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Did you see "My Green and Natural Pregnancy" listed on THE TOP 10 PREGNANCY BLOGS FOR EXPENCTANT MOMS by Pregnancy Magazine? "Researching all of the different things that can happen while you're waiting for the stork to arrive with your little bundle of joy will make you all the more prepared to handle any challenges that emerge along the way. My Green and Natural Pregnancy For some moms, steering clear of chemicals and other pollutants is not just important – it can have a transformative effect on the way a woman handles each trimester! For tips on green living, visit My Green and Natural Pregnancy." Check it out at: http://www.pregnancymagazine.com/pregnancy-news/pregnancy-lifestyle/the-top-10-pregnancy-blogs-for-expectant-moms/

This is the real world, not Hollywood, but here goes my first video!  Here I am demonstrating how to cloth diaper using prefolds.  This is my very easy way of diapering where I only do one load of laundry per week!  Enjoy and don't forget to check out why I cloth diapered baby #3 and the details of cloth diapering the easy way with prefolds . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uk975ujPXQ&feature=player_embedded

Baby #3 was born while I still had 3 kids aged 4 and under at home. I had to shave down daily tasks to a "survival" level yet I continued to cloth diaper my baby because I had discovered a great system . It is so easy that I had to share it with you. Here's a video of the diapers in action. Disposable Diapers Do you ever think about disposable diapers? They are made in a factory with a ton of chemicals and plastics then transported to your local store. What a carbon footprint! Oh wait, after they are used, they sit in a landfill for 450 years according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . Yeah, yeah disposable diapers are not going to cause the human race to cease but it hardly feels like it helps our environment. I have heard arguments that cloth diapering is worse than disposable diapers because water is used to wash them.  Maybe if you wash daily but I wash weekly and there is no way that one load of wash comes anywhere near the environmental impact of makin

So Healthline put this blog on their 2013 Best Pregnancy Blogs list.  It makes me so happy to hear that women are really taking to empowering themselves about their choices wether it be with their caregiver, self-care, breastfeeding, birthing method, or soon to be parenting method. You have all inspired me to keep writing and I promise a new post within two weeks.  This three young kids thing is no easy task (especially if they are as spirited as mine)! Hugs to everyone.