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Miracle Diapers

Who is Ruth?
I am a Christian wife to my hairdresser/ bible college student husband, and stay at home, homeschooling, extended nursing mom to my two children.

How she got started in cloth diapering:
I diapered my oldest in disposables because I didn't know any better. At the time I didn't know anyone irl that used cloth, and the only diaper service around wouldn't deliver to our area. When my oldest was nearly 3 and I was expecting our second child, my sil taught me how to make my own baby wipes using paper towels. I loved the idea of knowing exactly what was going on my babies bottom so much that I started researching cloth diapers on the internet. That's when I found out that the world of cloth diapering had changed immensely since my mom diapered me in flannel flats, pins and plastic pants. My daughter never wore cloth diapers, as she learned the potty the day her brother came home from the hospital. But my son wore them from the time he was 3 weeks old until he learned the potty.

How Ruth developed the vision for Miracle Diapers:
Through message boards I saw so many moms that wanted to diaper their babies or supplement their tiny stashes but just could not afford to. Instead they had to continue to scrape up a few dollars here and there to buy disposables. Which in the end would be much more money than buying a stash of cloth diapers. I thought of all the public assistance there was for many different aspects of parenting, but when I researched it- I found no places that helped families cloth diaper. That was when the idea of Miracle Diapers first formed in my head. I thought that I wouldn't be able to start it without getting my non-profit tax id number (which requires either a lot of money or a lot of time- of which I have neither), so for a while it just remained a dream. At one point I realized that I might be able to move forward by just soliciting private parties for donations of used cloth diapers. So on a whim I made a one-page website and asked some friends what they thought. Within hours I was receiving emails from potential donors and applicants. That was the last week in January, by the second week in February I helped diaper Miracle Diaper's first recipient- newborn Gavin in Buxton, Oregon.

Who Miracle Diapers has helped:
Since February of this year (2005) I have helped approximately 25-30 families. I have diapered babies whose parents are unemployed, babies whose parents are college students, babies of single parents, babies who are allergic to the chemicals in disposable diapers, babies who have health challenges, babies who's parents have disabilities, and most of all babies whose parents want the best for them.

What Ruth would like to see from this in the future:
In the near future my goal is to register as a non-profit; therefore be able to solicit corporations for donations. In the next few years I would love to have Miracle Diapers as widely known in the cloth diapering world as Bumkins and Fuzzi Bunz. I have a few fundraising ideas that will help spread the word, and I can't wait to get started on them! My dream is to help inform and educate parents on the different options of cloth diapering today and increase the amount of babies wearing cloth diapers by the thousands. Mostly I just want to continue helping as many families as I can diaper their babies in cloth.

How people can help:
There are lots of ways people can help-

All material donations are welcome- whether it just be diaper pins and washcloths that can be used as cloth wipes. Anything you can think of that is cloth diaper related- diapers, covers, wipes, snappis, pins, wet bags, etc... will go to use. I have even passed on diaper cream (cloth friendly of course) and a wipe warmer.

Cash donations are welcome and are used to help purchase diapers and accessories, and help pay for shipping and advertising.

I am also currently working on a couple of ideas that would involve more volunteer participation for people willing to help- no matter their location.

If there are any interested parties in Portland, Oregon that would want to help, I could always use some extra hands.