Yeast and Thrush, a Mommy Nightmare

Acidophilus naturally fights yeast
in the digestive tract

There have been a few inquiries lately on what to do about baby thrush and yeast infections. Thrush is a type of yeast infection, and doctor's will normally prescribe Gentian Violet for this. It is messy and stains, and I prefer to use acidophilus as my first resort. Acidophilus is a bacteria naturally in your intestines which aids in digestion. It also fights the natural yeast population also present in your digestive tract.

Cloth Diapers Made With Bamboo for Super Snuggly Comfort!

Bamboo Cloth Diapers Are SO Soft and Cozy

Bummis Bamboozle Fitted Diaper

Bamboo diapers are hot and the Bamboozle is no exception! Bamboozle fitted diapers are super soft, super absorbent, and easy to use. Pair a Bamboozle with Bummis Super Brite or Super Whisper Wrap Covers for an easy and environmentally friendly cloth diapering option. For an even more environmentally sound option, choose a breathable wool cover for your Bamboozles.

Earth Mama Angel Baby Bottom Balm Review and Giveaway!

Earth Mama Angel Baby Bottom Balm Review

Herbal diaper, thrush, and first aid salve 

 

 

Government Help for Your Family

Government Food and Medical Help by State

Find Your States Welfare Department for Food and Medical Benefits

Someone requested to know where I have this information, and I realized as I looked through my posts that though I mention it in a couple posts, I have not dedicated a whole post to government help yet. Its such a big need for so many families lately, with all the layoffs and pay cuts most of us have had to endure in the last year or two.

Get Brand Name Diapers at a Steep Discount- 30% off

And get them delivered right to your door! No running to the store or running out on accident. Here are some actual prices:

$21.45

Huggies Snug & Dry, Size 4, 140 ct box
Usually $30.65, right? but with Amazon Mom and automatic delivery you get it for $21.45 
(That's like three weeks worth of diapers, people! Huggies diapers!)
Plus? Free shipping!
- the free shipping only lasts for 3 months of signing up, UNLESS you order $25 or more each month. And in my experience, one needs more than 140 diapers a month, not to mention wipes, right?

$16.07

Here's another price:

Pampers Swaddlers Dry Max, Size Newborn, 84 ct box
Usually $22.95 but sign up and its $16.07 a box.
And you are definitely going to need two boxes of those the first month, so free shipping is guaranteed!

$26.59

Luvs Ultra Leakguards, Size 4, 204 ct box
Usually $37.99 but sign up for automatic delivery and its $26.59
And that is over $25 right there, automatic free shipping.

You can order cheap brand name wipes along with your diapers, also. Here's the prices for those.

My favorite wipes:

x4, $18.16

Pampers Sensitive 192 ct Wipes 3 refill pack (4 ct)
For those who are confused, as I was for a while, this is FOUR separate packs of the 192 ct pack. This is a lot, probably enough to last two months. Good thing about the Automatic Delivery, you can choose if you want your item to come every 1, 2, 3, or 4 months.
So this product is regularly $25.94 but if you sign up its $18.16
And as always, free shipping with Amazon Prime if you order $25 worth of anything on Amazon mom.

And if your curious as to what your own favorite diapers or wipes are going for, check it out here!

You just can't lose, I really hope this helps you out! Amazon Mom

P.S. I just added up my savings using amazon mom and here are the figures:

I usually would spend $750 a year on diapers and wipes. Using Amazon mom I spend $420.. My calculator says that is a savings of a little over 40%, not 30%. Wow!

Huggies Every Little Bottom Program

Imagine your child having a dirty diaper and going to change him, and there are no more diapers left. You have no money to buy any more that day. Maybe in a couple days or a week, you will get a paycheck and have enough money to buy a few diapers. They probably won't last til the next paycheck after that, and at the moment, what do you do? This little creature that depends on you and to keep him clean, fed and healthy needs a diaper that you don't have.

Some people ask relatives to borrow money. Many times they are not refused because of course, nobody wants a little baby to go without a clean bum. But soon, you are well in debt to one or more person, and don't really have a way of paying them back without dipping into the diaper fund and needing to borrow again anyways. This can create hard feelings and all the things that go with being in debt to family or friends and constantly being a borrower of money without paying anyone back.

Some people skimp on the groceries to buy diapers. They go hungry and buy cheap nutrition-less food. This is dangerous, especially if the mother is nursing the baby, she needs to be able to eat plenty of healthy food to pass on to her baby. If she is not, then expensive formula must be skimped on and bottles diluted. The baby goes without enough nutrition in order to have a clean bum, when he should never have to go without either of these things.

