Leaving on a Jet Plane, Part II: Freebies!

Yes, IBB is headed out on a jet plane! While the cat (ahem, IBB-spider) is away, the mice must play! 

Aka. 

Freebies! 

After all, how else would we thank you for your patience with the shipping delays that will result while we are away?

All orders* received through 11/7/11 get in on the freebies. *Not valid on Gift Certificate or Rental or Trial Package purchases. Complete Fine Print at the end of the post. 

Two Ways to Score Swag - Mad Money and Early Bird!


Mad Money

Straight up freebies based on your order total. Simply include a comment in the 'notes to seller' at checkout mentioning your freebie preference. Miss that field? Feel free to email me your preference immediately following your purchase. 

Orders $65 - $104.99 choose from

A. Diaper - free diaper (min. value $17.95) - please specify baby's weight, girlish or neutral, and whether you prefer a sized or one-size diaper

B. Accessory - free teething jewelry - please specify 'Teething Bling necklace' or 'Chewbeads bracelet.' 

Orders $105 - $159.99 choose from  

A. Diaper - free diaper (min. value $22.95) - please specify baby's weight, girlish or neutral, and whether you prefer a sized or one-size diaper

B. Accessory - free wet bag or teething jewelry - please specify 'PlanetWise Wet/Dry Bag' or 'Chewbeads necklace.' 

Orders $160+ choose from

A. Diaper - free diaper (min. value $24.95) - please specify baby's weight, girlish or neutral

Early Bird
10/29/11 update - all the Early Bird prizes have been snagged! 

Hidden somewhere in the IBB website is a product page with over $300 in freebies just waiting to be scooped up - 4 Grand Prizes (prize packs worth $50 each) and 5 First Prizes (prize packs worth $20 each). This page is hidden, and hidden well. 

How to Play 

1. Have $25+ worth of merchandise in your cart.
2. Search the website (hint - 'something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue' - these are not just wise words for a future bride)
3. Once you've found the page - add your prize of choice to your cart (with at least $25+ in merchandise) and check-out.
4. Be one of the lucky folks who found the prize first and Voila! all yours. 

Fine Print

• Limit two Mad Money freebies per customer. Limit one Early Bird freebie per customer. In other words, three freebie transactions per customer. Each freebie must be on its own transaction. 
• Anyone caught sharing the link to the Early Bird product page will forfeit any prizes won and will be pummeled with virtual rotting tomatoes. 
• Qualifying order total is your total AFTER any Bitsy Bucks and/or other discounts are applied. 
• Trial/rental packages, preorders and gift certificates excluded from your order total. 
• Due to expected order volume, no order cancellations will be accepted. Please do not email me that your cat needs her teeth cleaned, your bumper fell off, and/or your significant other found your receipt and is now threatening to change the Paypal password. 
• Orders will begin shipping Nov 8th, and will continue through that week. Please be patient with us - our toddler 'helper' is not such a helper after all.
• Not valid on pending or prior purchases.  
• If you add more than one freebie to your shopping cart, I will cancel off all but the first that appears on your receipt. 
• Non-US residents - I cannot ship certain brands outside of the US. If you happen to win one of said brands, I will sub an equal or greater value item for your freebie. 

Leaving on a Jet Plane, Part II

I'm soooo very excited to announce IBB is taking a holiday. After working every day since we returned from our February vacation, we are desperately ready for some family time! 

More details to come in the next couple of days. But I did want to mention sooner than later the drop-dead shipping deadline. All orders placed before Friday (10/28) noon central will ship before closing. Shipping will resume November 8th. (Newborn diaper rentals folks - all November rentals will ship before we leave.)

Watch for more details over the next 48 hours.

Bottombumpers One Size All-In-One Photo Review

Have you seen the Limited Edition Winter Bottombumpers?! Oh. my. goodness. Just when I think I've figured out which is my favorite (penguin), I do one last pass over all four and change my mind yet again (pink owl, wait, blue owl, nope, penguin).

Preorders for these amazing All-in-Ones (and matching tees!) go up Monday morning here. Ok, once and for all must decide....penguins? No, pink owl. Wait..... 

Rather not wait until the preorders ship in December to try a Bottombumpers for yourself? Buy two or more in-stock One-Size Bottombumpers (colors or limited edition fall prints) between now and Thursday October 27th and get a bonus Bottombumpers surprise or two with your purchase.*  

Wondering if this is a diaper that will fit your needs well? Check out this review from our guest blogger Anna......


