Hypnobabies Toddler Sleepy Time Review

I was really excited about getting this script for Kalila... I loved the Hypnobabies childbirth class. I figured this would probably be the same.

I decided to go with the MP3 version because it was a little cheaper and no shipping... or waiting. I got it downloaded and told Kalila about it. She was excited too and we decided to let her listen to it right then to see what it was like. Was about time for a nap anyway...

That was a bad bad idea.  At first she was all into it. I saw her sitting with her eyes screwed shut, a smile on her face... and before I knew it she was running out of the room mad that she was lied to.  The story was telling her it was night time.. it wasn't night time.

That night I tried to put it on and she fought it.  Finally the second time through she relaxed and listened.  The next day she complained again. Begged to listen to music instead.  After awhile I stopped trying.  Thanks to that little preview the whole thing seemed ruined.

I was sad honestly.  The story is just cute.  A little girly.  I'm not sure ZJ will want to listen to it when he's older (but we'll see). Plus it was a Hypnobabies thing. I love Hypnobabies. I want to become an instructor one day.

Skip forward to a couple days ago.  ZJ was having trouble calming down. I got the kids in bed and told Kalila that I was turning it on and said it was for him and that I didn't want to hear any comments about it. She grumbled a little, but not too badly.  We let it play several times over and both kids went to sleep.  Yesterday Kalila asked me about it, and told me how much she likes it!  All the sudden the "fairy story" is a huge hit here. Its played every night since.

I guess she just needed time.

CJ's BUTTer - Review

It took us almost a year (or over a year) to finally get a bottle of CJ's BUTTer. I wish it hadn't. We finally got some a few weeks ago during a promotion on Go Baby Go and I love the stuff.

Backing up just a bit... ZJ (well all of us) got sick a couple weeks before we got this. A stomach bug... complete with diarrhea. Poor thing was miserable and of course it caused a nasty rash.

Well we got this stuff in and in about two days his rash was completely healed. The texture is a bit different than most rash creams... it really does look and feel like thick melted butter lol. The smell... Well we picked Sweet Memories. It took me a bit to figure out which to try first honestly. The last cream we tried smelled so bad and was a main reason we wanted to try a new one. I like this one. I am still curious about some of the others, but this one is nice. And... ZJ likes it.

Now granted we have not tried this on a yeast rash yet (thankfully he is not prone to them like his sis) so I'm not sure how it will do for that... but I think we've found a new favourite.

Cow Patties AI2 Review

 Yeah, I know I just did a CPCD review not too long ago. We got two more diapers though and besides showing off the cuteness... I do have a few things I wanted to share about these.

Unlike our other diapers, these are AI2's. I've never used one before and honestly hadn't planned to. I wasn't really sure what the difference was, as I've seen several different descriptions online. Some use the term for something that just looks like a pocket diaper, some an AIO with extra space and some a hybrid system. I was a little surprised when I opened these up and saw they were AI2's... But then again I was suprised to see the diapers in the first place :-D

The diapers themselves:

I didn't get an inside shot of both, but I did get one. You can see where or how the insert snaps in.

What you can't see here is there is still a pocket just like the pocket diapers we have. I don't have extra CPCD inserts so I've been stuffing them with others we had already, I've pretty much consistently used one microfiber one and one hemp.

A few action shots:

Thoughts:

I absolutely love them. The snap in insert does not add in any bulk to the diaper. The spiderman print is bulkier than our other diapers, but its the material used on the outside. No complaints there because it is stinking adorable and super soft. Both diapers are for that matter.

The inserts themselves are very soft as well... so there's nothing to irritate ZJ's skin. Another bonus. And because of the material she uses for the inside of the diaper if he is just wet and its caught early enough it can be reused as a pocket diaper. If we had extra inserts I'm sure that could be used as well, but we don't. Either way it still helps stretch our stash a little further.

Another bonus is that we've found these two work much better overnight than most of the pockets we have. We still don't use them much at night since they're way too cute for that, but I don't worry about it if we need to.

I'm still happy with our older diapers and have things that I love about each of them, but we've pretty much decided when we get more (is on hold, but Baba does have a couple in mind) they'll be AI2's.

Rosary Winner!

Congrats Ashley D!

Sorry for the delay here (although it wasn't by much lol), we took a trip to the park and I hadn't realized it ended.

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 3

Note: max was set for 4 not 100 lol. 

GroVia Shell Review

Many of you may know that GroVia used to be under another name and had a cover called the WonderWrap. I got one when Kalila was smaller and it went from something I didn't really care for to my favourite cover. I was sad when they stopped making them.

