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we've been using bumgenius with our son since he was born (well, actually we had the same issue with fit and used disposables and kissaluvs for the first few weeks, then switched to bg). we moved when he was 6 mo old, and were lucky enough to have found daycares in both our previous town and now our new one that allow cloth diapers.

our son is 17 mo old, and since he started getting solid poo we've been using the liners--we buy multiple packs of the bummis flushable liners on amazon and love them. we also use a cheap plastic flip-top trash can with a wet bag for the dirties, and wash the wet bag with the diapers (we dry it in the dryer with the inserts, while the shells line-dry). We use disposables at night, since he was peeing through the cloth at night, and for travel. His diaper rash comes and goes, and isn't any better or worse in cloth. We've had good luck using the Weleda diaper cream that's cloth diaper-friendly.

We've also had trouble with a very strong ammonia smell from the urine in the dirties, so I'm going to look into stripping this afternoon. We use Allen's all-natural detergent, so hopefully all we'll need is a good strip.

i've seen one episode, and at first was fascinated (in that guilty pleasure sort of way), then i was a little jealous that i didn't know how to save so much $$. then i realized that my family prefers to purchase more healthy food items, local food when possible, more fresh and organic food, and more green household items. most of the items and food that we purchase on a regular basis rarely have coupons issued for them. i was shocked when i got to use a coupon for our green works dish detergent. so i'd have to agree with most of the comments here...i'll take more family time and healthier/greener products any day over what it takes to get that kind of savings.

Awesome! Thanks, guys :) Any opinions on reupholstering? I'm assuming that getting it done will kill some of the value, but since it's pretty worn (and I bought it because I liked it, not because I intended to sell it) I'm still leaning towards getting it re-covered. Would love others' thoughts, though...

I had a friend who used them for shades throughout her whole house. It was by far the worse retail experience she has ever had. They didn't put the order in correctly, the installer they sent didn't come the first time, the shades they originally ordered wouldn't work with her windows (despite her having checked on this before ordering), and they wouldn't refund her or take the shades back when this was discovered. The replacements chosen cost more than what was originally ordered, and the company refused to cover the extra cost, despite the snafu having been caused by them to begin with. It took many months, headaches, borderline tearful calls with customer service, and a lot of money before there were shades on the windows.

That gorgeous French Oven, both for a fabulous Osso Buco and delicious no-knead bread to soak up the liquid.

what an incredibly beautiful blanket. i can't think of anything better to snuggle under during the snowy michigan winter...

this is a tough one...probably a grilled cheese with mildly flavored garlic butter on the outside of toasty rye bread, with nice melty smoked gouda on the inside.