Make Cloth Mainstream Giveaway with Baby Love Basics & Spray Pal

Baby Love Basics was born when owner Tameeka wanted her daughter to have 100% natural skin care products to eliminate the rashes caused by unnecessary toxins in mainstream products. Baby Love Basics believes that all baby products should be kept 100% natural, free of toxins/preservatives, and be gentle on delicate skin.

The Baby Love Basics product line includes chest rub, eczema relief ointment, body washes, body creams, and a cloth diaper safe diaper balm!

One lucky winner will receive a $40 shop credit to Baby Love Basics plus a Spray Pal splatter shield!

Total prize value is approximately $65.

Grab your entries in the Rafflecopter form below and share with a friend to help make cloth mainstream!

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Earth Day Sales are LIVE now at Spray Pal!

We are excited to announce all the amazing Earth Day 2018 deals and discounts on cloth diapers, accessories, Spray Pal bundles, and more! Everything is on sale and it's a great time to stock up on everything you need for your cloth diapering journey. Read below to see all the deals and shop www.spray-pal.com when you're ready to save!

CLOTH DIAPERS:
Thirsties: 15% off* (exclusives 20% off)
Best Bottom: 20% off
KangaCare/Rumparooz: 20% off
GroVia: 20% off
Tots Bots: 20% off 4/21-22.
Lalabye Baby: 10-20% off through the 22nd.
Funky Fluff: 20% off
Bummis: 20% off
Osocozy: 20% off
Happy Heiny's: 20% off
Smart Bottoms: 20% off
Sustainablebabyish/Sloomb: 20% off

*Fern and 02 Revival excluded

CLOTH ACCESSORIES:
Spray Pal diaper sprayers, shields and bundles: 20% off
Planet Wise: 20% off
Amber necklaces: 20% off
Thistle Farms: 20% off
Everything else at least 15% off!

FREEBIES in every order will be based off total purchase. Guaranteed value of freebie will be at least 10% of the amount spent on your order! Feel free to include all of your deepest hopes, dreams, wishes (or just color/brand/style preferences) for your freebies in your order comments and we always do our best to accommodate if we can!

PLUS: Reward points for every dollar spent and free shipping all year long once you order with us 5 times!

Cloth Diapering with Special Needs - Christine's Story

As many of you know, we have been cloth diapering our micro-preemie son since he was a week old, which included his 7 month NICU stay. He's six years old now, and we still have to use cloth part time for car rides, etc. due to his developmental delays. We've found more and more families find us because they are researching how to use cloth diapers with their children with special needs, and we felt it was time to put together a resource for those families.

We reached out to well-known members of the cloth diapering community and asked if they'd be willing to share their stories. We share these stories with you with the hopes that you will find them helpful and feel free to share these far and wide as a resource for other families with differently-abled kiddos so we can normalize acceptance and #makeclothmainstream!

If you're looking to get started with cloth diapers, please check out our cloth diapering starter kit HERE as a great, affordable way to get off on the right foot. We'd be happy to customize it to fit your child's needs if you just send us an email!

Our first story comes from Christine Bondi Cerrato, a mom I "met" in the GroVia Families Facebook group back when her son Ethan was born. I can't tell you how much I appreciate these moms and their willingness to share their stories.

Christine and Ethan
My amazing 3 year old son, Ethan, was born 6 weeks prematurely fighting for his life. He was born with a chromosomal defect known as Currarino Triad. This syndrome is characterized by anorectal malformations, presacral masses, and/or sacral agenesis. In less obscure medical terms, Ethan was born without a rectum, with a large tumor, and parts of his sacrum missing/malformed. He was taken into surgery six times during those months as surgeons attempted to create a body that was compatible with life.
Against all odds, they succeeded.

We brought our baby home with a colostomy, mucous fistula, and vesicostomy. These are urinary and bowel diversions that bypass Ethan's 'broken' anatomy and allow him to pass urine and bowel movements safely through stomas on his belly. To complicate an already complicated situation, he also has paraplegia, epilepsy, hydronephrosis and kidney failure.
Having already cloth diapered two older children, I felt confident in my ability to diaper a typically abled infant/toddler. This was a challenge that was way beyond my scope and I needed advice. But when I asked Ethan's urologist how I should diaper Ethan, he sort of chuckled and said that he wished us the best of luck, because it was going to be a long, wet, miserable few years.
I was aghast at the lack of guidance given to parents who were newly on this special needs journey, but I refused to be discouraged. Likewise, I refused to allow my son to have the dismal experience that the urologist assumed would be his fate.

It took many hours of research and a good bit of money to finally find a cloth diapering answer that worked for us and we haven't looked back!!!
We use GroVia ONE's and they are still going strong! In that first year, when Ethan was just a tiny thing, we were able to successfully diaper him using the ONE cover and channeled soaker pads that come as a part of the system. As he grew older, larger, and his urine output increased, we created our own hybrid system of a GroVia ONE cover and disposable soakers.
Three years into the journey and he has recently had a foley catheter and a urine leg bag placed to collect his urine. We still use the ONE shell to help pad, protect, and carry the weight of his urine bag!

