Hi! I'm Bayla from Soft and Cozy Baby and I wanted to share one of my amusements of my cloth diapering journey.
One of the funniest challenges (if you want to call it that!) of cloth diapering is the adorable bubble butt kids get! As a newborn lying on your chest with their bottom sticking up in the air and as a toddler with layers of hemp, cotton, or microfiber under wool longies - I have to smile when trying to get pajamas over that super-duper, bulletproof nighttime diaper.
So what's a mom or dad to do? Children's clothes were made trim and not with the extra room to fit over cloth diapers. Disposables are super thin as they have chemicals to absorb the liquid and dont need the requisite layers that a nighttime diaper requires to make it until morning.
When my son, Dovy, was an infant, I always wanted him to be snug in a onesie so his belly wouldn't get cold while he slept. But my favorite nighttime diaper was (and still is) a Happy Hempy with SuperDo under wool longies. It looks pretty ridiculous to snap a onesie OVER the longies! And you can't snap it under because then it will obviously get wet. Plus, snapping it over can result it putting pressure in one area which may cause leaking or uneven diaper coverage. We did end up just putting a sweatshirt on with longies without the onesie due to logistics.
I have found though that I often have to size up on pants like jeans and dress pants. Shorts, stretchies, and sweat pants usually fit without a problem, as my son is thin and tall. But tighter pants are a little too snug over that bubble butt.
For those of you with the onesie quandary, I've discovered these great Onesie extenders that give you some extra room around the diaper but still allow the onesie to close comfortably. It also allows you to get some extra wear out of onesies that are getting too small to close but still fit.
These Onesie extenders by iPlay come in a pack of 3, each with a different snap configuration, so that you should have one that will fit any brand of onesie!
We are giving away a pack of FREE Onesie extenders to TWO lucky winners!
To Enter:
1. Follow Soft and Cozy Baby on Facebook
2. Follow Soft and Cozy Baby on Twitter
3. Follow Cloth Diaper Retailer Coop on Facebook
4. Find your closest CD store using the "Locate a Retailer" page on this website.
5. Post your funniest "bubble butt" story here or post a picture on Soft and Cozy Baby's Facebook page!
Each entry should be a different posting. Contest ends August 30, 2010
Bayla
Soft and Cozy Baby
Baltimore, MD
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There isnt a close retailer to where we live now but there is one close to our home town which I visit frequently in PA- The closes one would be Sweet Little Blessings!
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My closest CD store would be Angel Bunz.
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The closest retailers are Happy Tushies and Cottontail baby
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My closest retailer is Mums and Bums!!!!
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PS thanks for talking about this. I just started CD this week and am realizing some of the extra challenges that go along with it.
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I'm pretty sure the closest shop would be the Nappy Shoppe in Texas. I'm in Arkansas.
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Actually, Soft and Cozy Baby is closest to me! I'm in VA, but there aren't any retailers here. :)
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ReplyDeleteI'm also in Virginia, and Soft and Cozy Baby is closest to me, at an unfortunate and sad 5ish hours away.
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The closest store to me is in Excelsior, MN
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We had a stint where we were diapering our daughter in disposables. When we switched back, it didn't seem like something we needed to advertise to family and friends. Well my mother in law lives far from us and doesn't see my daughter often. So when she saw her for the first time in awhile, she thought my daughter had gained a lot of weight on her butt!
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The closest CD store is Angel Bunz
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Closest Retailer used to be Diaper Daisy, but I believe the store moved so I guess now it would be Giggle Britches all the way in Illinois. Quite a drive!
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No funny stories yet, but I definitely get lots of looks and comments when they see how "fluffy" my daughter's bum is compared to the rest of her body! ;)
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4. Find your closest CD store using the "Locate a Retailer" page on this website.
ReplyDeleteIt shows 2 stores in MN - Happy Tushies and Cottontail Baby
5. Post your funniest "bubble butt" story here or post a picture on Soft and Cozy Baby's Facebook page!
ReplyDeleteUploaded on soft & cozy baby's FB page a picture of my 2 week old with prefold + cover for the first time - definitely a bubble butt!
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When my son was tiny and I was new to CD I was using the big Bum Genius inserts instead of the newborn ones. I just thought the bigger the better because I didn't want any leaks. After complaining to my friend on my son's huge butt, she said why in the world are you using those big inserts - so the joke was on me.
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Giggle Britches is closest to me! :)
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Giggle Britches is closest to me.
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My son is 18 months and I've been stuffing his pockets to the max with hemp at night. We visited my in-laws and he was waddling around in with that (over)fluffy butt when my MIL announced to everyone that my eco-obsession was going to give baby bowed legs. At the time I was just fuming at her comment, but now I'll admit that he did look pretty awkward!
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ReplyDeleteNot one story in particular, but we too are OVER stuffers at night - and DD is SO funny when she walks around before bed time! She has this little waddle/strut that she does!!
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My closest retailer is Angel Bunz in California. I actually went to one of her CD workshops, it was very helpful.
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we use a OS fitted and cover for nights. i wanted to try wool covers, so the first time i put that on with my son's fitted... he had the most massive bum ever! when i put him down for the night, his bum was higher up than his head it was so big... but the wool worked great!
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My closest CD store is The Nappy Shoppe!
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My closest cloth diaper retailer would be Ecological Babies! I know the owner and she is super nice.
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Diaper Daisy was the one closest to me, but they relocated to CO. The website needs to be updated. I think the closest place now is Giggle Britches.
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I didn't have a funny "bubble butt" story until today (last day of the giveaway!). My little guy is one week shy of being 4 months old and is barely fitting into his 3-6 month clothes due to his bubble butt (hence the desire to win this giveaway!!!), so when I went to dress him to go out and do some errands, I grabbed a pair of 6-9 month jeans to fit over his bubble butt. I figured they'd be a little long, but would probably fit better over his diaper. They fit fine and went about our errands. At our final stop I went to get him out of his car seat to eat and noticed the button on his little jeans was popped open! I guess even going up one size of clothes cannot contain his cloth diaper bubble butt =).
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Yikes! I forgot to post a winner! The winner is #22 - dannyscotland! Please email me with a mailing address to receive your prize! Thanks to all who entered.
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