Apple Cheeks Giveaway!
And the winner is.....
Janelle C.!!!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Tail Feather diaper cover giveaway
At The Changing Table, we love to support local business. One of our favorite local businesses is Tail Feathers cloth diapers. Rachel makes beautiful diapers. We are particularly fond of her organic bamboo fitteds, wipes, and nursing pads. As a special treat, Rachel made a one size diaper cover for us to give away to one of our loyal fans in February. Isn't it cute?
To enter: click on the Giveaway app below. The contest runs through February 13, 2013 at 12:00 am. a Rafflecopter giveaway
Friday, July 20, 2012
3,000 Facebook Fans Giveaway
We are so thankful for all our Facebook friends. Some of you have been with us for almost three years as we've grown our business. We were the first cloth diaper store in Oklahoma City and continue to have the most complete selection of cloth diapers available in our area with literally thousands of cloth diaper in over 30 kinds to choose from. As a "Thank You" to all of you, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to The Changing Table when we reach 3,000 fans.
Thank you for supporting our small business! ~ Kristina and Elizabeth
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
The Peaceful Housewife Giveaway
We love supporting local moms and were so excited to start carrying The Peaceful Housewife and Okie Scents products which are made in Oklahoma. The products are hand made natural products for the home and body. Some of my favorite summertime essentials are the Okie Scents lip balm, the Oatmeal and Shea Butter Sugar Scrub, and the Whipped Body Butter. These products have really helped soothe my sunburned skin this summer.
For this giveaway, I want to give you the opportunity to try some of their laundry products. You will receive a 4 oz detergent which will wash 8 loads of laundry in a conventional washer and 16 loads in an HE. You'll also get to try the wipes bits for your cloth wipes solution. It's made from shea butter soap and comes in some amazing scents. Lastly, I want to give you my favorite lip balm. The Baby Lips lip balm is made from shea butter, cocoa butter, beeswax, and vitamin E. I feel comfortable using this on myself and all my children.
I love the Peaceful Housewife products, and I hope you do, too. a Rafflecopter giveaway
For this giveaway, I want to give you the opportunity to try some of their laundry products. You will receive a 4 oz detergent which will wash 8 loads of laundry in a conventional washer and 16 loads in an HE. You'll also get to try the wipes bits for your cloth wipes solution. It's made from shea butter soap and comes in some amazing scents. Lastly, I want to give you my favorite lip balm. The Baby Lips lip balm is made from shea butter, cocoa butter, beeswax, and vitamin E. I feel comfortable using this on myself and all my children. I love the Peaceful Housewife products, and I hope you do, too. a Rafflecopter giveaway
Monday, May 28, 2012
Day 7 - Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge
I participated in the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge
hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry. For seven days, I used only flat cloth diapers and hand washed and line dried them. You can learn more
about the rules and why this challenge was started by visiting the announcement post.
Reflections of the past week.
Using flats and hand washing was fun. I was determined to do it, and I did. I love it when I accomplish a goal.
Would I feel differently if this were my life...if I had to hand wash every day because there were no other options? Probably. It would be tedious. Every time I looked at my stack of flat diapers and saw the clean stack diminishing, I would feel dread knowing I HAD to find the time to wash them asap if my baby were going to have clean diapers. Would I do it, anyway, or would I resort to disposables? Without a doubt, I would unequivocally keep hand washing.
Cloth diapers are a huge part of my life, as weird as that sounds. I started using cloth because my oldest was plagued by diaper rash caused by the chemicals in disposables. Disposables scare me. They contain sodium polyacrylate. A similar substance was removed from tampons in the 80's because it caused toxic shock syndrome. Then there's the carcinogenic Dioxin and the toxic pollutant Tributyl-tin. No, thank you. I'll pass on that for my baby. And now that I have a boy, I'm concerned about the scrotal temperature in disposable diapers. The Archives of Disease in Childhood published research showing that using disposable diapers over time can affect the cooling mechanism that helps boys have normal sperm development. With the increase in infertility issues with my generation and those younger, it makes a girl wonder... The Huggies and Pampers commercials with the smiling babies don't tell you that. Yes, I would continue to hand wash cloth. Even if I had to do it for years, I would do it, because it is what's best for my babies.
Did I heave a sigh of relief this morning when I put my cushy organic cotton all-in-one on Asher? Yes, I did. Will I rejoice when I wash the first load of cloth in my machine this week? Yes, I will. I appreciate all that I have and the comforts I can afford. But later this week we are going on vacation, and I will be packing my stash of flats. I can't think of an easier or better diaper to travel with.
To see the flat folds I used this week, visit our YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheChangingTable?feature=mhee
Reflections of the past week.
Using flats and hand washing was fun. I was determined to do it, and I did. I love it when I accomplish a goal.
