Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes..

Our main store checkout solutions have been a virtual nightmare for both customers and me. For the time being The main site will give you a message when you click on items that we are closed and you can shop at http://hyenacart.com/fivegreenbeans I will be slowly modifying the main site to direct customers to shop their. This should be easier on everyone. I want to make sure that check out runs smoothly and is hassle free for everyone. Thanks so much to our loyal customers and fans for your patients and understanding while we work out all these little kinks and bumps in the road :)

Also we have been approved to sell Wahmies OS, DryBees & Rocky Mountian diapers :) so look for those items soon :)

FGB is working on a Forum!

I was unaware until recently that my web solution for Five Green Beans also offered a free message board. I for one love sites such as Diaperswappers, Mothering etc. I feel though sometimes with such large forums its hard to keep up with them. I think having a small forum to discuss things such as Diapers, Parenting, Going Green, and even a little buying, selling and trading items would be a lot of fun. I know it fits my personality better to be in smaller circles vrs thousands of members. You never know how far something will grow so it will be interesting to see how it plays out. I will be needing a few moderators and an additional admin someone who is pretty message board/web savvy to help install the private message board features. That is the only part I can't seem to figure out thus far. Although I am still setting up shop you are free to join now. I will be posting a sticky this weekend for moderator applications. So if your interested let me know :) Click here to see and join the forum!

Do you buy white diapers?

Aside from the benefits of cloth diapers for your child's health and our environment one if the huge drawing features for me is the cuteness factor. Seems their is an endless supply of adorable prints & solids. Even what used to be boring prefold or flat diapers from our Grandmothers diapering days can be dyed & embellished in any way you can imagine. I often wonder do cloth diaper users buy any white diapers? Do you like the traditional look of them? Even huggies (yuck) came out with a diaper that looks like blue jeans. I haven't seen them other than on the package at the store. It really made me think does anyone use just white diapers anymore? I actually only have 1 white diaper that was part of a lot of diaper I bought with my know almost 5 year old. I even tried to dye it but the only thing that kept the dye was the thread lol. I do have a white diaper on the way to me (again because it was part of a lot) I can't say that I would ever seek out white diapers to buy.

White Diaper

Print Diaper

Thirsties & BG's may be coming our way.

I am the first to admit. I am a pocket loving mama. I love to wash them (in Rockin' Green of course) I love to stuff, fold and put them neatly away in their bins. If you asked my husband he would agree that the diaper stash is the most organized thing in our house. My pocket Love started in 2005 when #3 was born. it turned out that she did better in fitteds. When #4 came along in 2008 I discovered Bum Genius.. they did get the name right. I was hooked. I also became hooked on Knickernappies and pretty much every one sized pocket I could find. When #4 was a newborn I listened to the recommendation of fellow diapering mamas to try thristies covers. Oh boy where they GREAT! They where perfect for those explosive new baby poops. I went to pockets after she was a bit older because I loved the onesize factor A diaper that fits potentially from 8 pounds through potty learning SOLD. I recently started missing prefolds so I ordered a few covers A thristies OS snapping diaper & a Flip. I have a personal policy with myself that I will only carry products in my store that I personally love.

Now my only concern in my almost 12 year cloth diapering journey is the dreaded BUBBLE BUTT. I can say that A bikini twisted prefold with the thristies cover is really trim! here is a photo of my little darling wearing just that.


I have contacted both Thrities & Cotton Babies (the makers of bum genius) and looking forward to the possibility of adding them to FGB's product lineup. FGB is also in the developmental stages of diaper making. Our objective is to bring our customers a really affordable diaper with out scrimping on the quality. Hoping to release this summer.

Grand opening contest!

You must be a facebook fan to enter :) We will have contests on the blog as well at a later time.

click on the Facebook fan badge to the right of the screen to join our fan page.

great prizes including Knickernappies OS cloth diaper & Rockin' Green diaper detergent and many more things!!

you can find the details in the discussions tab of the fan page.. hurry up and enter it ends Midnight EST on 5/28