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Knitting Wool Soakers for Nighttime Use
Tip for finding good, inexpensive wool: i've read about people who go to their thrift shop and purchase a high-quality knit wool sweater for like $5-10. ...
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- Being the owner of a wahm cloth diapering company since 2002 you can bet my eyes widened with a glimmer. Congrats on 21 months in cd. It is so good to see that there...
- This website has several links for patterns. http://diaperpages.com/soaker.php
- You can find many free patterns for soakers on the internet. Just do a search. There are many. You can also make them from old wool sweaters...there are also free pa...
Body Odor in New Au Pair
When I offered to dry clean all of her sweaters along with my own, she said she had ... and are used year round but mainly used for knit stuff, wool etc. ...
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- Maybe she has problems with her sense of smell and cannot really smell that well? Maybe you should try testing her in a tactful way? Ask her opinion on some perfumes y...
- Being direct is best. I know something about it. My poor husband had to confront more than a few of his employees about their Body Odor. It is a difficult subject but ...
- A., I don't have great advice for you as I have never had an Au Pair before...but I might be really direct but apologetic and tell her straight out that for some re...
Silly Puddy in the Wash!
My daughter got it on one of her tight knit sweaters. I tried to pick out what I could and I put the gel shout on it. That is the shout with the little ...
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- I have heard peanut butter works wonders.
- I know Pine Sol removes gum from hair and cloth. I had someone tell me this when my oldest daughter had gotten gum in her hair and on her carseat. It really did work.
- This happened to me and i googled it...you'll never guess what works but it works amazingly! Get a bottle of hand gel sanitizer and squirt it onto the silly putty and...
Summer Receiving Blankets?
My husband and daughters are sweaters, they wake up very wet sometimes. .... highly recommed gr8x blankets. they are made of a knit material that stretches ...
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- I use the lighter waffle-patterned blankets. I have a 3 month old who gets swaddled. And I jsut keep the air a little cooler in the house so she sleeps comfortably.
- I love the swaddle wraps that are designed to wrap around the baby with velcro to tightly swaddle. We used fleece wraps (made by Kiddopotamus) during the winter when ...
- The Miracle Blanket! We couldn't have made it throught the summer without one!
Help from Cloth Diaper Users Please!
Now I'm sewing my own fitted diapers and knitting and sewing from recycled sweaters my own covers. I know that may not be an option for you with your busy ...
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- Hi R.! Cloth diapers are SO FREAKIN' CONFUSING in the beginning! I used prefolds, pins and snappis and plastic pants with my daughter, owing to the initial expense of ...
- Hi R., I used cloth diapeers with a diaper sevice for almost two years...and LOVED it!! They used a cloth diaper in a fitted cover and they work great! Also have a ...
- we used fuzzi bunz with pretty good success until my daughter was about a year, then she became too heavy of a wetter for them. we could have used a doubler or gone u...
Cloth Diapering
you can make wool covers from adult wool sweaters you find at goodwill. .... wool covers....your local knitting store would be happy to teach you to knit ...
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- Hey K.! We sometimes cloth diaper and have had a great experience with it. Friends had a diaper service early on until they were sure that they would be able to mainta...
- that is a good way to save money because you wash and wear, just remember to wash in a baby detergent and rinse well, I do not know a lot about the diapers but do kno...
- Hi K., Thanks for asking this question! It sounds like you've gotten some pretty good advise so far, but I'll share my suggestions (and steal some suggestions fro...
Best Gift for Mom of Preemie?
... while my son was still in the NICU were homemade, preemie-size sweaters, hats, blankets, booties (if you know how to knit or know someone who does). ...
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- E., When my son was born, he was almost a month early. He was smaller than a premie for clothes, too. My mother in law had a fantastic idea that was inexpensive a...
- film time capsule hand/foot print card materials (she won't be this small for long) she will still need premie sizes once she can go home (the outfits will fir til ...
- There is really not much you can do about preemie outfits being to big but there are some stores that have extra small preemie outfits. I believe Babies R Us carries s...
Relocating to Ann Arbor from Miami, FL
Knit gloves/mittens are fine, but when you play in the snow they get soaked so it is ... and a couple good pairs of jeans/cords/khakis, and a few sweaters. ...
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- I've lived in Michigan all my life. One thing to know is that the weather is very unpredictable. Invest in a good winter coat. You can check resale shops for some r...
- A premature welcome to Ann Arbor! If you happen to be up here the first Saturday in November, Mitchell Elementary is having their Mom-to-Mom Sale...always have lots o...
- Hi C., You have already received a lot of great advice, so I will try not to repeat too much. For me and my family, Fleece vests are my absolute favorite piece of cl...
Homemade Cool Christmas Gifts
I don't know if you knit, but if you do these would be great for all of your ... a cool idea in a magazine where you buy old 100% wool sweaters at a thrift ...
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- These are so cute!!!!!!!!! I don't know if you knit, but if you do these would be great for all of your coffee loving friends and family. http://www.magknits.com/wa...
- Oh boy! My two favorite subjects - holidays and saving money! lol Here are some of my favorite groups on Yahoo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WasteNothing/ http://...
- Hi there~ You can make some really cool bookmarks (the metal kind) and bead them with the persons name on it. Bead in the Hand, in Oak Park, is a great place to st...
How to Dress Infant for Cold Weather
I like the Hanna Andersson Mouse Sized Mittens-- they are knit, ... I also bought a snowsuit and a few sweaters and just had my daughter wear the sweater ...
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- Thanks everyone for the great advice! I'm due in about a week and a half, and I was wondering the same thing about this winter. Thanks for starting the dialogue, M.!
- OK, here's my little secret. I found the cutest, most convenient fleece snowsuit from LL Bean. I tried EVERYTHING! This is all fleece with a hood and the feet and h...
- Hi- i have two boys thirteen months apart and I found that with a baby still in car seat, the easiest thing for winter are the car seat jackets. You dress the baby...
