Goodness - I don't even know where to start! There's a couple I LOVED, but I'm having a hard time remembering the name. One was made by Claudia, they were all hemp fleece, and super trim - calico something?? Toadies were the other. I had one lonely Ivy Rose in my favorite flannel fairy print, I finally got rid of it after replacing the elastic 2x and the fabric was getting so thin, it really wasn't all that absorbant anymore, but the fit was awesome on my kids.
I remember when Susan (??) made cuddlebuns, and Jodi Honeyboys. And what about Sweet Pickles?!?! I miss the old auction site
I should remember more, but my brain is completely fried, and I actually feel a bit bad for not remembering!!
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Allison mama to:
DH (lol), Chrissy 16, Mikhail 13, Kiera 11, Kivett 8, Aislinn 6, Alannah 3, and not quite fresh from the oven Kian Oliver-Bell 11/15/07
I have a sellin threads hemp nb sized fitted on my fsot, OMG was that dipe AWESOME for Randa when she was brand new, it held tons but was really trim. I don't know where she found that hemp, because it is the only fully hemp (except for the fleece liner on one of the soakers) that never gets stiff. Great diaper!!
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Kari, Mama to 2 beautiful angels earthside
and one waiting for me on the other side.
newborn~Kissaluvs sz 0. although I think it's just because they are so darn cute and tiny!
fitteds~ SOS diapers. Suzie ROCKS! even though ever bit of elastic blew in everysingle diaper...that sucked. Even diapers I had only used a few months. They still worked fine, but there's no way I could resell them.
covers~ Motherease
most economical, simple and still work? prefolds, pins and alexis covers.
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wife to a lifeguard hunk
mom to 4 boys On Your Left... Athlinks
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It has been so long. I bought my first dipes, ME Sandys, from Catherine at BTL in 8/98 for about $6 each! Sandys and Popolinos were our mainstays for the first couple of years (I had 27 small Sandys, 24 large Sandys, and 6 Pops), and were the base of our dipe system even later. We also used ME AIOs and Kushies Ultras.
I had a Bizzy B Hive tie-dye made by Sacha...I loved that dipe. I had a few custom L'il Comets that were great. I loved my SOS diapers. I had Poochies, Benjamuffins, Nanipoos...it has been so long since I had a babe in dipes that I hardly remember (DS#2 potty learned at 2.5 YO which was fall 2002). I know I had many more brands than the ones I can remember. Usually just one or two here or there (although I had at least 6 SOS). WAHM dipes exploded that last year before I was done, and I knew we were close to the end and I didn't go crazy buying. In fact, I had 24 XL Sandys that I had purchased before the Canadian retailers couldn't sell to us anymore, and I sold those off brand new to help finance a double jogger, because we never needed them that big.
Of course, we tried DSQ prefolds; infant in the beginning, and the unbleached type later.
ME Air Flow covers were our favorite, although not natural. I had a wool Biobottoms cover I loved, and a Nikky, and cotton covers, Alexis, Dappi pull-ons, etc. I had an Aristocrat that never worked for us. I hated Fuzzi-Bunz.
I suppose if I was doing it again I'd go with organic cotton prefolds and 100% organic wool covers. I'd avoid plastic snaps and elastic. I don't think it would be easier, but being organic and compostable is super important to me right now.
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Peace,
Kimberly...loving, living and learning with an amazing man and two incredible boys.
"Wisdom, Vitality, and Compassion are my birthright. They are the core of all humanity, in all times and in all places. They may be clouded over, or tarnished, but the brilliance is there, Unchanged, to be discovered again and again. May I constantly seek these things in myself, that I might find them in everyone." ~ my words, taken from the philosophy of Enki Education
This thread is such a trip down memory lane! I had Poochies, Toadies, Fireflies, Rosie Cheeks and Cloud 9 dipes that I just adored. I once snagged a used Honeboy for a decent price and that was the pride of my stash for a while. I loved to look at it, but was scared to use it because of the price lol.
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Maryalene
Proud Mama to Madeline, Donny and Max
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