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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