This would be a portion of the diapers awaiting baby girl. (hiding elsewhere are the prefolds, flats, wipes, covers, inserts, liners, and all the bigger diapers) I started sewing her stash, bit by bit, back in May.
In her stash are several flat wraps.
A few pocket diapers. The inside of these is so insanely soft... I heart them.
A few with umbilical cord snap downs.
And the lovely diapers that I've gotten in my monthly swaps.
A nerd diaper specifically for Denny.
And oodles of prefolds.
Which is why I choose this swaddler, The Woombie. Awesome, no? It is like a spandex cocoon, the baby can still move but remains nice and swaddled. Plus, they have super cute colors. I'll have to order one once we actually know the sex.
How cool does that look? Even better... Denny can use it too! Or I can just buy him his own, he has one demand if he is to be strapped to the baby, the wrap must be nerdy. I have yet to find a nerdy wrap. :(
It would be so convenient! That and I just really want one giant bed. :) I also don't want to have to kick Sophie out of our bed, just because another baby is on the way. It seems mean. Denny could care less really, he just wants his bed back. Maybe I'll just see if I can steal my old bed from my dad's house.
Obviously we won't be getting something like this, that is $700. Absurd for us non-rich folk. I'm hoping I can score a nice one at Kid To Kid when the need for one arises.
I suppose we'll just have to deal with it. Just one more thing that sucks about living in apartments.
I snapped a few pictures of her while she ate some apples and watched toonies.
Then I fixed the settings on the diaper, and she wanted a photo shoot.
Don't you love that grin? :) Her eyes were green today.
She wanted "more picture Sophie Mommy".
Look at me- no makeup, didn't shower, unplucked eyebrows, no bra, my roots are in desperate need of dying... I could pass for a hippie. :P
She put her blanket over her horse, then rode it.
A few weeks ago I found a bag of prefold cloth diapers at Kid to Kid for just $5. (along with 4 Bumkins, all in ones, for just $1.50 each!!!) I love Kid to Kid. Anyways, once we got home I pulled out the old prefolds I had from when Sophie was born. I got a pack and use them as burp clothes (very convenient).
Now that we have 20 prefolds, the 15 pockets I made, 4 all-in-ones, and a few covers, life is grand! I've more than doubled our diaper count! WOO HOO! Plus with the prefolds, daddy might be able to get a hang of changing the cloth.
While I am FAR from pro at putting on prefolds, it's not too difficult. Plus prefolds are super cheap compared to the insane $17-24 I've seen for just one all-in-one diaper. Call me crazy, but I don't feel like paying $20 for something my kid is gonna poop in.
Super excited about saving even more money! With just the 15 diapers I made, we could go 2 or 3 days, but then have to use disposables until I got around to washing the cloth. Now we'll have a whole other set to use while one set washes. WOOT!
We went through 4 diapers today, from this morning until bath time at 7:30. I only put a cover on her when we went out and about. Even without the covers, none of the diapers leaked. Success!
Here is the first diaper cover I made, obviously not perfect, but functional. Plus it was made from an old blanket. :) Yay for saving money! Anyways, on to the diapering plan.
I pre-stuff all the diapers with microfiber towels, and stack them under her changing table. Right before I put them on, I plop in a piece of scrap fabric. (this acts as a liner for poo, that way I don't have to wash poo off the diapers) After pinning on a few diapers, I have only stabbed myself once. Wahoo!
Once its time for the diaper to come off, I pull out the microfiber towel, and toss everything into a garbage can. Our 'diaper pail' is sitting in our bathroom closet. Once I run out of diapers I'll get to washing them, hopefully I'll make enough that I only have to do diapers once or twice a week. Since I don't throw poo in with the diapers, smell shouldn't be a big problem.
This morning I decided to wrap my little monkey's rump in one of my cute cloth diapers. Today is a 'test run' to see how well we do with the cloth diapers. I've only had to change her once, and the diaper didn't leak at all. The diapers aren't too bulky, she just looks like she has a big bum, and they don't droop. I'll have to give you all an update tonight with more pictures of the diaper covers I've made. And let you know how my system will be working. (if you aren't interested in cloth diapers, feel free to skip the post later tonight, I'll still love you)
Beautiful isn't it? I have oodles that haven't been completely finished, but this one is :) The above picture is the outer (left) and inner (right) fabric of the diaper. It is made of flannel so its super soft.
My model was not happy that she had to stay still for a picture. Denny was trying to hold her up for me, but she instantly fell to the ground to wallow in her misery. (she was a pain in the butt all day)
Even though it isn't perfect, I am rather proud of my little creation. Maybe I'll finish the lot of them sometime before she is out of diapers. :P
Aren't they cute? They can be used on itty bitty babies all the way up to 30 lb toddlers. The best part, they will survive through baby two and three! If Sophie stays in diapers until shes 3, then I use them on the two other kids of 3 years... thats a grand total savings of $3,640... I'LL TAKE IT!
