Sad Day

This past Tuesday when I went to pick up little man's cloth diapers at Bebop Baby Shop I found out that they will be closing at the end of January. You ask why is this sad? well because there is just something about little locally owned shops that you just can't get at the big box stores.

While Bebop sells several name brands like Plan and Melissa and Doug, they also sell several items from local artists and companies. Also, Kate (one of the owners) hand stitches several clothing items for sale there. In fact, one of my favorite shirts came from there (see picture below). Little man was in this shirt all the time (unfortunately it was spring and most of the time he was wearing a rain coat, so I don't have many pictures of it). In fact he received a few comments on friends blog because of the shirt.

Then there is the cloth diapering service that Bebop offers. These ladies are extremely knowledgeable in the products they sell and actually helped sell us on cloth diapering. Of course, knowing that someone else would wash the dirty diapers was their biggest selling point. While the cloth diapering service will continue though the winter, we are faced with the decision of "do we continue?" after the service has ended. If you could only share in the joy of the stench that fills the house when we pack up the diapers and ship them off to Beth, you would understand. Although, we do have friends who successfully clean their own diapers because they don't have diaper services in their area, the wimpy part of me isn't so sure. Also at the point the service will end little man should have started the long journey of potty training. Do we want to buy all the pre-fold to use for a short period of time? Please Beth, stay open..............

So it is with my saddest regret that I inform the world that one of our favorite stores is closing.