Super Stalker Sunday #Bloghop

Welcome to this week’s Super Stalker Sunday hop!

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What is Super Stalker Sunday? Glad you asked! Super Stalker Sunday is a weekly blog hop hosted by

April of Mama on a Green Mission

Emily of Nap Time is My Time

Mariah of Formula Mom

and Bri of Eco Baby Mama Drama

Your blog is your brand, and as you are building your brand, you need to spread the word about your amazing blog!  The Super Stalker Sunday hop is an amazing way to make new connections.  This hop encourages you to connect with other bloggers via RSS Feed, Google Friend Connect, Email Subscribers, Pinterest, Linky Tools, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+!

How Does This Work?

Follow each host at least one way, and leave a comment letting us know how you're following us. As hostesses we’re committed to returning the follows, but please be patient as we are busy mamas and it may take us a few days to return the visit and follow. Please link up only your home page on one of the host sites and your link will appear on all as we use the same linky.  {Links to other pages will be deleted without warning.}   After you follow the hosts and the featured blogger, follow at least the four blogs listed above you on the linky.   If your time permits, follow more! Remember: You will only get as much as you give.  The more blogs you can visit, and the more quality comments you leave, the more visits you will gain in return. We are all here to socialize, greet, and discover new-to-us blogs! While we encourage sharing our button and hop with as many as possible, it is not required. The more you spread the word though, the more we socialize and all gain followers! This week's featured blog is: We asked Tina what she loves most about blogging. She replied: "What I love most about blogging is having a place on the interwebz where I can make my readers think, smile, take action in their own lives or just make them feel at home and if I can make them feel better about themselves by blogging about my own stuff ups, then that makes me a happy chicky." If you would like to be our featured blogger next week, being shared with more than 32,000 combined followers between the hosts of this hop, please link up your blog's home page! {Links to other pages will be deleted without warning.} At the end of each week we will select a blog via Random.Org to be the featured blog for the following week. The featured blogger will be emailed by Wednesday morning. Please be sure to check your spam folders! This week, the linky will remain open until 12:00PM EST on Tuesday! Go ahead, stalk up a storm!

Friday's Fabulous Fluff Feature ~ Cloth Diapering Two Babes Under Two

I've decided this week to step away from reviews for a moment and just have some straight talk. I want to talk about what it's been like to use cloth diapers on my two babes under two years old. 

As most of you know, I work full time so I don't have the exact same cloth diapering experience as some mamas who stay home with their little ones. You see, we cloth diaper part of the time. It's just not possible on days I work and the kids go to daycare because we don't use cloth at daycare. By the time I get home I only change 1-2 diapers on each child before bed and to wash every other day, we'd only have 2-4 diapers in a load and it just doesn't make sense. I work 3 or 4 days a weeks depending on the week so we actually cloth diaper 3 or 4 days a week too. I'll go over a few things here...using cloth when I was on maternity leave and now, using cloth while working.

When I was on maternity leave I started using cloth with Baby Addy when she was just about a week old. One of the things I was very excited about on my leave was using cloth 24/7! I loved it but I will admit that after about three straight weeks of cloth diapering two babes I was exhausted and needed a break from it. I can see the mouths falling open! Yes, I needed a break from cloth diapering. I was already overwhelmed with the adjustment of having two babes under two and nursing Baby Addy and being a wife, and taking care of our home. It may have been because this was the first time I was ever able to use cloth for that long of a period without a break. It is an adjustment. I did love the fact that I was doing more to help our planet and I loved the cuteness of it! The rinsing of LA's diapers and the laundry got to be a lot. I think had I been able to take longer than six weeks off I would have adjusted to the cloth diapering 24/7 along everything else, it just would have taken time.

Now that I am back to work and I am able to cloth diaper part of the time, I look forward to the days I can.  Yes, sometime it is rough getting the laundry done because I have too much going on. The one thing I absolutely must do though is wash every other day. No exceptions. The thing that does get neglected is the folding and stuffing of diapers ahead of time. You should see our pack-n-play right now. Oh wait, no, you shouldn't! LOL It is full of diapers that are ready to be put together. I grab one at a time from there as I need it. This bothers me. I can't stand the mess that sometimes develops around me and this adds to it. I choose to keep doing it though because using cloth is more important for the environmental factors than me having a clean house. Not only that, I have really come to enjoy the cloth. It makes a nasty job a bit pretty and enjoyable for mama. Cloth diapering two babes has actually been better for the laundry. I say that because if I have a day off in the middle of the week I actually have close to enough diapers to wash at the end of my one day of diapering, where as when I had just LA in cloth it was not really enough for a load.

So, overall, yes it's been exhausting at times to cloth diaper two babes under two. I even needed a break from it. I applaud mamas who are able to cloth diaper multiple children 24/7 without a break because IT IS A JOB. Would I do it if I were a SAHM? Absolutely! I love using cloth diapers and with anything else, there is an adjustment. My advice? Ease into it. If you have to use some sposies while you are adjusting to a new baby along with everything else, it's not the end of the world. Using cloth even some of the time helps our planet!

What are your experiences using cloth on multiple babes? 


Be sure to stop by Eco Baby Mama Drama and check out her review of the AppleCheeks swim diaper and enter her giveaway! 

Little Caesars Promotions for a Quick, Easy Dinner and a Giveaway!

One of my biggest weaknesses is pizza. A wonderful, hot, cheesy pizza fresh out of the oven! Yum! I have loved pizza my entire life and it's so hard to pass up! Holiday weekends like this one definitely include pizza in our family and with me always looking for a great deal, Little Caesars is a place I frequent! Check out the Little Caesars site for information on all of their yummy offerings!

