About Us

Who We Are

We are a small, mom-owned, local natural parenting store dedicated to helping you find high quality toys, baby carriers, shoes, breastfeeding products, nursing tops, and of course, cloth diapers!  We absolutely love what we do!

We first opened our doors (literally, our front and back doors from our house!) in 2005 in East Lansing, Michigan.  We started our business to help parents learn how to use cloth diapers, not realizing how quickly we would grow.  Parents would stop by our house on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and we would chat, our babies would play together, and we would learn a little about diapering and lot about parenting!

The small box of diapers in Jillian's room expanded to take over her entire room, then moved to our basement.  Our family moved to Ithaca, New York, and we made sure we had plenty of room to grow.  Well, about a year later, we ran out of space again!

In January of 2008, we opened our retail store in Ithaca, New York and moved our shipping center to the same building a few months later.  It's been a wonderful journey, and we thank all the moms, dads, and babies who have made it with us!

Certified Living Wage Employer

We are now a certified Tompkin's County Living Wage Employer!  All our employees start at $11.20/hour or higher!  Our employees enjoy Paid Time Off (1 paid week/year for full-time employees and scaled for part-time employees).

Our employees also receive as much time off as they need for their family.  Is a child sick?  Or a fun family trip coming up?  We work around everyone's schedule so that everyone can support and enjoy their families!   

Our Honest Opinion

Our primary goal is to help parents who want to cloth diaper and to make it easier.  Not to sell a lot of cloth diapers.  If you see other brands, want to know where to find something we don't carry, or see some cloth diapers at a garage sale and want some honest advice, just contact us. There are many choices out there, and we understand that what works for one parent and baby may not work for another.

We have used many different types of cloth diapers, some with great success, and others that left us disappointed. We only sell cloth diapers that have worked well for us and continue to receive excellent reviews... from moms in our local town to moms across the world.

Our Employees

We have a great team here at Jillian's Drawers!  We have a friendly, warm work environment, similar to how our business first existed in our home.  We provide a Living Wage and Paid Time Off.  When our employees have family activities, we are always happy to accommodate time off.  We are lucky to have an online store, which allows many of our employees to work from home on some days.

On a given day, you might see Noah, Kelly's 4 year old son at work, or Claire, Noelia's baby.  Of course, you might see Jillian dutifully cooking at Liam's wooden kitchen, or making lemonade for everyone in the Learning Tower.

We are working hard to continually improve our employees' benefits and experience.  We have sent our employees to TC3 (www.tc3.biz) to learn additional skills.  We are all discussing what we can do next!  Child-care and health insurance are on the horizon!

Support Work At Home Moms

By supporting Jillian's Drawers, you are supporting a network of Work At Home Moms. Children of these Work At Home Moms grow up with their Mom there for them whenever they need her. This might mean the littlest is sleeping safe and snug in a sling while her Mommy works on the computer or the oldest helps pick out diapers and toys to ship to a customer. And with some careful planning, there's enough time for the whole family to head to the park with Mom!  All of us thank you for your support! We couldn't do it without you!

Here are our goals:

• Offer high quality, reliable, easy to use cloth diapers.
• Offer high quality and safe products for mom and baby.
• Provide knowledgeable help and support.
• Ship your order fast, fast, fast!
• Support businesses that allow moms to work with their babies by their side or offer flexible work schedules.
• Support businesses that are environmentally friendly.
• Reuse and recycle.
• Support local businesses whenever possible.

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