Well, we are now into about a month of using cloth diapers. I can't help feeling just a little smug about it. I just think about all of the money we are saving and how it could help pay for a trip to Africa next year. Thinking about not throwing out so many disposables also makes me smile. So far it has been pretty easy although I could see how it would be much more difficult with a newborn. She still wears disposables at night and then we use cloth during the day. I only have eight diapers right now, but will soon have more as my dear mother-in-law is sewing up the rest for us. Right now I do laundry every two days but I think I can push that to three once I have a few more diapers on hand.
My favorite brand is definately Fuzi Bunz, a unique pocket diaper that fits snug making her clothes easier to put on over it. However, these diapers are $20 each so we only have two. The rest of the diapers are more your basic cloth with a plastic wrap cover. Louise will be making more of those. They are soft and practical and seem quite absorbant. Ava is wearing one that Grandma made in the picture. She seems to enjoy it!
On another note, I can hardly believe Ava is now 6 months old. Where has the time gone? She is doing well. At her last weigh in she was 14 lbs 8 oz and 25 in long. She is now eating solid food three times a day and nursing five or six. She is a very happy and content child and people often ask me if she ever cries. She does, mostly in the middle of the night. She is now starting to babble constantly and her favorite is "da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da" as fast as she can say it. She sits up by herself and is starting to grab everything and try to move around to get what she wants.
We will be moving back to Calgary in exactly a week. Our time in Regina has flown by and, like my friend Helen predicted before we left, we have had an unbelievable time. I am a little sad to leave but excited to get back to our own little basement suite and our friends back in Calgary.
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Jenn, Ava is just completely adorable. And it's nice to hear about cloth diapers. in the back of my mind I'm considering those for when we go back to Mongolia. but they do sell Pampers there.... so we'll see. maybe after a few months; like you did.
We'll be happy to have you guys back!
I think cloth diapers are awesome! Not that I plan on wearing them myself or putting Sharky in them or anything...
Ok, so I have a question. And it's an honest question (because I've never had a child in diapers before) so no making fun. Seriously, how do you wash those things??? Do you have to, like, rinse them out before throwing them in the washing machine? Because as great as they sound, I couldn't rinse a pooey diaper out in my sink. (gag a little)
*side note, remember when I wanted to be a nurse??? I still do! hahahaha
They actually have these amazing flushable liner. They sit on top of the diaper and the poo sits on top of them. Then you just shake the liner off the diaper into the toilet and "voila" no rinsing a pooey diaper in the sink! Then you just wash and go. It is really much easier than when our parents did it years ago.
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