They have some amazing deals for a quick and easy family meal! 

The famous $5 Hot-N-Ready large pepperoni pizza is a great deal! This pizza is super good and is the answer for quick dinners in our house! 

They also have the $8 Hot-N-Ready 3 Meat Treat large pizza that has pepperoni, sausage and bacon! We've not tried this pizza yet but my husband will love it! I think I am going to surprise him with this tonight for dinner!  

For dinnertime value, there's nobody like Little Caesars—voted Best Value in America five years in a row! Enjoy a large $5 HOT-N-READY pepperoni pizza, or a large HOT-N-READY 3 Meat Treat, with pepperoni, sausage and bacon for just $8!

Nobody does it like Little Caesars. Pick-up a large HOT-N-READY pizza whenever you walk in, with a taste that makes your family happy—at a price that makes you happy! 

We live in Michigan and we have a lot of Little Caesars locations around, but if you aren't familiar with a store in your area, check out the Little Caesars store locator! 

~Win It~

Fill out the Rafflecopter form below for your chance to win a $10 Little Caesars gift card so you can enjoy either of the great deals above! 

Be sure to like Little Casears on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for up to date information! 

#Green #Giveaways Galore (Link Up or Enter Giveaways!)

Bri from Eco Baby Mama Drama and I are here again for another week of our weekly linky devoted to Green Giveaways!  Please feel free to link up your green, eco-friendly giveaways and make sure to leave the end date for entrants!  This linky will be open until next Monday so feel free to stop by and add any giveaways you post throughout the week!


These are our only requirements for adding a giveaway:

• It must be family friendly.
• It must be a green, eco-friendly, or organic product.
• Enter the name of the product and the end date. Also include if open to US only, US/CAN or WW (worldwide).
• Please link up only the direct link to your giveaway. Links that direct people to your Facebook and/or Twitter pages will be deleted. We also ask that you do not spam our readers by linking up bad links or links that are not giveaways. Those will also be deleted.

It is not required, but to help spread the word about our giveaway linky we would love it if you could Tweet the following:  #Green #Giveaways Galore!Link up your #ecofriendly #organic giveaways/stop & enter! @greenmissionmom @ecobabymamadram http://bit.ly/Jn3wsf

You can add as many giveaways as you'd like provided they meet the above guidelines! If you are entering the giveaways, stop back by and let us know what you win and where you won it! 

Have fun and best of luck! 

Enter to #Win a $3000 #Disney Cruise!

Here's the moment we've all been waiting for! I know I am thrilled about this event!! 

 Acadiana's Thrifty Mom has teamed up with American Family and an awesome group of bloggers to bring you our BIGGEST giveaway yet! One lucky fan will win a Disney Cruise for a family of 4 valued at $3000! That's right, a Disney Cruise ♥ This awesome giveaway is brought to you by American Family and Acadiana's Thrifty Mom, and hosted by Frugality For Less, and Debbie Does Coupons. GOOD LUCK! *This giveaway is opened to U.S. residents only. You must be 18 years of age to enter to win. The winner will be responsible for transportation to and from the port of departure. This giveaway is not affiliated with Facebook, Google, Pinterest, or Twitter in any way. Please read HERE for complete rules.

Tips for Toddlers to Encourage Healthy Eating

We've had some challenging times with LA and his eating habits. He is getting to the point now where he not only will be picky about what he eats, but when he gets food in front of him he wants to be Mr. Independent and when he has that he is full, he wants to play with what is left.

Toddlers enjoy playing with their food; it is a part of learning about it. Here are some helpful tips for encouraging your toddler to eat healthy from Earth’s Best:

• Offer a wide variety of wholesome foods in a supportive, non-pressured setting and according to a regular, predictable schedule.
• Present new foods at least twice a week.
• Offer new foods along with old favorites.
• Serve small, toddler-sized portions to not overwhelm your child.
• Foods should be easy to chew and be bite-sized.
• Provide snacks that are fun and interactive for your child, like Earth's Best Organic™ Pop Snax.

What are your tips for encouraging healthy eating? What snacks does your little one love?

FTC Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post, however, I am part of the Earth's Best Blogger Ambassador program that encourages bloggers to post about nutritional topics. I am given Earth's Best products in exchange for my time and my honest opinions of some of their products. My opinion is 100% my own and is not influenced in any way by Earth's Best or their representatives. 

COACH Purse GIVEAWAY!

Enter to win this amazing Coach purse!! I am a huge Coach fan so I know how much you'll enjoy this!! These purses are AMAZING and you'll feel great carrying it on your shoulder!

Adventures of My Family of 8is celebrating LIFE, by teaming up with some amazing Bloggers to offer YOU a chance to win this AMAZING COACH Signature Bag, with a MFSRP of $298.00! WOW!!! METALLIC SIGNATURE BROOKE $298.00 MFSRP style: F17990 • Signature metallic fabric with metallic leather trim • Inside zip, cell phone and multifunction pockets • Zip-top closure, fabric lining • Top handle • Longer shoulder strap attached • 13" (L) x 11 1/2" (H) x 4" (W) • This is a signature product Giveaway will run May 21 at 12:01 am EST – June 5th at 12:01 AM EST You have a lot of chances to WIN! Complete the mandatory entry and unlock the bonus entries. Bonus entries are Facebook likes, I know there are a lot of them, but for each like, you have more of a chance to WIN this awesome bag!!! Wait for the Rafflecopter to load and enter below: