What's with the name?

One of the first questions you probably had when visiting the Diaper Rumble blog was "What's with the name?"

Well, diaper (pronounced: dī(ə)pər) is an absorbent material placed around a baby's bottom to catch the baby's urine and poo in order to prevent the clothes, crib, carseat, carpet, and Mom and Dad from getting soiled.  You probably already knew that.  Since the blog is primarily about diapering, it is important this word is a part of the name.

Rumble (pronounced: rəmbəl) is a deep, resonant sound.  You probably already knew that, too.  When our child was a few days old, he had quite a bit of gas, as most babies do.  Every time he passed gas, his diaper would make a rumbling noise.  We thought it was  the funniest and cutest thing we had ever heard.  In fact, we joked about the diaper rumbling so much that my husband quickly coined the term "diaper rumble," and it stuck as our pet phrase to indicate our little guy was passing gas.  Well, rumbling is also used to refer to a large crowd talking and chattering about.  Since the aim of this blog is to discuss cloth diapering with (hopefully) a large crowd of interested parents and parents-to-be, we knew Diaper Rumble was an excellent name for the blog.

We hope you appreciate the blog (and the affectionate term after which it was named) as much as we do!

Let the Rumble Begin!

Today marks the launch of Diaper Rumble.  This is a blog about my experience cloth diapering: what I have learned, what I have bought, the routine I have developed, and a few of the minor catastrophes I have experienced along the way.  I'm not going to spend a lot of time telling you all the reasons you should cloth diaper, because you already know cloth diapering can keep thousands of dollars in your pocket and hundreds of pounds out of landfills.  If you are like me, you may have spent countless hours researching, purchasing, and making cloth diapers to build a stash that perfectly fits your needs - or maybe you are just at the beginning of this process.  My goal is to impart some of my new-found knowledge and love for cloth diapers to all those ladies (and men) out there interested in cloth diapering.  Let the rumbling begin!