Another Blog that reaches close to home

I wanted to tell you about another blogger that reaches close to home exspecially since my blog is mainly about Special needs.  Hannah of happily southern reviews.  Has a blog about well mostly giveaways and reviews.  I came in contact with her on Twitter she had messaged me first i do believe sorry the pregnancy brain has totally gotten to me lately.  She is also hosting an event on her Blog called the fluffdom express.  We all know how I would love to still have Audrianna in cloth diapers for many reasons but its almost impossible for me to find cloth diapers that fit her since she is almost 40lbs and quite the tall 5 yr old too. and Audrianna could very well be in diapers for a long time Shes almost to big for size 6 disposables and I would hate to have to put depends on her.  she loves cloth diapers and we refer to them as undies for her.  I mean really if you were a 5 yr old with or without special needs wouldnt u rather wear something that looks more like underwear then a diaper.  I feel like shes gonna have to deal with enough in school and from her peers.  So anyways what is Fluffdom express? quite simply its an event that is being held to help families with special needs children find cloth diapers for them that fit there lifestyle needs.  I emailed Hannah and asked her to give me a little more information on Fluffdom express and what its all about?  And this is what she said. 

Here's a brief history of us and cloth diapers! :)



The first time I ever used cloth diapers was about 7 years ago on my baby sister. We used the cheap prefolds and covers from Walmart and diaper pins. In my ignorance, I believed that if the diapers smelled, I should add more soap. Needless to say, the diapers leaked constantly and the plastic covers kept melting in the dryer. Shortly afterwards, we put our house on the market and my dad said 'enough with cloth diapers. I don't want people walking into our house and smelling them!'. I agreed and thought I'd wouldn't use cloth diapers again since they were such a hassle!






In the next few years, I came across some diapers, but the cost of getting enough was a deterrent and I still had no clue about why our diapers leaked and smelled. Fast forward to last October... I came across some giveaways, including ones for cloth diapers. Through the reviews, I learned about using a little bit of soap to wash them and about stripping them regularly. The catch now? In December 2004, my parents had a little boy with Down syndrome. In February of 2007, he was diagnosed with leukemia and was just completing 2 years, 9 months of treatment and... he weighed 40 pounds. In the reviews I had read all the diapers were One Size (7-35 pounds) and there wasn't any way for those to work.






Enter twitter! Like some have said before me, if you ever want something, ask on twitter. A friend sent us a FuzziBunz Perfect Size and that's how we learned that many diapers for special needs kids are 'sized' not one size.






In this upcoming event my mom and I are coordinating, we want to share reviews and giveaways of diapers and accessories for special needs children and diapers that work great in a hospital setting... All the time we spent looking for diapers; we want to help other families save that time.






Some of the companies that are participating in the event are:






Happy Heinys


Northern Essence


Planet Wise


Thirsties


Envibum


Mothering Grace/AppleCheeks


Wahmies






We are also hoping to have some guest posts written by moms of children with special needs who cloth diaper them. At the end of the event, we'll set up an index page that has links to cloth diapers/accessories for special needs kids. Not all are participating in the event, but will still be linked to. One thing that we'll be including in each review of a diaper is the sizing... and what it is and means. If OS diapers and sized diapers had the sizing instead of or included on the company/retailers web site, it would help so many families. I know it would have helped us.






In the end, my goal is to share as much information as I can from what we have learned, to help other special needs families learn about diapers more easily than we did and to have it all together in one place, where even families who don't have a special needs child can still learn about it and help special needs families as well.






I hope this helps, but if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to email me with them. I will answer, but it might take me a day or two! :)


Hannah

She has been very helpful and a great person to talk too.  Which is why I am giving her a big huge shoutout on my blog.  she is the 2nd blogger that I have felt deserves an applause for her blog and an even bigger one for the event she is holding.  I plan to look more into Fluffdom express and there will probably be a few more entries on this event on my blog in the future:).  Thank You Hannah.