MMOS Droop issues and others

To add a hip snap or not.

I know some of you mom's out there are having droop issues with your single sized diapers and think that adding a hip snap will solve the problem, but what you are not thinking about is when your baby is a larger size. Just adding the hip snap will reduce your diapers waist size for the larger sizes and this diaper will no longer fit until potty learning.

Droop issues happening with diapers like Mosaic Moon One Size or Cuddlebuns may be fixed by doing 6 simple things:

1. Snapping the waist tighter
2. Making sure you have the rise properly fit
   
3. Making sure you are folding the diaper correctly
4. Contact the store you purchased the diaper from for help. The wahm who made the diaper will be or know who is the expert on fitting the diaper properly instead of giving up and selling your diaper or asking your friends who's baby is a different size and has no issues this will just frustrate you more.
5. When wanting to try these types of diapers do yourself a favor and only get one test it out see if the diaper will work. We all like to think that the diapers we make will make everyone happy but that is just not the case.
6. You may just need a good snug diaper wrap cover. We all may not be able to go without covers.
   

Snapping the waist tighter:

• I know we fear that we will cut off our babies circulation but we do need to make sure all diapers are good and snug no matter what you are using. Just not tight that they can not breath.

Making sure you have the proper rise fit:

1. Line the back of the diaper with your little one belly button
2. Fold the front of the diaper up
3. Then fold or snap down the front of the diaper to the point were at least your little one belly button is showing. (1 thing to keep in mind when folding down the front of your 1 size diaper if you do not have at least 1 full inch the diaper will unfold and it maybe time to leave the rise fully extended. You need something for the wings to hold.)

Making sure you are folding the diaper correctly:

Why guess at this use your Wahm's to help you with this.

Here a suggestion on folding a Mosaic Moon One Size Diaper:

• Step 1 Line the back of the diaper with your little one's belly button
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• Step 2 Fold in the sides of the front panel
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• Step 3 Fold down the front panel to the belly button level.
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• Step 4 Snap wing 1 nice and snug
  
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• Step 5 Snap wing 2 nice and snug
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ok my picture taking skills are lacking today but I think this gives you a good idea on how to do it. And also I need to ship this diaper out and wanted to use it as my examples because it is just so freaken cute.

Contact the store you purchased the diaper from for help.

• You can find most of the Mosaic Moon Wahms Here
• You can find most of the Cuddlebuns Wahms here

Buy 1 and try it first

This is probably the most important step. If you have never used the diaper before only get one test drive it first before buying more. I realize you are trying to be frugal and not pay shipping twice but are you really saving money when you find out this diaper is not for you and you have send them back or sell them for a loss. Remember not all diapers work on all babies no matter how much we try.


You may just need a good snug diaper wrap cover.

Keep in mind most fitted diapers are designed and intended to be used with a diaper cover.

Current Events

This entry is long over due.

1. Monkey Toe diapers will no longer be offering Custom Orders this is so we can work on the following projects
2. Sew the great Mosaic Moon Diapers formally known as Pin head diapers. I love sewing them and I think it is a fantastic diaper
3. We will be releasing soon a Limited edition Sugar Plum baby diaper that is made with woven cottons and Micro fiber soakers. This serves 2 purposes 1. To give you a more affordable diaper and 2. So I can use up my large stash of Cottton Birds Eye that I have. I have actually wanted to offer these for sometime now but just have not done it. I am working to sew up diaper to get rid of my rather large stash of fabric.
4. Offer a small local diaper service to families in my local area. We do not have one and I want to promote and get people using cloth in my area. I will be handling up to 5 accounts at a time
5. Work more family and children's vendor shows in the area to promote cloth diapers. I am shocked by how little people know about cloth diapers.
6. Eventually get to the point where I am just making hemp and Bamboo fleece diapers with awesome prints and color and get back to making night time diapers.

But first I need to sew up the cotton diapers and these Sugar Plum baby diapers will consist of a Cotton print Flannel outer, 2 cotton Birds Eye body layers and a sewn in hidden micro fiber soaker. The pricing for these will be:

• $12 for 1
• $33 for a 3 Pack
• $60 for a 6 Pack

We will be sewing Newborn, Small, Mediums and Larges.

We will be getting back to stocking all of the diapers we sew once I have used up these cotton fabrics but it will take time.

For Local Customers

Hi there

I really want to promote Cloth Diapers in my Home town area. My husband Mark and I are talking about me running a small diaper service. We recognize that lack of one here in the Penfield and Rochester NY area.

