Getting prepared!

We spent the last week in Reno for Spring Break. We stayed with Betty and Lou at their house. It was a lot of fun! Logan had lots of fun, too. He didn't do so well on the car ride back home though. We are going again in July and we are trying to figure something out - like Logan and I flying and James driving...or all of us just flying? We don't know yet, but we do know that car ride was bad!

Now that we are back home I am ready to start cloth diapering. I've ordered some stuff online (just waiting for it to get here). I don't even know if I can remember everything I've ordered.

ON THE WAY:
1 FLIP cover with stay dry insert
2 Bumkins covers
2 Palm Tree covers
2 KaWaii heavy wetters (for night time)
1 Happy Heiney pocket diaper
Bag of Eco Sprouts laundry detergent
Wool dryer balls
2 pairs of leg warmers

I still need lots of prefolds - I'm going to check with Tidee Didee to see their prices.

Wet bags - Owl for my diaper bag - Green for diaper pail

1st Diaper Purchase!

I found some never worn Palm Tree cloth diaper covers today for $6.00 a piece! That's including shipping & handling. They actually sell Palm Tree covers at Tidee Didee where I was looking at a package deal - the lady said they are very comparable to Thirsties (they even kinda look the same). I was so happy that they are boy colors. I feel like there are always so many girl diapers but not many boy ones...unless I'm just looking in the wrong spots!

Palm Tree Covers in light blue & red

I also have my wet bags at home (I'm assuming they came while we've been in Reno). I ordered some cute leg warmers for Logan yesterday, too. He's going to look so cute in them! I just bought 2 pair...to try them out and see if Logan even likes them.

I'm super excited about saving money!

More cloth talk!

James, Logan, and I went into Tidee Didee today - it's a local diaper sever place. They actually have a service that brings you new cloth diapers every week and you give them the used ones, they take them away and wash them. If we had a lot of extra money I'd totally do that. But we are trying to save money with cloth diapering - SO we are going to get our own and I'll wash them here.

I'm a little nervous about making the switch. I think it will take me a few weeks to get in the swing of things - rinsing off the poop and making sure they don't stink. I've researched good cloth diaper detergents so I'll have to order some of that. Anyways, Tidee Didee has a package where you get 6 Thirsties Duo Wraps and 24 prefolds for $135. I thought that was a pretty good deal for the quality of the wraps and prefolds. They also have doublers for nighttime, we'll have to get 2-4 of those.

I'm going to have my dad install a DIY diaper sprayer in our bathroom. OR I even think our shower head would reach the toilet, so we might not need one of those. I need to get a garbage can from Target and a wet pail liner from Tidee Didee.

Overall I hope not to spend more than $200-$250 on all of this. This is something that we can keep using until he's *hopefully* potty trained! And for our next baby as well. We are going on vacation to Reno for Spring Break so we have to make sure we have enough gas money and fun money to get there and back. After that we are going to sit down and look at our money and see if we have enough to switch ASAP.

I don't know if my dad is going to be okay with spraying the poop, so I might have to be in charge of the messy poop ones - but that doesn't bother me. I would much rather handle poop than throw up!

10 month update!

Okay, the countdown is on now. Only TWO more months until my baby turns 1. It's a happy/sad emotion. Happy because he is growing up into such a sweet boy - and sad because he's not going to be my "little baby" for much longer!

I'm very much looking forward to all the "big boy" things like: talking, walking, eating real foods (not purees), potty in the toilet, first day of Kindergarten, etc.

I'm already planning for his 1st Birthday. I have a guest list made up and I made an event on Facebook to get an idea of how many people are coming. So far only 1 person has said she can't make it - I think we'll have a full house! I have the decorations planned out (and bought) I need to start planning a menu - something simple but yummy! I love parties!

Here are his monthly pictures/stats:

Newborn, 6lbs 9oz - 19 1/2 inches long.

1 month old, 7lbs 10oz - 21 inches long.

2 months old, 9lbs 15oz - 22 1/2 inches long.

3 months old, 11lbs 6oz - 24 inches long.

4 months old, 13lbs 3oz - 25 inches long.

5 months old, 14lbs 7oz - 26 1/2 inches long.

6 months old, 15lbs - 26 1/2 inches long.

7 months old, 15lbs 14oz - 27 inches long.

8 months old, 16lbs 2oz - 27 inches long.

9 months old, 17lbs 4oz - 28 1/3 inches long.

10 months old, 17lbs 10oz - 29 inches long.

At 10 months Logan:

• has started eating some finger foods
• likes to point his finger at things/people
• loves to dance when I sing or he hears good music
• gets into every cupboard so Grandpa Steve had to put locks on everything!
• babbles a lot more than he did last month, likes saying "da da da" and "ya ya ya"
• still sleeps through the night, and 2 naps during the day
• has 4 teeth on top, 3 on the bottom, and is currently cutting a bottom molar (ouch)!
  
• likes looking at books - his favorite one is called "Quack Quack" and yes, I have it memorized :)
• loves playing with the dogs, especially Oscar. He will find Oscar's favorite toy (Manny) or his ball and try and give it to him. He also likes to peek under the blanket where Oscar is sleeping and giggle at him.
  
• loves being chased! We played chase for about 30 minutes tonight. He'd crawl away from me and want me to come get him
• loves going for walks or to the park. The swing is his favorite! I wish we had more sunny days here
  

Possibly Cloth?

I've been thinking about switching to cloth diapers. I've been so thankful that I've only had to buy a few boxes of NB, 1's, & 2's sized diapers - I got so many from my baby shower! I have a few more packs of size 3 (which he's currently in) and like one small pack of size 4.

Now that Logan's older and not pooping multiple times a day (and most of the time it's solid) I was thinking that cloth might be a good idea. I love how convenient disposable diapers are, but if he's in them until he's 3(ish) that's a lot of diapers!

I read on one website that diapering a baby for that long will cost the average parent over $2,000!
James recently bought a different car, because his bug doesn't have heat - and isn't safe for Logan if James ever needed to take Logan somewhere in his car. So he's trying to sell his bug. If he can sell his bug I think we should use some of that money to invest in some cloth for Logan.

The ones I've been looking at are perfect for Logan, too! Age 9-36 months OR 18-40lbs. I'm sure Logan is 18lbs now - but I wouldn't be starting this right away. Probably in a few months when I run out of disposable diapers.

A print of the ones I'm looking at!

I'm new at this and have no idea where to start! I've read you can make your own wipes - not sure if I would do that OR just use the regular baby wipes? I haven't even mentioned this to James yet, but I'm sure he would be all for them if it's saving us money!