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Posts Tagged ‘cloth diapers’Cloth Diapering 3 Kids!Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
I read a post on a message board that I frequent today. The poster was talking about how she is due with her 3rd in a few months and the oldest would be 2.5 at that time so barring any potty-learning miracles, she would have 3 in cloth diapers for at least 6 months….WOW. Knowing me, I would be the same way and everyone that I know would be trying to have my committed to the looney bin! Well, except for the fact that I could NEVER handle 3 kids so close together, hats off to her! In most of the replies to the original poster, people were talking about how easy and cheap prefolds and covers are and while I totally agree on some level, I just remembered the epiphany that I had when Amelia outgrew her smalls and I replaced them mostly with medium pocket diapers. I used the small/newborn prefolds tri-folded as inserts and to double up for night time as well. I am sure one size pockets must have existed (this was the summer of ‘07) but I certainly didn’t know about them! I couldn’t help but think how much I wish the the Hugga Buns One-Size Pocket was around back then (and how awesome they would be for this lady!) I could have saved so much money and time – a couple dozen of those and I would not have had to buy diapers again! Unless of course I saw something super cute that I NEEDED… For the above mentioned message board poster, they would be perfect since they are sizable, come without an insert AND are such a great price. Now that Amelia isn’t in diapers anymore all these great diapers are coming out. Almost makes me want to think about having more kids……….. Potty Trained…Thursday, March 11th, 2010So I was noticing the other day (my daughter hasn’t worn a diaper in about 5 months or so now) that my normal laundry seems to be piling up! The extra 2-3 loads a week that my diapers created for the 3ish years that Amelia wore cloth diapers never bothered me. She is my only child so I didn’t really know any different since we never used disposables. I don’t dislike laundry like many of my other mom friends – granted, I have one child and not 5-6 like some of them!! I thought that I would *never* be doing laundry once we weren’t using cloth diapers anymore. Wrong….. I guess like anything else, I have slowly gotten used to doing less and less laundry and now that I just have 2-3 loads of clothes a week I have gotten spoiled. I realized last Friday that I had 3 loads piled up in various collection areas around the house, PLUS I needed to do the sheets and blankets on the bed that my parents sleep on when they visit. This seemed crazy to me since it really amounted to over a week of not doing ANY. How did that happen?? Doing a load a day is certainly more work, but it forced me to not get behind. Could *not* washing dirty diapers possibly have become a negative?? I suppose that is how everything stays in balance, one thing positive for a negative – I am sure most people would read this and think I am off my rocker… I might have less laundry, but now that I don’t automatically do a load a day, I am slacking off. I guess my husband will tell me when he reads this that I am never happy….sigh Happy diapering everyone (unless your toddlers are using the potty, that is!) Newborn DiaperingThursday, February 11th, 2010I get overwhelmed moms-and-dads-to-be in my store every day. I can always tell who they are with their far-off distance stares and bewildered confusion in this new world they have stepped into. The baby world. The diapering world. They are looking for the “best” diapering system for their new baby. I usually recommend starting with some infant prefolds, covers, and a few other styles they may be interested in before “committing” to one style or brand. The truth is if you are a fluff-addict-to-be you will be bored with one style or brand! You will want to try all of the different styles, prints, themes, etc. It gets a little crazy… So my two cents worth is to start slow, but get enough diapers to get you through a cycle to get started. We recommend 30-36 for a newborn, but if you are just trying it out, a dozen will work for trial purposes. You will soon find out what your diapering “style” is when your new bundle arrives! Spring Fever, Anyone else??Tuesday, February 9th, 2010I didn’t even want to say it, since here in New England we still have so much more winter. Most of the snow is gone from here (but is supposed to return tomorrow) and I was looking out my kitchen window this morning while making my coffee and at my gardens thinking….hmm, wonder if i could til that?? Laughable, huh? Speaking of plants though, I did buy some new seed trays and several packs of organic seeds, they went fast in the stores last year so I want to get them while the supplies are good. I was thinking about maybe turning some shelves into a growing area for seedlings and installing some grow lights on the undersides of them, something to keep myself busy until it gets a little warmer – 20’s is just not doing it for me! This is also about the time of year that I get a hankering to hang diapers out on the line! I don’t really have to worry about that this year but the thought did cross my mind earlier. I could picture them hanging there (in the freezing cold, probably frozen!) One of the downsides to having your last or in my case, only