Kolcraft Contours Options 3 Wheeler Stroller Review and Giveaway!

I'm back again!

To celebrate Jackson's first birthday and the beginning of spring, here is a review on the Kolcraft Contours Options 3 Wheeler Stroller. One of my lucky followers will also get one of their own!

Michelle from Kolcraft is awesome and sent me the stroller for review purposes. First of all, I have got to tell you how much I LOVE the color! I am a HUGE fan of bright things so this stroller is right up my alley! The stroller that we received for review is the ruby one and it's just amazing!

I'm going to get my one Con of the stroller out of the way before I go on to tell you how much I like it:
The stroller is listed under the "Lightweight" section of the Kolcraft website but it is pretty bulky and heavy. It weighs 27 pounds! If it wasn't listed as a lightweight stroller I would have no problem with this, I just wasn't expecting it to be so big! It also takes up quite a bit of room in my big trunk:


Hello World:
Hi Mom!

It is really easy to switch the seat direction, you just pop the seat off, turn it around, and pop it back onto the stroller base.

Other reasons I love the Kolcraft Contours Options 3 Wheeler:
The basket is pretty roomy but not huge. It fits my Vera Bradley diaper bag just fine, along with some shopping bags but if I am using my Fleurville MotherShip diaper bag that day, the bag is pretty much the only thing that will fit in the basket.

The seat reclines and the foot rest is adjustable. Jackson is a very long baby so I'm going to have to put the foot rest down soon but so far it's been great.

There is a 5 Point Harness which is very important to me!

The stroller has a 40 pound weight limit so Jackson will get to use the stroller for a long time (he is between 19 and 20 pounds right now at 1 year old)

And again, I just have to mention how easy it is to push and steer the stroller and how pretty it is :)

The stroller is also very comfortable for Jackson, he is kind of a stroller snob but he likes this one and even falls asleep in it when we are out! (That is amazing because he usually only sleeps in his crib or car seat!

Here's a picture of Jackson enjoying his Contours Stroller:

Now for the part you've been waiting for!

One of you will win your very own Kolcraft Contours Options 3 Wheeler! WHOOOO!

To enter:
Leave a separate comment for each entry and leave me your e-mail address so I have a way to contact you if you win!

MANDATORY ENTRY:
*Head on over to the Kolcraft Website and find something that you have to have. Come back here and leave me a comment telling me what you found.

Extra Entries (Leave a separate comment for each)
*Follow Kolcraft on Twitter
*Follow Me on Twitter
*Follow my blog via Google Friends
*Browse my blog and tell me something you learned about cloth diapers
*Tweet about this giveaway, include a link to this blog entry, also include @TheCDExperiment and @Kolcraft You may Tweet 1 time per day.
*Spread the word about this giveaway on Facebook

This giveaway will end on 11:59pm on April 7th. I will then use Random.org to pick the winner, the winner will have 48 hours to respond to my e-mail. If they do not respond, a new winner will be chosen!

Good luck and thanks again to Kolcraft for the review and giveaway opportunity!

The return of Wordless Wednesday

I'm Back! I'm Back!

I did not fall off of the face of the earth, I just got busy, then lazy ::doh!::

I promise to be back to posting regularly soon, I have several reviews and giveaways to do, including one from Kolcraft!

Speaking of Kolcraft, they are currently hosting a silent auction on their facebook page to benefit the children of Haiti. I think this is an AWESOME event and if you are a mom or a mom to be, you should start bidding on the amazing items! I'm bidding :)

All proceeds from the auction will go to the KIDS relief fund.

Kolcraft is such an awesome company and I'm so happy that they are doing something to help the children of Haiti!

To bid on something, just go to their facebook page and leave a comment with the amount you are bidding under the item that you want!

More later!

Bummis Organic Cotton Diaper Kit Winner!

Out of 267 entries, Random.org picked entry #190!

This goes to show that those daily tweets really pay off!

"The Fam said...

http://twitter.com/channynn/statuses/6532518509"

The winner has been e-mailed and has 48 hours to respond!

Congratulations Shannon!

Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the Bummis prefolds, Super Whisper Wrap and Super Brite Cover is comment #84...

Tara said...

Tweeted http://twitter.com/curious_kitty/status/6390725409

taraz9(at)excite(dot)com

Congratulations Tara!

Cloth Diapering While on Vacation

I was very excited to get our package of diapers from Eco-Diaper Service this morning! Jackson had been stuck in sposies for the past 2 days and I was more than ready to get back to cloth.

Michelle from Eco-Diaper Service in Orlando, Florida has been EXTREMELY helpful and accommodating to me and my situation. Jackson is long and skinny and in-between prefold sizes. Michelle agreed to let us use half newborn diapers and half infant diapers. Perfect!

I checked the diapers out when they got here and they are so clean! I didn't really know what to expect but I didn't find one stain which impressed me a lot. I changed Jackson into cloth right away. We started with a newborn diaper and a small Thirsties cover...No leaks!

