For her 5 month birthday I switched Kate to cloth diapers. Several friends have asked me why, and I am by no means an environmental activist! Having both the kids in diapers just highlighted the gross monthly expense of diapers. I was also really turned off by how much trash we had each week. An acquaintance of mine had told me she used cloth diapers, but I was surprised to find how uber modern these things were. These aren't the cloth diapers your grandma used! Luckily, there is a store in town that sells them and offers a lot of support to find the right products for you, so I went and checked it out. I bought a small sampling of chinese prefolds, a diaper cover, and one of the best selling modern cloth diapers out there--bum genius cloth diapers--and I fell in love! So, Ethan will remain in disposables for the next few months till he's potty trained, while Kate will stay in cloth diapers for her "diaper doo doo" career. Here she is sporting a bummis super brite diaper cover over her chinese prefold. For naptimes and bed times I use happy heinys one size diapers. These happy heinys will adjust to fit even Ethan, but David is dead set against putting him in them!
Kate continues to grow very well, though not up--out! She's pretty chubby, and we like her that way. Just recently during her daily babbles she said "dada", which made David say to me "Kate loves me more!" She may very well show a preference for daddy. He can just look at her and she starts to smile and coo. I usually have to work a bit harder! She really is a daddy's girl!
2 comments:
I'm very impressed that you guys are "going green." We'll have to talk more about your experiences sometime!!
So what does it cost to go green?? I very briefly thought about it before the boys were born, but got quickly overwhelmed with the thought of washing diapers on top of everything else in the beginning. Now, it might be a option. How long does it take to pay for itself, and what store did you find them in?? Oh, so many questions!:)
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