Around the same time they came out with these GroVia shells. A hybrid system. I have nothing against hybrid diapers, but I didn't really see a reason to try them until I recieved this one last May.

By the time I did, I'd learned you can use hybrid shells as covers for prefolds, which helped with that part of it. And coming from the makers of Wonder Wraps I expected to like it. I was right.

Yes its cute. I'll admit cute factor does play a part for me now lol. But it also works very well. We have not had a single leak with this "cover". Its very trim.  Note: because of the trimmness I fold a newborn sized prefold trifold and lay it inside similar to how you'd put one of their inserts in. Which is great since I have way more of those than any other sizes. And my favourite thing about it is the touch tape. This stuff is strong. It took at least 2 months for ZJ to figure out how to get it off. It holds up very well. And I love the laundry tabs with a "belt loop" type thing to keep them where they belong.  I do wish now that I'd been able to get snaps, but only because he's figured out how to get it off and I have to cover this cute diaper up when we use it now.

Disclaimer: I did recieve this shell free for becoming an affiliate, opinions are still my own.. not getting compinsated for them.

Mama Kalila's Rosaries - Giveaway!

A couple years or so ago I opened a small online store called Mama Kalila's Rosaries that (mostly) specialized in custom rosaries. Having quite a few Mission Moshi rosaries left over, I added them to my store as well. Since then I've thought a few times about tweaking the store, adding other homemade items to it, etc. but just hadn't. 

Long story short, about a month ago or so I got a random order. One of those that happens right when you need it most. In honor of that order, and of it just going out... I'm going to do a giveaway here! And... I am updating my store. I've moved it over to Facebook (linked here) since the site I used before was more trouble than its worth. I will have more than rosaries in there eventually, but that won't be at least until January.

Sorry not the best photo, will get a better one asap lol. 

Rules: Leave a comment per entry. Please include your email address, if I can't reach you I can't let you know you've won!

Manditory entry:  Which colour rosary would you prefer? Black/silver, Black/black, red, white or blue.

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• GFC follower of this NQH...HM blog
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Giveaway ends Sept 8th at noon (central). I'll post the winner soon after :-)

Cow Patties Review

I have a bit of a cloth diaper addiction. I say a bit of because I've never really done anything about it before lol. Baba keeps me in check... We really only get them when we need them (and usually on sale) or if I've won one. About a month or so ago I won a Cow Patties Cloth Diaper from Marni's Organized Mess... This diaper has changed things a bit for us.

First off, as excited as I was when I saw I'd won... Baba was even more so right from the beginning. Why? We chose the Batman print. Before the diaper even got here, after seeing some of her others online, he told me that if I get prints like that (or World of Warcraft, Star Wars, etc) I can order more diapers. You know as long as we can afford it lol.

Our Batman diaper came in and we both fell in love... The kids love it too. Its stinking adorable. I even love the black lining... for one thing it looks cute, but also there's no way you can see stains on this diaper.

It really wasn't long after it came that Baba ok'd our first Cow Patties Purchase... As soon as she posted the picture of the Marvel print... So another cute diaper sent our way. And as much as I like the black lining on the first... I have to mention this one as well because despite the green (which I don't dislike, don't get me wrong) its even nicer. It is soooo soft. And easy to clean too.

We already have one more on its way sometime soon. Captain America.

*picture taken from her FB page*

I'm not sure exactly when it will get here since my BIL is getting ZJ two more and we figured it might be best to ship them together.

Obviously we really like these... but skipping past cute factor:

They do work well. No leaks, no blowouts... They are easy to stuff (nice wide pockets). They fit my son well, although I am still getting used to the way the snaps are placed. Not a bad thing, just takes me a second or two more right now.

The inserts are easy to work with. One long insert that you fold. I think I'd (personally) like it a little wider, but it works. And I do really like being able to adjust how they are folded for whatever need we have.

The price is great. Even when you add the shipping cost on, its still less than most of the brands we've bought before. Not a huge difference after shipping, but still.

But I do have to say I don't use these for night-time. I tried once with the Batman diaper and it soaked through. I don't know if I should have used more (or different) inserts or what, but I'm not really all that worried about it either. Baba and I discussed it the other day and we don't really want to use them for night time diapers. These are cute. We want to see them lol.

I think the biggest downside (if you want to call it that) to this diaper is that its blown the whole Baba keeping me in check over diapers out of the water. He's not going crazy or anything, but still...