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My son Jackson and I are doing our part to save the planet. Welcome to The Cloth Diaper Experiment. Join us from Day 1 as we switch from disposable to cloth. If you are interested in sending me products to review or if you would like to take part in a giveaway, please contact me at TheClothDiaperExperiment@gmail.com

Monday, September 28, 2009

Banana Bottoms Fitted Diaper Review and Giveaway

Fitted diapers are my go-to diaper for bedtime.  When I first started cloth diapering, I couldn't find anything that didn't leak overnight until I tried a fitted with a cover.  Jackson has not leaked overnight since.  It is so nice that Jackson doesn't wake up in the middle of the night anymore soaking wet and mad!
The first fitted diaper that I ever used was sent to me by Kristen, the creator of Banana Bottoms.  Kristen uses mainly organic fabrics and she drafts and designs all of the diapers which are then handmade in her Halifax, Nova Scotia home.
Kristen has a shop on Etsy which features fitted cloth diapers as well as covers, wet bags and adorable fleece yoga pants!  


I received a small Banana Bottoms Banana Slim fitted diaper in the blue whale print.  I love the fabric, this is one of the cutest diapers in my stash!
I love the soaker for this diaper.  It snaps into place which I love because it allows it to be more easily cleaned and lets it dry faster.  Other fitted diapers are all one piece and take a long time to dry.  The soaker is two layers which are each made with 3 layers of bamboo/organic cotton fabrics.  They are topped with bamboo velour and are sewn together only at the top of the soaker.
The diaper features an adorable outer cotton print and 2 full layers of bamboo/organic cotton blend fabric.  The diaper is turned and topstitched for comfort and durability and the diaper has encased elastic at the back of the waist and at the legs to help contain messes.  I can honestly say we've never had a blowout or leak while using this diaper with a cover!
The size small should fit babies from 10-18 pounds.  The fabric is very stretchy through the waist and Jackson will definitely outgrow the rise before he outgrows the waist.  I'm almost positive he will be able to wear this diaper past 18 pounds! (Yay!)
The Banana Bottoms diaper is SO well made!  It is also extremely soft and has a snap closure.  I prefer snaps over Aplix any day!
Below, you can see the diaper on Jackson.  Notice how trim it is?  For such an absorbent diaper, I cannot believe the trimness!
Jackson has been wearing fitted diapers, coverless around the house a lot recently since we've been dealing with his diaper rashes.  I love looking at this diaper, it's so adorable!
I own a good mama diaper and I can honestly say that I prefer the Banana Bottoms Banana Slim over it!  It fits Jackson better and the price is right.
When you buy your Banana Bottoms fitteds, they come pre-washed and dried so you can use it right away.  The diaper will reach maximum absorbency after 5 washes so you'll need to change more often before that.
I absolutely love our Banana Bottoms Banana Slim fitted diaper!  It is so well made and it's cute so I love looking at it!  It does not have the bulkiness that other fitted diapers have and it works great for helping to clear up diaper rash.
If you like fitted diapers or haven't found a good nighttime solution yet, definitely give these a try, you will NOT regret it!

You can buy your own from the Banana Bottoms Etsy Shop, prices start at $20.95 and are definitely worth it!  As cute fitted diapers go, this is a great price!

Kristen has been awesome to work with and has donated a fitted diaper for one of my readers!  The winner will get to choose the size and gender that they need!

For your MANDATORY ENTRY (You know the drill, leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry with your email address!) please do the following:

* Visit the Banana Bottoms shop on Etsy, look through the products and then come back here and let me know what your personal favorite is!  It's tough I know, there are so many cute items!

For additional entries (only count after mandatory entry is completed):

*Follow Banana Bottoms on Twitter
*Follow my blog publicly
*Blog about this and link to this post and the Banana Bottoms Etsy store
*Tweet about this giveaway, you may do so once per day.  Please leave direct link to your Tweet!
Win a @bananabottoms fitted diaper @TheCDexperiment http://twoak.com/fbzz #clothdiapers #giveaway

*Enter the other giveaways that I have up right now, 1 entry per giveaway, let me know what you entered!

Lots of chances to win this awesome diaper!  Get to entering!!

This giveaway will end on October 12th at 12:01 am.  Winner will be chosen via Random.org.  I will e-mail the winner who will then have 48 hours to get back to me with their shipping information otherwise a new winner will be chosen!

Good Luck!

