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Rave Review & Giveaway~ Bum Boosa Baby Products!

6/5/2012

Cape Cod Mommies is excited to be co-sponsoring June's Giveaway with Bum Boosa Bamboo Products ! Bumboosa ws founded by fellow Cape Cod Mom, Sonja Sheasley. A few years ago, Sonja took classes at the Sandwich Village Herb Shop (now closed) in an effort to make natural lotions for her children due to their sensitive skin.

As many of you may know, baby wipes and the majority of mainstream baby products contain harmful chemicals. Many times these same products profess to be for "sensitive skin" or say they will clear up diaper rash. I have found those products to be very misleading, often times finding that those products actually further aggravated sensitive skin. I can usually be found on the weekend at local Farmer's Markets trying to track down homemade calendula oil or lotion to treat my son's excema and rashes. So I was thrilled when I had the amazing opportunity to try out the Bum Boosa products! Bum Boosa Products are eco-friendly anod not filled with ANY harsh chemicals! They get their bamboo from China but are made right here in the U.S.A. and I always think it is nice to support local business, especially a Cape Cod business!

Right off the bat, I was drawn to the fabulous smelling wipes! A baby wipe that actually smells good even after it has wiped an atomic size mess up is a winner in my book. The smell of lavender and citrus is beyond pleasing. In fact, at a recent family cookout, I kept receiving compliments over my scent: "Wow, you smell fantastic! Is that lavender?" Imagine their surprise when I informed them it was actually my sons' baby wipes! I even gave a wipe to my son to play with and he was super excited by it. He kept smelling it in true yogi style saying, "Mama, ahhhhh".

When I first opened the package of wipes, I thought it was smaller than a standard wipe, but I realized it was just folded and shaped differently. Oh Happy Day! Bum Boosa wipes still have the same surface area as standard wipes do! And I managed to make 2 packs of 80 ct wipes last me 3 weeks! Now that is bang for your buck!

I am also totally in love with Bum Boosa diaper cream! It is 100% natural and made from bamboo powder, oils and herbs! It is completely free of any preservatives, synthetic fragrances and dyes! This is a win-win and a little goes a long way! My son is so sensitive to so many products and foods that he often gets a diaper rash especially after citrus or tomatos. Since we started using a little bit of this cream, we have been rash free and smell fantastic!!!

Local Cape Cod Mom, Sonja knows just how important it is to be eco-friendly and keep our children chemical free (read more about her by clicking on the picture to the left). She is working with other groups and organizations towards persuading the industry to grow bamboo here in the United States.

My favorite part about all of the Bumboosa products is that I am being eco-friendly to both of child and the planet! I love that I can do my small part in my everyday routine and now have an option for products that are not mainstream, though these really should be!

Bum Boosa Baby Wipes were also chosen as the 2012 Favorite Product Winner by Organic Baby University! They were also a 2011 Winner of Mother Approved/Child Tested Awards (MACT) and Bum Boosa is Proud to Be Included on the
SafeMama.com List for Safe Baby Wipes!

You can find Bum Boosa products at Big Y stores in western MA, at EcoMom.Com and Amazon as well as at the Green Design Center in Mashpee.

To celebrate Summer, Bum Boosa has generously donated a swag bag for a Giveaway to go to ONE lucky Cape Cod Mom! The Eco Baby Gift Bag comes with (3) packages of their bamboo baby wipes, a 4 ounce bamboo diaper rash ointment, and a 10 ml bottle of pure grade lavender essential oil with suggested uses and safety information. This is valued at $39.99 and will be delivered free of charge to the winner. Bum Boosa will also be participating in the upcoming debut of the Cape Cod Mommies Discount Club (stay tuned for how you can save on Bum Boosa Products!) There are lots of ways to enter and you can enter multiple days! Goodluck and Happy Wiping!

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Top 5 Reasons to Cloth Diaper

11/29/2011

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There are numerous reasons why parents choose to cloth diaper instead of using disposable diapers. Many do because of economics, others for the environment, but these are the top 5 reasons why parents choose cloth over plastic for the baby’s bottom.

Savings: At nearly $40 for a package of regular disposable
diapers and even more for more eco-friendly disposable diapers, the costs of
using disposable diapers adds up quickly. And that’s not including the costs of
accessories such as the pail, plastic bags, and wipes. With cloth diapering, a
parent can purchase all their cloth diapers for new baby for as little as $100
and even more fancier cloth diapering systems are roughly $500-$700, saving a
parent around $2000-$3000 during the time their child is in diapers.

Environment: One single disposable diaper will take at
least 500 years to decompose in a landfill. There are billions of disposable
diapers thrown into our landfills. In addition, our environment takes a hit with
the mass production of plastic diapers each day. With cloth diapers, parents can
reuse their diapers and even once their child is out of diapers, parents can
reuse the diapers with future children or pass them on to new parents to
reuse.

Toxins: Disposable diapers contain dioxin, a highly-toxic
carcinogen and Tibutyl-tin (TBT), a toxic pollutant and hormonal disruptor. Many
parents choose cloth diapers to avoid putting potential toxins near their baby’s
sensitive areas.

Cuteness factor: Once you see a baby in a modern cloth diaper, it goes without saying how incredibly cute the baby looks in cloth diapers. With the many prints, colors and styles available, most parents find cloth diapering enjoyable and fun.

Rashes: Another reason why parents make the switch or start
out with cloth diapers is to avoid the rashes that can occur with cloth diapers.
Many parents have recently had babies break out in open sores rashes that they
are convinced were caused by a popular brand of disposable diapers. But even
before the break out of such rashes, babies experience many more rashes in
disposable diapers than they do in cloth diapers.

In general, a parent choose cloth diapers for one of these reasons or a combination of these. I’d love to hear your reasons for using cloth diapers or making the switch to cloth and welcome you to post them here.

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Rave Review & Giveaway~ Bum Boosa Baby Products!

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