Life at Diaper Daisy has been super busy, which is great news, but not so great for the blog.  Sorry about the lag time.  I actually have some blog contributors lined up to help.  (If you are interested, let me know.  If you are one of these contributors, I will be in touch in the next 24 hours!)

To jump back in, I wanted to talk a little bit about Monday night Twitter parties.  Every Monday night, people from across the country take part in a chat all about cloth diapers on Twitter.  It is a great time to meet other cloth diapering parents, ask questions, learn about different products, etc.  The Twitter party starts each week around 8pm EST, but you can come and leave at any point in the evening.

So, how do you take part in the cloth diapers Twitter chat.  First and foremost, you need to have a Twitter account.  If you aren’t signed up, you can do so at http://www.twitter.com.

All tweets (messages) sent during chats on Twitter are marked with a different # depending on the topic.  All tweets in the cloth diapers chat include #clothdiapers somewhere in them.  So, in order to see what is being said, you need to look for all messages that include #clothdiapers to see what is being said, and include #clothdiapers in any of your tweets.

Too much?  Here is a quick and simple rundown.

1. Sign up for Twitter at http://www.twitter.com.
2. Go to TweetGrid at http://www.tweetgrid.com.  (This is a Twitter tool that will help you follow the conversation.)
3. Click the button for a “1×2″ grid.  A new screen will load.
4. The new screen has three separate parts.  The top is where you will write anything you want to say.  You can put in your Twitter ID and password here before you get started.  There is also a textbox to the right of this section that says “Hashtag:”.  In that box, type “#clothdiapers” so that all of your tweets show up in the chat.
5. The other two sections of the page are for different searches.  At the top of the left box, enter “#clothdiapers” into the text box and press the “Search” button.  Now, all of the tweets in the cloth diapers chat will show up on that box so that you can follow along.
6. At the top of the right box, type @TwitterID.  (For example, my TwitterID is DiaperDaisy, so I would type @DiaperDaisy in that box.)  Then click the “Search” button.  Now, any tweets that are sent directly to you will show up here.  This is really useful so that, even if the conversation is moving quickly, you don’t miss anything that people have said.

Okay, you are all set up!  Now for the fun part, chatting!  Just follow along with what is said.  If you have a question or a comment, type it into the text box at the very top of the page and click “Tweet!”  If you want to tweet in reply to someone else, you can put your mouse arrow in that box and click on the arrow button pointing to the left.

Phew!  Questions?  Worries?  Comment here or email sara (at) diaperdaisy (dot) com.

Have fun, and be sure to follow @DiaperDaisy, too!   See you there!

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