Kids Health Notes give-away: Kushies cloth diapers
June 9, 2008 by Grace Ibay
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Let me tell you, new babies can be very expensive!
Diapers alone can cost up to $1,500 to $2,000 or more on disposables by the time baby is done with them. That would be anywhere from $0.16 to $0.25 cents per diaper. Now compare that reusable or cloth diapers at around 12 cents a diaper with a washing service, or 3 cents if you wash them yourself. But that’s not all the difference between cloth and disposable. Rashes happen at about the same amount regardless of the type used. Obviously, disposables are a lot more convenient, but they do fill up the landfill fast!
Which one to use? This white paper from the University of Michigan recommends you take advantage of both, or try both to see which one you end up more inclined to… but while you are still thinking about it… 
Kushies, the world’s leader on washable diapers, is sponsoring to give-away three Starter Diaper Packages (retails at $90 each)
Infant Ultra Diapers 5 pack
- Flushable liners
- Infant/toddler washable diaper liner
- And…for something fun for winners a Kushies Kritters Max Monkey Pillow (picture below the fold)
How to join?
In the comments, can you share a funny potty/diaper humor? (I’ll start – tonight my infant son farted really loudly in the middle of a prayer meeting! LOL ).
- Additional entry will be given to those who link this contest post on their site! You need to include your post URL.
- Eligibility – one entry per person per email daily (so you get more entries if you come back tomorrow, but I want to head different stories each time).
- It’s open to residents of the US, Puerto Rico and Canada. If you have a blog, do post your URL as well, as I love to visit my readers’ sites and catch a conversation.
Contest ends 12:00 midnight EST on June 23, 2008 (Monday). Three winners will be randomly chosen and announced via blog and email the week after. If the winner does not reply within 3 days, he/she forfeits her winnings and an alternate winner will be chosen.
Kushies has a huge clothing line for children. Check out this website www.kushiesonline.com for more products!
images: Kushies
My oldest and youngest kids have been so tired in the middle of the night, they have both fell asleep and then sadly fell in the toilet as well.
The first time my two year old son used the potty by himself, I had guests over. He was so proud of himself that he carried the chair into the living room to show us his creation.
I’d love to win this for my new arrival in August! I really dont have any funny potty training stories to share, thankfully my 3 year old was soooo easy to potty train! Now she just questions everyone in my family, including grandparents/greatgrandparents/aunts why boys squeeze their “butts” when the pee.
The funniest potty training story I have is when we took our grandson to Hoilday world and he said he had to go and we were taking him. But he couldn’t wait so he downed his swimming trunks and peed on a tree.
when my son was 2 yrs old he made a big poop and let me tell you he was so proud. He wanted to save it for his daddy to see. I would not let him and he cried all night!!
My son took a pooh one day and the pamper must have not been snug enough. He had pooh all over it was on his back his clothes it was a huge mess but he was just smiling away.
wow i could realy use this it would help me out a lot and it would also help my little one thanks
My now 5 year old used to think it was the best time to take a poopie when she was put into the bathtub. She started her little trick just before age 1 and continued it off and on for a few months. I even tried to put her on the potty before going into the tub!
We went to my nieces play at her school. My husband took our 2 year old potty, he turned away for one moment and she walked out in front of everyone holding her dirty pull-up and naked as a jay bird!
My sons’ diaper exploded on top of a wine bar after a wine tour. I didn’t realize what had happned and was in the middle of complaining to the bartender about how his bar was dirty when I realized why it was.
my grandson needs this . i don’t have any funny stories yet its just begun
The funniest moment for me is the first time my husband changed my daughters diaper (happened to be his first diaper change ever). Well, she peed while he was changing her and it was everywhere. He asked me to come and help so I had him pick her up while I cleaned up the changing area. Just as he picked her up she poohed on him. It was so funny I couldn’t quit laughing.
I noticed my large potted plant dying for no apparent reason. I then found out my little boy was getting up in the middle of the night, and instead of going ALL THE WAY to the bathroom, (a few more steps) he was peeing in it instead!
My poor son sleep walks…We were having a dinner party and he walked into the kitchen…opened the refrigerator door and pee-ed in the fridge. We all just lost it lol
While we were potty training, my daughter was so curious about everyone’s toilet habits. If we were in a public restroom, she would comment on what everyone else was doing, as in, “Mommy, that lady next to us is going pee-pee”. It was very embarrassing.
My middle son is training.. he has been more interested in going poop on the kitchen floor than the potty. It was almost scary the first time I walked into the kitchen and saw his creation… I was taken back. He just sqauts and runs off as if he is in the wilderness.. hopefully this resolves soon!
too cool, and good for the environment too!
New baby so no funny poo stories yet. But I do find it the smell shocking lol
When my son was 3, we were at the park and he never told us he had to “go” so he pulled his pants down and peed right there next to the slide, in front of everyone. *sheepish grin*
My grand daughter can use them.
We put cheerios in the potty so our son could aim better. One day he grabbed a box of cheerios of the counter dumped them on the floor and pee-ed on them lol
When my oldest was about 18 months old I got a call from my husband because my sons poop was “crazy”& “something must be wrong!”. My husband saved the diaper and I examined it (we’re so crazy!). I diagnosed it as Rainbow colored fruit snack poop. It was the most beautiful poop I’ve ever seen. Some things only a parent can appreciate.
