The birth of Monkey Rump

So, this is my first, hopefully of many blog posts.

Welcome to The life of a Swom blog. This blog most importantly, will follow me through the journey of starting the cloth diaper process, with hopes of growing a WAHM business. I've never done anything quite like this before but I wanted a way to document this process. Therefore,here we go!

I guess I should start with a little background info. Well my name is Mary, I am a Stay at home (swat) mom. Hence the name "Swom". My lovely other half works hard for the Police and Swat team here in town. I have 3 young ones. A is 6, T is 9 and Z is 1. Obviously, my hands are full, but I love my life and couldn't imagine it any different. I've done the corporate world and restaurants and blah blah, but being mom is one job that I think fits me and I'm honestly fairly good at it!

So what made me cloth diaper? When I became pregnant with Z, I went a little, mmm "crunchy". I wanted everything natural. Yes some may think I'm crazy, but with T&A, I did the whole modern route and I wanted something more. I gave birth to Z, in a birthing center. 100% drug free, 24hrs straight of hardcore pain. Guess what? I would do it over again a million times. Painful? Yes! Hardwork? Indeed! I see it as what my body was meant to do. I seriously could talk about this all day because darn it I feel like superwoman still 1 year later. Anyhow, I also breastfed Z and made all of her food at home. Completely opposite of the jars and packages that I fed the older two. I was totally what many nowadays would say is unconventional. Not by far in my opinion.

Around the 8 month mark we became completely fed up with the diaper rash after diaper rash Z kept getting. We tried brands after brands to no avail.
Finally, after much research and just as much A&D, I decided to try cloth diapers. So I went to my local Target and got a few prefolds. On the way home I grabbed fabric from the craft store and set off to make a few dipes. Boy oh boy was I in for a surprise. This whole cloth world is amazingly overwhelming. There is a true science behind using the right fabrics. I hadn't sewed anything since high school and it would be loads of fabric trashed before I came across a few great online patterns. Finally I had made a few for my stash and was a proud member of the cloth world.

Apparently, that wasn't enough for me! I wanted to create my own pattern. I had already caught back up with my sewing skills by this time. I even opened an online boutique, Zmarieboutique.com. I wanted to be able to say this is mine and tweak the issues I was having with other patterns. Thus, Monkey Rump Diapers, was born!!
The name was a no-brainer. Z, is known by monkey butt at home so it was pretty simple.

Today, 4/5 mths after starting my cloth journey I am now in the process of completing testers and perfecting my pattern. This blog will serve as a timeline and also I will upload info about the cloth world for those interested. I will soon be looking for more testers so look out for that. Thank you for reading this lengthy post. Now on to more sewing:)