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Featured WAHM: Keen Bambino
Q: How Did You First Start Using Cloth Diapers & End Up Making Them Your Business?
A: I have to say, cloth seemed scary at first. My friend Lisa used them on her son, and I always wondered why someone would want to dunk & swish! I was so uninformed!!! When my disposable-diapered son was 16 months old, and I was 5 months pregnant with my second son, I came across a statistic estimating that the average child produces about 10,000 dirty diapers before potty training... that kind of freaked me out. I looked on a few cloth diaper websites and was amazed at how easy, economical & cute they were. I was hooked!
My husband likes to tease me: "You love those diapers!" But it's true. As soon as I started using them on my oldest, I was raving about how awesome cloth diapers are to everyone... my mom, my sister... anyone in the grocery store... I decided to take the plunge and make cloth diapers my career. I'm able to stay home with my kiddos, and still have a job I'm passionate about.
Q: Was starting your business difficult?
A: It was WAY easier than I thought it would be. My city's web site was incredibly informative about the various permits & licenses needed to legally open a business in California. The most excruciating part was waiting for said permits... I'm not exactly known for my patience!
Q: How do you manage to run a business with small children?
A: I live for nap time! Also, when my mom comes to visit every Thursday, I use "Grandma Time" to bust out some hard-core work.
Q: What does your home office/work space look like?
A: I tend to keep my lap-top on the kitchen counter, rather than on my desk. This way I can sneak a peek at my email without having to leave the adjacent "play area".
Q: What Is The Most Rewarding Thing About Running Your Home Business?
A: I feel like I can make a difference in my community, and the diapering world in general, without sacrificing time with my children. Being a mom is the most wonderful thing in my life, but it's also nice to have another aspect to my identity.
Q: What new an exciting things can we expect in the future?
A: My biggest goal is to educate people about cloth diapers of today. If I had seen a pocket diaper before my oldest son was born, he would have been cloth-diapered from the start! I'm hoping to get the word about cloth diapers out locally, as well as on my site. I'll be adding many more products as my business grows!
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