This looks so FUN!!! enter me please for my very pregnant daughter n law
Ok heres another one…My son is three years older than my daughter and when she was potty training for the first time, my son walked into the bathroom. He started screaming “SISSY, what happened to your penis??? MOMMY!!! SISSY”S penis fell off! lol
Hmmm…this is the GROSSEST thing ever, but one morning my son woke up in his crib and after talking for a while he got quiet again so I figured he’d just gone to sleep again. When I went and got him later his diaper had sorta slipped off allowing the poop that was in it to fall out and it was all over the crib…all over his hands and worst of all…all over his face because he had been TASTING it!! Ewwwww! I couldn’t help but laugh afterward though.
I also blogged about your contest here: http://www.jonathanandandrea.blogspot.com/2007/09/countless-contests.html
My daughter has a 2 yr. old and a set of 9 mo. lod twins. Diapers are welcome here. THANKS
We had poop handprints on our fridge at one point. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
Walking through Menards, My niece saw the toilets and walked up to one and started to take her pants down. She was going to go in the display toilets. We caught her before she was able to get her pants down but it was really funny.
POOP IN MY HAND LOL
my funniest moments were when i was working in a convient store and my husband was babysitting my 2year old my husband took a nap and when he woke up my 2year old had messed and was finger painting the door and poured milk and eggs all over the kitchen floor what a nasty mess
While observing my dh, ds asked for tape to tape daddy’s rip in his ahem backside!
My daughter pooped her pants and then “painted” with the poop during naptime. What a yucky mess!
We’re teaching my son to sign and the newest sign is “diaper” so he can tell us when he needs a new one. The only problem is that he can’t tell farts from real poops, so he’s telling us he needs a new diaper every time he farts.
My son is only 11 weeks, but he has given us the obligatory pee shower many times over. The best/worst was when he got the cat when my husband was changing him on the floor. We didn’t see the cat for a few hours.
I am entering this contest for my youngest grandson who is driving his Mama POTTY!
My son made us a beautiful picture on the wall made all out of poopy! lol
At preschool, the poor teacher was asked, “Did you make poop today?” And she had to answer with a straight face, “Yes, I did. At home.” Later she said, “I love my job. You’d never get asked that in a regular office!”
Oh the poop stories. When I taught preschool a little boy brought his cloth diaper and held it up, proudly announced “MY MOMMY PUTS CREAM ON MY BUTT”. The funny part was I was dying of laughter, and all the kids were just looking @ him like ” yes, mine too, which kind do you prefer?”
I love them!
I left a link on my blog as well! THANK YOU!
http://4shanna.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html#3881322937433228337
When my husband was changing our newborn daughter’s diaper, I kept warning him to get the new one under her as soon as possible, but he was too slow and suddenly she tinkled . . . The funny thing is he was so completely startled by this – even after the warnings!
My husband and I are both the youngest children in our families. When we had our first child we just watched her breath the first 24 hours not knowing much else to do. When the midwife came back to check on us the next day, she asked how many diapers the baby had gone through. We just looked at each other and stammered. Diapers! We hadn’t even thought of that! Of course, we didn’t know how to change them anyway, she had to show us.
I kept smelling something in Connor’s room.. and I could NOT locate the source of the smell.. well turns out he had farted so much last night that his blanket actually REAKED…. it was horrible.. lol
I blogged your contest on Prize-A-Tron!
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My daughter likes to toot and laugh, she gets it from daddy.
My neice just had her baby boy. This would be nice for her
Another day another story!!!
My daughter proudly announced the other day that I wore DIAPERS as we were going down the “womens” aisle!
Liked to my blog
http://4shanna.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html#3881322937433228337
My oldest son, 3.5, is independent in the bathroom. He wipes his own tooshie and all! Every once in a while he doesn’t do the greatest job wiping. I found that out after he took his little scoot car for a ride and left a streak on the seat. New rule: No riding naked!
Here’s a first time mom blunder…First trip to the pool I had no idea what baby’s were supposed to wear so I put on a regular diaper thinking I would be ok. My son was having a great time until I left him with my husband to use the bathroom. I could hear screaming and then heard the pool manager saying over the loud speaker…please make sure your children under 2 have proper swim wear. I get back to the baby pool only to see my horrified husband and a ton of angry moms. Guess who’s baby pooped in the pool and apparently it was a big one lol
My son-in-law is helping to train my grandson on the potty. I walk in and here is my 20 month old grandson sitting on the potty with the latest copy of Sports Illustrated Magazine thumbing thru the pages. Just like a man!!!!!!!!!!
My oldest daughter loved to strip off her clothes and diapers. After she “painted” the wall one day I knew I had to do something. I tried putting her diaper on backwards but she figured that out. I had to resort to duct tape. I would put her diaper on and wrap a strip of tape around the diaper, covering both tabs. She looked strange but at least we didn’t have to scrub and repaint any more walls
Ok I am really running out of these stories, despite the fact that I have 7 kids lol. My oldest was potty training and couldnt wait to use the “big potty” so we let him go. Until we heard screaming…he got his foot stuck in the hole of the toilet. long story short my husband had to break the toilet with a hammer lol
I’d really like to try them out with my son, we’re still about a year and a half away from our funny potty-training stories… : )