Amazon

If you read at least one of my posts (and click on any of my links), you will know that I LOVE Amazon.com!  You may ask - Why is a huge corporation so great for cloth diapering?  Reviews!  Buy any cloth diapers directly from the maker's web-site, and of course they are going to have biased reviews posted that mostly support their products.  Amazon normally has hundreds of reviews for their big sellers.  The mainstream brands have so many reviewers that you can often find someone commenting which diaper works best for children with unique body shapes (super petite, large thighs, heavy wetters, etc.).  You aren't going to find this information on a seller's webpage.  Even if you don't buy from Amazon, it is a great place to gather information.  With some exceptions, Amazon also has the best prices for the items it sells, especially when you consider free shipping.

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!