His anatomy and needs have been constantly changing, but we have consistently been able to find cloth options that really WORK for us! The urologist never mentioned that cloth diapers could be a safe and affordable option. Had I not already cloth diapered other children, I may never have looked back to all of the varieties, styles, and options available in cloth that just are not available in disposable diapers.
Sometimes, you have a special child, and when you have a special child, you may need to adapt a special way of diapering that is unique to your child, your family, and your situation. That's what we did, and that is what we keep doing each day as his needs change!

5 Reasons Why You Should Use Cloth Wipes

If you're using cloth diapers, you've probably considered making the switch to cloth wipes, right? When we switched, we still had disposable wipes left over, and we found it was actually MORE of a hassle to use them with cloth. Don't you hate trying to pick them out of the diapers and throw them in the trash? Have you ever washed one and had a weird mess to pull out of the dryer? Maybe your baby is sensitive to their ingredients, or you're just plain tired of buying throw away wipes, but you're not quite sure if cloth wipes are right for you. Spoiler alert: yes, you should be using cloth wipes, and here's why!

Cloth wipes are soft - You are putting the softest diapers on your baby by using cloth diapers, so wipe them with buttery soft fabric too! If your baby is irritated by disposable wipes, their hiney will love cloth.
Cloth wipes are thick and sturdy - Have you ever used 10+ disposable wipes for a dirty diaper? Ever had one slip or rip leaving your hands dirtier than you'd hoped? Cloth wipes are so thick and sturdy, you'll find yourself using far fewer of them, and keeping your hands clean!
Cloth wipes are versatile - Sensitive baby? Moisten with just water. Need extra cleaning power? Try a solution like Thirsties Booty Luster, or make your own. Pre-moisten the wipes, or use a spray bottle as you go. Stack them up, use a wipes pouch...the possibilities are endless.
Cloth wipes are reusable - Seems like a no-brainer but you can wash and reuse cloth wipes over and over. There's no waste, and the more you use them, the more cost-effective they become. BONUS: If you already have a Spray Pal diaper sprayer and shield, you can clip the messiest wipe in with your diaper to easily spray clean before you toss in the wash!
Cloth wipes have so many other uses - When your baby is out of cloth diapers, you will still want to have a stack of cloth wipes handy. They are excellent nose wipers, clean little hands in a snap, and do a better job than dinky baby washcloths. You might even find yourself using them to remove your makeup because they are just that good!

So, for all the same reasons you love your baby's cloth diapers, you'll love cloth wipes! Save money, reduce waste, and keep harsh chemicals off your baby's sensitive skin. Maybe we should start talking family cloth next, am I right? ;)
Have you made the switch to cloth wipes yet?

Make Cloth Mainstream Giveaway - Spring Style with Will and Ivey & Cloth Diapers!

Every other Monday we team up with a mainstream brand to bring you another fun and easy cloth diaper giveaway! This week's #MakeClothMainstream Monday Giveaway brand partner,  Will & Ivey, features adorable, organic baby clothes so your baby can be eco-friendly and stylish! It's the perfect #CDOOTD (cloth diaper outfit of the day) all in one prize package!

Will and Ivey offers clothing with grab and go easily-coordinated, modern, comfortable, minimalist designs. The romper (size 3-6 months) in this prize pack is organic cotton and tencel, which is produced using recyclable, Earth-friendly solvents, making it biodegradable. The romper is fully lined, with a front zipper and great style.
Finish off this adorable outfit with 2 newborn diapers from Spray Pal!
Total prize value is approximately $75.
Grab your entries in the Rafflecopter form below and share with a friend to help make cloth mainstream!
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Is an Affiliate Program right for your Small Business?

Our small business is constantly working toward finding the perfect balance between offering our customers amazing deals and keeping our business in the green. We're always experimenting with different ideas, and one thing we tried over the last two years was an affiliate program. Well, we recently discovered a way that big coupon/promo code websites are taking advantage of this system which is why we had to end our program. Read on to decide if an affiliate program is right for your small business.

The cloth diaper industry is in what some might call a slump right now. I'm not sure if it's limited to cloth diapers, or if small retailers in general are struggling to keep up with the big guys like Amazon and Walmart. I feel like it's probably more of the latter because cloth diapers as a whole have made some great strides toward becoming more mainstream over the years. But as a retailer myself, I've had to come up with some pretty creative ways to promote our online cloth diaper shop to the masses without getting lost in a sea of Amazon links. As you can imagine, this hasn't always been easy and we are constantly learning from our experiences.

