April 23, 2016
At 11 AM

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The 6^th annual Great Cloth Diaper Change is almost here!

This year Tidy Tots Diapers is giving away 2 Trial Sets, just for finding a location near you and helping to spread the word!

Join like minded parents around the world to celebrate and raise awareness for Cloth Diapers! Many locations have amazing prizes, free trials, and/or coupons for participants. Use the rafflecopter below to find a location near you, and share, tweet, or post for extra entries to win your Tidy Tots Trial Set! visit The Great Cloth Diaper Change official site for more information about this amazing event

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Help raise awareness by joining in this years GCDC, There are event locations across the world hosted by some pretty amazing people! To celebrate the 5th anniversary, we've decided to send diaper sets and coupon cards to give away at locations across the country, hoping we can move more families to cloth! We hope everyone can find a location to participate near them, you can find a full map of locations HERE. Check the map below to view our Give Away Locations. If you find one near you, click their link for more information. If you join in you might win a Diaper Set from Tidy Tots! Good luck, and happy cloth diapering!

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The Hassle Free Cloth Alternative has
four new awesome prints!
We know there are tons of creative parents out there who
want to help us name them!

We are giving away a years supply of Tidy Tots Diapers!
And up to 4 Great Start Sets, that is
over $1,300 in prizes!
We've upped the ante and included 2 Essential Sets!
We are now giving away up to $1700!

Here's how the contest goes:
Enter through rafflecopter to be eligible to win the Grand Prize of

A Years Supply of Tidy Tots Diapers
And the 2 second place Essential Set prizes
Share your cover name idea(s) in the comment box.
You can enter up to 4 names, one for each cover, everyday!
Don't forget to include the diaper print number along with the proposed name!

At the end of the contest if we choose your name for our cover
you win a Great Start Set!

Good Luck!!!

Please see Official rules, terms, and conditions below.

I feel like I am back in school. I have been reading book after book about childbirth and baby and breastfeeding. Even my husband has gotten on board and is reading the Birth Partner in preparation for my labor and delivery. Since I am hoping to have a natural birth, his support will be instrumental in getting me through the big day. I have also been soaking up all the advice the blogosphere has to offer. There are so many wonderful mom bloggers out there! We have just finished our childbirth and parenting classes and still have an infant CPR class and a labor consultation class with a masseuse doula coming up. So in theory we are prepared, but really, we have no idea what’s in store for us!

I have found that baby is the best motivator out there. i’ve been meaning to take up knitting for years. My last real attempt was a cowl scarf which took me over two years complete! but now I’m a knitting machine with chevron blanket, hat, carrot shaped rattle, and monster stuffed animal already complete.

For such little things, babies need so much! This being an urban baby in a small apartment, I first needed to figure out what was really essential and what I could leave off the list. This step involved further research, as there is an overwhelming quantity of baby products out there. Then came the purging portion, where I got rid of things of ours that we simply did not need to have around (like that guitar I have not played in over a decade). And once the baby stuff started arriving (due in large part to wonderful and generous family and friends) came my favorite part – organizing! All the toys and books are in bins. The clothes are sorted by size and type. And the Tidy Tot diapers are put together and waiting for baby in my dresser drawer.

With 50 (give or take!) days to go, I can’t stop thinking about what our baby will look like. I feel him kicking and poking and turning and hiccupping inside, and on some level I feel like I already know him. But I cannot wait until we both finally get to see his tiny face and hold him in our arms. A (sleep-deprived!) adventure awaits!

1:)The Poop:Why oh why does this seem so scary.Every time I mention that we cloth diaper to someone, they are immediately concerned about how we manage to deal with the dirty diapers.One word: Flushies!The first brand of cloth diapers we tried offered disposable liners, which I purchased, but they would shift and move and we would still end up with poop all over the diaper.Scraping just didn’t appeal to me and, thankfully, Tidy Tots has designed a solution.Their Flushies attach to Velcro as well as get secured with the snaps so there is no shifting.Problem solved.

2:)The Smell:The first brand we tried developed a funky smell.While the diapers and liners would come out of the wash smelling clean, within an hour of our son wearing them, they would start to smell like urine.I would check him and he was still completely dry.Ick.I was starting to get a little disgusted with cloth diapers because it was embarrassing to have that smell lingering.Then I discovered Tidy Tots.Made from hemp and anti-microbial, we no longer had smell issues.Another problem solved.

3:)The Laundry:Who needs more laundry?Seriously.As a mom to four children, additional laundry didn’t sound very appealing.However, if I consider the fact that I was doing extra clothing laundry from diaper leaks and blow-outs, the one load of cloth diapers I do a day starts to sound appealing.Plus, I don’t have to give any mid-day baths or struggle with clothing changes while running errands and I have a diaper fail.While cloth diapers should be changed every 2 to 4 hours and as needed to prevent any leaking issues, I have found that I have less issues with cloth than disposables.Plus, if you think about it, disposables should really be changed that often as well.No baby wants to sit in a wet diaper for half a day even if the chemicals and products inside allow the diaper to contain it.So I will gladly take my one load of diapers at the end of each day.Plus, there is no folding and putting away.Each morning, I re-stuff and stack them on the changing table and we are ready to go for another day.

