Becoming a Work at Home Mom

I'm really working to get my little cloth nappy selling business going at the minute.

I started Material Mama in July 2014 in the hope I could indulge in my obsession of cloth nappies whilst also making a little money to cover my loss of wages since becoming a stay at home mum. I'd love nothing more than to be able to do the school runs, be there to serve them their breakfast and dinner and yet still be able to "work" in the money making sense.

I guess that's the dream for all of us?!

I'd really love to be able to have my own brand of nappies manufactured and sent to market, and it's something i'm currently looking into.

But for now, business is really picking up. We're coming to the end of the first month and I've really enjoyed it.

It feels great to be making a little money and do something that allows me to be me rather than somebody's mum, ya know?!

I love my girls to the moon and back, but sometimes you need to do something none mum related to unwind and refresh. 

So if you ever need cloth nappies, please remember us. Please try and support us British mums!

Many thanks to those who have purchased from me and made my first month a success.

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Cake Smash!

My husband loves photography and I love baking. For Woo's first birthday we merged the two and did a cake smash!

It was great fun! 

Cake was made by me, nappy is from my shop material mama.

Here are some of the finished photos taken by my hubby!

Material mama

I failed! I haven't been keeping my blog up to date have I?

Having 2 young kiddies is hard work and totally time consuming!

We've had a busy year, Moo turned 3 in April, we went on our first family holiday in May and Woo turned 1 in July. I also set up a little business selling cloth nappies. You can find my Facebook page here. 

It took a while to come up with a name, but I hope to be able to start selling mama cloth etc so I wanted it to aim it more towards mamas than babies. I update stock regularly, and all nappies are shipped from the UK and are posted next day the latest so no waiting for shipping from china!

I love cloth nappies. I didn't realise how much I would love them or how addictive they become! In fact, most people warned me off them. "It'll be too much hassle to keep washing." Even yesterday, after I've been using them over a year somebody labelled me as mad, "I couldn't be doing with washing nappies."

Here's some myth busting about cloth nappies:

*I wash twice a week. Not every day. Not every other day.

*I have mostly pocket nappies and so they dry super quick. If i line dry in the sun they dry within a couple of hours, if I air dry inside, they dry overnight.

* I often use flushable, bio-degradable liners. I just chuck the poop down the toilet and flush.

*They contain poop really well.

*It doesn't cost more to keep washing than to buy disposables. I wash nappies twice a week. I wash clothes every day, sometimes twice a day, yet nobody ever suggests disposable clothes (might invent them though!!)

*They do cost a lot less. Even stocking up on top brands costs less than regularly buying cheap supermarket nappies.

*But they're addictive. Hence why I started buying cheaper pocket nappies. And they're such good quality.

* They're better for the environment. It's estimated that each disposable will take around 400 years to decompose.

*They do look super cute. Even now, I still love looking out of my window and seeing a line full of nappies.

I can't recommend cloth nappies enough! There are no disadvantages. If you'd like any more info on cloth nappies, please message me. I'd love to be able to help.