My newest Diaper, and why I love it.

Recently I have been trying to revamp my diaper stash. My daughter is a heavy wetter, and likes to be on her belly all day long. So we have been suffering from compression leaks with her leaking out the front. Really the laundry is getting to me. So I took some of her ill fitting diapers into the local baby consignment shop (that also sells cloth diapers!) and essentially traded them in. I picked up this diaper from the used section just to try it out. Now I am wishing I had more! So here is why I love it, and the one reason I don't. 

Bumgenius All In One (AIO) Elemental. 

In the color Blossom, which for some reason my camera does not like the color. 

The inserts are very absorbent cotton, which I love. We haven't had any leaks with this. 

Now for the part I don't love... Those wonderful inserts are stitched in on both sides. So dry time takes forever.  But the fit and how absorbent it is makes up for the dry time. 

This diaper is very trim on my little girl, I don't find that it makes her have that giant fluff butt that a lot of her pocket diapers cause. 

See the difference? AIO on the left, Pocket on the right. I do love Bumgenius pockets, but look at all that fluff. 

Just to compare, Bumgenius Pocket in Lovelace

Other than the added bulk of the pocket diaper the fit is about the same. I like them both for different reasons. But right now I'm wishing I had more AIO Elementals! (maybe for our next baby....) 

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A Day Of Diapers

I thought this would be a fun post. A day in diapers. This kid goes through a lot of changes! and the rare occasion we have to use disposables my bank account feels it. She hates being at all wet, and would much rather be held over the toilet. (which I do sometimes) I'm hoping she will potty train easy because of this! So here goes. 

She got up at 9:00am with my husband not sure how many prefolds she went through. I'm guessing about 5 because that's about how many were in the wet bag. Then she took a nap at 11:30am, and at 1:00pm this is the cover she was still in. (we use this cover for up to five changes, it wipes clean very well.) 

I adore this cover! It is a sweet pea one size cover. It is the diaper she sleeps in, it has a double gusset. With just a pad-folded cotton prefold she doesn't leak. 

Bumgenius all in one Elemental, one size. In the color blossom. I love this diaper! I will be doing a blog post on it later. The color is impossible to photograph. 

Bumgenius one-size pocket, in Lovelace. I adore this pattern and wish I had it in an All in One.. Alas I am not allowed to buy any more diapers! 

Fuzzibunz Onesize (not an elite, I got this on sale when the elite was released) I caught this picture as she rolled away. Diaper changes are a wrestling match. 

So 8 diaper changes by 3:30pm. We started at 9:00 am... Like I said, if we used disposables our bank account would cry! 

Sunbaby one size pocket. I think the pattern is called Outer Space.  This diaper (all of my Sunbaby) has been my favorite for fit since she was about 8 pounds. I love the hip snaps. 

BabyKicks one size pocket. I love this diaper for the fact that it has an all natural hemp insert, and I like the velour fabric against her bottom. She is up one rise unlike her other one size diapers where she is on the smallest rise. She is 13 pounds so we will see how long this diaper lasts. 

Sunbaby one size pocket. HelloKitty print! This was her very first cloth diaper! and the first diaper I bought when I found out I was expecting a girl. I adore this diaper, the fit and the print. 

Bumgenius one size pocket, in concrete jungle print. Picked this up cheap at a tot swap, love it! 

(excuse the picture shes a difficult one and a wiggle worm)

Kawaii one size Goodnight heavy wetter pocket, in blue animal print. I like this diaper for how absorbent it is. The down fall of it happens to be its rather bulky. I don't use this as an over night diaper, I normally use a pad-folded prefold and cover. She is a side sleeper so no leaks is difficult for over nights. 

So recap that is 14 diaper changes by 10:00pm. Shes asleep now, I will probably change her once more before I go to sleep. So 15 changes a day. Good thing we have 30 changes available! Like I've said, we couldn't afford her in disposable diapers. 

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My little Girl

I never thought I would miss being pregnant. 

