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My Experiences with Cloth Diapering
After moving to Washington State and becoming more conscious of recycling and reducing waste, I found out I was pregnant with our first child. I’m not sure how or when cloth diapering came up, but since I was going to be a stay-at-home-mom, I figured, “why not?” I did some research (jk, I did A LOT of research, it’s my M.O.) and decided to go with traditional cotton prefolds, snappi fasteners and PUL diaper covers. (Now that we’re going plastic-free as much as possible, I’d choose wool soakers, but you live and learn). Cloth diapers were a bit of a learning curve but when you realize that you’re literally throwing…
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Four Tips for Staying Home with Young Children Without Losing Your Mind
In case you missed it, about 18 months ago I wrote a post about how God was teaching me how to stay at home. And now here we are and everyone has to stay at home. Who could have known? God. That’s who. I am very grateful to have had almost two years of practice to teach me how to be happy at home. I’ve been rather surprised by the fact that this quarantine-like situation has not rocked our boat at all. I have learned ALOT in the last 2 years of staying home, but here are the things that I feel have made the most difference: The Game-Changer: Figure…