One Red Hot Country Mama!

As our baby’s due date approaches, we are trying to get as ready as possible. The parents I know say that it is impossible, that you can never really be prepared, but hey, we got to try our best anyway. So – we got a crib from my sister, a new changing table some fun decor such as a giant paper butterfly and a metallic lizard from this crazy importer of international stuff near our home called Primitive Designs.

Another thing that is getting ready for baby’s room is some cloth diapers. Although I am totally NOT into adding a bunch of complication in my life, I am going to try it out to see what happens. The happy surprise as I do the research, is that is an industry FULL of women entrepreneurs! I did my initial order at Caterpillar Baby. I ordered at 12:00 PM during a Monday, and got the order first thing Tuesday morning. They have a great article on their website called Why Cloth – 10 Good Reasons. Biggest reason for me is the landfill use – it is gross to think that the diapers will still be around in 100s of years, and the fact that their are 4 million diapers being thrown away in Canada alone is insane. It is also a good money saver, especially if we have more than one eventually.

The diapers we chose were Bum Genius. We got both the newborn ones and the expandible ones. The newborn ones are much more simple looking, they are just a cloth version of the familiar disposable. They have very hip colors (we got a soft blue and a bright green combo) and they are super-soft on the inside, so will be comfy for the new little boy. The expandible ones look a bit more complicated, so I think I may opt to get different sizes as he gets bigger, rather than stuffing and popping at different sizes.

As an entrepreneur, Bum Genius is a very cool looking company. The CEO is a woman named Jennifer Labit, and the company has grown significantly as the cloth diaper industry is exploding. Similar to the way that engineering entrepreneurs have been tinkering around in their garages creating companies like HP and Apple, it is cool that Labit, and other entrepreneurs like her are tinkering around with their sewing machines and creating such cool companies.

In my last month of pregnancy, I have no idea what the future holds… even though we can’t plan for everything, we might as well go into it as ready as possible!