After last week quite possibly being the worst week of my life, I figured I would start out this week with something a little more fluffy and interesting (well, it’s Wednesday, but hey atleast I know what day it is!)
I mentioned in earlier posts that I was going to be Cloth Diapering and had found a blog sponsor. I received Molly’s diapers from Comfy Rumps on Monday and promptly washed them. I have to say, I was a little bit surprised at having to wash them so many times to begin with. I learned that if you don’t make them absorbent, they will leak. Thankfully I didn’t learn this the hard way.
After drying the inserts in the dryer and hanging the shells in every possible place I could find to hang dry them, I began to stuff the inserts into the shells. Apparently, Molly is not a fan of this process, as she screamed and tackled me as I was trying to stuff them. She then knocked over the stack of diapers I had just created and crawled off with a couple of them.
Then, after stuffing the diapers, I changed Molly into one on her next change. Following using disposables, it is not easy to get used to the snaps! I made sure to size them when I was stuffing them so that I didn’t have a half naked child running around and peeing everywhere whilst trying to snap them to size, but there are still the top snaps to deal with. I think once I get used to them it will be much much easier.
I have cloth diapered for a day. Here are my thoughts so far:
1. I have a hard time telling when she has peed, as the fleece lining is super absorbent. This may or may not be a good thing.
2. These diapers wash up awesomely well. I had previously used a few Gro-Baby CD’s and these are so much nicer.
3. Poo is not as hard to deal with in cloth as I thought it would be.
4. Since she is walking, I think it makes it a little easier on her bum to fall down now that it’s padded with fleece.
5. My brother thinks that when she sits down, it looks like she has a cup on. This is both humorous and slightly disturbing.
I love these diapers so far. Pictures of Molly in them are forthcoming, I just have to find my camera, where-ever it may be.
Erin says:
Kudos to you for trying CDing…I don’t know if I could do it! I always thought that, in theory, I would…but now I don’t know.
rosilind says:
Could you get some less absorbant inserts and save the fleece for overnights? I am a CD mom, too. I have a son – and I have to share this story: the other day I noticed pink streaks on his diaper (I use flats and a cover). I took him to the hospital and they found he was inflamed and had some puss under his foreskin. It was very minor – but had I let it go even to the next day it would have been much worse. I credit my cloth diapers because they are not as absorbant as sposies, thus I immediately noticed what I might have otherwise missed and was able to save my son a lot of discomfort. CDs are the best thing for our baby’s bums!!!
Angela says:
I don’t think I could ever cloth diaper. And I am not even sure how it would work with day care. I hope everything is going well for you. You and Molly have been in my thoughts.
Kristy says:
Cloth or disposable, I don’t care. At this point, I just want my kids potty trained.
Amber says:
are you still keeping up d-listed?
Dorkys says:
Kudos to you for even trying! I always assumed they’d be a lot messier than what you described.