a day in cloth

There was this funny game on the cloth diapering board to take a picture at every diaper change. They were super cute so I though I'd share here too.

But first, let me update you on the medical stuff. The cardiologist appointment went okay. The good news is that the tumors didn't grow. Really, that's great news. The tumors also didn't shrink but it's hard to tell considering he's a moving target for the sonogram tech. We go back in another 3 months to do this all over again. If they don't grow again then we don't have to go for 6 months.

We continue to battle the seizures. We got a new monitor that can record any movement while he's sleeping. We have no idea if we are seeing an increase in seizures because we now know they are happening or if they really have increased. I think they really have increased, but who's to say.

I emailed one of the seizures to the neuro and he started Jack on yet another drug and wants to do a 24 hour EEG next week. The good news is that the EEG with be at home! We will take him to the hospital to have him hooked up and then send us home with a little backpack. His seizures look very different now. We see the neuro in 2 weeks (from now) and I am going to ask about reducing his other meds, because this is getting crazy.

And that brings me to today. Because he started the new med last night, today was hell. H-E-L-L! He was super cranky and I have been hit no less than 50 times. If it continues tomorrow, I'm calling the doctor. I don't know if I will survive another day like that.

Anyways, here is how he started the day and the best expression of how the day actually went. He's wearing an antsy pants pull-up cloth diaper. He got too tall for the previous diapers so I went with something should get us through potty training. It can be snapped on like a diaper or pulled up like undies. I really like them.


Then in his happy heiny cow print because I though he was going to take a morning nap, which he didn't. But I can add a lot of stuffing to it so that it can hold a lot.


So we got dressed to go out. This isn't a great picture, but it was made by a work at home mom at Dolce Baby. Unfortunately, it is almost too small.



Then he did have a nap, thank God. And then he was super man! Because lets face it, this kid really is a super hero. This diaper is almost too small too, but it goes with the shirt :-) And I don't have a link because I can't remember where I got it.


And because even super hero's do house work. (Another antsy pants)


And really the boots just make this outfit!

cloth diaper pictures

Pardon this post for some cloth diaper pictures that I am listing to sell. I'm linking here so I can post all of the pictures.

Bumgenius 3.0 one-size cloth diaper in excellent condition. All come with 2 inserts, most inserts are new. $10 each or $70 for all 8.


If you search really really hard you can see a few spots of discoloration, maybe. All look great.


Velcro is in good condition, all diapers were hung dry.


Some normal pilling, does not effect use.




Bumgenius 3.0 AIO organic one-size diapers. $12 each or $50 for all 5.


Very clean and soft!


These have by far been my favorite! There are a few spots on the inside where you can see some worn out spots. Does not effect use.


Bella Bottoms, hemp. Each has only been worn a few times. $10 each or $15 for both.


Some slight discoloration to the inserts.


For all diapers $120!

Extra stuffers! $2 for each on the left, microfiber. $4 for each on the right, microfiber/hemp (g-diaper inserts)

Earth Day

Ok, technically Earth Day was yesterday but whatever.

We didn't do anything specific. Jack really wanted to go on a walk, and with the weather so nice we usually go on a long one in the afternoons, but it was raining. He was very upset about that.

But, here is some interesting info on cloth diapering:

Disposable diapers take 500 years to decompose. A baby goes through approximately 2800 diapers a year on average.

Cloth diapering saves the land field, our bank account, and my baby's bum.

We are still loving the cloth diapers. We use 1 disposable at night time and if we go out all day we use them then too just so we don't have to drag around dirty diapers. It's actually an easy thing to do and they are cute too. Look at that little bum!


He's learning to help with his diaper laundry too.

(Originally posted June 2nd, 2009)

This is one thing about motherhood that I didn't expect. I've always recycled but the rest is all new. We co-slept for a while, I wear Jack places, and we are doing the cloth diaper thing, which I love.
I wasn't sure about it before we tried it but now I won't ever go back. We had originally planned on using disposables at night and when we go out but Jack gets rashes so easily that we now take cloth with us everywhere and use them at night too. We even switched to using cloth wipes which is easier. Jonathan was worried about the ick factor but it's not bad at all, we'll see if that changes when he starts solid foods. We are very organized about the whole thing which makes it work really well.

And speaking of diapers, it's time to go change a one...