Nor did I think I would miss that tiny newborn phase as much as I do. Who knew how easy and difficult it could be. Tempe had her four month check up today, and it really reminded me how fast time flies. When she was a newborn I thought being her mom was so hard, she didn't sleep through the night, we had trouble with her latch. She was jaundice. The list goes on. I didn't realize how hard it seemed, but how easy it actually was. When she was a newborn she was this tiny little squish that needed me for everything, I had to hold her all the time, but she only weighed 7lbs 7oz.  Really all she did was eat. sleep. poop. See easy.

I'm pretty sure every stage with a baby is hard, because that stage you are in. Thats the hardest its been so far. I've realized I enjoy every milestone she hits, and I look forward to the next, but I miss the last stage. Being a mom seems a little strange. Its a bit of a rollercoaster (one I actually enjoy!) She amazes me every day, and she is just going to keep growing. 

3 months 

Those first smiles, and laughs. The first time she rolled. All amazing. 

Now look at my big girl, today she weighs 13lbs 6oz. She is trying to get in to everything! She rolls every where since she cant crawl. She thinks its funny when I lay her in her crib thinking she is asleep. 

I miss the newborn stage, but I'm so excited for the next step. 

This kid cracks me up. Every day. I love being a mom :) 

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Absolute Favorite Teether

This is a teether I could not live without! I love it almost as much as Tempe does. Poor baby girl has all sorts of tooth buds but non popping through yet. She is pretty miserable at night. She holds on to this thing and chomps away. Really helps her it seems. 

It is from Discovery Toys Here

I will admit when I got it as a baby shower gift I thought it was a little strange looking. But what did I know!? Tempe is my first! Thank goodness at the first sign of teething I whipped it out. 

 She generally chews on it like this if she holds it herself. 

She really likes it at bed time. 

See 

This is by far the best I've found for teething. I'm not one to use medications, I try to stick to all natural things. She does wear an amber necklace, but that is for another post. 

Thanks for reading! 

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Iron On- Fail, hot glue gun win!

*This was an iron on fail.... Just to warn you. I was not happy but not surprised. I cant Iron on anything! So maybe it would work for you...

Ergo Baby make-over  

I baby wear my four month old daughter. I have a Moby wrap and an Ergo carrier. I tend to use the Ergo the most when we go out shopping and places like that. And lately with the cold weather and lots of germs I have been getting really grumpy when random strangers think its ok to touch my baby! I step away or turn and say no touching but it always happens at least once. And one of these days someone is going to lose a hand for it. So I thought I need a giant neon sign over my head reading "Dont touch my baby!" Seeing as that wasn't really possible I decided to go with this. 

(Dont mind my wonderful clashing shirt. This was midnight trying to put baby to sleep!)

I got these wonderful flocked iron on letters. They were a major fail in the IRON ON department. Oh well.

Here is my precious Ergo 

I tried and tried to iron on the letters the way the directions said. It just wouldn't stick at all! So I thought maybe it was the fabric of the ergo, so I tried it out on a cotton t-shirt. I still couldn't get it so I gave up! I put the tiniest hot glue on the back of each letter and pressed them down where I wanted. Once that was all laid out I put a cotton t-shirt over it and ironed over all the letters to make sure they were really on there. Seems to have worked! Now to see if people can read... Either way at least I've put it out there that I dont want people touching her. She bites everything that gets close enough, and I really dont want some strangers fingers in her mouth. Even if they didn't mean for their fingers to end up there! 

So simple but I like it. 

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It really works, who knew

I'm a skeptic sometimes. When I was looking into how to get stains out of my diapers I kept reading "Sun them!". Ok really? How is sun going to get this HUGE baby poop stain out of my diapers!? Yeah right, it can t be that easy. But as always I decided to test it. So I put my favorite dipe that got a huge stain on it out to sun... I brought it in a few hours later and looked at it. Oh! Its gone! So I thought next time, I would take pictures. Maybe I had been fooled some how. Right? Maybe it didn't actually work... So Today I tried it again. let the following pictures be the proof in the pudding... Or in the baby poop... Sorry if this is gross. But hey when you cloth diaper sometimes you have to embrace the baby poop. (Well not literally ew) 

BEFORE 

And 

AFTER 

White again! I am no longer skeptical of this method of stain removal. It really works! 

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My Wipe Solution

I tend to be lazy about some things, I like to use things I have on hand. I knew I wanted to use my own wipe solution, but it had to be cheap... And stuff I generally have on hand. So this is what I came up with after reading some recipes online and deciding I could tweak them with what I happened to have in my bathroom. 