child finally start using the potty. Another downside that we discovered the other day while playing at in indoor play area, sliding down a really fast slide!! No padding….poor kid, she just kept rubbing her little bum each time she hit the bottom! Well, here is to hoping that spring comes soon and that we all don’t go stir crazy waiting for it ResolutionsWednesday, December 30th, 2009I’m sure we have some readers that don’t use cloth diapers – or maybe you use them some of the time, but still find yourself buying a few packs of sposies here and there and using them more than you want to. I was just thinking about some of the things that I am going to try to change as my “resolutions” so-to-speak for 2010…..reading my daughter more books, cutting down on the time I let her watch tv….and those are just my parenting related resolutions As I was talking to another mom friend of mine that always tells me she wants to try cloth diapers but never does – I started thinking, what a great New Year’s Resolution! I think we all could stand to try something new and potentially beneficial for our families. Why not suggest trying cloth for the new year to a close friend? You could even offer to let them try a few of yours, or give them a belated Holiday gift of a gift certificate or a couple of your favorite diapers? You would be helping them to reduce their child’s carbon foot print and helping them save some money in the process! Who knows, maybe we will start a tradition – if all our readers could get just one family to switch to cloth diapers for the new year and the next year that family passes it on to another family. Could we eventually put Pamper’s out of business?? Ok, now I am just dreaming Funny, if it isn’t YOUR toddler!Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Sooo, you put you little cutie in the tub, wash them up nice and clean and give them a little play time. You are sitting on the toilet, reading your magazine when you get this funny feeling….something is wrong. You peer over the side of the bathtub and there it is….a FLOATER! Yep – if you are the parent of a bathtub pooper, you know the feeling. Your nice clean child is now sitting in his/her own soup of feces….lovely! I have to admit that this is not a story of my own experience. I recently saw an acquaintence of mine on Facebook complaining that one if her TWINS does this. As if one child sitting in their own poop soup isn’t bad enough, having to re-wash two toddlers. I tried not to laugh, because I actually hate giving baths and to have to re-wash and all that would seriously push me over the edge! One of her friends suggested a swim diaper and a conversation ensued about them and how expensive they are and for what? The inside of a cheap disposable diaper! I don’t know how many times I have preached to my non-cloth friends about how great cloth swim diapers are and how much money they can save. One swim diaper that can be washed countless times costs about the same (if not less) than a package of swim diapers and can be used for years and on multiple children. So in this colder season where swimming diapers are not really on our minds, I thought I would mention this alternative use and maybe get a chuckle or two in the process! Happy diapering! Cleaning the Potty Vs. Scraping a Diaper!Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Who else thinks cleaning out a potty chair is WORSE than scraping poo off a cloth diaper?? ME, PICK ME!! Oh my goodness….Ok I will admit I am not an “over” scraper. I don’t feel then need to scrap all the poop of a diaper before it goes into my pail, that’s what the washing machine is for, kwim? Now, rather than just needing a scrapper, I have to use either a huge wad of tissue or get a special poop sponge and hope no one uses it for anything else!!! Now don’t get me wrong, I know I have been complaining about wanting my daughter to use the potty and now that she finally is getting the hang of it I’m complaining. I am so glad to not have to wash diapers every other day (even though it only frees about about 10 mins), but I will be so glad when she gets over her fear of the real toilet. I have suggested that she tries sitting on it several times and got a look as if I were asking her to sit on a cactus! At her preschool they have a real miniature toilet and they tell me that she uses it everyday, no problems. If only I had a drop of Alice’s shrinking potion! The other day we went to the park with some friends, Amelia had gone before we left and had had little to drink so I thought I was all set. I packed our little Ikea potty in the truck just in case though. Well let me tell you – my cute little tulip proceded to fill that tiny potty to its brim!!! First she peed and I emptied it in a nearby bush in the parking lot. Then she freaked out, like it was the end of the world, insisted we go back to the truck and sat down on that potty for over 10 mins. When she was done it was like nothing I have ever seen in a small red piece of plastic before in my life. There was no way it was going in a bush! I had to wrap the whole potty up in a grocery bag and put it in the tailgate of the truck since it was already stinking up the cab. Later on as I am getting ready to hop in the truck and head to work, I say to my husband as I’m opening the tailgate, “Oh honey, wait can you bring this in and empty it for me?” …muahahaha |
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