One of the things we set up a while back was an affiliate program. Basically, we had lots of bloggers reaching out to us wanting to promote the Spray Pal cloth diaper sprayer and splatter shield, so we wanted to give them a way to make some sort of commission off of their work. They could sign up on our website and share their personalized link, and when a customer clicked their link and made a purchase they would get a 5% commission back to them for helping us spread the word. We really hoped this would be a great win/win situation for the influencers who were helping us spread the word and for our brand in getting our name out there. It sort of just ran on autopilot without any issues until just a couple weeks ago when I opened my inbox early one morning in February.

I opened an email from someone who had signed up as an affiliate on our website back in Fall of 2017. It was basically a form letter, and it was asking how we preferred to pay them their sales commission. We could request an invoice from them or we could just autopay a certain amount each month in advance. This took me off guard because as I mentioned, the affiliate program had been on autopilot, and no one had used any one link frequently enough to require a monthly payout (the minimum payment amount is $50 before the system will cut a check to the influencer). So I went into the backend of our website to see how often her link had been used since she signed up in October, and wouldn't you know our affiliate traffic had DOUBLED via this particular link.

Normally, I would have been ecstatic to have an influencer promoting our brand SO MUCH that we were gaining this many new customers via her recommendations and blog posts. But, here's what happened. I quickly googled their company website and Spray Pal to see what wonderful things she had been saying about our products, and here's what I found:

The orange "activate coupon" tabs you see there? Can you guess where they lead? Directly to our website. Via this company's personal affiliate link. Does it activate the coupon that they are claiming it will activate? No, it does not. So basically this a huge scam intent on misleading our customers into clicking their affiliate link so they get a 5% commission on each sale, even though they did NOTHING to promote our brand or talk about our products.

After realizing this tangled web of lies, I did a little more digging into who had actually used this affiliate link on our website because I thought, "Well, hey. If it's bringing new people into the site and turning them into customers, that's great!" But guess what. The people who had used the link were ALREADY our customers. They were people I recognized via interactions on social media. And I want to be clear, I'm not upset at these customers AT ALL. They did exactly what I MYSELF always do when I'm online shopping and I see an empty box at the checkout that says "Enter Promo Code" - I always do the google search. Open a new tab, search for Spray Pal promo code or coupon, land on this website pictured above, and click "activate coupon." WE ALL DO IT. And I never realized before this incident that so many of these sites will just take old coupons and post them with an affiliate link that leads to nothing but the website just to get people to click through and earn them money.

So, I've emailed this company back and told them that I will only pay them the commission for those customers who were brand new to our website when they used their link to purchase. And that effective immediately we will no longer offer an affiliate program. I'd rather use that money to offer you all discounts and promos like reward points directly than pay a company to run a scam that's unfair to you as a consumer and us as a small business.

And if you all wouldn't mind helping us spread the cloth diapering love and tagging us our sharing our links in the meantime, you know we'll love you for it. ;) Thanks for being so awesome and supporting our small, family run business!

Do Natural Detergents Really Work for Cloth Diapers?

As we make our way across the country with our #makeclothmainstream IRL booth educating families about the joys of cloth diapers, you can imagine that one of the most common cloth diapering questions we get asked is: "How do you wash them? Do you need to use a special detergent?" And while the technical answer is no, you don't NEED to use a special detergent on your cloth diapers as long as your detergent of choice is free of fabric softeners, there are some really valid reasons why many families do choose to use a more natural option.

Many of these questions come from parents who have started researching online and stumbled upon cloth diaper Facebook groups that troubleshoot laundry issues. The problem with joining a large cloth diapering community whose purpose is to troubleshoot issues before you actually start using cloth diapers is that you end up freaking out and anticipating that it's super difficult and challenging, but I promise it's not! It just seems like it in a group like that because everyone in there is posting their issues. No one goes into that group to share a post like I would have when I started my cloth diapering journey, which would have looked something like this:

Yes, in case you're wondering, I did in fact just post that on my personal page just to take a screenshot and delete. HA!

My point is, troubleshooting groups are simply for that. Don't go looking for trouble if you haven't already experienced issues! I would highly encourage you to test the laundry waters on your own before you do too much research. Start with whatever detergent you're using with your regular laundry, or switch to something more natural if your reason for cloth diapering is trying to eliminate harsh chemicals from being against your baby's sensitive skin. If mainstream detergent is something you prefer, that's great! But I will say, I've had people come up to me and tell me how frustrated they are when they post into a group asking for natural detergent options based on their own personal preferences and/or skin sensitivities only to have a dog pile of responses saying, "You shouldn't use natural, they won't get your diapers clean. Tide is the only thing that works." While Tide does in fact work for so many families (and again, that's great if this applies to you!) there are many families who are looking for a good nontoxic laundry alternative.

