Waving a fond farewell – the end of RNW 2012

Well…sniff….it’s here…

The final afternoon of Real Nappy Week 2012.

It’s been, emotional! It’s been, exciting! It’s been, well – quite frankly – probably a little expensive for some of you (BUT THINK OF WHAT YOU SAVED!!!)

Hopefully you managed to get out to a Real Nappy Event or two, and hopefully some of you might have either converted a friend over to the fluffy side or joined the lovely world of cloth nappies yourself!

If you’re new to them – WELCOME! Welcome to lots of fluffy fun, talking about nappies. Yes – something that you probably NEVER EVER in a million years thought that you’d be doing. Who’d have thought that nappies were so wonderful? So utterly cute!

I for one didn’t! This time last year, I was quite seriously researching cloth nappies, but actually (if I’m brutally honest) wasn’t 100% certain that I’d be using them properly (as I believed that they might, possibly be hard work).

But they’re not (YAY) and I love them! So, I hope that a few of you are going to be the same and be seasoned pros this time next year, passing on the fluffy love to some naive newbies!

So – yes – don’t forget that the Nappy Go Lucky www.nappygolucky.co.uk competition is still running and closes at 9pm tonight! You could be in the draw to win a free bumGenius FREETIME!

The draw won’t be taking place until (probably) Monday or Tuesday evening, though, as Monkey (my little winner picker) will be in bed when it closes and then he’s at nursery all day on both days, so I think that it’ll be rather tricky to get it all done before then.

You’ll just have to be kept waiting in suspense, won’t you! For one lucky winner – it’ll be worth it!!!!

Best of luck to you all and Happy Real Nappy Week x

What do you do in your FREETIME? Enter a giveaway? Go on – you know you want to!

As the theme of Real Nappy Week 2012 is ‘Real Nappies… Real Easy’, the lovely owner of ‘Nappy Go Lucky’ http://www.nappygolucky.co.uk/ has kindly offered one lucky person the chance to win themselves a bumGenius Freetime nappy (poppered version).

This is quite possibly one of THE most simple nappies to use and is a very clever, fairly new addition to the cloth nappy world.

Here’s what bumGenius say about their nappy:

Maximize your freetime! Cloth nappying…in one easy step!

Its a onesize, all in one cloth nappy so no more stuffing! Multiple layers of stay dry lined microfibre make this a very simple to use cloth nappy, and also quite quick drying.

A really simple easy to use all in one, once again bumGenius have proved themselves to be GENIUS when it comes to cloth nappies!

One step cloth nappy – no stuffing!
Semi-attached inserts dry faster.
3×3 snap down design* adjusts the sizing to fit small, medium and large sizes (approximately 8-35+ pounds).
Trim, snug and comfortable stretchy tabs* provide a custom fit.
Available in both snap and hook & loop closure.
Gentle leg elastic contains the mess!

I LOVE these nappies as they are such a perfect, easy cloth nappy that really make an awful lot of sense. They are fantastic for both first time users and the more seasoned cloth nappy addicts, and the new, vibrant bumGenius colours and prints are amazing!

So, to enter, post an answer to the question that I’m about to pose on either the Blog, Facebook (daisytheclothbummum) or via Twitter (@daisyclothbum) and you will be placed in the draw to win a bumGenius Freetime nappy of your choice from instock items.

As usual – you can answer the question via three online locations, which gives you three chances of winning! If you share the competition as well, you can get an extra entry as long as you let me know! (just one extra entry, not three – I’d find that a nightmare to keep up with everyone!)

Remember to let me know via the FB page or add #NGLdaisy to your Tweets, or I won’t be able to keep track of you all.

Before I post the question, the T&C are as follows:

The competition will close at 9pm on Sunday 22nd April 2012.
The nappy will only be posted out to a UK address.
The winner will be decided by daisytheclothbummum and is final.
The winner will be notified, and announced, as soon as possible after the giveaway closes.
After the competition closes, I’ll pick out twenty entries that are (in my eyes) the most creative and they’ll go into the ‘hat’. Monkey will then pick out a winner and I’ll document this via photos for you!
The winner’s email address will be forwarded to Nappy Go Lucky http://www.nappygolucky.co.uk/ (I’ll contact via Twitter/FB or the Blog to get this information from the winner) and will then receive an email detailing how to get their nappy!
If the winner has any problems with the nappy he/she must contact Nappy Go Lucky directly. http://www.nappygolucky.co.uk/

Disclaimer:
daisytheclothbummum gives her time freely to run this giveaway and is not being paid for running it.

Right, so now that’s all out of the way – get your thinking caps on!

As I mentioned earlier, the theme of this year’s Real Nappy Week is, “Real Nappies…Real Easy!”

So, if you were talking to someone about Real Nappies, what could you say to help promote them? To persuade them that switching to cloth will be a breeze? To let them know just how much fun they can be!

Finish off the sentence below in 20 words or less (not including the ones I’m giving you!)

