Cloth diapering was always the plan. From the beginning, before there was even a baby, I knew disposables weren't going to work for me. The cost was one part of it. The waste was the other. Neither of those things was an afterthought. They were both just... obvious to me from the start.
So I used cloth. PUL pocket diapers, which is where most people begin. And that was fine, except when I started looking for wool covers, I couldn't find anything that actually worked. Everything on the market was either wildly expensive, poorly made, or shaped for some theoretical baby rather than an actual one. So I made my own.
That's really where Bumby came from. Not from a grand plan. From not being able to find what I needed.
The more I worked with wool, the more I loved it, and eventually the passion took over the whole operation. But it started practical. It always starts practical.
The name came from Bumble Bee Baby, which was the original idea. Too long. I took the first and last letters and landed on Bumby. It's made up. I love what it means to me now.
The first logo was an elephant I drew in Paint. By hand. Just an elephant, no wool anywhere in sight. That tells you where we started.
Almost twenty years on and I'm still figuring things out. The business is more sophisticated. The products are better. But I'm not going to pretend I have it all sorted. I'm a one-woman engine most days, working with learners and AI and a community of people who have been extraordinarily patient with me. We're doing something real here and we're still in the middle of it.
"What made you keep going?" Honestly... you. The flock. Always.