So I asked for recommendations on the Spray Pal page and we had some great responses. This post is for detergents in general:

General Laundry Tips for cloth diapers

And this post is for those looking for a more natural alternative:

Natural Detergent Tips for cloth diapers

The biggest takeaways I can offer personally are these:

1. We successfully cloth diapered both kids with natural detergents and zero issues. Here are all the brands we have used and can recommend:

• Allen's Naturally
• Molly's Suds
• Country Save
• Dropps

2. Many issues can be prevented by following these tips:

• Spray poopy diapers and super full overnight diapers with your Spray Pal diaper sprayer and shield before putting them in your pail liner.
• Do a short wash cycle first and then a full wash cycle with detergent to get them extra clean.
• If you do experience issues, talk to someone local first who will know your water better than a giant FB group.

If you ever want a somewhat smaller, less intimidating place to ask questions or troubleshoot issues, feel free to join us in The Cloth Diaper Experiment Facebook group! We hope you found this helpful. If you have any cloth diaper laundry tips you'd like to share, leave them in the comments below. We'd love to hear from you!

Earn FREE shipping on spray-pal.com for all of 2018!

EARN free shipping on spray-pal.com for all of 2018 when you place 5 orders!
Running a small business isn't easy, as so many of you realize. We wish we could offer 100% free shipping all the time, but when we run the numbers, especially with the most recent USPS rate hike, we just can't afford it. BUT, we've come up with a solution that we think you'll LOVE! Just place 5 orders with us in 2018 and you'll earn yourself FREE SHIPPING for the rest of the year! Think of it as a "Prime" membership for all of your cloth diapering needs!

We so love and appreciate the support you give our small, family-run business, and this is our way of saying thank you and giving you something back. With so many brands and products from cloth diapers and accessories to gifts, you'll love ordering whatever you want whenever you want and having it ship to you FAST and FREE! Plus, we have lots of great new exclusives coming out this year so you might want to start planning ahead!

This system should be nice and easy to maintain because our website already keeps track of your orders when it gives you your reward points. So just check under "My Account" and once you've reached 5 orders shoot us an email and let us know and we'll send you a code for FREE SHIPPING for the rest of the year!

So, to recap: When you shop small with Spray Pal, you'll get 10% back in reward points, you'll earn FREE shipping after 5 orders, and you'll be able to join our exclusive customer Facebook group with first access to fun deals, giveaways, and exclusives!!

DIY Spray Pal ideas (and why it's better to just buy the real deal)

There are several tutorials for making your own DIY Spray Pal splatter shield, and yes, we've seen them all.

So, why would we compile a list of DIY knock offs of our own patented product?? Well, like we've always said, we're here to make your cloth diapering journey easier. We want you to succeed in cloth with whatever means works best for you and your family.

But we do want to offer this warning: while some things work great when you DIY them (like a diaper sprayer for example), the Spray Pal shield is not necessarily one of them. I can't tell you how many times we've heard from people who come visit us at our baby show booths or email us to tell us that they tried a DIY version and it was a big fat fail, and they wished they had just bought the original and saved time and money. So, here's a list of the most common DIY Spray Pals and why you might want to avoid them. ;)


1. The folders, duct tape, and bag clips version. At first glance this seems like a nice, cheap way to make a Spray Pal shield that opens as wide as the original, so why not? Let's take a closer look. While you do have the advantage of choosing a folder in a color scheme that matches your bathroom, the "pros" stop there. You'll notice that the opening of this shield is taped together with duct tape. This is a problem for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to: 1) it's permanently shut so you can't close the doors to squeeze out the excess water. 2) That duct tape is about to see more poop splatter than it's meant to handle, which is none. It's meant to handle exactly zero poop. Imagine trying to clean that off after you spray your messiest diaper. 3) With all that splatter and cleaning comes WATER...and duct tape and water do not mix. From what we hear from those who have tried this, after a couple of uses that duct tape becomes super gummy and sticky and you don't want that mess near your diapers, do you? Especially when the real Spray Pal will last you years and through multiple kids in cloth diapers and beyond and it's designed to be SUPER easy to clean!

2. The milk carton and clothespins version. You may be thinking, "Hey now! I happen to have a giant milk jug and some clothes pins laying around, why not give this a shot?" Well, sure! Go for it! We're sure you'll be back to buy the real deal, which is actually probably why Diaper Junction, who happens to be a trusted Spray Pal retailer, created this DIY blog post in the first place. It probably helps them sell the real deal!!