4:)The Price:Many people automatically think cloth diapers are expensive.Yes, they do require an investment up front to get started, but if everyone would figure out what they spend on disposables, they would realize that it’s peanuts.We were spending $80 per month on “green disposables”.My cloth diaper “stash” is small so if we would stick to cloth for about TWO months, we would be money ahead.Our first two children were in diapers until they were almost three.Our third for a little over two years.Our fourth is currently in (cloth) diapers at just under two.I just cringe when I think of all the money we wasted over those years on disposable diapers.Since I do a diaper load each night before bed, I see no reason to purchase tons of diapers.To be safe, I feel like 10-12 would be a good number for a toddler and would allow some breathing room.

I am so happy we finally tried cloth diapers.I love the fact that we are not adding diapers to the landfills and I love the money we are saving.For anyone even considering the switch, I highly encourage giving it a go.Set a goal and don’t look back.I’ve even heard of some people who cloth even part time to get the feel of it.There are no rules when it comes to cloth diapering.Do what works for you!We jumped in 100% this time and it has truly been a blessing.

My name is Miranda and my husband and I have been married for ten years. We have four children, ranging in ages from just turned 9 all the way down to 22 months, with another on the way.

My Story:

I don’t consider myself to have been raised in a “green” family.Sure, we recycled aluminum cans, food cans, and glass as well as picked up trash as we went for walks.One year, my parents even tried to have our own garden. But that’s about it.

So when I was expecting our first child, cloth diapering was nowhere on my radar.It was still not even something I had even heard much about with our second.However, when our third child was a baby, I started coming across blogs and Facebook pages that boasted all the benefits of cloth. 

"he got a raw “chemical burn” looking spot on him. Game Over! I decided we needed to give cloth a real try"

I became intrigued. I casually mentioned something to my husband and he was adamantly opposed. However, I still decided to place a small order when our son was about a year old and I saw a Cloth Diapering Store/Company advertising a sale. I ordered a diaper, couple of inserts, and roll of liners. If you haven’t yet guessed, this ended in complete and utter failure. I had no idea what I was doing.I had no idea that most companies require you to “prep” diapers.To make the story short, we made it through ONE diaper change.There was pee everywhere in puddles on the floor around him. Our sad try landed us back in disposables until he potty trained at a little over two years old.

Next came baby number four. I had no desire to clean pee puddles so we stuck with disposables.This time, however, I had become more aware and thought I was at least doing a little better by ordering “green” disposables. Sure, it was extremely expensive each month that my box got delivered but I had convinced myself that this was the best way to go. Then the company made some changes in ingredients when our son was about 17 months old and he got a raw “chemical burn” looking spot on him. Game over. I decided we needed to give cloth a real try again.

It was now January 2014. New year, new leaf, and a new resolution that I was determined to finally keep. Even though my husband was still not on board, I purchased about eight cloth diapers, inserts, and disposable liners. While the poop scared me, I was a determined mom on a mission. It is now four months later and I can honestly say that I have loved cloth diapering. There have been challenges that I will share with you in my next post but even my husband loves it. I hear him encouraging others to give it a try and I am so proud of how far we have come in overcoming our Cloth Diapering fears.

I have never met anyone more wasteful than my children. My son likes to frolic in sprinklers for hours. He opens a juice box, almost immediately loses it, then opens another. Both my son and daughter require 3 to 4 outfits a day which means laundry, laundry, laundry. In the bathroom, my son likes to flush, reflush and flush one more time "for good luck." My daughter goes through diapers almost as frequently as she blinks. The dishwasher is always on, the refrigerator is always open and the car is always on the road.

So I try to do little things here and there that will help the environment. Like recycling my wine bottles and turning off all the lights in the house... so what if the kids can't find me... I'm doing it for their future.

However, as wasteful and as bad as they are for the environment, kids are good for one thing. The heart.

So crank up your sprinklers and pass out the juice boxes. It's time to celebrate Earth Day!

by Nicole Levine Author of gradytrain.blogspot.com Check her out!

Come Say Hello

Tidy Tots is pleased to announce that we will be taking part in the New York Baby Show in New York City! Located at Pier 92 on 52nd and West Side Highway, this event provides tips, tricks, and best practices for new-found and expecting parents, to ensure a loving and fruitful family. Tidy Tots will be located at Booth 102, and will be available to all attendees. Come and join us on May 18th and May 19th from 10 am to 4 pm and you’ll be guaranteed with substantial customer service and trustworthy product information. Our Tidy Tots booth will consist of information regarding our state of the art diapers. Stop by to see our show specials, and learn more about cloth diapers made simple. These diapers use disposable inserts, Flushies, a disposable liner that takes the ick out of cloth diapering and makes changing a snap.

Tidy Tots is revolutionizing the diaper industry, and will be at this upcoming event! This show features some of the greatest minds and companies in the baby industry, including Rosie Pope who is giving a lecture and exhibiting. Experience services, lectures, and great networking at the New York Baby Show, and leave with the knowledge of how to raise and nurture a healthy baby will all be in one convenient location .

For more information and to acquire tickets, please visit http://newyorkbabyshow.com/.