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Annie, who left comment #94. Thank you all so much for making this giveaway so great. It was very inspiring to read about your quest to make sustainable, zero-waste lunches.

And thanks to all of you who used (or will use) the discount code to get yourself some awesome LunchBots at 20% off. Code: MOTHERING.

Stay tuned for upcoming reusable lunch and school supplies giveaways: Abeego, Dixon Ticonderoga, EcoZoo, and more!

Happy Tuesday, Mamacitas.

LunchBots is giving away three (!) of their reusable, completely stainless steel lunch containers to one lucky winner.

They’re also offering a 20% off code for Mothering readers. Code: MOTHERING.

The Uno is great for packing a sandwich or a burrito:

The Duo has 2 compartments, for cheese and crackers or fruit and nuts.

and here’s the Pico, a smaller version of the Duo, also with two compartments:

Please enter to win by leaving a comment below. Thanks so much for participating. I love my LunchBots and I hope you will, too.

Hey, y’all.

I have another cloth diaper giveaway, and it gGoes like this. (ha!)

Prize #1:
a) a pair of good vibe blue stripe little g pants in size small (8-14 lbs.)

b) a 6 pack of gCloth inserts in size small (8-14 lbs.)

c) a package of 70 gWipes

Prize Pack #2
Prize #1:
a) a pair of good vibe pink stripe little g pants in size small (8-14 lbs.)

b) a 6 pack of gCloth inserts in size small (8-14 lbs.)

c) a package of 70 gWipes

To enter, please leave a comment below, with your preference of prize pack #1 or #2. Good luck!

Theo Pauline Nestor, brilliant author of bestseller How To Sleep Alone In A King-Sized Bed, has created a fantastic giveaway of 12 terrific memoirs (one of them, full disclosure, is my Seal Press anthology, Ask Me About My Divorce: Women Open Up About Moving On). The first drawing is this Monday, so enter now! Here’s how you do it. (Leaving a comment on my blog will not enter you in this particular contest).

Go to author Theo Pauline Nestor’s How to Sleep Alone in a King Sized Bed’s Facebook page.

“Like” it.

Leave a comment after you “Like” the fan page, at Theo’s facebook page’s contest thread.

And you’re entered!

April! Congrats, April, author of the 171st comment.

Thanks to everyone who participated, and thank you for sharing your cloth diaper info and fave colors. I’ll be posting more cloth diaper giveaways in the next couple of days: stylie gDiaper covers with cloth inserts, and super cute Charlie Banana cloth diapers.

Amy J. !

She requested the Onyx (black) Delicate Soles and I think that’s a great choice. Thanks to everyone for participating.

Moms have forever been getting the spiel to host and give Mary Kay parties, Tupperware parties, and (lately) even sex toy parties. I recently found out about a new way to make money having a party…and I have a feeling it’s going to be a hit, given the level of passion women I know in life and through this blog have about the coolness of cloth diapers.

Cloth diaper parties. Explain, Lucy… I am going to pull in the press release here, because it’s written quite well and y’all don’t need me to sit here and reword it when I could spend that time setting up future product giveaways. I want to know what you think of this…are we spotting a big trend here?

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Everything Birth, Inc., owned by Falmouth resident and mom of three, Crystal White, has been offering customers an online selection of birth supplies, cloth diapers and organic baby products for over nine years. But now it is the company’s Diaper Party concept that is getting all the attention.

So what is a Diaper Party?

Most of us are familiar with jewelry, cooking and other home-based parties. A Diaper Party, based on a similar concept, is an opportunity for a group of moms (and moms-to-be) to come together to try out cloth diapers and other baby products. There are even products available to pamper new moms. Each diaper and accessory comes with its own “cheat sheet” so you can read about the product and how to use it, while seeing, touching, and trying it!

How do I host a Diaper Party?

Give Everything Birth a call at 1-800-370-1683 or visit www.diaperparties.com/contact.htm to see if there is a Representative in your area. Diaper Party Reps are willing to travel up to two hours to your home to coordinate a party. Your Rep will help you with planning and will provide flyers and invitations to spread the word and make the most of your party. Don’t have a Rep in your area? Consider becoming one! Diaper Party Reps can make money and even new friends while educating moms about cloth diapering options.

What are the perks of hosting a Diaper Party?

Aside from getting to actually see and feel many different cloth diapering options, there are other incentives for a Diaper Party hostess. First, you will receive a 10% credit on the total purchase from your party. So if your guests order $500 worth of diapers from the party- then you receive $50 in store credit… $1,000 sold, you receive $100 in credit! Plus, everyone who orders at the party gets free shipping – that includes almost all the items you purchase (organic toys, breast pads, slings, birth supplies and much more!) [note from Candace: You do have to pay $25, the shipping to return the box of party items/samples]

1-800-370-1683 www.diaperparties.com
info@diaperparties.com

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Mamas, tell me if you’ve been to one of these, if you have had a diaper party, or if you plan to! I want some on-the-ground intel. –xo Candace

Pack that beach bag, winners! Thank you ALL so much for sharing your beach and pool memories…it’s been a true pleasure to do this giveaway. I’ll be sending out an email pronto to get your addresses…

Swim Nappy winner #1
Deanna Atkinson
pink dots, size medium

Swim Nappy #2
Susan F.
blue dot, size medium
“Our family goes to the beach twice a year and for every little one we love seeing their faces when their feet first hit the ocean!”

Swim Nappy #3
Kris
medium, no color preference

Swim Nappy #4
Sarahgrace
Size XL, no color preference
“My favorite beach experience is when I lived in Florida and was pregnant. We lived very close to Anna Maria Island and when I was about 6-7 months pregnant I went swimming. Lucy (my daughter, who was in-utero at the time) LOVED it! She wasn’t a very active fetus, but she went absolutely wild when I was in the water. It was so much fun playing with her even though she was an “inside baby.” One of my favorite experiences ever.”

Bathing Suit #1
Tonya van Tol
Lime bathing suit in size XL
“My kids were both born in water. My 2 1/2 year old loves the pool as did I as a child. Summer is great time!”

Bathing Suit #2
Trisha Kalous
Large Red Fish Print Nappy-Suit

Kirsten, who left the 55th comment. *cheers*

Thank you all so much for your wonderful lunch recommendations, and for participating in this giveaway. Stay tuned for more giveaways which I will post soon. More lunchboxes, cloth diapers, and even school supplies!

Hey, mamas, great news! Lunapads has four Organic Sampler Packs to give away to four lucky A la Mama blog readers. Many of you gave us great feedback about our recent article, “A Planet-Friendly Period,” on cloth pads and natural alternatives to disposable menstrual products.

Each Lunapads Organic Sampler Pack includes 1 Mini Pantyliner, 1 Maxi Pad and 1 each Basic and Wing Liners, all in their beautiful custom print, Magenta Mandala.

Here’s some intel from Lunapads:

“Since 1993, Lunapads has been dedicated to providing women with healthy, eco positive alternatives to disposable pads and tampons. Thanks to our customers having “made the switch” over 1 million disposable pads and tampons are now being diverted from landfills every month. Join the global sisterhood of women reducing waste and having ‘happier periods, naturally’ with Lunapads washable pads and Lunapanties all-in-one padded underwear.”

Lunapads is also offering a special discount code to Mothering readers: “Mothering10″ gets you 15% off orders over $50.

To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment below, and if you have a sec, the answer to one of the following questions:

Why do you want to try Lunapads?
or
Why are you a fan of using natural menstrual products?