Diaper Junction - An Awesome Cloth Diaper Crossing!!!

Diaper Junction is a Cloth Diapering store in Virginia Beach, VA that is run BY Moms FOR Moms!!  It was started by a CD Mom, Bryana, who wanted to help moms connect with cloth diapering and give them a place where they can find out everything they need to know.  For over 8 years Diaper Junction has been helping parents incorporate cloth into their lives.

Diaper Junction is more than your average CD store.  They have Certified Pre-Owned (not cars!) cloth diapers to help with budget needs.  They also have a 30 Test-Drive on certain diapers.  Who doesn't want to try before they commit?  They also have a stash cash program where you can earn FREE diapers!!  They produce and post how to diaper videos.  And they have even started their OWN brand of CDs, Diaper Rite!!!  They are like a 1 stop shop :)

So yes, I know I have given you a lot of facts about them :)  But now for the "fluff"!  Why do I like Diaper Junction and why would I post about them?  Let's think about this...done!  1 they are only a couple of hours from where I live!  We like to go to Williamsburg for vacation :)  So if I need store while I am there (which of course I would) they are super close!  They have FREE shipping on order of over $49.  And I don't know about you but I usually never end up purchasing less that $50, no matter how hard I try :)   They have 1 of the BEST support teams and systems I have seen anywhere!

They also carry some of my absolutely FAVORITE brands of diapers :)  FuzziBunz Elites, Thirsites Duo AIO, and BabyKicks Hemp Prefolds.  They also have some diapers that I have been dying to try including, Swaddlebees Simplex OS AIO, GroVia AIO, and Rumparooz OS Pocket Diaper.  Not only do they have an awesome selection of CDs but they also carry a ton of Diaper Accessories, Baby Gear, and of course stuff for the Mama also!   

Check them out next time you are looking for something new to try!  They might even have something you never thought you needed :)  Also check them out on Facebook to see all of the latest D3 Deals, coupon codes, giveaways and more!!!

     

Baby Babu Giveaway - July

It's that time of the month again!!  No not that time, but Baby Babu Diaper Giveaway time :)  I know much better!!!  So here is your chance to win a Baby Babu Diaper for the month of July!  Just enter on the Rafflecopter below and then if you want more chances to win you can enter on another blog that is also do a Baby Babu diaper giveaway!!!  All you have to do is check out the linky after the Rafflecopter form :)  Good Luck!!  Giveaway ends August 1st at Midnight :)

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Hot Fluff Cool Baby Giveaway Event

SAH CD Mama is taking part in another awesome Giveaway Event!!!  This is your chance to win a ton of awesome prizes all in one place :)  So welcome to the Hot Fluff Cool Baby Cloth Diaper Giveaway! This awesome cloth diaper stash starter event is sponsored by Greenie Beanie Bottoms and hosted by Just Add Cloth, along with over 75 wonderful and influential bloggers who all love cloth!


Cloth diapering is a great way to reduce our waste, help our planet, and save money. Cloth diapers are Hot items and Cool for your baby! Not only are cloth diapers more breathable in warm weather, but they make adorable accessories in Summer!

Starting your stash can be daunting, so this prize from Greenie Beanie Bottoms is a great way to get a variety of diapers to try out. Greenie Beanie Bottoms is an online retailer of cloth diapers, accessories, amber teething jewelry, and reusable menstrual and nursing pads. 

They offer totally free shipping for all orders in the U.S. and low flat rate shipping to Canada.

Now on to the prize!

Our Hot Fluff Cool Baby cloth diaper prize comprises everything you need to get started with cloth!

One lucky winner will receive:

2 Happy Heinys One Size pocket diapers

2 Wahmies Deluxe One Size pocket diapers

2 Drybees All-In-One cloth diapers

2 Oh Katy One Size Pocket diapers

2 Tweedle Bugs One Size pocket diapers

A dozen Tiny Tush Perfect Wipes

A Knickerknappies Hanging Diaper Pail /wet bag

2 Pairs Agoo baby leg Warmers

A Wolbybug wet bag

A jar of LuSa Organics booty balm

5 Fold-to-Fit Bamboo inserts by the Cloth Diaper Company

2 Happy Heinys One Size diaper covers

That's 10 pocket diapers in winner's choice of colors and closures, two wet bags, 12 cloth wipes, two pair baby leg warmers, diaper cream, two diaper covers, and five bamboo terry cloth inserts!

Bringing the grand prize total to over $300!!

With 15 diaper changes and accessories to match, this is a great beginner stash for anyone just starting out in cloth diapering.


This giveaway runs from 12:01AM July 16 through 11:59PM July 31, EST. It is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada. Must be 18 or older. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Entering means you agree to the terms and conditions stated in the form.


Entering is easy! Simply fill out the Rafflecopter form below.

