In keeping with the saying, "necessity is the mother of invention", all of our products have been designed out of a need for something different.

The Cotton Babies One-Size Microfiber Insert happened one night when I was sewing some inserts up for a customer. I had a snap press in my sewing room and late one night, totally on a whim, I added a snap to the insert to make it shorter. Our design was met with resounding applause and we were off and running. We both thought it made sense to design a diaper to work with our insert. The demands of a growing business and having another baby meant that it took some time for that dream to become reality. When it did though, bumGenius! One-Size Cloth Diapers were born.

Our bamboo fitteds and the all-in-one followed closely behind the one-size diaper... The bumGenius Bamboo Fitteds were designed for the family who wants great fit, fantastic absorbency and natural fibers against their baby's skin. The award winning bumGenius All-In-Ones appeal to the family who wants a simple, highly absorbent one-step system.

Today, bumGenius branded products are concientiously produced in the United States and in Egypt. You're welcome to visit our retail store in St. Louis, Missouri anytime. The store is conveniently located just off Interstate 270 at the southeast corner of Tesson Ferry Road and Kennerly Road (across from St. Anthony's Hospital).

Our company began very small - with $100 worth of product in a tiny green milkcrate stored in a shelf in our kitchen. It grew from there to a bookshelf, then a closet, then a bedroom, then a basement and finally, in 2005, the business expanded into a small commercial space. We opened a retail store in 2006 and in 2007 moved our shipping center into a larger warehouse that is set to double in size in 2008. Our focus from 2002 through 2005 was retail through Cotton Babies. In 2005, we launched the bumGenius product line. This product has provided the primary fuel for the growth from 2005 through today. Today, Cotton Babies employs many people in the St. Louis area who work in the warehouse shipping orders, in the retail store helping our local customers, in the offices providing administrative support or in their homes sewing products.