THE Balm Review and Giveaway

Whew, it's been a while! Sorry about the long break, but I am back, and I have lots of fun reviews for you all!

Starting with "THE" Balm by THinc!

I contacted this Mama back when I first started cloth diapering, and I was able to try "THE" Balm when it first came out for testing. Since that time, Malena has come out with many other products, and even opened a shop called Now Family.

"THE" Balm works great on rashes and sores that babies sometimes get (my Audrey especially) and it comes in a few different scents. I love the "Island Fresh" version, and since it's great with diaper rashes, eczema, and cracked skin (among other things) it's a perfect thing to coat Audrey's poor bum in! :)

Mad Rash is another product that I love, it is the first thing that I break out when Audrey appears to be getting ammonia burns or even just a simple rash, and within a few diaper changes it's gone! Malena has said to use a liner with this product, although, I must be honest, I haven't done that, and I haven't had any issues with my diapers, but if you want to be on the safe side make sure you have a liner!

SPRITZ Oh my goodness, this is my absolute favorite diaper spray. I was lucky enough to be sent two of them, one in lavender and the other in orange. The orange is my favorite, I love the fresh citrus smell! They small great, they work wonderfully, and Audrey's bum looks better when we use the Spritz, compared to when we use soap/water/baby oil.

One of the other things I love about "The" Balm products is that they come in glass containers or recycled aluminum, no plastic! And it's heavy duty glass, I've never had a container break, although I have had a few dented tops, from toddlers dumping diaper bags everywhere, hehe.

THE STORE- I was given a gift card so that I could review the store as well. I choose to use this gift card on a Rumparooz diaper, and I loved how quick and simple their site is to navigate. I was quickly able to find what I wanted, add it to my basket, and the diaper was at my house only 3 days later! Oh, how I LOVE quick shipping!!

WHERE TO BUY- Now Family is the place to buy any of these great products, along with many other cloth diapering products.

Want to win one? Malena, of NOW Family is offering one lucky reader their choice of my favorite three products ("THE" Balm, Mad Rash, or The Spritz). And you have four chances to win! "Like" A Whole Lot of Fluff on Facebook, "Like" NOW Family on Facebook, Follow A Whole Lot of Fluff's blog, and "Like" "THE" Balm on Facebook :) Enter using the Rafflecopter below :) Good luck!

**WINNER IS CHARLOTTE R! CONGRATULATIONS! LOOK FOR YOUR EMAIL SHORTLY!***

The Natural Baby Review and Giveaway

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First of all, I adore Autumn's blog All About Cloth Diapers. It's a great source of information.

Recently I was reading one of her posts and someone commented about The Natural Baby's Cloth Diaper Trial Package, and I thought, what a great thing to try!!

I have a hard time keeping my baby dry at night time, she is a heavy duty wetter, and she sleeps for so long at night. So this was the perfect opportunity to try out some diapers for night time.

The details: The trial package costs $10, and you get to choose any of the diapers that The Natural Baby has in their store. You get to try them out for two weeks, your two weeks start the day you receive the package. The owner, Rebecca, even sends you a note to remind you when your two weeks are coming to a close. Whatever you decide to not keep you just package up and send it back. Super simple :)

In my trial package:
Thirsties Duo Diaper
Fuzzibunz Perfect Size
bumGenius 4.0 with Velcro


My thoughts: Thirsties Duo Diaper- I honestly loved this diaper. It was an amazing fitted diaper. I really wanted to buy it, but my hubby lectured me about having too many diapers, hehe. It fit great, I never had a leak, and the diaper had a perfect spot to add hemp inserts when needed.

Fuzzibunz Perfect Size- I was more impressed with the perfect size than I was with Fuzzibunz's one size. It was nice and wide in the crotch, so we didn't have any leaks, but I really disliked that there was only a hip snap and one top snap, unlike with the one size. I'm not totally sure it really made much difference though...

bumGenius 4.0 with VELCRO- I've made my dislike of velcro no secret on this blog. I don't really buy anything with velcro, and I don't have any one size diapers with velcro, I simply don't like it very much. But I'll admit I was intrigued, I have a friend who prefers velcro to snaps, and I was very curious as to what's so great about velcro. And I am here to tell you all that I kind of prefer velcro. It makes such a nice snug fit, the velcro on the bumGenius is very thick, so I wasn't worried about Audrey pulling it off. And best of all, I can change her anywhere extremely easily with velcro, those silly mobile 1-year-olds! :) I kept this diaper.

I also kept my hemp inserts, I love me some Thirsties Hemp Inserts!! They are a night time neccesity.

I enjoyed my experience with The Natural Baby, Rebecca was very fun to work with. They ship fast, and they included a free sample of Country Save laundry detergent. And luckily for me, Rebecca was up for doing a giveaway!!

The Natural Baby is giving away a $50 gift certificate to their store!
Want to win it?

MANDATORY ENTRY
**You MUST do this entry in order to enter the giveaway**
"Like" A Whole Lot of Fluff on Facebook, and post a comment about the giveaway.

Additional Entries
1. "Like" The Natural Baby on Facebook
2. Follow A Whole Lot of Fluff
3. Go to The Natural Baby and tell me what you'd like to get if you win!

EACH entry should have your email address in it. For Facebook entries, write your facebook name. (ie: Liked A Whole Lot of Fluff, FB name is Samantha Thyme Sherman, email diaperfluff AT gmail DOT com.)

Contest ends July 17th, 2011 at 11:59 PM, PST.

Fuzzibunz One Size Review

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When I first started cloth diapering with Audrey, we had a stash of Fuzzibunz. These were great diapers for my 4 month old! I love the many colors and I loved how soft they were on the inside. I choose Fuzzibunz because of their leg elastics. When I attempted to cloth diaper Sydney in April 2009, we had to stop because I didn't know that there were other covers besides Prowraps, and in a size Extra Large, Sydney had red marks on her legs due to the elastic being too tight. The red marks would dry and crack and were extremely painful for her. So the idea that I could adjust the leg elastics by themselves was a huge plus! These diapers are super easy to use, my husband even would occasionally volunteer to change the diapers!

Remember those great leg elastics? They aren't so great when your baby can crawl and stand up and just wants to move. She has no patience for diaper changes anymore, which makes it hard make sure I have a perfect fit around her chubby little legs. It is also a very tedious job to readjust all the leg elastics. Also, starting at 9 months all my diapers started to leak. After a big of research, I found out that when babies get bigger the One Size tends to leak, due to how narrow the crotch is in them. I'd love to get my hands on a Perfect Size so that I can compare them, as I've been told this isn't a problem with the Perfect Size.