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sk8tr_grl8
Theres only a day before Christmas. Yes i know im on short notice but i still need to get gifts for my family. I got them small little things. But i feel like i need to get them more. Can you all tell me more of what i could get them.
Here they are:
Mom: 47yrs
Mom b/f [like a dad]: 47yrs
Brother: 23 yrs
Dog: <3
THANKS EVERYONE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!
PS: I CANNOT GO TO THE STORES.
PS: IM 13 YEARFS OLD
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Gift cards. Maybe for mom and "dad," a gift card for a nice dinner. For your brother, maybe a gift card to a music store or iTunes. Dog - go get him or her a bone at the store. Or, Amazon has gift cards too.
Gift cards. Maybe for mom and "dad," a gift card for a nice dinner. For your brother, maybe a gift card to a music store or iTunes. Dog - go get him or her a bone at the store. Or, Amazon has gift cards too.
Which is easier and more cost effective for moms of multiples cloth or disposable diapers?
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I've been scouring the web trying to find opinions about diapering for multiples. I've seen some wonderful sites, but I haven't found any price comparisons. Which is easier and more cost effective for mom of multiples? If any of you have any websites, I would be so very grateful. Thanks.
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I couldn't stand the thought of using disposables when we did and we just have one girl who is 16 months. We used disposable for the first three months. I HATED and LOATHED (two words I don't use freely or often) the thought of knowin that they were made with chemicals, petroleum (yep, the same stuff from which gas comes; most plastics are made with it, too), and really, God knows what (and probably stuff God didn't naturally make), were only being used once, and then dropped in a landfill (or worse, a body of water) to leech chemicals into the soil and water for all eternity. I also didn't like the message I was sending-- Being "green" is part of who I am. (I was "green" and raised "green" before it was even a pop culture adjective.) The main reason I became vegan was because of what factory farming does to the environment. Yet, I'm using disposable diapers. For what? Laziness? Unwillingness to show good examples to my daughter? It worked out that my husband would do the laundry at night when he was up studying. Now, we both do it when we have a few minutes. (He's a pastor, and works in his church office in the mornings and goes on calls and visits and meetings in the afternoon.) He still likes to stay up at night to get work done, so he will do it then, too.
I don't know how much money we saved in the past 12 months or so, even with the start up costs. I'm quite sure it's in the hudreds of dollars.
If we have twins the next time around, we will buy more cloth diapers. Also, by the next child, my daughter might be old enough to help some, even if it's "just" folding diapers and putting them away.
Essentially, we stared with G Diapers. They were nice, but still pricey. My husband got the idea to put in the pre-fold diapers in them. We fold them into the rectangle and then under in the front. We started out with several of the pre-folds that we got for free. (Gifts to be used for burp cloths [we used old towels and rags for that], ones that my mother found when people left thigns behind in rental stoage garages, houses and apartments [she manages properties], etc. Some of the new packages were bought with gift cards.) Even with what we actually bought out of pocket and buying new G Diapers start packages, we've still saved money. Even with detergent.
We also have some all-in-ones that we bought through Craigs List that we use overnight because they are heavier and hold leaks better. (If she leaks we just hang the one of five outisdes up to dry and put on a clean one.)
On rare occasions we do use disposables from a package we bought from Whole Foods. That's only when all the outsides need to be washed or we leave our daughter with our MIL. (We've explained the system to her, but she doesn't quite get it. The last time I left our daughter with my MIL, I put together some diapers for her and some all-in-ones to avoid using a disposable.)
The Mothering magazine site has a cloth diapering section on its boards.
That being said, we have decided that we will try to not have two children in diapers at the same time, unless we have twins. Theoretically, by then, our daughter might be old enough to help out, too. And there are plenty of capable, older women in our congregation who would come over and help, just for the pleasure of helping.
I couldn't stand the thought of using disposables when we did and we just have one girl who is 16 months. We used disposable for the first three months. I HATED and LOATHED (two words I don't use freely or often) the thought of knowin that they were made with chemicals, petroleum (yep, the same stuff from which gas comes; most plastics are made with it, too), and really, God knows what (and probably stuff God didn't naturally make), were only being used once, and then dropped in a landfill (or worse, a body of water) to leech chemicals into the soil and water for all eternity. I also didn't like the message I was sending-- Being "green" is part of who I am. (I was "green" and raised "green" before it was even a pop culture adjective.) The main reason I became vegan was because of what factory farming does to the environment. Yet, I'm using disposable diapers. For what? Laziness? Unwillingness to show good examples to my daughter? It worked out that my husband would do the laundry at night when he was up studying. Now, we both do it when we have a few minutes. (He's a pastor, and works in his church office in the mornings and goes on calls and visits and meetings in the afternoon.) He still likes to stay up at night to get work done, so he will do it then, too.
I don't know how much money we saved in the past 12 months or so, even with the start up costs. I'm quite sure it's in the hudreds of dollars.
If we have twins the next time around, we will buy more cloth diapers. Also, by the next child, my daughter might be old enough to help some, even if it's "just" folding diapers and putting them away.
Essentially, we stared with G Diapers. They were nice, but still pricey. My husband got the idea to put in the pre-fold diapers in them. We fold them into the rectangle and then under in the front. We started out with several of the pre-folds that we got for free. (Gifts to be used for burp cloths [we used old towels and rags for that], ones that my mother found when people left thigns behind in rental stoage garages, houses and apartments [she manages properties], etc. Some of the new packages were bought with gift cards.) Even with what we actually bought out of pocket and buying new G Diapers start packages, we've still saved money. Even with detergent.
We also have some all-in-ones that we bought through Craigs List that we use overnight because they are heavier and hold leaks better. (If she leaks we just hang the one of five outisdes up to dry and put on a clean one.)
On rare occasions we do use disposables from a package we bought from Whole Foods. That's only when all the outsides need to be washed or we leave our daughter with our MIL. (We've explained the system to her, but she doesn't quite get it. The last time I left our daughter with my MIL, I put together some diapers for her and some all-in-ones to avoid using a disposable.)
The Mothering magazine site has a cloth diapering section on its boards.
That being said, we have decided that we will try to not have two children in diapers at the same time, unless we have twins. Theoretically, by then, our daughter might be old enough to help out, too. And there are plenty of capable, older women in our congregation who would come over and help, just for the pleasure of helping.
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