By the time you finish cutting off all the ends of the milk jug (please be careful and watch out for sharp/rough edges), you'll realize you'll wish you'd have just clicked "buy now" and had the real deal delivered to your door. Mainly because once you actually try using this as a shield, you'll find all that cutting was a waste of time. Unless of course you're still in the newborn stage and you've decided you want to spray those diapers, because those are the only thing that will fit inside this. Just take a look at the size ratio compared to the hand in the photo. Unless that's a GIANT hand, which I'm thinking it's not, then that's a TINY shield. Plus, where do you put something like that when you're not using it? In the recycle bin, if you're asking me. ;)

3. The "cut the bottom out of a trash can" version. This is the version I see most mentioned in the Facebook groups when people ask about a Spray Pal DIY. It's quite funny. "Oh, yeah, it's super easy! For a couple bucks I buy a cheap trash can and I just cut the bottom off and voila!" Guys. Have you ever tried to cut the bottom off a trash can? It is HARD. What even is that tool she's using in box 1? Do you have one of those?? If so, by all means, try this out. But just be careful when you have house guests over that you find a place to hide this thing because you don't want used tissues tossed into the trash can with no bottom, am I right? You can only assume that by storing an actual trash can with the bottom cut out next to your toilet, you're going to get some very confused looks from your visitors and probably end up with an entirely different mess to clean up. ;) We designed the Spray Pal to fold up flat for super easy storage and to avoid this type of confusion. Just slip it in a wetbag and tuck it away!

4. The REAL deal Spray Pal. Now, for those of you who have tried one of the DIYs above, or better yet, those who were thinking about it but have decided it might not be worth the effort, I give you the list of reasons why the real deal, original Spray Pal splatter shield is worth it's weight in gold.

• The Spray Pal prototype created in 2011. It has seen much testing, many tweaks, and has lots of user experience feedback to make it the best splatter shield on the market.
• Spray Pal Splatter Shields are made out of more than 50% post-consumer recycled plastic.
• It's perfectly sized to allow space for easy spraying.
• The custom-made, sturdy clip won't let you accidentally drop the diaper in the toilet and the clip won't slip off.
• You won't experience rusting, warping or sticky duct tape.
• You can use it to squeeze the wet diaper.
• It folds flat for easy storage (see photo below).
• It's lightweight.
• Quick & easy to clean.
• You receive customer support not only with Spray Pal but with cloth diapers in general via phone, email, social media, and even Spray Pal's Team Mainstream Facebook group
  or The Cloth Diaper Experiment group.
• Your Spray Pal comes with an amazing warranty, just email us with any issues!
• Spray Pal splatter shields are made/assembled in the USA (the custom-designed clips are imported through a USA company)
• When you purchase a Spray Pal, you're supporting a family run business.
• For the cost of a week's worth of Starbucks lattes, you can purchase the real deal and get years of use out of it. Even after your babies are out of cloth diapers you can continue to use the Spray Pal system to pre-rinse ANYTHING from muddy sports clothes to bed linens that face tummy bugs, potty learning accidents, the list goes on!

So there you have it. Some of the most common DIY Spray Pal splatter shields, and why we think it's better to just buy the real deal! Have you tried a DIY or the real deal? Let us know how it went in the comments below!

Lemons and Confetti, Blossom Baby, & Spray Pal Make Cloth Mainstream Giveaway

Welcome to this week's Make Cloth Mainstream Monday Giveaway! We've teamed up with Lemons and Confetti & Blossom Baby for an amazing package for any mom. The ladies behind these three great companies have been in groups with women who have supported each other through the highs and lows of motherhood and have grown into lifelong friends.
Lemons and Confetti has a wide range of gifts both to celebrate new moms, and to comfort women who are dealing with infertility or loss.
Blossom Baby is a boutique in Silverdale, WA that's a safe space for everyone. Offering products for mom, baby and home, including cloth diapers and babywearing, they also offer cloth diaper rentals, car seat fitting, babywearing consultations and more.
Of course Spray Pal is your tool to keep your cloth diapers clean and your bathroom splatter-free.

From Jen at Spray Pal: "While I wasn't a part of the exact same village as Laura from Lemons and Confetti and Lori from Blossom Baby, I've got my own similar group of women from a miscarriage and loss board on The Bump. Nearly 8 years ago I joined this village of around 100 women and we've been in close contact ever since, supporting each other through the highs and lows of motherhood, loss, and life in general. When I saw the gift boxes that Laura puts together through Lemons and Confetti, I knew we'd have to collaborate on something great to give back to these villages we all belong to. It's a sad fact that so many of these virtual villages exist across the interwebs, but the truth is that 1 in 4 women will experience infertility or loss and it's not something easily discussed in the "real world." I know personally, I wouldn't have made it through those dark times without these women to lean on. This prize package will focus more on new parents, but I'm so glad we can help get the word out that Lemons and Confetti exists and carries a wonderful assortment of supportive gift boxes of moms who are experiencing the most devastating of losses put together by someone who has been there."

One winner will receive a great prize package:
Lemons & Confetti
This gift box is meant to serves as a survival kit to a new mom, helping to make her transition a smooth one! Gift box includes:
-Coffee mug from Emily McDowell Studios, to provide a source of encouragement and caffeine.
-Dream balm from Wild Origins, to help with those sleepless nights.
-Dry shampoo from Twinkle Apothecary because, duh, showering is hard with a newborn.
-Nipple Balm from Wild Botanicals. ‘Nuff Said.
-Chocolate dipped pretzel rods from Fatty Sundays. Because, snacks.

