Comments on: The Baby In His Wool Diaper Cover http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/ A rich life without a lot of money Thu, 24 May 2012 11:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: DIY: Make diaper covers from old sweaters | FinanceGroove.com http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26814 DIY: Make diaper covers from old sweaters | FinanceGroove.com Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:34:31 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26814 [...] felt, and later begansewing the sweater parts together by hand with crochet cotton. Here’s a photo of how her finished product looks. She writes, “I love little projects like this that [...] [...] felt, and later begansewing the sweater parts together by hand with crochet cotton. Here’s a photo of how her finished product looks. She writes, “I love little projects like this that [...]

]]> By: Frugal Trenche3s http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26756 Frugal Trenche3s Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:10:29 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26756 What an adorable photo! I hope you had a lovely first Christmas with the little guy! What an adorable photo! I hope you had a lovely first Christmas with the little guy!

]]> By: Missy http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26726 Missy Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:38:08 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26726 L.O.V.E it! How clever have just started my frugal missy site and so finding other frugal sites yours is fab! hope you find time to visit my blog and if you don't mind could I add your site to my links list? Merry Christmas Missy L.O.V.E it! How clever have just started my frugal missy site and so finding other frugal sites yours is fab!
hope you find time to visit my blog and if you don’t mind could I add your site to my links list?

Merry Christmas
Missy

]]> By: Kristen's Raw http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26725 Kristen's Raw Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:37:56 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26725 Adorable! Adorable!

]]> By: RecycleCindy http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26724 RecycleCindy Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:32:53 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26724 I love your ideas about recycling old wool into diaper covers. I used cloth even when cloth wasn't cool and would have loved to have covers like these back then. I will remember this idea for the grand babies when they come along. I love your ideas about recycling old wool into diaper covers. I used cloth even when cloth wasn’t cool and would have loved to have covers like these back then. I will remember this idea for the grand babies when they come along.

]]> By: FrugalBabe http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26721 FrugalBabe Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:08:51 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26721 @<a href="#comment-26720" rel="nofollow">scantee</a>: My mom made a pair of longies for my son, and put a cord in the top, which I do like. She made them from sweater sleeves, and just turned a wide hem at the waist and threaded the cord through the hem. Knitting diaper covers sounds like a great idea, but I don't know how to knit, so felted sweaters is as good as it gets around here :) @scantee: My mom made a pair of longies for my son, and put a cord in the top, which I do like. She made them from sweater sleeves, and just turned a wide hem at the waist and threaded the cord through the hem. Knitting diaper covers sounds like a great idea, but I don’t know how to knit, so felted sweaters is as good as it gets around here :)

]]> By: scantee http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26720 scantee Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:43:17 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26720 Looks great! I recently felted a sweater by accident and this would be a Until now, I've been knitting my son's diaper covers. It's pretty cheap, you can do one with a $5 skein with yarn left over for another project, and you can design it with a cord for the top (which my son needs, at least). I've knit some longies for him to sleep in and they are wonderful, warm for our chilly house and so absorbent. Looks great! I recently felted a sweater by accident and this would be a Until now, I’ve been knitting my son’s diaper covers. It’s pretty cheap, you can do one with a $5 skein with yarn left over for another project, and you can design it with a cord for the top (which my son needs, at least). I’ve knit some longies for him to sleep in and they are wonderful, warm for our chilly house and so absorbent.

]]> By: FrugalBabe http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26718 FrugalBabe Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:19:06 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26718 I just lanolized my diaper covers. I used this website as a guide: http://www.greenmountaindiapers.com/lanolize.htm Four covers are soaking in the sink right now, with PureLan and warm water. One of my friends gave me to PureLan before my son was born, but I ended up using a different nursing cream. I'm glad to have found a use for it! It seems like this will make our covers more leak-proof and less stinky. Perfect :) I just lanolized my diaper covers. I used this website as a guide:
http://www.greenmountaindiapers.com/lanolize.htm
Four covers are soaking in the sink right now, with PureLan and warm water. One of my friends gave me to PureLan before my son was born, but I ended up using a different nursing cream. I’m glad to have found a use for it! It seems like this will make our covers more leak-proof and less stinky. Perfect :)

]]> By: frugalscholar http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26717 frugalscholar Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:45:57 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26717 Oh, this brings back happy memories of my cloth-diapering days! I wish I had thought of making your diaper covers. See my new blog: frugalscholar.blogspot.com. The most recent post features a photo of my dh mowing the lawn with my ds in a baby-backpack. Oh, this brings back happy memories of my cloth-diapering days! I wish I had thought of making your diaper covers.

See my new blog: frugalscholar.blogspot.com. The most recent post features a photo of my dh mowing the lawn with my ds in a baby-backpack.

]]> By: FrugalBabe http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26714 FrugalBabe Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:14:46 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2008/12/14/the-baby-in-his-wool-diaper-cover/#comment-26714 @<a href="#comment-26708" rel="nofollow">Claire</a>: @<a href="#comment-26713" rel="nofollow">Kelly</a>: One thing I read before I started making the wool covers is that some babies are allergic to wool. In that case, a rash will develop, and the baby will probably protest because the pants will be uncomfortable (that's one of the concerns with wool in organic mattresses - we bought an organic mattress, but we bought one without wool, just in case, since it was a pretty big purchase). When my friend gave us the bag of felted sweaters, she also gave me one already-made diaper cover that she had left over. We tried that one on our son several times to make sure that he didn't have any sensitivities to wool before I started making more. He's never had redness or rash, and he's pretty much happy 100% of the time. So we're confident that there isn't an issue there. But for someone considering wool diaper covers, I'd suggest trying one for a while before buying a whole bunch of sweaters and spending a weekend sewing. @Claire: @Kelly: One thing I read before I started making the wool covers is that some babies are allergic to wool. In that case, a rash will develop, and the baby will probably protest because the pants will be uncomfortable (that’s one of the concerns with wool in organic mattresses – we bought an organic mattress, but we bought one without wool, just in case, since it was a pretty big purchase). When my friend gave us the bag of felted sweaters, she also gave me one already-made diaper cover that she had left over. We tried that one on our son several times to make sure that he didn’t have any sensitivities to wool before I started making more. He’s never had redness or rash, and he’s pretty much happy 100% of the time. So we’re confident that there isn’t an issue there. But for someone considering wool diaper covers, I’d suggest trying one for a while before buying a whole bunch of sweaters and spending a weekend sewing.

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