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Baby Shower Gifts with Diapers: A Tutorial on How to Make Diaper Cupcakes

November 3, 2017 by Danielle 29 Comments

Running a playgroup means that I know a lot of expecting mamas. Whether it’s their second, third, or fourth child, I always love to have a gift to give the expecting mama-to-be can use! Now usually I have a stock pile of handmade gifts ready to grab and go to include with something the mom has registered for to put a more personal touch on the gift.

With this pregnancy and the craziness of our lives lately I haven’t had a chance to make anything and my stockpile is dwindling. So I figured I’d do myself a favor and get started on an easy baby shower gift with diapers for one of my friends who’s expecting her third in November.

This diaper cupcake tutorial is not only easy but includes all of the essentials needed for a newborn… diapers, socks, and washcloths! Because once you get to the third child you need new socks and washcloths!

Don’t want to make your own? Purchase a set of 9 diaper cupcakes here from our Etsy store!

How to Make Diaper Cupcakes

What You’ll Need:

diapers (newborn size)
baby washcloths
baby socks (0-3 month size)
rubber bands
cupcake liners
optional: ribbon/decorative string
optional: cake box (I got one that fits 9 cupcakes)

What you do:

1. Grab a pair of socks, a diaper, and a washcloth.

2. Roll the socks up from the toes to the heel.

3. Flatten the diaper and fold in half lengthwise. Wrap diaper over socks tightly.

4. Fold washcloth into thirds. Wrap washcloth over top of diaper and wrap with a rubber band on the bottom third of the cupcake.

5. Place cupcake into a cupcake liner and put in cake box. Wrap cake box with festive ribbon and add a card for the recipient!

Once you’re all done making these cute diaper cupcakes you can give the rest of the diapers to the expecting mama. I know how important it is to be well stocked on diapers when baby comes home!

What’s your favorite way to doctor up baby shower gifts?

This post was originally featured on September 8th, 2014.

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Using Disposables At Night

May 11, 2015 by Danielle 2 Comments

This post featuring why our family chose to use disposables at night is sponsored by Huggies.

After having my third child I thought things would go just like the other two. We’d continue to do all of the things that we did with the other two this time around. But every child truly is different and we’ve had to tweek some things here and there to create a new normal for our family of 5.

One of those tweeks is that we’ve chosen to use disposable diapers at night. Little Miss was just too much of a heavy wetter and I hated waking up soaked every night. She’d start out dry in her co-sleeper and then would end up soaked on me in the morning. No bueno.

My old night time diapering solution just wasn’t cuting it and I needed a change.

After using disposable diapers on our trip to Seattle for SoFabU On The Road, my mind was made up. I was going to use disposables at night. (Need tips on staying in a hotel with an infant? Check out this post here!)

Since I am not very familiar with disposable diapers it was a bit of a learning curve to figure out what would work best with our baby. And after a few trial and errors we’ve found the perfect solution.

Fun Fact: I totally tried to put the diaper on backwards the first few times I used a disposable during my trip to Seattle. Oy! And? I had no clue how to tell if she was wet. My mom had to show me.

We picked up a box of new Huggies® Snug & Dry Ultra Diapers, available exclusively at Walmart, because we heard that they lock away wetness better than other brands and provide up to 12 hours of long-lasting leakage protection.

Since this little one likes her beauty rest (and co-sleeping makes it possible to quickly nurse to appease her appetite) keeping baby dry all night long gives me the confidence that I’m making a smart choice for my family.

5 Things To Know When Making The Switch

Put the tab side down first. Don’t try and diaper your baby backwards like I did (unless they’re older and try to remove their diaper at night).
When checking to see if the diaper is wet, feel the front with your thumb and pointer finger. If it’s squishy, it’s wet.
Don’t worry about sizing up in PJs. Slimmer bum = wearing their true size in sleepers.
Size up! Especially if your baby is on the cusp of going to the next size, always size up.
Don’t try to stock up. Since you’re only using them at night, you only need 1-2 diapers a day (depending on how heavy of a wetter you have).

These might sound like “duh” things to think about but from a mama who’s only cloth diapered, I was truly clueless when making the switch.

Instead of adding layers upon layers into my fitted cloth diapers that I used with the other two, I now just grab for a Huggies® Snug & Dry Ultra diaper as we go through our night time routine and I know that I won’t be frustrated when I wake up.

A happy mama equals a happy baby!

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Did you do the same thing with all of your kids or did you change things up?

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The Secret to Remove Stains From Cloth Diapers: Sunning Diapers

April 20, 2009 by Danielle 1 Comment

Did you know that the sunning diapers can actually work like bleach and get stains out? We share how below!

Did you know that the sun can actually work like bleach and get stains out? We had no clue! I had to try it out because I did not believe it. I mean, I understood how it could work because every summer I get great highlights just by going outdoors so there must be some truth to it.

So I had my husband set up a clothesline in the back yard. Oh, The clothesline isn’t for our clothes… it’s for the cloth diapers 🙂 Baby poo stains like no other. And when diapers are white there are a lot of stains. And then you dry them in the sun and they magically disappear!

Where does the stain go?

How to Remove Stains From Cloth Diapers

Wash your cloth diapers like you normally would.
When still wet from the wash, take them out to your clothesline in direct sunlight and pin onto the clothesline.
Let dry completely in the sun and watch the stains fade away!
If you still have some staining on your diapers, dampen a bit and let dry again.
Pop the diapers in the dryer for 2-5 minutes to soften them up a bit before putting away.

This also works on white clothing that baby spits up on as well! Or if you have an antique gown or outfit you want to remove the yellowing from. Such magic!

While this won’t work for all stains, it does work for the ones baby creates (until they start eating food and playing in the dirt).