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All I Want For My Birthday is Our Baby

by gidget adoption

I’ve been updating and adding to my wish list lately. Because soon, I’ll be 29 (A couple of months ago, I honestly had to stop and think whether I was turning 30 this year or not. It took a minute to remember I wasn’t. One more year in my 20s!). I think having a winter [...]

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Supernatural Mommy Power

by gidget faith

I’m a very hard sleeper. I grew up in Southern California and as a kid I slept through almost every major earthquake we had, not to mention rain, thunder, and any other loud noise. In college, this was an awesome talent as I shared a room all four years, and was never bothered by a [...]

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Gidget Wins Again!

by gidget family

I’m so stoked… I won another bloggy giveaway, this time over at Green & Clean Mom, who picked me as the most helpful commenter on the subject of cloth diapering. I won 3 FuzziBunz diapers, which I’m really excited to try out. Read about how I won, and be sure to browse G&C Mom’s site [...]

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Translation Tuesday #1

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I figured we’d start simple… today’s word is palabra (pah-LAH-brah) which in English means, word !! Bilingual Chiquita Update There are many different ways to raise a child bilingual; this has always been a desire of mine, but it didn’t seem practical since neither my husband nor I are native speakers of another language, which [...]

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DIY Tutorial: Make Your Own Diaper Sprayer

by gidget family

After getting fed up with poopy cloth diapers (even with my awesome flushable liners I use), I decided it was time to look into a diaper sprayer, which is basically a kitchen sink sprayer on a hose which attaches to the toilet’s water line. I wasn’t interested in buying one for $40 from the diaper [...]

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¡Gracias, Ohana Mama!

by gidget family

I’m excited to report that I won an awesome giveaway over on Ohana Mama! It will be so fun to have a nifty learning tool like Bilingual Fun to start teaching Spanish to Chiquita. This will be great for me as I think most of my college curriculum will be just a tad over her [...]

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Backseat Apron~ Protect Your Backseat From Little Shoes!

by gidget family

Thanks to Moondoggie’s genius suggestion, I whipped up this little thingamajigger for our backseat to protect the fabric from our little Chiquita’s crazy kicking feet. At 15 months, she still does not weigh 20 pounds (in case you were wondering the American Acadamy of Pediatrics recommends 20 lbs AND 1 year*) so she is still [...]

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It’s the Absolute Ultimate!! #2~ Ultimate Cloth Diapering Tips

by gidget family

Gidget’s Ultimate Cloth Diapering Tips We’ve been using cloth/hybrid diapers part-time for a few months now (I wish we’d started sooner!). Cloth diapers are in fact what started my whole green/eco-friendly/non-toxic kick that I’m gradually incorporating into our daily life. I thought I’d put together a little summary for my interested readers. We use cloth [...]

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“Green This!” Book Reviews

by gidget family

The two books in Deirdre Imus’ series, Green This, are both very informative. Vol. 1: Greening Your Cleaning I’m going to have to buy this one to keep on hand as a reference. She categorizes by room in the house and within each room gives specific tips, products, homemade recipes, etc for cleaning various surfaces. [...]

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Homemade Cloth Diaper Liners

by gidget family

We use BumGenius one-size pocket cloth diapers and gDiaper hybrids during the day. In order to make the few we have last longer, I made a few extra liners out of 3 layers of microfiber towels cut to 6.5″ x 12′”. I just sewed a simple zig-zag around and then applied some Fray-Check to the [...]

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