Compromise - penguins *and* pink owls - yup.


*Limit two Bottombumpers surprise packs per household. Not good on prior or pending purchases. 

 

I love Bottombumpers!  I especially love the attention to detail that makes them one of the best looking diapers on the market.  I know it's silly, but one of the things that bugs me about most one-size diapers is the smattering of snaps scattered across the front of the diaper.  It doesn't irritate me  enough to keep me from buying or using those diapers, but it does make me wish they weren't there :)

When I found out about Bottombumpers innovative hidden snap-down rise on the inside back of their new one-size version of their fabulous side-snapping AIO's,  I couldn't wait to get my hands on them!  I already knew I loved the design and construction of the sized Bottombumpers AIO's, so I was pretty excited that the OS version didn't mar the aesthetics of the diaper with front snaps.  It's been over nine months now since I started using our new OS Bottombumpers, and I'd like to show you all of it's nifty features!

OVERVIEW
Brand: Bottombumpers
Style:   Side-snapping, one-size, All in One cloth diaper.
Material:  Outer:  PUL, Inner:  100% organic cotton, Insert:  100% organic cotton topped with bamboo velour.
Size range:  Bottombumpers OS AIO's fit most babies 8-28lbs, with a rise of  13.5"-18" and waist size of 12"-22"
Price:  $22.95 for solid colors, $24.95 for prints.

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

 Front,  From the front, the Bottombumpers OS has the same smooth & sleek profile of the sized version.    The waist panel curves ever so slightly upward with the snap tabs wrapping gently around the side.  In my opinion, you will not find a better looking front on a One-sized diaper!

Side.  One thing I've noticed about about other one-size, side-snapping diapers is that once the baby passes the newborn stage, the front panel snaps in the front at the hips--not at the side of the waist.  I really appreciate that both the front snap tabs, and the back wing snaps really extend far enough so that the diaper can truly be snapped at the side.  This ensures that the same clean side-snapping look you loved on your infant will continue as your babe grows into toddlerhood!

Crotch.  You can see from looking at the diaper from this angle that it truly is a trim OS diaper!  The other thing I really like about it is that it is not cut nearly as wide as other OS diapers.  It is however, cut slightly wider through the crotch than the small & medium sized Bottombumpers.

Back.  Ahh!  I love the polished look of Bottombumpers!  You'll notice a refreshing lack of visible snaps!  Although the insert snaps in the back inside of the diaper, you won't find any of the snap caps on the outside.  The only thing you might notice, is the little bump formed by the snap-down rise inside the diaper.  This little bump really doesn't become apparent until it is on the baby...

In the back, you'll alsofind the gentle gathers of the elastic at the waist, which not only helps ensure a good fit on your little one, but also provides an extra barrier for messies that might try to escape. 

 

INSIDE

Open the diaper up and you will find where the true brilliance of this diaper lies...the hidden, color coded snap down rise & snap-in soaker.

Color coded snap-down rise!  

BLUE:   1  week- 6months, Rise 13.5-15", Weight 8-15lbs  Simply snap the BLUE snaps into the GREEN snap socket, attach insert to the white snaps & you have a Newborn-small sized diaper!

ORANGE:  3-12 months, Rise up to 16", weight 12-20lbs.  For Small-Medium, snap ORANGE snaps into GREEN socket and attach insert. 

YELLOW:  12 months to potty training, Rise up to 17", 16-28lbs.  For Medium to Large setting, snap YELLOW snaps into GREEN and attach the insert.

WHITE:  15 months to potty training, up to 18" rise, weight 25+ lbs.  Simply leave unsnapped & attach the soaker!

FIT/ ACTION SHOTS!

These pictures were taken this week.  My daughter is 13.5 months, 18lbs and is wearing the diaper set at the Small-Medium (ORANGE) size.

PERFORMANCE

I am happy to report that Bottombumpers OS diapers excel in the performance department!  Not only are they trim for an OS, they are absorbent as well.  We can use this diaper anytime during the day--at home, for naps, for outings, even road trips!  Up until J was about 10 months, we were even able to use this diaper overnight without wicking or leakage.  Never have we had poo escape, even when it was still the runny breastmilk poop.  The diaper in the pictures above was purchased in November 2010 and has been a consistent part of our rotation since that time.  As you can see, it still looks great!  (To prevent your Bottombumper from getting holes in the lining, be sure to unsnap the insert before washing).There is no question about whether or not this is a good diaper--it is.  If you value having a natural fiber diaper that is good looking, trim and can grow with your baby, this is a great option for you!  