383 comments:

  1. I like the Penguins Little Starter fitted
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  2. Following Banana Bottoms on twitter
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  3. I'm a banana bottoms fan on FB
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  4. I follow this blog publicly
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  5. I follow you on twitter!
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  6. Just tweeted:
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  7. I follow banana bottoms blog publicy
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  8. I like the Organic Skater - Medium Full Moon
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  9. I like Swim with the Fish - Banana Slim Medium.
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  10. follow bananabottoms on twitter (gravsie3)
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  11. Fan on FB
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  16. I like the bananabottloms with the whales and outer space.
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  17. I follow publicly
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  18. I like the Organic Skater - Medium Full Moon...but I would love it if she could make it in a large. Thanks for the chance! bekki1820cb@gmail.com
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  19. entered swaddlebee aio
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  20. entered in haute giveaway
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  21. Facebook fan of Banana Bottoms! Bekki Orr
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  22. Following the Banana Bottoms blog! bekki1820cb@gmail.com
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  23. entered in swaddlebees giveaway
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  24. I like the Large Full Moon Org. Bamboo diaper in the purple pattern. Not as many choices in size large for my chunky monkey, but at least it helps me narrow down a fav.! LOL.
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  25. I entered the swaddlebees aio giveaway!! bekki1820cb@gmail.com
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  26. I'm a BB fan on Facebook.
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  27. I follow you on Twitter.
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  28. Tweeted: http://twitter.com/TheCDReport/status/4460023234
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  29. I entered the Swaddlebees giveaway.
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  30. I entered the Haute Pockets giveaway.
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  31. Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - medium banana slim

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  32. follow on twitter
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  33. fb fan of BB
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  36. this nautical one would be perfect for my friend!
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  37. http://twitter.com/zealandsmom/statuses/4462221099
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  38. I like the Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - medium banana slim.
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  39. follow banana bottoms on twitter
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  40. fb fan of banana bottoms
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  45. entered swaddlebees giveaway
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  46. entered haute pocket giveaway
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  47. I'm following Banana bottoms on twitter
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  48. I am a facebook fan of Banana bottoms
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  49. I'm following Banana Bottoms blog
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  50. I tweeted
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  51. I entered your Haute Pocket giveaway
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  52. I like the Little Starter Fitted. Too bad it's not medium. That would come home with me!
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  53. I like the space designs banana slim!

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  54. I entered the swaddlebees giveaway here!

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  55. My favorite is the "owls on the wire" print Fitted Organic Bamboo cloth diaper small banana slim!!!!

    I LOVE that print and I don't have any dipes in it yet though!!!

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  56. I follow your blog publicly!!!

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  57. Im fan on facebook!

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  58. I follow on twitter!
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  59. I'm a fan on FB
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  60. I twitted!
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  61. By far my fave: Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - Large Full Moon. It's a purple polka-dotty flowery print. I've been looking for something for nighttime!
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  62. Banana Bottoms Twitter follower!
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  63. Banana Bottoms FB fan!
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  64. My favorite is Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - Full Moon

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  65. Banana Bottoms blog follower!
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  66. I follow your blog!
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  67. I love the Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - Medium Banana Slim.. in the haiwian like print
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  68. Follower of your blog
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  69. Follower of the Banana Bottom Blog
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  70. I love the blue whale print the best- just wish it was available in large!
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  71. I tweeted today! :)
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  72. I also entered the Swaddlebees contest
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  73. Tweet!!--http://twitter.com/betsyssi/statuses/4469185101
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  74. I would like to try out her banana slims diapers. I haven't found a nightime CDing solution for my kids yet, so would love to win this giveaway! She has lots of cute fabrics; I like the owl print.
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  75. following bananabottoms on twitter (@mamasmiles)
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  76. following your blog on twitter (@mamasmiles)
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  77. I would love to try the bamboo full moon fitted. My son is a heavy wetter and we have been struggling lately with leaks, especially at night. I'm sad the options for large aren't as cute as the mediums.
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  78. I follow you on twitter- @saywah.
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  79. I entered the Swaddlebee's giveaway.
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  80. I entered the Haute Pocket giveaway.
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  81. I follow Banana Bottoms on Twitter- @saywah.
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  82. I like the Banana Slim "flower print" in Medium best.
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  83. I entered the swaddlebees giveaway.
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  84. I entered the Haute Pocket giveaway.
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  85. http://twitter.com/gravsie3/status/4471657844
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  86. Love the penguins full moon, I would have said the vw bugs because they are very cute also but I just recieved one of those!
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  87. I'm a facebook fan
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  88. http://twitter.com/stacywhalen/status/4472756935
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  89. I love the Whale of a time - Banana Slim Medium
    so cute!
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  90. My favorite is the paw print longies.
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  91. I folloe BananaBottoms on twitter
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  92. I'm a fan of Banana Bottoms on facebook
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  93. I follow the Banana Bottoms blog
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  94. The orange and blue VWs or the Swim with the Fish. Size small.
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  95. Fan on Facebook.
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  96. I follow you on twitter (@kadiera)
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  97. I tweeted: http://twitter.com/kadiera/status/4473782885
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  98. I entered the Haute Pockets giveaway
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  99. I entered the Swaddlebees giveaway
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  100. I love the fish print for the Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - newborn! So cute.
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  101. I follow your blog!
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  102. I blogged here:
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  103. I like the Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - Medium Banana Slim. It looks like it has ballet dancers on it?
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  104. I follow Banana Bottoms on Twitter as graygirly. ruth dot gray at gmail dot com
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  105. I follow your blog. ruth dot gray at gmail do tcom
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  106. I follow you on Twitter. ruth dot gray at gmail dot com
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  107. http://twitter.com/graygirly/status/4474942108 tweet! ruth dot gray at gmail dot com
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  108. Entered the Haute Pockeet giveaway. ruth dot gray at gmail dot com
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  109. entered the Swadlebees giveaway. ruth dot gray at gmail dot com
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  110. i follow bb on fb
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  111. i follow you on twitter.
    since forever.
    I actually follow you everywhere.
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    (p.s. miss u)
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  112. OMG my favorite it the whales too. Those are so so cute!
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  113. Following Bananabottoms! (@graciekate)
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  114. Follwoing you on Twitter (there is no way to follow Banana Bottoms' blog...)
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  115. Tweeted about the giveaway @graciekate
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  116. I like the Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - Medium Banana Slim. Her prints are awesome!
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  117. Oooh I am loving the fish print for my gender neutral newborn stash I am trying to build!!! She has sooo many cute ones though!
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  118. I am following your blog publicly :)
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  119. i follow your blog!
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  120. That was tough, it was hard picking my favorite between the diapers and the yoga pants.
    But I think my favorite is the Ooga fitted diaper

