river's first haircut

well, we did it. we chopped all his hair off! it was about time. i was done feeling sad about it and just wanted to get it done already! a couple weeks before we took him to get it cut, john cut his bangs to get them out of his eyes, and then he really looked like a little girl. we were constantly hearing, "oh, she's so cute! her curls are precious!"

the morning we had it cut, it was a complete rat's nest in the back, half-dreads sticking up at all angles. people keep asking if i miss it, and... nope. not at all! i love it shorter, i don't have to brush it as often (i'm a lazy mama ;), and i think he's much more comfortable in this three-digit weather we've been having.

hey river, ready to get your hair cut? and this is the face he gave me.

he did really well... i was so proud of him! he didn't know what was going on and i could tell he was nervous... at one point he was just sitting there when all of a sudden, he yells, "AH." and that's the only peep he made the entire time. it was pretty funny. he was happy to get out of the chair!

fuzzibunz WINNER!

Out of 133 entries, random.org has chosen comment #49, Claudilia!

Congratulations! Just email me your info and your Fuzzibunz one-size pocket diaper from Go Baby Go will be on its way. Thanks, Go Baby Go, for sponsoring this giveaway! :)

fuzzibunz giveaway from go, baby, go! *CLOSED*

Today’s giveaway is from Go Baby Go Shop, a local natural parenting store in my city! As popular as Fuzzibunz diapers are, before Liz sent me one to review I had never used one before. Now I have three in my stash, two of which are for baby #2 -- I love them!

The one-size Fuzzibunz pocket diaper is a unique system because of one feature I haven’t seen in any other diaper: the way the sizes are adjusted. I didn’t even realized the diaper was different until I’d used it a couple times and realized there weren’t any snaps in the front to change the size, so I did a little investigating and found out that instead of snaps, the elastic inside the diaper can be stretched and buttoned in place to make the diaper smaller. Very cool!

Pulling the elastic tighter to adjust the size.

Buttoning the elastic in place.

Tucking the excess elastic inside the diaper.

Nice and neat, and so convenient!

Now, I can sew a straight line and do cute little crafty things, but I’ve never attempted to replace the broken elastic on one of my favorite pocket diapers. And so another really great thing about this feature is that when the elastic becomes worn, it can be easily replaced with more elastic. Every Fuzzibunz one-size diaper comes with extra elastic -- this is a fix any mama can do! This will save money over time as well, because instead of replacing an entire shell if the elastic goes out, you’re just replacing the elastic. Genius! I wish other diapers had this feature. :)

One little thing I appreciate about this diaper that took me a while to realize is that it’s super easy to stuff. Most of the time, a lot of shuffling and adjusting is required to get an insert in a pocket shell in flat and even, to prevent leaks, but the Fuzzibunz insert just goes right in. I think it’s because the crotch area of the diaper is not as wide as other pockets -- although, this does mean my husband can’t stuff the diapers because his hands are too big!

sporting his fuzzibunz!

Overall, I really like the easy and smart design of the Fuzzibunz one-size pocket diaper. Go Baby Go! is giving away one Fuzzibunz one-size pocket diaper to a lucky winner. This giveaway will be open until Tuesday, July 12th, 2011, when I close the giveaway in the title. Good luck!

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dinkledooz WINNER!

we have a winner! according to random.org, comment #63 has won the giveaway, paula michele! congrats paula on winning the dinkledooz one-size pocket diaper... please email me at info@leavesofmytree.com so i can send your info to gogo natural, and they will send the diaper your way! and huge thanks to gogo natural for sponsoring this giveaway. :)