However, if you value appearance over economy, definitely check out the sized Bottombumpers  as they do not have the little bump in the back :)  

If you are a Bum Genius Elementals or GroVia AIO user, you probably would like the Bottombumpers AIO.  But don't take my word for it--try one for yourself!

Let's Celebrate, One Last Time: New Products!

Third week's the charm, right? One more weekend of celebrating new products (the biggest celebration yet)! 

New Colors from GroVia!

These colors - Cloud and Surf - are beautiful and all the more rich in person! I always like to judge a new color by the way it will look peaking out from the back of my daughter's pants, and both of these pass that test with flying colors.Both colors are available in Hybrid Shells (both snaps and hook & loop), One-Size All-in-Ones and Newborn All-in-Ones

(newborn All-in-Ones will stock mid-day 10/22).

And the parade of new colors continues.... 

New Colors from bumGenius

Dazzle, Mirror and Sassy are so fabulously vibrant and bright they even make the current bumGenius brights look muted in comparison. These diapers definitely pass the cute test!

All colors available in 4.0 Stay-Dry Pockets (both snaps and hook & loop) and Elementals.

Flip will add these new colors to their rainbow in early 2012.

The New One-Size 'Elite' from Fuzzibunz

The one-size diaper you love from Fuzzibunz, only improved! 

This diaper is not only designed to fit more trimly but also designed fit babies longer. Like a complete tour of the new diaper? Check out this photo comparison. 

Tots Bots Easy Fit All-in-One

Customers have been asking for this one for quite a while, and I'm thrilled to at long last be adding it to the store! I cannot decide my favorite feature of this diaper - velcro that wears like iron, a partially-detached soaker that unfurls to wash thoroughly and dry quickly or the beautiful colors and prints. Or the super-soft leg gussets, or the super-soft bamboo against babies bottom. Or.... yes, hard to say!

So let's celebrate!

3 Grand Prize Packs value $37.90 - $71.85

• First Grand Prize Pack: the AIOs! bumGenius Elemental, GroVia All-in-One and Tots Bots
• Second Grand Prize Pack: the Pockets! bumGenius 4.0 and Fuzzibunz Elite
• Third Grand Prize Pack: the Mix! GroVia Hybrid Shell and Tots Bots All-in-One
• IBB will draw one winner for each prize pack. Winners will tell me their preferred colorway - boyish, girlish or neutral 

2 First Prize Packs value $22.95-$23.95

• 1 GroVia All-in-One or 1 Tots Bots All-in-One
• Winner will tell me their preferred diaper and preferred colorway - boyish, girlish or neutral

4 Miss Congeniality Prize Packs value $18.85

• 1 GroVia Hybrid Shell + 1 OsoCozy Flat
• Winner will tell me their closure-preference. 

How to Win, you ask? 

• For every $25 you spend at Itsy Bitsy Bums*, your name goes in the hat one time. 
• Want to double your chances? Include $25+ of NEW products mentioned above (any combination of the new items: Fuzzibunz Elite One-Size, Tots Bots Easy Fit All-in-One, or the new colors from GroVia and bumGenius) and your total entries are doubled. 

Fine Print

• *Gift certificates, trial and rental packages and bumGenius/Flip preorders ineligible for entry. Entry total will be calculated after any Bitsy Bucks are applied. 
• Any shipping charges and sales tax do not count towards order total. 
• No limit on the number of entries per household. Limit one prize per household. 
• Entry order(s) must be received between Saturday 10/21/11 and 23:59 (central) on Monday 10/24/11. Not valid on pending orders.  
• Whoopsies? Order then realize you probably shouldn't have? All order cancellationsmust be received prior to winners are announced. If you email me to cancel your order after winners are announced, your order may be subject to a 20% restocking fee.
• All weekend orders will begin shipping Tuesday. Due to weekend order volume, please realize it likely will take an extra day or two to ship your order. 
• Winners will be notified via email, then announced on Facebook. Facebook promotion fine print: By purchasing you agree to release Facebook of any involvement, and that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associate with, Facebook. Your participation provides Itsy Bitsy Bums with your name and shipping details, and Facebook does not receive any notice of your personal information.

Let's Celebrate, Again: New Products!

