Tweet!! It's Cotton Bootylicious - June Edition!

Let's everyone hold in our excitement... the June Cotton Booty box has arrived! This time in an envelope because they went over the weight limit for the box. Oh shucks. That's a shame.

Here's this months shakedown!
Looks promising....

This month brings us two things that I'm really excited about, and a wet bag... but I think you can never have enough wet bags, so I'm pretty excited all around.

First things first, let's talk dipes.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE DIAPER PATTERN WE HAVE EVER HAD!

This is the Bumkins Stuff-it pocket diaper with one minky insert and one PUL backed waterproof insert in the WORLDS BEST PRINT - Tweet! Seriously, this is IT for the Little Bird. I haven't used a Bumkins pocket before so this is definitely something new for me, which is the biggest perk of this service, and really the reason that I've signed up for this subscription box. I have a few Bumkins covers that I use with prefolds, so I am aware of the quality that the company turns out, but I have to say, I find the covers heavy (as compared to flip covers that we use most often), and I don't find this pocket diaper heavy at all. A big plus!

The fit on Little Bird is actually really great. She's pretty skinny, and I like a lot of options for a snug fit (velcro/aplix is not for me - somehow I always miss the laundry tabs and things get stuck together/ruined/disasterfied), so the Bumkins snaps really get her a snug fit around the legs. We started with just the minky insert, which is just fine for day and play, and I have her on the smallest rise and snapped to the center. There's still a little gap in the front, but any further and there would be red marks on her belly. 

I tried stuffing with both inserts, which I would for a long nap or overnight, but that was a little too bulky between her legs for playtime. 

Here's a gratuitous cute picture before we continue...

ahhhh, that's better.

This diaper retails for $15.95 and is a one size, fitting 7-32 pounds! yowza.

Next we have a Bumkins wet bag in Yellow Fish.
I love me some Dr. Seuss (who happens to share a birthday with my husband), but I'm not super crazy about this print. I have two other Bumkins wet bags in this same size that I got from Zulily before Little Bird was even born, and a Cat in the Hat bag with two pockets that I use more often. I do love how many diapers fit into this size bag - while I was out of town with Little Bird, I could fit 2 entire days worth of diapers in a bag this size, which was at least 8 stay dry Flip inserts, 2-3 Flip covers, 4 pocket diapers, 4 microfiber inserts, and at least 4 charcoal bamboo inserts. I think that's pretty impressive, no? I roll them pretty tight, but it's definitely a bag that can hold a hefty load!

This guy retails for $10.95.
(So, we've already exceeded our retail price for the box! I repeat... Great Deal!)

onto the sample of the month...

This is the part of the box that I'm pretty intrigued about.
It's no secret that I have had some major breastfeeding struggles and supply problems. In fact, there are days when I pump that I only get a quarter of an ounce per session. I know. It's pathetic. And disheartening. And makes me feel like a failure. So, of course, I do everything I can to boost supply. Fenugreek, Blessed Thistle, pumping like a lunatic, oatmeal, so much water I feel like I might drown.

I am always willing to try something to help my supply. This product from Need (which is owned by the cute Tia and Tamara Mowry! Check it out here!) seems to contain all of the hot button herbs that everyone recommends without having to choke down tea that tastes like feet. (No offense to Mothers Milk tea, but I can't even handle the smell. It tastes like I steeped B's socks in hot water and then added honey).

I just tried this, and it has its good and bad points. I like that it's just a little shot (and one Weight Watchers point, if anyone is counting), goes down pretty quickly and doesn't taste like the lactation teas. However, it does taste a little reminiscent of the glucose drink that they give you for the sugar test while you're pregnant, or like a 5-hour energy drink. I needed a water chaser and a little finger-full of peanut butter after I was done. I don't think I'm going to see a result from one sample, since they advise two bottles per day to see a result, but if I do see an increase, I'll be sure to let you know.

Pssstttt, Tia and Tamara! If you want to send me a weeks supply, I'd be more than happy to report my results for the studio audience. If it works, I'll sing your praises from every rooftop!

And, just because we all like it so much, here's a few snaps of the Little Bird, looking so so so cute in this "tweet" pattern!

Who says Birds and Kitties don't get along?
Behold the Little Bird and Sookie, snuggling on the blanket.
[no babies or kitties were harmed in the making of this photo... in fact, there were copious kisses]

Until next month, my dears.

Cotton Bootylicious

For the last 10 days, the Little Bird and I have been vacationing in the central air conditioned world of Nan's house in Pennsylvania. It was wonderful, but I knew that there was something waiting for me at home. Something fantastical and magical...

Yes, my first Cotton Booty box arrived!!!!

And I had to wait an entire week to open it. Life isn't fair.

But here it is, friends, in all it's beauty and glory!!

Just inside the box!
The anticipation!!

Here they give you a little shakedown of what's in your box.
I saw BumGenius and about died.
And Babylegs?!
Is this a dream?

Okay, I can't relegate this comment to a caption. The first thing when you open the box is an absolutely adorable BumGenius Freetime all in one in Albert - which retails on Amazon anywhere between $28.95 and $32.95 (Cotton Booty's mothership, Milk and Honey Kids, doesn't have diapers on their website that I can find, so I couldn't tell you what they retail for in their store, but it's likely in that price range). The cost of the Cotton Booty box for one month is $24.99. 

You picking up what I'm putting down here? AMAZING DEAL!

I got the "leftovers" of the May box, which was their first (and very impressive) offering, so I was able to request the 'boy' box diaper (The 'girl' box had a Lovelace freetime, which I already have, and was sold out, and the gender neutral offering was a freetime in Clementine, which is gorgeous, just not my favorite - we don't look great in orange in this house) and...

The 'girl' print BabyLegs! Which are so so so cute! 97% of the clothes that Little Bird has been given are pink - which will be hilarious if we ever have a boy, because you bet your right arm that I'll put him in her hand-me-downs - so pink legwarmers are perfect for us. Also, I may have a little obsession with BabyLegs. Ask Emily. She'll confirm.

There is also a small sample of CJ's Butt Butter, which I'm really looking forward to trying. Every lotion we've tried, except for coconut oil, gives Bird a rash on her back... this is supposed to be very gentle and wonderful, so I'm excited. 

And just because I'm a huge fan of the Little Bird, here she is, modeling Albert!

and here's a bonus of the booty, with a little cameo from our blanket magnet Conrad...

Yes, that is a tuft of cat hair by Conrad's ear.
Please don't judge me.
I do my best, but my cat just MOLTS.

That's all for now, dear ones. Visit Cotton Booty on facebook and let them know the Bean and the Bird sent you! I can't wait for the June box! Don't worry... we will share!