Moving On Up......

.....to the next size diapers that is. At 1 month old Maisie weighs 11 lbs 7 oz, that is 1 lb 7 oz outside the weight range for the newborn prefold diapers she has been sporting since birth, so no wonder why they are a little tight and I was having such difficulty securing them!!! As you can tell from the pictures (which were taken about 2 weeks ago on 11/19/11) the diapers fit, albeit, a little snug, but I got them on her and we had no leaks, actually we very, very rarely get leaks with cloth diapers and if we do it is usually user error. Money savings aside the "no leaks" is another big lure to cloth diapers, we have yet to have a major "blow out" with either child in cloth diapers. The newborn diapers might have fit her for a bit longer if I did not have to put a preemie prefold underneath as a doubler to increase absorbency. Luckily, with a bigger size prefold, like the ones she is now, she does not need a doubler because the diaper is bigger therefore more absorbency.

A Few Firsts

Maisie's first cloth diaper that I put on, the midwife assistant put the first one on after she was born.....isn't it so tiny? It is a preemie size prefold! So itty bitty! To give you an idea of how tiny, these diapers measure 11x11. She has since moved on to these AND a newborn prefold together because she is such a heavy wetter! I will try and snap a picture of that, the newborn prefolds aren't much bigger, I think they are 11x13, but a bit thicker. This is my first time cloth diapering a newborn, I did not start with Jonah until he was about 3 or 4 months old, so it was a bit of a challenge getting the hang of putting cloth on such a tiny human!
10/28/2011

First time meeting Papa & Gigi Slimick
10/29/2011

First Bath
11/7/2011

First time outside in the Moby
11/9/2011

Our midwife came back on November 10th for the second postpartum visit, everything is fabulous, Maisie looks great and since her birth has gained a whole 1 pound and 1 ounce! As of November 10th her weight was up to 9lbs 5ozs. I am certain she probably weighs more than that now since she eats like a champ!

LOOOOVE THIS!

So most everyone knows that I use cloth diapers on Jonah and have since he was about 3 months old and that I plan on using cloth on the newbie arriving soon (we hope!). Usually when asked about cloth diapering I am so excited that someone is interested that I have a hard time answering all their questions in a concise manner and end up doing the opposite of what I intended....overwhelming the said inquisitive person! Upon reading one of my favorite cloth diaper blogs, The Cloth Diaper Whisperer, this morning THIS is the post that greeted me! I was pretty excited because it pretty much sums up what I always want to share with inquisitive mamas, but never seem to be able to convey!

This is what currently makes up my stash for Jonah and the Newbie:

Thirsties Duo Wraps and Thirsties sized covers, pretty much in every color and print (except the girly ones).

Prefolds (these go underneath the wraps/covers)

Bottombumpers All In Ones (the absorbent part and waterproof part "all in one) makes cloth diapers easier/quicker for others changing the baby's diaper. Right now I only have these for Jonah.

These are just a few things that if the budget allows I would LOVE to have for the new baby because they are just so stinkin' cute!

Weehuggers Diaper Covers

Grovia Newborn All In Ones

Did I mention I LOVE cloth diapering?!?!?!?

I Heart........

Cloth diapers....this is actually laundry I don't mind doing. Can't wait for the little bitty diapers too for baby #3!

If You Looked.....

....in my backyard yesterday (and today for that matter) this is what you would have seen.

Transition to Cloth

I finally made the commitment and Jonah's buns are now wrapped in the soft goodness of cloth diapers. I have been contemplating the idea of cloth since about the middle of my pregnancy with Jonah, however I just thought that it would be a big undertaking and just before he was born decided that I would go the disposable route, especially for the newborn stage. Now that he is 4 months old, and not pooping every time I put a new diaper on him, I thought this would be as good as time as any to give cloth a try. After much research (in addition to all that I had done while pregnant) I finally made a decision and settled on a brand of diapers, bumGenius 3.0 Deluxe All in Ones. I chose this particular diaper because it seemed as though it would be the easiest one to transition to from disposables. I was definitely right about the transition, it was seamless. I love these dipes! The term All in One means just that, everything is all in one, no cloth to fold and diaper covers, just one super easy to use cloth diaper. Click HERE to read more about the diapers I chose. So far I am really happy with my decision to switch to cloth and I feel good about Jonah's little buns laying against the soft cloth lining of his dipes versus the disposables filled with chemicals!

Jonah's stash of dipes minus the 7 that are in the dirty diaper pail!

Cloth has come a long way!

Happy Baby!