Blossom Baby
-Logan + Lenora Blush Stripe Wristlet Clutch - Carry around all of your necessities in this stylish clutch that doubles as a wetbag, makeup bag, or is perfect for any personal care items with it's waterproof lining and easy to care for stain-proof, machine washable fabric.
-Jarware Mason Jar Fruit Infusion Lid + 16oz Mason Jar - Take care of yourself and your body with this neat universal mason jar lid that helps you hydrate through the day while infusing delicious fruit in your water for a bit of extra flavor.
-Badass Affirmation Card Deck by Angie Hotz - These badass affirmation cards can help you remember to that you are amazing and you deserve to be treated with love, respect, and kindness - especially by yourself. You will get through the toughest of times and remember how strong you are, and remember how to take care of yourself in this time of need.

Spray Pal $50 gift card to spend on a variety of gifts from cloth diapers and accessories to candles and essential oil rollers www.spray-pal.com.

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Spray Pal at Bump to Baby Franklin January 27th

Are you in Middle Tennessee? Mark your calendars for January 27th, 2018 for Bump to Baby Franklin. We'll be selling cloth diapers & accessories in the Spray Pal booth and we'd love for you to stop by and say hi. Jen and Dave will be there to answer any cloth diapering questions you may have!
This baby expo is great for new or expectant parents and their friends and family. The baby fair will feature more than 35 vendors, all day workshops (every 30 minutes from 10-5) and even a fashion show.
You'll be able to visit with vendors like photographers, sleep consultants, nutritionists, pediatric offices, party planners, midwives and doulas, boutiques and much more.
Tickets are $10 online & $15 at the door. Children 12 and under are free.
Get your tickets now & we'll see you there!

Last Chance for Lalabye Baby I Love You a Latte - Final Exclusive Release

A post shared by Spray Pal For #clothdiapers (@spraypal) on Sep 26, 2017 at 6:25am PDT

RELEASE UPDATE: We now know that this release will happen on THIS Wednesday, Jan 10th at 11am Central Time!

Product Prices:Cover - $20.00
Grab N Go wetbag - $18.00
Quick Trip wetbag - $15.00
T-shirts - $15.00
Magnets - $10.00
Newborn diaper - $18.00
OS Grab N Go Bundle - $42.00
OS Quick Trip Bundle - $39.00
OS diaper - $24.00
OS Bundle - $83.00
Ultimate Bundle - $95.00

PLEASE READ: Due to the limited quantities available, there will be a ONE item limit per product listed. Meaning you can purchase 1 bundle and 1 individual diaper, wetbag, cover, etc. but you can't add more than ONE of any individual item to your cart.
 

We WILL have bundles available for purchase. These will include the following: 

Ultimate bundle: Includes one of the following: OS diaper, OS cover, Grab n Go, Quick Trip, newborn diaper + FREE T-shirt! (just mention size in order comments) - VERY LIMITED

One Size Bundle: 2 OS diapers, 1 cover, 1 Quick Trip wetbag + FREE t-shirt! (just mention size in order comments) - VERY LIMITED 

OS diaper + Grab n Go wetbag

OS diaper + Quick Trip wetbag

Stay tuned for a FB live before the release where we will announce some special FREE GIFTS with purchase!!

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The final release of this amazing print is coming sometime next week. One size diapers, newborns, covers, and both sizes of wetbags will be available in very limited quantities. We're still working out the details for purchase limits (because we'll probably need some) and bundles for purchase, but we will keep you posted! If there's a bundle you'd love us to create for easier shopping, let us know in the comments below!

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When the time comes, you'll find in-stock items HERE but don't wait. We expect these will go quickly and when they're gone, they're gone!

Be sure you're on our email list and follow our social media for the release date and time so you don't miss out! CLICK HERE TO JOIN EMAIL LIST

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Shop I Love You a Latte:

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Fuzzibunz Cloth Diapers & Spray Pal Make Cloth Mainstream Giveaway

Welcome to this week's Make Cloth Mainstream Monday Giveaway! We've teamed up with Fuzzibunz to offer you a great prize package this week.

You may know Fuzzibunz for their highly adjustable pocket diapers. You can get the perfect fit for your baby via their buttonhole elastic. Add their organic inserts and adorable prints/colors, and you have a match made in heaven.

Naturally, Spray Pal can help you keep your cloth diapers clean and your bathroom splatter-free.

One winner will receive a great prize package which includes:

Two Fuzzibunz diapers
& Spray Pal bundle with a diaper sprayer and splatter shield.

Total prize value is approximately $107.

Grab your entries in the Rafflecopter form below and share with a friend to help make cloth mainstream!

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Lalabye Baby & Spray Pal Make Cloth Mainstream Giveaway

Welcome to this week's Make Cloth Mainstream Monday Giveaway! We've teamed up with Lalabye Baby to offer you a fun prize package this week.