 First I use my Peri bottle from the hospital when I had my daughter. Makes sense right!? I used it for my under-carriage why not hers? 

So there are all my ingredients. I fill the bottle a little more than half way with water. Then fill it the rest of the way with witch hazel. I love the way witch hazel smells, maybe I'm strange. Then I add about five squirts of aloe (I know very scientific aren't I?) Then a few drops of the baby soap, and shake it up. 

Then I spray it on top of the wipes as I need it. I keep my wipes in an old disposable wipe container. 

 My wipes are just pieces of flannel cut with pinking shears. They work great and were SUPER cheap. And since I use them to save money that was a must. 

See easy. Then when they are used I toss them in the dirty dipe and toss it all in the wet bag. 

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Diaper shortage!?

Not for me! With this recent chemical plant fire in Japan, it is forecast that diaper prices will rise, or there could even be a shortage. Not for me! This brings up yet another reason I cloth diaper. The words chemical plant, and diaper just shouldn't go in the same sentence. Can you imagine that those chemicals go up against your baby's pretty little bum? I cant. And imagine the effects on the environment  I believe there is a place in the world for disposable diapers, I will admit I've used them! But I do not use those chemical filled diapers that scare me. Frankly I just don't think there is a possible way for that to be healthy! I believe that maybe this will shed some light on either cloth diapers, or all natural diapers such as Seventh Generation. I will step off my soap box now. I will admit that I'm not 100% super green and crunchy, I may drive a Prius but that doesn't make me a total hippy. I don't eat just organic foods, and I shop at Walmart. But hey, that's me. This is my opinion. I'm just happy with my decision to cloth diaper. 

Plus, how stinking cute is that! 

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Baby's Coming Home Outfit keepsake.

I wanted a pretty way to keep my daughter's coming home outfit. I thought a shadow box would be pretty. 

 

So I got a 11x14 shadow box, and I gathered my supplies. I got the first shirt she wore in the hospital, her first hat, and her coming home outfit. As well as one of 

 her hospital photos and her hospital bracelet. 

 

 

I stashed the baby next to me in her bouncer. 

 

I pinned the clothes on. Then used a dot of hot glue on the bracelet, and used scrapbooking glue dots on the picture. 

 

Then I hung it up in her bedroom. I love how it turned out. It really is one of my favorite  keepsakes.

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Things that I Love

My bright purple front door. Makes me smile every time I open it.

My entry way, with my giant purple mirror and pretty desk.

These are just two things that make me smile every day.

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Whats in my Diaper bag

My cloth diaper bag, and what I drag around with me. 

My diaper bag, its a Coach diaper bag. Nice big and functional. It has shoulder straps, and a longer cross body strap. Makes it easy to carry. (I have my cell phone case strapped to the front there) I do not carry a purse any more so this has stuff for me in there as well. 

Here is the inside, all packed. It does zip shut, but I normally leave it open. Easier to grab stuff as I need it. I find nothing falls out any way. 

I carry four diaper changes with me at all times, no matter where I am going. I'm a worry wart. I like to be over prepared. 

So here is what I have with me at all times. 

3 prefold diapers and one cover. 

1 Pocket diaper, mostly for my husbands benefit, and its easier if we are going to the Doctors. 

A lint roller, with four cats, this is a must! 

A receiving blanket, for spit up, or to put down under baby. 

A small Planet Wise wet bag, I think it is actually the wipe size, but it holds two dirty dipes and I like it. 

A plastic baggy with pre-moistened cloth wipes 

An extra outfit!! Just in case, babies pee or poop or spit up a lot! 

Hand sanitizer, I use it after diaper changes, or for other people. 

A Benedryl stick, that one is for me. I have sensitive skin!  

Sunblock, for me, but when baby is allowed to use it it will be for her too. Being a red head this is a must. 

And the last one, Desitin, that one is for both of us. I used it after my episiotomy. (once the stitches were gone but it was still sore.) IF I use it on Tempe, I put in a fleece liner over the cloth diapers. Desitin can ruin cloth dipes. But I havent found a rash cream I like. 

There is mine, share yours!  

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