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.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Diapers
We are a cloth diapering family. A friend of mine cloth diapers her son, who is about 18 mos older than Libby, and seeing her go through it made me interested. I started researching, and found out there is a TON of info and support on the Internet.
Because Libby was such a tiny baby (under 7 lb for the first 3 wks of life), we used disposables for the first two weeks till her umbilical cord stump fell off. She swam in Pampers Swaddlers Newborn, prompting us to unsuccessfully search for preemie diapers. I think she was wearing newborn size diapers for the first two months, certainly for the first 6 weeks.
When Libby was 2 weeks old or so (I think it was when my mom was visiting approx Sept 17th), we started using the Thirsties wraps I had bought before she was born. Someone online had recommended using washcloths as diapers under a cover instead of actual diapers, so we bought two 18-packs at Walmart and used two in each diaper. We also bought newborn size prefolds, about 12 of them. We had about 6 Thirsties. These worked until she was about two months old.
When Libby was two months old (early November), we bought size Small Thirsties (we had been using extra small) and started using the prefolds we had bought before she was born, which we had about 24 of.
At the end of December, we were getting ready for daycare. We bought 9 or so BumGenius pocket diapers, which are probably the most popular cloth diaper nationwide. We already owned 3, which we had used at night since Libby was a month old or so, probably. BumGenius are so popular because of their ease of use, and I knew daycare would be cool with them because baby W. (the aforementioned friend's baby) had worn them at the same daycare. We also bought four Thirsties Duos Size 2, which are size M/L, and 12 "red-edge GMD" prefold diapers to use at home, because Libby was already too big for the size small.
We now have about 14 Bumgenius, which is enough to have 5 per day at daycare, one at night, wash every other day, and not get nervous about running out. We have one of every color they make, and two of both shades of pink, both shades of yellow, and neon green. I love the colors!
Libby wore Size 1 disposables for only about a month, Size 2 the same. She was wearing Size 1 in November, maybe part of December, and wore Size 2 until about the 1st-2nd week of January. We bought a pack of Size 2 on January 1st in case the new BumGenius didn't arrive in time to start daycare, but they did, and she only used about 5-10 of those diapers before needing to go to Size 3. She should be in Size 3 for quite some time, since they're 18-28 lb. By the way, she was only 14 or 15 lb when she started wearing Size 3.
Okay, this was a really boring post, but I've been wanting to get it down so I have something to refer to "next time". Also for the record, we've spent about $250-300 on cloth diapering, which is the cost of 25-30 packs of disposables, which would have lasted 15 weeks at most. I don't foresee spending more money on cloth for at least a month, at which time I think $25-50 should fix us for another spell.
Because Libby was such a tiny baby (under 7 lb for the first 3 wks of life), we used disposables for the first two weeks till her umbilical cord stump fell off. She swam in Pampers Swaddlers Newborn, prompting us to unsuccessfully search for preemie diapers. I think she was wearing newborn size diapers for the first two months, certainly for the first 6 weeks.
When Libby was 2 weeks old or so (I think it was when my mom was visiting approx Sept 17th), we started using the Thirsties wraps I had bought before she was born. Someone online had recommended using washcloths as diapers under a cover instead of actual diapers, so we bought two 18-packs at Walmart and used two in each diaper. We also bought newborn size prefolds, about 12 of them. We had about 6 Thirsties. These worked until she was about two months old.
When Libby was two months old (early November), we bought size Small Thirsties (we had been using extra small) and started using the prefolds we had bought before she was born, which we had about 24 of.
At the end of December, we were getting ready for daycare. We bought 9 or so BumGenius pocket diapers, which are probably the most popular cloth diaper nationwide. We already owned 3, which we had used at night since Libby was a month old or so, probably. BumGenius are so popular because of their ease of use, and I knew daycare would be cool with them because baby W. (the aforementioned friend's baby) had worn them at the same daycare. We also bought four Thirsties Duos Size 2, which are size M/L, and 12 "red-edge GMD" prefold diapers to use at home, because Libby was already too big for the size small.
We now have about 14 Bumgenius, which is enough to have 5 per day at daycare, one at night, wash every other day, and not get nervous about running out. We have one of every color they make, and two of both shades of pink, both shades of yellow, and neon green. I love the colors!
Libby wore Size 1 disposables for only about a month, Size 2 the same. She was wearing Size 1 in November, maybe part of December, and wore Size 2 until about the 1st-2nd week of January. We bought a pack of Size 2 on January 1st in case the new BumGenius didn't arrive in time to start daycare, but they did, and she only used about 5-10 of those diapers before needing to go to Size 3. She should be in Size 3 for quite some time, since they're 18-28 lb. By the way, she was only 14 or 15 lb when she started wearing Size 3.
Okay, this was a really boring post, but I've been wanting to get it down so I have something to refer to "next time". Also for the record, we've spent about $250-300 on cloth diapering, which is the cost of 25-30 packs of disposables, which would have lasted 15 weeks at most. I don't foresee spending more money on cloth for at least a month, at which time I think $25-50 should fix us for another spell.
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