About Holly Lee

I'm Holly and I'm the mom of three amazing kids (two boys & a girl). We have been cloth diapering for several years. My family and I live in Minnesota with our dog, Ruby, and cat, Gherkin. Outside of Rocking the Cloth, I am also a middle school teacher. Thank you for visiting Rocking the Cloth--feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns. I'd love to help!

Are Cloth Diapers Really Better For The Environment? A Rebuttal To The Naysayers

By |2020-02-01T22:08:50+00:00October 16, 2019|Cloth Diaper Savings, Green Home, Natural Parenting|

Vox issued an article yesterday titled, "Are Cloth Diapers Any Better for the Environment, Your Wallet, or Your Baby?" Is cloth diapering better for the environment? It's a lengthy article, but the premise is that cloth diapers aren't all that much better for anyone or anything and it's all about how parents want to portray themselves. *facepalm* Oh, give me a break. Feeling Pressure The author went into a long story about her mother telling her stories of "the old days" and going on and on about how wonderful the advancement of disposable diapers was because reusable diapers were [...]

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How To Buy Cloth Diapers – “How Tos” For A Beginner

By |2019-12-17T19:45:51+00:00October 13, 2019|Beginner, How to Cloth Diaper|

This post contains affiliate links which means I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase after clicking one of my links. I still remember the day I started thinking about using cloth diapers. I had no idea that people still used them until I stumbled upon some forum post somewhere that offered it as a green and economical solution for the tons of diapers that babies go through. There was just one question on my mind while I tried to comprehend this. "...how?" This "how" would come up again and again. How do [...]

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The Best Reusable Sandwich Bags – Save Money & The Planet

By |2019-12-17T19:51:52+00:00October 5, 2019|Green Home, Reducing Waste, sustainability|

This post contains affiliate links for the best reusable sandwich bags, which means I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase after clicking one of my links. Not all reusable sandwich bags are created equal. To spend less money, I bought some cheap ones off Amazon only to become frustrated with them and wonder if reusable bags were even worth it. Thankfully, I did eventually find some of the best reusable sandwich bags, and that has made my life so much easier! My oldest is a kindergartener now, and he takes [...]

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Ways To Make Money As A Stay At Home Mom: Change Your Financial Future!

By |2019-12-17T20:15:46+00:00September 30, 2019|Affiliate Marketing, Home, Motherhood, Savings|

This post contains affiliate links for things that helped me make money as a stay at home mom, which means I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase after clicking a link. All opinions are my own. A little over a year ago, my husband and I had about 55k in student loans left to pay off. We had a plan to pay them as aggressively as we could, but it wasn't going to be easy. At that time, I had just gone down to only one day a week at work, and [...]

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Front Loader Washing Tips For Cloth Diapers- Get Them Clean!

By |2020-02-24T22:09:57+00:00September 10, 2019|Troubleshooting, Washing Issues|

This post contains affiliate links which means I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase after clicking one of my links. All opinions are my own. I hope these front loader washing tips for cloth diapers help you out! A few months ago, my family and I moved to a new house. Our new house has a front-loading HE washer, which is much different from the regular top-loader with agitator I had at my old house. It made diaper laundry challenging at first, but I've finally perfected my routine. Here are [...]

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Front Loader Vs. Top Loader – Which Is Best?

By |2020-01-12T18:19:17+00:00August 27, 2019|Troubleshooting, Washing Issues|

Front loading washing machines have become very popular with the rise of HE (high-efficiency) washing machines. However, top loaders haven't gone anywhere, either! Both styles are very popular, and some people feel passionate about which style is best. Let's look at the details of the front loader vs. top loader debate and see which one would be best for your family's needs. Perks Of A Top Loader Using a top loader has many perks, especially if you are a cloth-diapering parent. For starters, it is much easier to load laundry into a top loader. You can take baskets of [...]

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NEW Force Of Nature Cleaning Review – New & Improved

By |2020-11-08T15:09:04+00:00August 2, 2019|Green Cleaning, Green Home, Natural Living|

This Force of Nature cleaning review contains affiliate links which means I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase after clicking. All opinions are my own. Several months ago, I ordered the Force of Nature cleaning system after seeing it in my Facebook ads for quite some time. I was drawn to it because of how safe it was around my pets and kids. It is tough on germs--I'm admittedly a bit of a hypochondriac, especially when it comes to stomach bugs, so I like having a cleaner that I can trust [...]

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Potty Training and Cloth Diapers – What Do I Need?

By |2019-12-18T14:20:56+00:00July 22, 2019|Diaper Accessories, Toddlers, Types of Diapers|

This post contains affiliate links that may help with potty training and cloth diapers, which means I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase after clicking. All opinions are my own. Potty training...a very heated topic. There are a lot of schools of thought out there as to the best way to potty train. You hear about 3-day methods and gradual methods...which is best? You may also be wondering how to avoid disposable pull-ups. Can you replace pull-ups with a cloth alternative? It's hard to talk about potty training without any sort of [...]

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Grovia Mighty Bubbles Review – Deep Cleaning Your Diapers

By |2019-12-18T14:35:05+00:00July 16, 2019|Troubleshooting, Washing Issues|

This Grovia Mighty Bubble review contains affiliate links for things that help with deep cleaning your diapers, which means I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase after clicking one of my links. All opinions are my own. I first heard about Grovia Mighty Bubbles a few years ago, but I never really had an opportunity to use them. I have been pretty lucky to have minimal issues with getting my diapers clean over the years...that is, until I moved into my new house. My old house, the house in which I began [...]

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If I Had To Do It All Again…How I Would Approach Cloth Diapers

By |2020-01-01T13:01:09+00:00July 6, 2019|Beginner, How to Cloth Diaper|

If you're interested at all in cloth diapers, part of the deal is that you have to just jump in and try. You should be open-minded and have some grit. Everyone's situation is different, and while some people won't have a single issue with their diapers, others may have several they have to work to overcome. I was pretty lucky and I had minimal issues while cloth diapering. A minor issue may have popped up here and there, but it wasn't anything I wasn't able to fix relatively easily. However, after over five years of using cloth diapers, I [...]

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