Yay for love day! Hope you are all feeling loved.
This morning Miss.S and I made cupcakes for Nick. Rye supervised us to make sure we did the baking correctly. He is very good at that job. Sophia got to lick the chocolate cake mix off the spoon and made a mess of herself. She's such a cutie! Will post pic tomorrow.
Can I chat about cloth diapers? why yes I can!
So I have had many other parents ask me if cloth diapering is easy. Is it actually cheaper? Is it difficult to wash the diapers? Why did you chose cloth instead of convenient disposables?
After the start up cost it does save money to use cloth. For me I have a close friend who lets me borrow diapers that she is not using and then I give them back once my babe outgrows them. I also have a couple Kushies(50-60$ for a 5 pack) and a couple home made diapers that are made out of 5 layers of flannel that require a plastic cover. I bought the material for 2$ a meter at fabric land when they had a huge sale. I also bought used Flannel bedsheets from thrift stores. Most of those were newborn sizes and are packed away now so I wont be showing a picture. To get better deals on cloth diapers you can search kijiji, make them yourself if you can sew or swap with other parents. Check out parenting forums for other cloth diapering mamas.
Is it difficult to wash cloth diapers? No its not. Simply put them in the washer, add detergent and walk away. I use purex. Beware some detergents are not safe for diapers and NEVER use fabric softener. On occasion you will need to strip the diapers. This needs to be done if the diapers still smell after a washing and or if your baby starts developing a rash. This is caused by detergent build up. Its important not to use too much detergent and I like to do an extra rinse because my last 2 babies have had sensitive bottoms. You can google stripping diapers and figure out what works best for you. We do a load every 2-3 days.
Why did I chose Cloth? Well that's simple. First it has saved me hundreds of dollars, second Miss.S and Rye have both been sensitive to disposables and got awful rashes and third as a family we try to be environmentally friendly whenever possible and this is an easy way to cut down on the amount of garbage. I also use cloth wipes most of the time for the same reason plus I wet them in warm water right before a change so I don't make my baby cold. Also we have to be very careful what wipes we use. Rye has really bad eczema and most wipes irritate his skin. I've had a couple friends complain of consistent rashes and once switched to cloth wipes and just water they stopped having rash issues. Definitely worth trying if diaper rash cream does not work. You can buy the packs of baby wash cloths or make flannel or fleece wipes. I just use really old receiving blankets and cut them out into wipes. I try to use what I have on hand instead of spending money and thankfully after 7 years of being a mom I found plenty of worn down puke stained baby blankets to use.
If anyone wants to cloth diaper but without the extra work you can see if your local area has a diaper service. They provide you with a weeks worth of diapers and every week they pick up the dirty ones and give you some clean ones. The one in my area I believe is $20 per week so I'm guessing other diaper services probably have similar prices.
Well This post has taken me all day to write due to being super busy. I had intended to share a picture of chocolate faced Miss.S, Rye's new haircut and show off the adorable diaper stash I currently have but unfortunately that will have to be done with a recipe tomorrow because I haven't folded and put away diapers yet and I'm too tired to do any more work and just want to have a glass of wine and go to sleep. Night Everyone.
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