Over the past couple of months, I have had the pleasure of getting to know fellow author and Mom Adria Fuller.  She is best known for her book "The Complete Cloth Diaper Book."

As many of you know, I too wrote a book "Diapers on a Dime" where I show new moms ways to save money when getting ready for baby, and the two books really go hand in hand, so I wanted to give my readers a short bio on Adria and a little insight into why cloth diapering is a good choice for many parents and parents-to-be. 

My name is Adria Fuller. I am the author of The Complete Cloth Diaper book and I would like to share my story with you.

When I was pregnant with my first child, I hadn’t thought much about how I was going to diaper him. I was at a baby shower when someone there mentioned that disposable diapers were the #1 item in landfills. A short time later, I heard another person make the same type of statement. I lived in an area fairly close to a landfill and had the pleasure of experiencing ‘great smells’ that seemed to fill the air on really hot summer days. Whether the statement about being the #1 item in landfills was accurate or not, I knew that a baby would go through a LOT of diapers and having them disposable would create so much unnecessary waste! I just couldn’t bring myself to create that much waste that would be put into our environment when I could just wash and re-use cloth diapers. I began to investigate our options for cloth diapers and found so many wonderful solutions that really were quite convenient. I, like many others, learned through experience which would be the best for us and at which time. I have experimented with such a variety of diaper styles! I would find myself satisfied with a certain type at one point in time and then find that at another time a different type of cloth diaper fit our sitation better. I also found that certain types/brands of diapers didn’t seem to quite fit my baby’s body shape as good as another.

Through much diaper research and trial, I learned of other great benefits to cloth diapers. They are much more soft, better for baby as they are chemical/gel free, can be much more form fitting, less expensive, etc. I actually cringed the first time I put a disposable on my third when she was a newborn because it seemed to feel so ‘papery’ and rough to me – didn’t seem right next to her soft new skin!

After trying several diapers and covers on the market, I decided that I wanted to experiment with sewing my own. At first, I think I was interested in the cost savings. But after I got started, I thought it was just plain fun to try to make the perfect diapering system for us. There are so many great fabrics available that you can experiment with combinations to get the best of all worlds… great absorbency, soft and quick drying.

I found that friends and family members were coming to me to get a cloth diaper education. I was able to give them a wealth of information because I had tried almost every diaper style and fabric available. I could tell them, from experience, the pros and cons of each style, as well as the ways I had learned worked best to care for them. I noticed that this was helpful to them and they didn’t have to go through all the trial-and-error that I did to choose a diaper that would work for them. While much information was available to them through bouncing around on the internet, they chose to go to one experienced source (me) and glean from it. This gave me the idea to write my book, The Complete Cloth Diaper Book. I noticed from all my personal searching on the internet that I could find blocks of diapering information here and there and piece it together. There was also sewing information available to piece together. I found diaper patterns for sale. But, I never found a ‘one-stop’ information source that gave me a diaper resource for style options, laundering/care options, troubleshooting, re-waterproofing, pros/cons of each style, fabric and notion information, sewing techniques, patterns, step-by-step illustrated instructions and the first-hand knowledge that comes from using and sewing so many different styles all in one handy place to refer to. I spent many, many hours looking around  different resources to piece together the information I wanted when I began cloth diapering. When my friends and family kept coming to me for infomation, I realized that this tool was definitely something parents could use! So, I wrote this comprehensive book that is really a full, unique package!

We are currently running a wonderful limited time offer. Anyone who buys a copy of The Complete Cloth Diaper Book will receive 5% off of purchases at Diapercuts.com. This is a perfect companion to the book because Diapercuts sells such a great variety of diaper sewing fabrics and notions for the person who wants to try sewing their diapers. But, if someone does not want to sew diapers, Diapercuts still offers products that would be useful to them. They carry items such as Waterguard (a re-waterproofing spray for covers/AIOs), DeoDisks (deoderizers for diaper pails), Snap-Setting Service, fabrics for other things you might like to sew (like waterproof diaper duds bags, blankets, gifts) and gift certificates.

If you or someone you know is expecting a baby or has little ones in diapers, you may enjoy this resource. I invite you to explore diapering options with me in The Complete Cloth Diaper Book, or receive our free informational resource newsletter found at http://www.didees.com.

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