Have you met Lalabye Baby yet? They offer one-size diapers, diaper covers and adorably tiny newborn diapers all in awesome prints & colors. Oh, and did we mention they make accessories like wet/dry bags too? P.S. You can check out all the Lalabye Baby products carried by Spray Pal on our website.

Of course, you know (and love, right?) Spray Pal. As mentioned above, you can shop with us for cloth diapers, accessories & lots more in addition to our beloved splatter shield & diaper sprayer.

One winner will receive a great prize package which includes:

Winner's choice of solid color Lalabye Baby diaper
& Spray Pal splatter shield

Total prize value is approximately $45.

Grab your entries in the Rafflecopter form below and share with a friend to help make cloth mainstream!

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Giveaway - We're Thankful for You! Enter to win a Getting Started Bundle

It's Thanksgiving, and we're thankful for you, so we have a great giveaway for you, to show our appreciation! We're really excited to share all the fun we'll be having this weekend after Thanksgiving ends and we switch gears to our HUGE Black Friday through Cyber Monday sales and giveaways! But we don't want the sales to overshadow the spirit of the season, and we couldn't be more THANKFUL for all of YOU!! In fact, this feeling of gratitude is what inspired us to start our brand new REWARD POINTS program so you can earn points for all those purchase you make on www.spray-pal.com. Stay tuned Friday for all the announcements, and enter below to WIN it before it goes on sale! We will announce the winner on Thursday so everyone else can score this life-changing bundle during our big sale!

One winner will receive a Spray Pal Getting Started Bundle which includes:
Spray Pal diaper sprayer
Spray Pal splatter shield
Jaq Jaq Bird Wet Bag
Total prize value is approximately $89.95.
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Spray Pal Reward Points Program!

Well, Spray Pal fans? It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for. Now, thanks to modern technology and lots of blood, sweat, and tears (ok, maybe there wasn’t actual blood involved), we have FINALLY fulfilled your wildest dreams of earning reward points every time you shop with us! YESSSS!!!

We see you out there, savvy shoppers. We’re in the groups and forums with you, and we know what you want. The minute a new release is announced by a brand I can literally count down from ten, open my laptop, and wait for the first post like this to appear:

“OMG you guys this new print is AHHHHMAAAAAZING!!! I am going to need it in pockets and AIO. So, who’s your favorite retailer with the best reward points?”

And before today, I would cry a little inside every time I saw this post knowing that there was NO WAY that the best little cloth diaper website in the world (ahem, www.spray-pal.com) would get mentioned because it just wasn’t possible. We didn’t have a loyalty program set up. BUT NO MORE!! Never again will a tiny tear trace the line of my slightly wrinkled and puffy under-eye bags because NOW my friends you CAN recommend Spray Pal as the most awesome place every to shop and earn reward points!!

Here’s how it works: Once you are a customer with us you are automatically enrolled. Every dollar spent on products from our website earns you a point. Once you have 100 points accumulated, you can redeem them for $10 in store credit. That’s basically 10% back on all your purchases! Pretty amazing, right?

You can check out all the terms and conditions HERE and once you’ve determined that this is IN FACT the most awesome place to buy cloth diapers and accessories, you can shop HERE.
What’s that you say? Ohhhh, stop. We know you love us. You don’t have to thank us profusely like that. We understand this is an emotional moment, so take a minute if you need to compose yourself. We really just love you guys so much and we want to thank you for being the best customers out there, so really, you’ve earned this. ;)

4 Creative Ways to Store Your Spray Pal Splatter Shield

If you have a Spray Pal Splatter Shield, we know you love it, but where do you store it? One of our suggestions is to store it in a wet bag and hang from the doorknob, but we also want to share these clever storage solutions from our customers!

In a Smart Bottoms On The Go Wetbag! It fits perfectly! - Trisha L.

We have zero room on the walls or next to the toilet. Creative husband = solution! - Hannah D

I drilled a hole in mine so I could hang it up! The Command hook is perfect for this. - Meghan R.

After we clean it, in the tub/shower. - Courtnay H.

How do you store your Spray Pal Splatter Shield?

Getting Started with Cloth Diapers: Step 3

In continuing with our "bite-sized" series on how to use cloth diapers, today we'll be talking all about how to store your diapers. This is one of those things that becomes super easy and clear once you jump in and get started with cloth, but many parents who are still in the planning stages are very curious about how this looks in real life. So watch and see how we store our clean diapers between uses as well as our dirty diapers that are waiting for wash day.

How do YOU store your cloth diapers? Leave us a comment below to let us know!

Spray Pal Down Under!

