for some reason....but its so incredibly EASY!

If its saving us money....its worth it to post!

Not only can you use your adorable pony-o buttons in your hair...but use them to attach to your flip flops! Multi-purposing!!

Interchange them with all of your flip flops!

If you're interested in purchasing personalized 
pony-o buttons, you can order them from here:

Sweet Southern Boutique
(check out the "hair accessories" album--they're only $2.00 each!)

Check out my tutorial videos!  (Yes, I created these videos)

How to interchange buttons:


How to add buttons to bows already on flip flops: