Cloth Diapering: The Different Types of Cloth Diapers

by Kate on March 29, 2013

in Frugal Living, Natural Mom

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When I started looking into cloth diapers, I realized I needed a bit of a vocabulary lesson. There were all kinds of new terms and abbreviations: prefolds, flats, AIOs, AI2s, Pockets! So I thought I’d give an overview of the different types of cloth diaper, their benefits, and downsides. Flats Flats are largely what they [...]

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Cloth Diapering: A Cute, Cost-Efficient, and Simple Alternative to Disposables!

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Real Food Snacks: 10 Delicious Recipes

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Simple, Natural Makeup: Safe Cosmetics and What to Avoid

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It doesn’t matter if you love your job or hate it, we all have stressful days at work. Days when for one reason or another everything goes totally wrong, and if feels as if the universe conspired against you to give you one long day of misery. Hopefully, for you, those days are few and [...]

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