Bump in the night

Okay, so this is not related to Libby, but I have to share. Something pushed hard on the bottom of my foot last night, and it scared me so much I sat straight up in bed and almost yelled. For a minute, I sat there, before realizing what it was. Unbeknown to me, Todd's foot had been below mine (not under, closer to the foot of the bed), and he flexed his foot in his sleep, which gave me that little push. Creepy.

My last entry was about cloth diapering, but it was very diaper-oriented and did not share my feelings on the whole thing. I love cloth diapering (or cd'ing, as it's known in the online community). Let me count the ways:

1. Good for the environment. Everyone has heard this one. I was horrified to discover that we threw away a plastic grocery bag full of dirty diapers EVERY DAY when Libby was a newborn. I was glad to know we would soon be using cloth. Then there are the chemicals in the disposables. Ick. I hate the smell, walking down the diaper aisle at the grocery store always makes me frown. People say cloth is no better because you do so much more laundry and use all that water. True, but disposables take a lot of water to make, we just don't see how much. And I think keeping stuff out of landfills is more important.

2. Good for the baby. Libby has had very few very minor diaper rashes that have all disappeared in a number of hours. Her lil booty is very happy in cotton diapers.

3. Good for me. We have never had a poop blowout in a cloth diaper. I have heard that this is often a once-daily occurrence in disposables, and I can believe it's true since we've had 3-4 of them and almost always have L in cloth.

4. Good for the family. I have already mentioned how cheap cloth diapers are. As I said before, we have probably spent around $300 on cloth all together, and I'm hoping to only need to spend $25-50 more before she's potty trained. That's two years away, folks. That brings me to:

5. Good for all. (sorry, I'm running out of individuals. This is probably actually "good for mommy and daddy") Cloth diapered babies are potty trained earlier because they are better able to tell when they are wet, and they don't like it.

So, cloth diapers. Check 'em out.