Would I feel differently if this were my life...if I had to hand wash every day because there were no other options? Probably. It would be tedious. Every time I looked at my stack of flat diapers and saw the clean stack diminishing, I would feel dread knowing I HAD to find the time to wash them asap if my baby were going to have clean diapers. Would I do it, anyway, or would I resort to disposables? Without a doubt, I would unequivocally keep hand washing.
Cloth diapers are a huge part of my life, as weird as that sounds. I started using cloth because my oldest was plagued by diaper rash caused by the chemicals in disposables. Disposables scare me. They contain sodium polyacrylate. A similar substance was removed from tampons in the 80's because it caused toxic shock syndrome. Then there's the carcinogenic Dioxin and the toxic pollutant Tributyl-tin. No, thank you. I'll pass on that for my baby. And now that I have a boy, I'm concerned about the scrotal temperature in disposable diapers. The Archives of Disease in Childhood published research showing that using disposable diapers over time can affect the cooling mechanism that helps boys have normal sperm development. With the increase in infertility issues with my generation and those younger, it makes a girl wonder... The Huggies and Pampers commercials with the smiling babies don't tell you that. Yes, I would continue to hand wash cloth. Even if I had to do it for years, I would do it, because it is what's best for my babies.
Did I heave a sigh of relief this morning when I put my cushy organic cotton all-in-one on Asher? Yes, I did. Will I rejoice when I wash the first load of cloth in my machine this week? Yes, I will. I appreciate all that I have and the comforts I can afford. But later this week we are going on vacation, and I will be packing my stash of flats. I can't think of an easier or better diaper to travel with.
To see the flat folds I used this week, visit our YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheChangingTable?feature=mhee
Day 6 - Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge
I am participating in the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge
hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry. For seven days, I will
use only flat cloth diapers and hand wash and line dry them. You can learn more
about the rules and why this challenge was started by visiting the announcement post. This year, over 450
participants are taking the challenge from all over the world.
Today is a free topic day.
Since I'm really trying to participate in this challenge as inexpensively as possible, at night I've been using a wool soaker that I made from a thrift store sweater. What I want to stress is that I don't sew...ever. So if I can do this, anyone can. I did use a machine, but you could hand sew one. I used the Katrina pattern. When you are using an upcycled sweater, choose a sweater that's at least 80% wool. I used a cashmere sweater which works fine but does not felt well. Felting is the process of shrinking your sweater before you work with it. Just wash the sweater on hot and dry it on hot to felt. (Really thick sweaters should not be felted.) Polyester thread works best because it will not wick the way cotton thread can. Wool should be lanolized to make it waterproof.
Out of one thrift store sweater, I made a pair of longies and two soakers. I was at the thrift store on military day, so my cheap sweater was even cheaper. One soaker cost less than $3.
So, this challenge has cost less than $45. I am ending the challenge with 6 Swaddlebees flats, two Bummis covers, one homemade soaker, and one snappi. Luckily, I had all of this, so the challenge actually cost me nothing.
Limited diapering supplies is possible but not reasonable. I do wish I had more flats. I would like at least twelve. And I can never keep track of snappis, so in reality, I would need about three. I would also like at least one more PUL cover, preferably a one size cover with snaps like the Blueberry coveralls. Asher is starting to get scrapes on the top of his thigh and his belly from the hook and loop on his covers.
Even with adding one more cover, two more snappis, and six more diapers, the total cost would be around $75. With one size covers, that could take you from birth to potty training. And the best thing is that you don't have to have a fancy washing machine...or even one at all.
Today is a free topic day.
Since I'm really trying to participate in this challenge as inexpensively as possible, at night I've been using a wool soaker that I made from a thrift store sweater. What I want to stress is that I don't sew...ever. So if I can do this, anyone can. I did use a machine, but you could hand sew one. I used the Katrina pattern. When you are using an upcycled sweater, choose a sweater that's at least 80% wool. I used a cashmere sweater which works fine but does not felt well. Felting is the process of shrinking your sweater before you work with it. Just wash the sweater on hot and dry it on hot to felt. (Really thick sweaters should not be felted.) Polyester thread works best because it will not wick the way cotton thread can. Wool should be lanolized to make it waterproof.
Out of one thrift store sweater, I made a pair of longies and two soakers. I was at the thrift store on military day, so my cheap sweater was even cheaper. One soaker cost less than $3.
So, this challenge has cost less than $45. I am ending the challenge with 6 Swaddlebees flats, two Bummis covers, one homemade soaker, and one snappi. Luckily, I had all of this, so the challenge actually cost me nothing.
Limited diapering supplies is possible but not reasonable. I do wish I had more flats. I would like at least twelve. And I can never keep track of snappis, so in reality, I would need about three. I would also like at least one more PUL cover, preferably a one size cover with snaps like the Blueberry coveralls. Asher is starting to get scrapes on the top of his thigh and his belly from the hook and loop on his covers.
Even with adding one more cover, two more snappis, and six more diapers, the total cost would be around $75. With one size covers, that could take you from birth to potty training. And the best thing is that you don't have to have a fancy washing machine...or even one at all.
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