The next diaper change, I used another newborn diaper with a Thirsties Duo Wrap. We went and visited with my husband's aunt and uncle and Jackson did leak while we were there but he had been drinking a lot. The fit of the newborn prefold is good for him but he needs the absorbency of the infant prefold.

We got through the rest of the day with no more leaks which is good news! For overnight, I trifolded a newborn prefold and stuck it on the middle section of an infant prefold then trifolded that one. He went to bed 3 hours ago and hasn't woken up yet so - so far - so good! I'm hoping this combination will keep him dry through morning...if not, I'll try something different for overnight.

I'm so happy that I contacted Eco-Diaper Service so I could continue cloth diapering while on vacation. The customer service is amazing so if you are vacationing in the Orlando area, definitely check them out! I'm sure they would be more than willing to accommodate your family.

All I had to bring on vacation to continue cloth diapering was a small wet bag to keep in my diaper bag and our covers. I also brought a small sample bag of Rockin' Green cloth diaper detergent so I can wash the covers while we are here.

If you live in the Orlando area and would like to start using a diaper service -- definitely check out Eco-Diaper Service! I checked out their newsletter that is on their site and if you use the discount code "holiday2009" when you sign up for the service, you can save $5 off of your setup package! That offer is good until December 31st.

I will keep you updated during the rest of our vacation but so far, everything has been great!

Greetings From Florida!

We are on vacation this week...we're in Florida in the Orlando area.

I didn't know what I was going to do about diapers because I didn't want to have to pay a ton for an extra bag to take our cloth diapers and I didn't know what the laundry situation would be like. After a quick google search, I found a local diaper service in Orlando, Eco-Diaper Service.

We are renting a house for the week and this morning, I got a delivery!

Keep checking in throughout the week to see how our diaper service experience is going!

Bummis Organic Cotton Diaper Kit Review and Giveaway

The wonderful people at Bummis were nice enough to send me my own Organic Cotton Diaper Kit to use and review. I love the kit, it's awesome. In it is everything you could possibly need to start cloth diapering FULL TIME!

After much debate, we received the Baby sized kit (15-30 lbs)

The kit contains:

18 baby size Organic Cotton Prefold Diapers (4x8x4 layers thick)

2 Super Whisper Wraps - Medium

2 Super Brites - Medium

1 Roll of Bio - Soft Liners - Large

5 Reusable Fleece Liners

1 Fabulous Wet Bag - Large

User Guide

The infant kit fits babies from 8-15 lbs and contains:

24 infant size Organic Cotton Prefold Diapers (4x8x4 layers thick)

4 Super Whisper Wraps - Small

2 Super Brites - Small

3 Rolls Bio-Soft Liners - Small

5 Reusable Fleece Liners

1 Fabulous Wet Bag - Large

User Guide

After using the kit for a few weeks, it is now clear to me that I should have chosen the infant kit :DOH!:

The medium covers fit Jackson, but just barely! I think he would fit much better in the small covers. Jackson had an appointment today and he is just a little over 18 pounds. He is also 29 inches tall (less than the 10th percentile for weight, 75th percentile for height)

The covers have leaked a little for us overnight but I'm positive it's because they are just too big for him. I'll re-review the covers in a few months when Jackson has grown into them more!

The prefold diapers are amazingly soft and quilty, I really like them! I also love that they are organic.

The Fabulous wet bag that came with the kit is exactly that -- fabulous! It is very big and it has a zipper as well as a drawstring, which I love. I hang it on Jackson's door in his room and it works out great! I have a different wet bag that has a zipper on the bottom and that one leaks because of the zipper, I don't have any leaking problems with this one!

The flushable liners are AWESOME! I had been using the Imse Vimse ones and the Bummis liners are MUCH softer, I couldn't believe the difference between the two kinds! I will definitely be using the Bummis liners from here on out.

You can find a retailer near you that carries the kit as well as other Bummis products on the Bummis website.

I really feel lucky that I got to review this Diapering kit...and now, thanks to Bummis, one of you will win one of your own, in the size that you need!

To enter...leave a separate comment for each entry and please leave your e-mail address...I can't contact you if you win if you forget to leave your e-mail address!

Mandatory entry: Head on over to Bummis and find your favorite product. Come back here and leave a comment telling me what that product is.

Extra entries (leave a separate comment for each):

*Follow my blog publicly

*Follow me on Twitter

*Follow Bummis on Twitter

*Become a fan of Bummis on Facebook

*Grab my button and put it on your blog, leave me a link

*Tweet about this giveaway, you may do this once a day. Include @TheCDExperiment @Bummis #clothdiaper and a link to this giveaway in your tweet! Include the link to your status in your comment please!

*For THREE extra entries, E-mail me a photo of a kind of prefold - fold that you use. After weeks of fighting Jackson, I'm giving up and he won't be able to be the model for the different kinds of folds :(

I will be using the photos on the blog in a special folding post. You get 3 extra entries for each photo you send in! Please send photos to: TheClothDiaperExperiment(at)gmail(dot)com

Good Luck!

This giveaway will end on December 17th. Random.org will choose the winner who will then have 48 hours to respond to my e-mail. If I don't get a response, a new winner will be chosen!

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