3 years of ownership

This month marks 3 years since I took over ownership of Mumma Loves Bubba so thought it was time to revisit a little bit about who we are. 

 I am Samantha, a mum of 3 little ones who are currently 9, 5 and 2. As well as running this business I also run Cloth Nappies for Charity where I collect secondhand donations of nappies to loan to those in need in our local communities that want the option to choose Cloth but can’t always afford to. I am passionate about cloth use and changing habits away from single use to reduce our waste. 

When my eldest was born it was always going to be Cloth that we used but we had planned on just using terry flats and covers (back then you could buy fleece velcro covers from Big W and Target). Budget was a big reason for us choosing cloth especially as I gave up my career to be at home with my baby (I am a trained primary school teacher and hold a masters degree in Teacher Librarianship). While in the early newborn phase I was researching Cloth more and fell down the rabbit hole of MCN’s (modern cloth nappies). I will admit that back then we didn’t have all the online forums that we do now, nor did there seem to be as much variety as there is now either. As I got further in to the Cloth world I discovered other ways that I could make changes to be more sustainable and reduce our waste as well as save money in the long term. I made the dive into reusable cloth menstrual pads for myself once my period returned  as I was using reusable nursing pads as I found them so much more absorbent then the disposables of which I was going through a box every 2nd day in the early days. I also switched to reusable sandwich wraps, snack bags and food pouches along with stainless steel straws. It was also early on in our Cloth journey we started with a cheeky wipes kit and have never looked back. I also became more passionate about my vegetable garden (though not always having time for it) and worm farming for all our scraps. Hence the reason I try to incorporate reusables for the whole family in to our store. 

Prior to purchasing Mumma Loves Bubba I was a consultant for another business selling cloth nappies and baby carriers in the Newcastle/Hunter region. I first started this in 2014 when pregnant with my 2nd and wanting to grow Cloth awareness in our local community as it was nowhere near the popularity I have seen it to be currently. Through this business I also held events for the Great Cloth Diaper Change and met many wonderful Cloth users. The opportunity to purchase Mumma Loves Bubba then came up in 2017 which I decided to take a big leap of faith and go for something I normally wouldn’t outside my comfort zone. It hasn’t always been easy, especially with a 3rd HG pregnancy thrown in to the mix not long after taking over followed by postnatal anxiety and another non sleeping reflux baby, but we are now finally growing and I hope to bring you more wonderful products as I can (even if this baby still doesn’t know how to sleep). I’m secretly hoping in this next year to be able to celebrate our 500th order as well. 

We may be small in scopes of businesses out there but I hope our service is the best it can be as every single order we receive makes my day that little bit brighter. Here’s to another year of business. 

To celebrate use code 3rdbirthday to receive free postage over $40 for the rest of November. (Code can only be used once per customer and not valid with any other codes).