Cloth Diapers

Happy Sunday!

So yeah I lied. I totally intended to write this post yesterday but I'm dealing with a sick toddler. We are diffusing TONS of on guard right now. Praying the sickies will decide to leave our house by morning. 

I wanted to write this post to explain a little about why we use our cloth diapers. When Hayes was born almost nine months ago I hadn't even given cloth diapers a thought. It wasn't until he was having bad diapers rashes that we couldn't keep away. He would get a rash, I would load him up with diaper rash cream and it would go away. A couple of days later he would have another one. 

I started doing research and started buying the earths best or simple truth organic diapers and that really did help. Somehow i stumbled across cloth diapers. They kind of started to draw me in. I mean seriously have you looked at how cute they are!? After convincing my husband that 25.00 dollars for a diaper was worth it we started our cloth diaper journey!

At first I was overwhelmed. I was scared I was going to wash them wrong and ruin them. It only took a few days and we had the hang of it! 

Cloth diapers are so much easier than most people think and in long run save SO much money. We average about 8 diapers a day and was every other day. We have roughly 30 diapers. 

Now for all you EO mamas! This diaper spray is good for cloth or disposable diapers (which I might add we usually wear disposable to bed. H sleeps 12 hours and will leak right through cloth at night)

Essential Oil Diaper Spray Recipe-

(be sure to put this in a glass sprayer bottle. Can't use plastic with your oils!)

-15 Drops doTERRA Lavender Essential Oil

-15 Drop doTERRA Melaleuca Essential Oil

-about 15 drops doTERRA fractionated coconut oil 

-Distilled water

I don't usually measure the coconut oils and water. Just enough to fill your bottle.

If you would like more info on cloth diapers OR doTERRA please contact me! 

xoxo--

Blog Revamp

Happy Friday!

We are currently inside the house probably for the entire weekend. This mama is not a fan of the cold! Barrett got home from work early so him and Hayes are snoozing. AR is refusing to nap, or even "take a rest" for that matter. I've got dishes in the sink and about three loads of laundry that need to be done but this weather is making is impossible to get motivated to do anything but lay in bed. 

I created this blog a few years ago as just a fun little hobby. It really has turned into something I LOVE doing! The blog started off as Pj's and Pancakes. When I started blogging for Pregnancy and Newborn magazine is when I realized what a stress reliever writing was. It's like I get a solid 30 minutes to escape from the mess of the house and right now the 36 degree weather outside. 

I was trying to figure out which direction I wanted the blog to go in. I love blogging about my family. I mean honestly what mom doesn't love posting a million pictures of her babes? But I also wanted it to be about something I love (after my babies!) and that brings me to Diaper Laundry and Lipgloss. The revamped Fashion/Lifestyle blog. 

I have always loved fashion. Like most girls do!

It makes me so excited to follow fellow mama bloggers doing the same thing they are passionate about. I'm so excited to start(restart) my blogging journey and to blog about ALL of the things I'm obsessed with. babies.hubby.clothes.food 

Now back to the name Diaper Laundry and Lipgloss. I'm sure some people read it and say? UM she left out the S in diapers! but the truth is there is no S. Yep Diaper Laundry. Some people might be trying to figure out what in the world Diaper Laundry is. Any of you other cloth diaper mamas will know. If you would have told me a year ago i would try cloth diapering I would have laughed in your face. I LOVE our cloth. super cuter prints and much easier than most people thing. 

Tomorrow I will be writing a post about our cloth diaper journey, how often we use them and an EO diaper spray recipe! 

xoxo--

New Year- New Blog

It's already been a wild year for the Donahoe crew. AR is loving 3K, Hayes is crawling all over the place and Barrett is as always busy busy busy! 

Y'all i have truly missed writing. Which brings me to the "New Year-New Blog" This year I am so excited to blog!! I will be writing about everything from family updates, the kiddos, fun outfits and even food! 

So stay tuned guys, I'm hoping to write as often as my little heart desires. (which is ALL of the time I wish) 

Fun thing to come in the new year!!