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Spring Fever, Anyone else??

I 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 Happy Diapering everybody!

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Cleaning the Potty Vs. Scraping a Diaper!

Who 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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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly…

In my 2+ yrs experience with cloth diapers, I can think of 3 main types of poop – the Good the Bad and the Ugly!  How, might you ask, can poop be Good?  Well once you have read the Bad and the Ugly, it will totally make sense!

Good poop is that poop that your baby makes in his/her first 6ish months, mainly breast milk poop.  On a cloth diaper, this poop is just left as it is and the diaper is then thrown into the pail and washed right in your washing machine.  No, your washer won’t have poop in it, it won’t even smell like poop, it all will wash right down the drain with the water.  This early poop is totally washable – so easy!

The second type is the poop that your baby starts to have that more resembles regular old poop, once they start eating more solid foods.  This is what I call the Ugly!  Sure its gross, but Ugly poop will roll right off your diaper and into the toilet, so no matter how ugly it is, it’s easy to be rid of – right into the toilet and flush it down!

The last type is the Bad poop, this poop needs to be flushed yet it does not just roll off the diaper and drop in the toilet, it sticks to the cloth!  The first few times you find this poop in your child’s diaper, you might really question your desire to cloth diaper, thinking to yourself, or even out-loud to your partner “What were we thinking????”

In my experience there are 3 viable option for dealing with this,  if your child is one of those that frequently produces this “Bad” poop – like mine!

1. A paper diaper liner.  These typically are made from rice paper or similar and resemble toilet paper, although much stronger. The way these work is that you lay them in the cloth diaper on the top closest to your child’s skin and they usually catch the bulk of the poop that would need flushing.  Then you just lift the liner and the poop out and flush the whole thing.  Additionally, most of these are made so that the ones that are just peed on can be washed and dried with your diapers and reused – they are also great for protecting your cloth diapers from diaper cream.

2. A rubber scraper or spatula, something designated just for scraping poop from cloth, washed off in the sink and stored in your bathroom.  This is my personal method – yes we do have a small rubber scraper labeled “poop” in our bathroom.  I usually keep it on the back of the toilet, but if we have *special* company coming, I store it under the sink!

3. A diaper sprayer.  This is a great gadget that I have heard RAVE reviews about.  It is easily installed on your existing toilet, hooked to the toilet’s water supply and its high pressure spray allows you to spray the poop from the diaper directly into the toilet.  Parents also say its great for rinsing out the potty chair during potty learning!

Please feel free to comment and share your experiences and tips!  Happy diapering

Tags: cloth diaper, diaper sprayer, paper diaper liners, potty learning, potty training
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