EDITED APRIL 2017 TO ADD: Every sprayer now includes a non-return valve at no extra charge!! You asked and we listened! :)

The time has finally come. After nearly a year of testing various sprayer adapters, we're launching the same great diaper sprayer that has gained massive popularity here in the USA, just with the correct fittings to easily install it on your Australian toilet! No more dunk and swish down under! No more spending extra money on liners that can damage your plumbing! The Spray Pal system makes nappy clean up so easy and mess-free, you'll be dancing in the streets telling all your friends and family how awesome cloth diapers can be...even when dealing with the poop! ;)

Cloth skeptics, beware...the cloth advocates now have one more tool up their sleeves to convince you that cloth CAN BE DONE. And easily, too. :)

We're mostly excited that we can start saying cloth nappies legitimately now!

Special bonus, when you shop on your website, your flat rate international shipping will qualify for anything else we carry on our website, so be sure to stock up on any other cloth diapers or accessories you need! Also, to make things easy, you can change the currency on our site to AU$ and it will automatically convert things for you. Happy shopping!

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My Social Media "Me Time"

I wanted to share this with you this morning. A lot of times before the kids wake up (I'm not trying to say my kids are sleeping in by any means, I'm just a naturally early riser), I'll spend the quiet time just looking around on social media. It's my ME time. I sip my coffee and follow my clicking fingers down rabbit holes that often take me to some pretty interesting places.

Today I did my morning story watch on Snapchat. Lately, this is how I begin my "me time" routine. (At least, ever since I've started getting the hang of this crazy Snapchat thing I swore I'd always avoid. Totally eating my words.) I've been particularly loving watching Hillary Rushford's snaps from the Italian Riviera as it is giving me the perfect opportunity to practice my Zen as I try not to feel complete and utter jealousy and focus on the beauty that she is sharing while living vicariously through her Sabbatical.

One of her snaps this morning mentioned hopping over to Instagram to leave a comment on a post (great social media engagement tip, BTW). Dutifully, I went right over and starting scrolling through her IG feed. I went from posts showcasing beautiful scenes of the Italian Riviera down to a photo of an open page of a book that caught my eye. Clicked to learn more about said book. Clicked the book's hashtag. Found some more photos of this book, then my eye landed on a photo of three books (the original book in question plus two more) laid out on a furry rug. I clicked this photo to learn more about the new books. One was written by Elizabeth Gilbert of "Eat, Pray, Love" fame (hello, crazy Sabbatical coincidence!) and the poster had tagged her. So I clicked through to her account. That's where I found this:

Do you ever go down a social media rabbit hole? I actually make it a habit, and it's surprising how much I learn. Today's rabbit hole led me from @hilaryrushford to @elizabeth_gilbert_writer and inspired a blog post. And yes, I tied it all back to #clothdiapers. 😂 Check out the blog to see how! 💕 #linkinprofile #makeclothmainstream #influence #staypositive

A photo posted by Spray Pal (@spraypal) on May 28, 2016 at 6:00am PDT

And this was the fruit of today's random clicking because it inspired me. This little graphic inspired this entire blog post. And here's the craziest thing you should know about me: I can tie PRACTICALLY ANYTHING back to cloth diapers, including an inspirational Elizabeth Gilbert quote. #talent

In the case of this quote, it struck me as the perfect mantra for anyone using cloth. You know how you'll get friends asking about your diapers on play dates? Or you'll post a photo of your baby in fluff on social media and a random Internet person will see it and ask what the diapers are all about? Well, this is your opportunity to be an influencer. Whether you're Instafamous, a blogger, or just a mom sharing a cute photo of her baby in cloth, how you respond matters. Whatever you say WILL be contagious. You may not realize it, but your response will be heard or read by many more people above and beyond the person who originally asked the question, so keep that in mind as you reply. Your play date friend may strike up a convo with another mom about it down the road. And on social media, if your account is public, many more people will read the conversation on your post than you realize. If you stay POSITIVE, it WILL be contagious!

Let's play pretend for a minute. Imagine you just posted a picture of your darling in the latest print you've obtained and someone comments with, "Wow, that diaper is adorable! I wish I could do cloth but it just seems like so much work. My friend tried it and she said she was CONSTANTLY doing laundry." :::Insert fed up non-smiling emoji here::: It looks like someone who didn't read this blog post has already been spreading their influence. But fear not! Positivity is much more powerful!

Now let me give you two sample replies, and you choose which you'd rather see be contagious. Because they both will be, no question.

Response option #1: Yeah, the diapers are super cute, but the laundry can be tiring if you let it get out of hand. It's worth it, though!

Response option #2: Yeah, aren't they cute?! I was actually nervous about the time commitment when we started with cloth, but it's been a lot easier than I expected! Just a few extra loads of laundry a week. If you ever want to give it a shot, just let me know! I'm happy to help.

Both responses are honest, right? But just that slight lean to the negative side can be very off-putting. Response #2 is only worded a little bit differently than #1, but it makes all the difference in motivating and encouraging someone who may be on the fence.

And while I am applying this quote and this concept of influence to cloth diapers, it's honestly something that applies to all areas of life. "We all have more influence than we realize" so let's choose our words accordingly.