When my daughter was born, I never even humored the idea of cloth diapering her. (I used disposable seventh generation diapers from day one). Just out of plain curiosity I went to a free Cloth diapering 101 session that a local mama taught.....I left with everything I needed to start cloth diapering my kiddo. (she was 2 months old). That was a little over 4 months ago....since then, we have become HUGE cloth diapering advocates, and needless to say it had become my new hobby.
We started with infant sized unbleached Indian Prefolds, and Thirsties PUL covers with a snappi (instead of pins) and wet bag for when we are out and about. Now we have a LARGE variety of styles and brands : from pockets, to fitteds, to All In Ones and more. We have recently decided that our all time favorite diapers are BagShot Row Bamboo (BSRB) Ultimate Snappiable Fitteds. We are trying to reach stash nirvana buy selling the diapers we are not using so much and buying all BSRBs. We are up to 18 UF and 4 Tucked in All Nights (TIAN) for the nighttime soakings. LOVE THEM! We also have been getting into Wool Soakers as covers. We have a Wild Child Woolies soaker that's amazing. I really love the idea of all natural fibers against Layla's bottom. She has NEVER had any rash, and he fluffy butt is adorable. I now cringe when I see babies is disposable diapers because I picture that diaper in a land fill 500 YEARS from now. Yuck......
Now as for babywearing.....
I always thought that having more than one carrier was unnecessary. I was using a baby bjorn while at work, and a moby wrap while at home. Both hand-me-downs from friends. Thanks to my unrelenting curiosity for everything baby related....lol I now have 4 carriers. And yes, I use and love them all (depending on the task I am doing). Our current inventory includes: a LoveyDuds organic cotton wrap, Kalea Linen Ring Sling, Organic Ergobaby, and a BabyHawk Mai Tie. I really love wearing Layla, it facilitates a bond like no other like breastfeeding does. I wear her everyday, while on walks, doing laundry, at work, cooking, shopping.....and if she is over tired or fussy.
There are so many things I never really considered before Layla was born, and I cannot imagine my life without them now. Yay for Cloth diapers, and babywearing.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
So nosey!
So my best friend and I went out to eat sushi with our two children earlier this week. (it is very rare that we have time to go anywhere together these days....let alone out to eat!) Her gorgeous son is 19 months, and my beautiful daughter is now 6 months.
My daughter is still exclusively breastfed and eats about every three hours.....except when she is overly tired and gets angry when you try anything but put her to sleep, and that's what happened before we left.
We made it to the restaurant with both children sleeping in their car seats (its a 45min drive), and managed to keep them sleeping through ordering our food. (the whole time I am hoping my daughter doesn't wake up because she is probably going to be hungry, and she is so nosey she will not even eat when she is hungry if other people are around. ) AMAZING! Our food arrives and we start to dig in.
Oops. My friend drips eggdrop soup on her son's arm and he wakes up. Luckily there was food on the table or he probably would not have been too happy about being woke up. He's a good eater as we say. It wasn't but a few minutes later my daughter woke up.
We finished our sushi, paid and headed out to the car where I was going to feed my daughter since it had been almost 5 hours since she nursed last. And just as I had suspected she wouldn't eat because there was too much going on. She is just so dang nosey! By this time I am so uncomfortable from DD not nursing that I can't even lift my arms higher than my shoulders. So, I put her in her car seat and we headed for home. ....knowing she was going to start crying soon because she was hungry. (I used my hand pump while we were driving home to "take the edge off" my uncomfortable boobs. lol!)
Sure enough we make it about 20mins and DD is waling in her seat. ugh, I felt so bad.
So 10mins from home, we pulled over on the side of the road put our blinkers on and I managed to nurse DD even with cars driving past, and my best friend entertaining her son in the back seat. Oh how your life/priorities change when you are a mama. I love it. :)
My daughter is still exclusively breastfed and eats about every three hours.....except when she is overly tired and gets angry when you try anything but put her to sleep, and that's what happened before we left.
We made it to the restaurant with both children sleeping in their car seats (its a 45min drive), and managed to keep them sleeping through ordering our food. (the whole time I am hoping my daughter doesn't wake up because she is probably going to be hungry, and she is so nosey she will not even eat when she is hungry if other people are around. ) AMAZING! Our food arrives and we start to dig in.
Oops. My friend drips eggdrop soup on her son's arm and he wakes up. Luckily there was food on the table or he probably would not have been too happy about being woke up. He's a good eater as we say. It wasn't but a few minutes later my daughter woke up.
We finished our sushi, paid and headed out to the car where I was going to feed my daughter since it had been almost 5 hours since she nursed last. And just as I had suspected she wouldn't eat because there was too much going on. She is just so dang nosey! By this time I am so uncomfortable from DD not nursing that I can't even lift my arms higher than my shoulders. So, I put her in her car seat and we headed for home. ....knowing she was going to start crying soon because she was hungry. (I used my hand pump while we were driving home to "take the edge off" my uncomfortable boobs. lol!)
Sure enough we make it about 20mins and DD is waling in her seat. ugh, I felt so bad.
So 10mins from home, we pulled over on the side of the road put our blinkers on and I managed to nurse DD even with cars driving past, and my best friend entertaining her son in the back seat. Oh how your life/priorities change when you are a mama. I love it. :)
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