The Lovely World of Prefolds

Tuesday, I received my order from Cotton Babies and spent the rest of the evening and well into the night pre-washing so I could use them on Wednesday. With prefolds, they must be washed 3-4 times to get out the "natural oils" and to reach maximum absorbancy. At about 3 AM Wednesday morning my prewashing was finished, and I folded the diapers and went to bed.

Wednesday I got up excited to put him in his new diapers. The Thirties covers I got are so cute!! I will talk about them first. They dry QUICK, have adorable colors and a few patterns, and are easy to adjust/fasten. Unfortunately Cooper figured out very quickly how to unfasten them, but I snaps get on my nerves. I like being able to get the perfect fit with the aplix(velcro). It was fairly easy to remind (over and over at first) that we do not take off our diaper and show our pee-pee. He is getting it. I don't think it will be an issue. And even if it turns out to be, I will be using my pockets (Smartipants) mostly when we are out and about and they have snaps.

Now on to the prefolds... I opted for Indian prefolds instead of Chinese because they require less prewashing. They are VERY absorbant. I love that about them. But they are also very thick and kinda bulky. (I got the premium ones. Maybe that is a contributing factor to the bulkiness.) The first time I put one on Cooper and set him down to walk, he took one step and stumbled because he just wasn't used to the bulkiness between his legs. He quickly adjusted though, and seems perfectly happy in them now! They have some disadvantages, namely the bulkiness, but for the cost and to mainly use around the house, I am very happy with my purchase! I will post pictures of Cooper sporting his new dipes as soon as I get a chance. With the lovely Summer semester starting, my blog posts may start to be few and far between, but I will try my best to do better than that!

In other potty related news...

COOPER PEE-PEED IN THE POTTY!!! on Wednesday morning. He is by no means potty-trained and I know that, but this is one step closer and that makes for a very happy mama :D