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Why I Almost Gave Up on Cloth Diapers

March 29, 2012 by Anne Marie 38 Comments

I became interested in cloth diapers for one simple reason: to save money. Benjamin was our third child and money was getting tight. One day, while browsing through the ads in the back of my baby magazine, I saw an offer for a free fitted diaper. It was a no-strings-attached offer. If it didn't work, I could send it back. The idea of trying any free baby product seemed fun to me. So I filled out the form and received my free fitted about a week later. There was a long list of instructions Continue Reading

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I could never do that!

March 6, 2012 by Anne Marie 13 Comments

Quite often, when I tell someone that I have 5 children (update...now there are 6!), or that I home school, or that we raise and butcher our own meat, or that we cloth diaper, etc. etc. they will respond like this: "Oh, I could never do that!" Of course, this is not meant to be a criticism; they are just saying they think they can't do it for one reason or another. That response always brings to mind a saying I heard once from Dave Ramsey: "It doesn't matter if you think you can, or if you Continue Reading

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