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*The participating blogs are not responsible if sponsor fails to provide prize. Bloggers did not receive review items or compensation for this event.

Nursing Is Now A Thing Of The Past :(

 Baby K turned 15 months yesterday on July 12, 2012.  I can't believe she is such a big girl now!!  Time has flown and I don't know where the last couple years of my life have gone.  They just seem to be going by so quickly and I am afraid that I am missing out on a ton of stuff.  Even though I am a stay at home mom, some days it feels like I just don't get to spend enough time with my girls.  At the end of those types of days I always want to go and climb in bed with them just to get a little more time.  But I don't because they are always sleeping so peacefully and I would not want to disturb them just because Mommy is having a moment :)  And nursing Baby K has given me a few extra minutes each day with just her.


So I have been very slowly weaning Baby K since around the time she turned 13 months or so.  By the time she turned 1 she was really only nursing maybe at most 3-4 times a day.  Once when she woke up, once when she went to bed, and then usually at least once or twice during the day.  Around 13 months I cut her down to just in the morning and before bed.  She was such a distracted eater by this time that she really wasn't getting anything during the day anyway.  And please keep in mind that she was already doing some whole milk by the time she turned 1 so it was not like we were not giving her anything to drink :)

I was happy and content with nursing Baby K in the morning and before bed.  And I had no set time of when I was going to cut her off completely.  I personally did not see a reason why I needed to stop.  I was happy, she was happy, so who cared.  She probably wasn't getting much to begin with but I didn't have a plan for stopping. 

I never had to make the decision when A was a baby of when to stop nursing.  She had horrible reflux, always had to be supplemented with formula, I was working and was only allowed to pump 1 time a day.  So at 6 months I pumped one day and it didn't even fill the bottom of the bottles, so I was done.  Baby K has been a different story since I have always stayed home with her and things were really different.

My goal with Baby K was to make it past where I did with A.  At times I was not sure if I would make it to 1 year.  But then she turned 1 and I thought why do I have to stop just because she is 1 :)  So I continued.  But when I decided I was going to take A to see Beauty and the Beast at night and leave Hubby home to watch Baby K I had to do something.  She had never really gone to bed "nicely" without nursing.

So I decided the day before the show that I would not nurse her to bed that night.  She wasn't ecstatic about it but she wasn't totally distraught either.  So the morning of Beauty and The Beast I decided that I was still going to nurse her in the morning.  Why cut her off all together?  So from then on I decided that she would be nursed just in the morning.  There would never be a morning where I was not home to nurse her so what was the big deal :)

So for about the past week she would scream and cry when I brought her in the bedroom in the morning to nurse her.  She just wasn't happy about something.  But she would cry for about a minute or 2 and then she would latch on.  Nurse for about 5-10 minutes and be a super happy girl.  Well the screaming for no reason got old real quick :)  So I decided on the 11th that it would be the last morning that I would nurse my baby (tearing as typing :( ).  She was turning 15 months the next day and it seemed like she was done with and screaming was her way of telling me :(

So yesterday morning I went and got the girls up, took them both downstairs, got them their sippys of milk, and never heard a peep out of Baby K.  It seemed like that was what she wanted her mornings to be like.  It was the reaction that you would want from your baby when it is time to wean.  But at the same time not really what I wanted.  

I am not ready for her to not be my baby anymore and nursing was the last baby thing that I had with her.  They grow up so fast that I wanted to hold on to her as long as I could.  But they do have to grow up sometime.  A is well beyond her years, even at 3, and I don't want to hold Baby K back just because she is the baby.  I definitely notice differences in the two of them.  Yes I know each child is different but I also notice that I treat Baby K more like a baby than I ever did with A.       

So here we are now at FULL day 2 with no nursing and Baby K has not tried to nurse once.  There has been no pulling on my shirts, no bang on my chest, NOTHING.  I guess it is a good thing but I am having a hard time with it :(  Luckily she is still a cuddle baby so it has made it a little easier.  She still loves to lay with me and climb all over me and that has not changed :)  My biggest fear with the whole thing was that she was no longer going to need ME for anything.  That all I was good for was a little shot of milk in the morning to start her day.  But that really isn't true :)

Wordless Wednesday - 7/11/12

Wordless?!?!?

So I have been wanting to post this picture for the past couple weeks for Wordless Wednesday.  But every time I thought to post it, it was no longer Wednesday :)  But here it is now!!!

Little Hands can do AMAZING things

It lights up :)

My 3 year old A is playing with a REAL breadboard, wires, resistors, and led lights :)  She LOVED doing this with her Daddy and actually understood what he was teaching her.  She had so much fun that my Husband went and bought her a Electronic Snap Circuits Kit that is rated for 8 + but she LOVES it!!!