I am going to start this blog entry as a way to see if there is in deed a demand for it. I know at least when I talk to people I have had several people say to me that they did not want to be bothered with washing them. The YUCK factor. They have said to me that they would have done it if they could have had a diaper service.

3 of the best reasons I can see for having a diaper service is:

1. A lot less waste
2. No runs to the store to buy diapers with cloth diapers being delivered right to your door step.
3. Someone else is cleaning and folding the cloth diapers for you.

I really do want to see if a diaper service is needed in the Rochester Penfield NY area and do my part to help Reduce Reuse and Recycle.

If you are interested please email me at diaperservice@monkeytoediapers.com

Please include in the email:

Your full name

Home Address

Email address

This is optional your phone number

How many children you have in diapers or are expecting

When you would like to start (Keep in mind we are not open for this but if there is a large demand we would be willing to do something about it)

If we offer a service we are looking at diaper service contracts of 4 weeks. FYI

Additional Local Service Monkey Toe Diapers offers:

If you are like me and wash you own cloth diapers and want to be able to play and buy you own, I also offer in home appointments in my dinning room you just need to email me at info@monkeytoediapers.com or call me at 585-672-1320 for an appointment, local customers only.

Mother Time Market Place

Hi there

I just had to post. I worked my first booth at a show and I will say I was pleased, overwhelmed and excited how well Monkey Toe Diapers was acknowledged at the show. The consignment show was amazing to watch and the people were great to talk to and I was so very pleased to see a lot of Mom's(& dad's) interested in cloth diapers and I did not feel alone in the area as the only Mom that uses them here. I am always pleases to talk to and help people with cloth diapers.

I think consignment shows rock and what a wonderful thing to promote my biz at and I am so looking forward to seeing everyone at Batvia NY 05/09 & 05/10. If you are in the area you have to stop by Mother time Market Place.

Wired Up Designs

I will say I love Love supporting other WAHM's. I have found Wired Up Designs these patterns are great for 2 reasons.

1. Easy to follow
2. She allows for limited sales of items made with them (50) with out needing to purchase a license.
   

I have a stash of wool fabric and heavy weight fleece I want to use up and I am going to use her Sweet Baby Soakers Pattern to use this up. I was happy to find this. I really did not want to pay for another license just to use some fabric for a limited number of items I wanted to sell. Also I love soakers like these I think they are the best with night time diapers. I will be slowly putting these out after I have finished all of the Very Baby 1 Size testers which are coming soon.

Here is the first soaker I whipped up while working on a custom order last night:



This is felted wool jersey and the main body is 2 layer. I think the next one I may play around with embellishing the back for a cute fun look.

I am just so happy to have found this. Yeah!!!!

A side note to all who are waiting on my testers I will be getting to these at the beginning of April. I have had a delay due to illness and a wonderful rush of custom orders. I will be closing customs April 4th so I can get all this other sewing I want to do done. Also, I will be at Mother Time Market Place consignment shows April 26 &27 and May 9th, 10th and 11th. My booth will be show casing Drybees/Wahmies, Thirsties, Sugar Plum Baby and all other items I sew. If you are in the Hamburg NY area April 26th & April 27th or Batavia NY Area May 9th & 10th, stop by and visit.

Here is a more detailed image of the the quick dry style of the Very Baby one size diaper. I will be getting more images up soon of the lower rise settings and keep checking back for when testers will be available.

Look what is coming soon to Very Baby

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Originally uploaded by susanmraz

Look what is coming a Very Baby one size fitted diaper. It has 3 rise settings for small, medium and large. This picture is 1 of a sewn in soaker and lay in doubler. Pictures and more info coming soon on the diaper and a snap in soaker version. Monkey Toe Diapers will be looking for testers soon on this diaper.

I am getting there

Barring my son's illness setting me back. I will be re-opening custom orders on Friday February 29th. I am going to be only offering fitted diapers(night time also) and diaper covers as custom orders for the time being. I may bring back AIO's in the future. I feel that my skills are best spent on the fitted diaper and covers. I love making these and these were always my first choice to use on my son. I will be opening Zephyr Customs at that time as well.

There will be another schedule closing of Custom orders from April 4th to April 25th. I am branching out to local market and have booths at 3 shows this year and I need this time to sew diapers and get ready for the first show. I am hoping that will be the last time I need to close custom until Oct 1 where I will be closed for the rest to the year. For my family.

Have a great day and will be talking to you soon.

Susan