Time to celebrate the second wave of ABC goodness arriving at the store.  This weekend - 10 prize packs up for grabs!

Eco Sprout's detergent was named by Changing Diapers: The Hip Mom's Guide to Modern Cloth Diapering as one of the top detergents for cloth diapers. In addition, Eco Sprout offers cloth diaper-safe Bottom Balm, cloth wipes' spray and pail fresheners. And it all smells positively lovely! You wouldn't believe how amazing the store smells right now!

Speaking of detergents...

You asked, we answered! Tiny Bubbles detergent, from the makers of GroVia, is here! 

From the folks behind Thirsties comes Booty Love, an emollient, organic, healing salve that soothes, calms, and is an all-around fantastic addition to the Thirsties line! 

Another one from the folks behind GroVia. Kiwi Pie One-Size Bamboo Fitteds are squishy soft goodness wrapped in adorable prints. They are sewn by a WAHM in Canada, and are only periodically available through the year. In other words, scoop 'em up while the getting is good. 

There aren't words for how much I love the four new colors from Bottombumpers. Steel is so classy I can hardly stand it. Lime and Neon Pink are brilliant pops of happy color, and Grape is so rich and expensive. These are the kind of colors that leave me wanting to never restock and simply make the newest shipment my own stash. Swear it hasn't happened yet, but one of these days.... 

Have you tried a Bottombumpers One-Size All-in-One yet?

Pork Chop Kids! The perfect marriage of form and function - leggings + socks in one!

I love, love them with a coordinating diaper for around the house, and they look positively adorable  peaking out under my daughter's dresses. And with so many patterns to pick from, you are sure to find just the pattern for your little one - girl or boy (oh yes, there are stripes, whales and puppies for those who aren't interested in rocking the pink argyle look). 

My newest Pork-Chop-specific obsession? Mixing and matching pairs. I think my current favorite mix might be Watermelon Dot with Bright Stripe II. I also love the idea of Red Dots and Hearts for Christmas pictures. And can you ever go wrong with argyle?

So let's celebrate! 

1 Grand Prize Pack value $82+

• 1 Kiwi Pie Fitted
• 1 Bottombumpers One-Size All-in-One
• 1 Pair of Pork Chop Leggings
• 2 Bottombumpers Organic Cotton Wipes
• 1 Eco Sprout 24oz Detergent Bag 
• 5 Tiny Bubbles Detergent Samples
• Your choice of Eco Sprout Bottom Balm+ or Thirsties Booty Balm

2 First Prize Packs value $42+

• 1 Bottombumpers One-Size All-in-One
• 1 Pair of Pork Chop Leggings
• 2 Bottombumpers Organic Cotton Wipes
• 1 Eco Sprout Detergent Sample
• 1 Eco Sprout Bottom Balm+ Sample
• 1 Tiny Bubbles Detergent Sample

7 Miss Congeniality Prize Packs value $10+

• 3 Bottombumpers Organic Cotton Wipes
• 1 Eco Sprout Detergent Sample
• 2 Eco Sprout Bottom Balm+ Samples
• 1 Tiny Bubbles Detergent Sample

How to Win, you ask? 

• For every $25 you spend at Itsy Bitsy Bums*, your name goes in the hat one time. 
• Want to double your chances? Include $25+ of NEW products mentioned above (any combination of items between the brands: EcoSprout, Kiwi Piem Pork Chop Kids as well as any of the new items: Thirsties Booty Balm, Tiny Bubbles, Bottombumpers new colors) and your total entries are doubled. 

Fine Print

• *Gift certificates, trial and rental packages and bumGenius/Flip preorders ineligible for entry. Entry total will be calculated after any Bitsy Bucks are applied. 
• Any shipping charges and sales tax do not count towards order total. 
• No limit on the number of entries per household. Limit one prize per household. 
• Entry order(s) must be received between 7:00am (central) 10/15/11 and 23:59 (central) 10/17/11. 
• Whoopsies? Order then realize you probably shouldn't have? All order cancellations must be received prior to winners are announced. If you email me to cancel your order after winners are announced, your order may be subject to a 20% restocking fee.
• All weekend orders will begin shipping Tuesday. 
• Winners will be notified via email, then announced on Facebook. Facebook promotion fine print: By purchasing you agree to release Facebook of any involvement, and that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associate with, Facebook. Your participation provides Itsy Bitsy Bums with your name and shipping details, and Facebook does not receive any notice of your personal information.