REAL NAPPIES ARE REAL EASY BECAUSE…

Best of luck to everyone who enters! I’m looking forward to seeing how persuasive you can all be!

And the winner of our Rumparooz giveaway is…

So,
Here it is,
THE moment that you’ve all been waiting for.
Now, I know that you’ve been up all night, pacing the corridors of your house, restlessly waiting in eager anticipation to see whether you, yes – YOU, are the winner of the, quite frankly, astounding prize of a Rumparooz wetbag from the lovely Sarah at Nappy Go Lucky www.nappygolucky.co.uk

Whilst you’re sat there, rubbing your bleary eyes, let me first of all reassure you that, yes, I (the host of this wonderful giveaway) got a very good night’s sleep, and that – more importantly, THE DRAW HAS BEEN DONE. Little Master Clothbum got all excited yesterday evening when we asked him (well, plonked him down in front of a hat full of exciting, papery things) to perform his important role.

We first of all drew up a shortlist of ten people. Gosh, that was hard! There were so many cool, funny (and some quite frankly rather odd!) suggestions and I had a right giggle reading through them all. Lots of you suggested hiding chocolate or new nappies (I’d do that myself, if I’m being honest!) whilst someone even suggest hiding bodies when people annoyed her… Moving swiftly on, a list was drawn up of the most unusual, ones that tickled me or ones that were just slightly obscure. Here’s the final ten. Well done for getting that far. You win… a nice round of applause, done in a circle!

Then, in came Master Clothbum. He stared, he got excited and he covered the entries in rather a lot of drool. It took a few swipes with his chubby little fists before he got hold of one of the folded pieces of paper. A big grin covered his little face – and then he got very VERY excitable and started waving it about everywhere. We couldn’t actually get it off him!

Once he’d settled down, I prised the rather crumpled piece of paper from out of his clenched, sticky fist and opened it up…

WELL DONE TO SINEAD! (apologies for the pic being upside down!) You’re the lucky winner of a Rumparooz wetbag from Nappy Go Lucky! You’ll be contacted shortly with your winning code that you can redeem against a free wetbag of your choice (from instock items) and free p&p to a UK address.

Thank you so much, again, to everyone that took part. You’ve really made my first giveaway an awful lot of fun. I’ve been working very hard in the background and I hope to bring you more giveaways soon. Please keep reading and enjoying the blog. I thoroughly enjoy writing it and your lovely comments make it all the better!

It’s GIVEWAY time!!!

Well, I just can’t keep it to myself any longer. I’ve been getting quite excited, and – I admit – a little nervous about this announcement. Silly, isn’t it – me, getting nervous. But this is a totally new thing for me and I have no idea what kind of responses I’ll get. Will I get any? Will it go mad? Will I be able to cope! Ok, that’s a tad dramatic, but…..drumroll time…..

Ready?

Are you sure?

You may want to be sitting down for this!

Ok…here goes….

I……AM……DOING……A……GIVEAWAY!!!!!!

That’s right, you read it correctly! I’ve got a little giveaway for one of you lucky, lucky people. The wonderful, lovely Sarah at Nappy Go Lucky www.nappygolucky.co.ukcontacted me with an offer. She has one fantastic Rumparooz Wetbags to give away, along with free postage and packaging to a UK address (the p&p will be refunded to you via Paypal). The lucky winner will be given a code that can be redeemed for 90 days against instock and preordered wetbags.

I love my Rumparooz wetbag – it’s brilliant. It held three days worth of cloth, washed like a dream and dried overnight. Really impressed – so much so that I’m getting another after payday! Love them!

The giveaway opens, NOW, and closes on Wednesday 25th January at 5pm. Any entries put in after this time will not be put into the draw.

All you have to do is comment on this post and answer the following question, being as creative as possible (I like to be surprised, in a good – clean way!)

WHAT COULD YOU USE YOUR RUMPAROOZ WETBAG FOR AROUND YOUR HOUSE?

If you share the giveaway via Twitter, using #gumballdaisy then you will get an extra entry and if you share it via Facebook and put a comment on my Facebook page, then you’ll also get another entry.

Best of luck, everyone! I love a giveaway, don’t you!

Terms and conditions:
The winner will be decided by daisytheclothbummum and is final.
The winner will be notified, and announced, as soon as possible after the giveaway closes (I’ve got a 5 month old baby, so I can’t be completely specific!)
A shortlist of ten names will be drawn up by daisytheclothbummum and put into a hat (well, probably a tupperware box, but you get the idea!)
Then, my gorgeous little lad will have fun picking one name out! I’ll put up some pictures so you can see the mini judge in action!
The code is redeemable for 90 days after it has been given out.
If the winner has any problems with the wetbag, he/she must contact Nappy Go Lucky.

Disclaimer:
daisytheclothbummum is not being paid by either Nappy Go Lucky or Rumparooz and gives her time freely to run this giveaway.