Some people leave dirty diapers on and/or RE-USE the diapers. I don't believe I need to describe how. Any way you picture it, you know this is disgusting and hardly viable. Its certainly not keeping baby clean or healthy. At best, a re-used diaper catches everything before it hits the floor or baby's clothes, but at what price? For some people, especially those who already must skimp on the groceries, this is the only option.

1 in 3 mothers in America have faced this horror. Let me repeat that. 1/3 of all mothers. In America. Have struggled with obtaining enough diapers for their baby.

I have been one of them. At the time, I wondered how many others face this. When I faced the fact that we just didn't have money to buy diapers, I also wondered if there might be a place sort of like a food shelf that might give out baby stuff, especially diapers, for people who really need them. Because I really needed a place like that just then. I was not too proud to ask for help to keep my baby clean and healthy in my emergency. I don't think any of us would be.

Luckily, it was a one time thing, when the paycheck was a little short a couple weeks, and grandma generously bought some as a gift. We just needed a little help through that one month. How nice would it have been to have a place to go to get a package of free diapers, just like we can go to the food shelf if we really need to? Especially if it had happened again. Who knows, maybe it will.

Well, I found out there are places to go. There are diaper “food shelves”. But where do the diapers come from to stock these places? They come from us, just like food in food shelves comes from us. And these places are much more in need. So many people need help with diapers, an expensive but necessary item when you have a baby. Maybe you have been one of them.

Please consider making a donation, if not today then maybe the next time you donate to the food shelf. Those who don't have babies can donate a package or two and breathe a sigh of relief that you don't have to spend that much money every week. You can also breathe a sigh of relief that some innocent baby out there will not have to sit around in a dirty diaper, because you provided for them. Thank you.

Update on the Pampers Gifts to Grow Program

I always buy the Pampers Sensitive wipes in a bulk package with multiple refill packs. Each of the refill packs inside the bulk package turns out to be 5 points each. I could only read the codes accurately on three of the five packs I had left in my box. Sometimes apparently they mess up passing it through the code printer. That usually happens with every companies reward codes though, I've noticed.

I guess I will have to buy a lot of wipes to get the ten dollars off coupon with the Pampers Gifts to Grow program. 197 more refill packs to go, unless I get some more of their boxes of diapers too. I usually use maybe one wipes pack a week. Hmm that's four years. Whew.

Tells you when they are wet!

Good thing I've got a another little bum coming up that will need wiping and probably will buy her (him?) the Pampers brand of diapers also, with the stripe that shows if they are wet, until she's (he's?) at least a month old. The points should add up then! As anybody who has had a newborn knows, they go through diapers like quicksand in the beginning. There are three dollar off coupons also, but might as well shoot for the ten dollar one. I've got a lot of diapers to buy.

Just a note for those who don't have regular access to the internet:
You can save the codes in a baggy like you would box tops for schoolchildren. Then, when you go to the library or otherwise get access, you can enter all your stored up codes at once.

I imagine that might actually be more satisfying doing it that way, to see the points increase a lot instead of 5 and 10 points at a time if you enter them all right away as you get them. Maybe I'll do it, too!

Pampers has a Rewards Program

So when I signed up for Similac Strong Moms, I also clicked a box to sign up for the Pampers Gifts to Grow program. Why not, right? Turns out its a typical rewards program where you turn in the points from whatever Pampers item you buy, and get stuff for the points.

I wish I would have done this sooner! I have been buying almost exclusively Pampers (Why, you ask? Because that's what the hospital gave me to put on him when he was born. Simple as that.) so I should have racked up quite the points by now. I'm not exactly sure how many points are in a jumbo box of diapers or baby wipes, but I'm guessing by now I would have at least earned the $10 off coupon for diapers (1000 points). So sad! All those points down the drain that I could have been using!

I don't even have an excuse because even though you need to sign up online, if you put in your phone number, you can just text in the codes. So simple! I saw the advertising for the program on the packages too. How many of us ignore the programs we could have been taking advantage of if we took two minutes to pay attention to it?

The funny thing is I have just switched to the cheaper store brand diapers to be economical, but sometimes if someone else buys the diapers they still bring home Pampers and I also always buy the Pampers wipes. So I will still be able to turn in some points and see what its all about.

Don't miss out on the Pampers Gifts to Grow Program if you are one of those who regularly buys them anyways!