Oct. 26, 2006 - cloth diapers
I got my cloth diapers yesterday. Ok, they're not mine. They belong to Drew and his soon to be baby brother or sister. I am still working on washing them to make them nice and absorbant. I have two more washings to go. But I was able to put one of his All-in-One diaper on today. I am impressed so far. It's the first AIO I have owned brand new. It's called the BumGenius one size fits all AIO diaper. I read several reviews on it and it was mixed. But the bad reviews came BEFORE they changed the diaper to it's current make and form. So I bought 3 and I am going to give them a try. They are really cute on his little bottom. Too bad I can't let him go around in only a diaper anymore. :( The rest of my "system" consists of brand new prefold diapers and 5 brand new proraps. Oh, and I got 6 Kissaluvs that were on sale. Woohoo!!!! They do take along time to dry though.
I have done cloth diapers before. My three middle children have all been in cloth. The early potty training worked great with my dd. She literally trained herself about 2 weeks after her 2yod birthday. Unfortunately, I haven't been as diligent at night with her and she's still in pull ups. My next mission is to find her some cloth training pants to wear at night. She's starting to beg me for cloth. hehehe!!!!
My other system of diapers bit the dust. . .literally. They are now cleaning cloths. They had been used with three babies and I am not sure I took the best care of them. Over 5 years they just kind of got ragged. The covers were gross as well. My dh gave me permission to start over. I am working my way toward being rally crunchy and this is something I needed to brink back to get there. hehehe!!! My dh is the one that suggested the All-in-One diapers. I was shocked considering they cost more. But he's looking for simple to help me out (and he's probably looking for something easier to slip on the babies when he changes them.) So if the AIO diapers work we are going to order more in a couple of months for both babies. But I don't mind using the prefolds and a cover. I guess that means I need to keep the AIO around for dh to change diapers.
The only thing we are doing differently this time around is cloth at night. That should be an adventure. I figured since I know how to do cloth already it was time to start this. And what a better way to be more crunchy than to use cloth all the time. I have invested well in wool soaker and many, many doublers to use with my ds. We'll see how the those hold him. I don't know what I will do with the baby yet. The only thing I lack to make my change complete are the cloth wipes. I am trying to decide if I want to sew them or just buy the baby wash clothes again. I supposed that would be easier. Hmm. The kids have been looking for a reason to go check out the newest Super Target. We may be taking a trip there after snack.
Well, I am off the change our first cloth diaper of the day. And unfortunately it's one of those diapers that make most people stay away from cloth. Blech!!!!!!!
Comments
Oct. 27, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by MyLittleWomen
Hi Karen~
I've been trying to decide whether or not to go to cloth diapers. It is more of a decision as to whether I can handle all the extra money going into the wash machines at our apartment or not. However, I think it may still be cheaper than buying disposables all the time!
We shall see...
Sommer
Oct. 27, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by babymakers
I responded to your comment on my blog.