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  121. following banana bottoms on twitter
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  122. Banana bottoms facebook fan

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  123. following banana bottoms blog

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  124. I follow your blog

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  125. I follow you on twitter
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  127. I've entered the swaddlebees giveaway

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  128. tweeted
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  129. I entered the swaddlebees giveaway
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  130. The Crescent Moon Yoga Pants sure look cozy!
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  131. I love the bamboo boosters!

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  132. I follow

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  133. I follow Banana Bottoms

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  134. Awesome! I like the one with the penguins. :) I'm a fan on facebook too!
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  136. Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - small banana slim
    in the owl print!

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  137. I like the Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper in ooga booga pattern.

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  138. tweeted
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  139. My fav dipe is the one with the cars :)

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  140. http://twitter.com/graygirly/status/4495180177
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  141. http://twitter.com/stacywhalen/status/4498141496
    tweet 4 today
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  142. tweeted
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  143. I love the diaper with the monsters on it

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  144. The prints on these diapers are so adorable! The "ooga booga" print just makes me smile. Love that they're Canadian made!

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  145. I follow your blog.

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  146. http://twitter.com/chels_leigh4/status/4460639150

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  147. I like Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - Medium Banana Slim http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26345904
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  148. I follow
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  149. http://twitter.com/gravsie3/status/4503908819
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  150. tweet
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  151. Follow banana bottom on twitter @momof3dolls.
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  152. FB fan of banana bottom (momof3dolls)
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  153. Tweet!!--http://twitter.com/betsyssi/statuses/4506310166
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  154. I visited Banana Bottoms site and I like the Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper-Medium Banana Slim.
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  155. I follow Banana Bottoms on twitter
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  156. I follow the Banana Bottoms blog
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  157. I follow your blog.
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  158. I follow you on twitter.
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  159. I just tweeted the giveaway.
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  160. I have GOT to have the little ballerinas med banana slim fitted. Too cute!
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  161. I am pregnant and haven't decided if I'll be doing cloth or not. My favorite is also the whale with anchor design. I always love anchors.
    -chelsey
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  162. I'm also following you on blogger. Thanks!
    -chelsey
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  163. I like the little penguins fitted!
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  164. Following bananabottoms on twitter!
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  165. Fan of bananabottoms on facebook!
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  166. Tweeted about the giveaway!
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  167. Entered your haute pocket giveaway!
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  168. Entered your swaddlebees AIO giveaway!
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  169. I love the Little Starter Fitted Medium - Bamboo Organic Cotton with Penguins.

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  171. the Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - medium banana slim is my fav.
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  172. following banana bottoms on twitter. JGNP
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  173. fan of banana bottoms on facebook. Shelly Henley
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  174. following banana bottoms blog as joyfulgirlnaturals
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  175. Tweeted the giveaway http://twitter.com/jgnp/status/4518491619
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  176. tweet
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  177. I think my favorite is:

    Fitted Organic Bamboo Cloth Diaper - Swim with the Fish - newborn (nb-003)

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