A VERY Fluffy Butt!

I attempted cloth for the first time overnight Sunday night. I double-stuffed his Smartipants diaper and hoped for the best. Look how fluffy that butt is double-stuffed!!


When we woke up, guess what! He was DRY!!! Well the diaper was soaked but our sheets were dry!!! It didn't leak! His disposables leak overnight frequently so I am excited about this!! I have something else in the works for overnight, but I will blog about it when the time comes. For now I'll leave you with this picture of the sleeping baby :)

Cloth Wipes

I had another "out" I had given myself when deciding to try cloth diapering that I didn't mention before, and that was that I didn't have to use cloth wipes, too. I could still cloth diaper and use disposable wipes. Well, as I've started cloth diapering I've realized it just makes sense to use cloth wipes, too! Its actually more work for me to use disposables! I can hear what you are thinking. "WHAT?! How are cloth wipes easier??" and let's don't forget "That is SOOO gross!!"


Well let's think about this, shall we? Yes, we shall because it's my blog. hehehe

• When I change a disposable diaper with disposable wipes, I take off the diaper, wipe his bottom, put the wipes in the diaper, and throw the whole thing in the diaper pail.


• When I change a cloth diaper with disposable wipes, I take off the diaper, wipe his bottom, make sure to keep the wipes separate from the diaper, put the diaper in the pail, and throw the wipes in the trash.


• When I change a cloth diaper with cloth wipes, I take off the diaper, wipe his bottom, put the wipes with the diaper, and throw it all in the pail.

Now, if I'm going to cloth diaper, which of those sounds the simplest to you?? Yes, I have to wash the wipes, but I'm washing the diapers anyway!! Its a no brainer for me. So this week I ordered more dipes and I also ordered some cloth wipes, and then I thought, I can MAKE wipes! So while I will be keeping the wipes I ordered, I also made some this weekend! They are not perfect. I have never claimed to be a seamtress. The seams are not straight, and that is fine with me. They are going to be wiping his bum for goodness sake!

I also made some wipe solution. I used witch hazel, jojoba oil, tea tree oil, and lavender oil. It smells pretty good, and it gets the job done! I put it in a spray bottle, spritz a little on his bottom and wipe! Some people dipe their wipes in the solution and put them in a wipe warmer, but this is what works for us. Its also much easier on-the-go. I have a little 2 oz. bottle of my solution with my wipes and I don't have to worry about putting the clean wipes in waterproof bag. (The ones I made are too big to fit into a wipes case.) I just throw the dirty ones in the wetbag.

So this is the newest update in our cloth diapering journey! I hope you are enjoying taking the journey with us :)

Wordless Wednesday

Today...

Has not been a great day for my anxiety. For a number of reason. First, I have missed a couple of my Zoloft this week. That does not help at all. Second, today was the first day of my summer semester and that brings A LOT of stress. To top it all off, my professor from one of my online classes wanted his class to email him to confirm our attendance. So I did, but from my person email, not my school account. Well, that wasn't good enough for him. Guess what? My school account has NEVER worked. I have never gotten even one email to successfully send. I sent one though. I just hope it sent :/ In the middle of this little personal crisis, Cooper was playing by himself and being quiet. Great, right? WRONG! I look over and he has put my mp3 player in my glass of tea and is splashing around in it! Well, I was going to use that mp3 player tonight to record my lecture class. UGH! So I tried to save it, but it just wasn't happening. I took it apart and took a hair dryer to it, but it was ka-put. So what did I do? I took it back... I had just bought it like 3 days ago. Yes, I know. I do not need a lecture on the Ethical nature of my decision...

I admit that I took out my anxiety on Cooper more than I should have today. I usually don't do that. I take it out on everyone else, but not him. I put him on the couch while I cleaned up his mess, and then tried to continue with email crisis. He kept finding something to get into. So what did I do? I put him in his crib. Which he hates. He SCREAMED! And I ignored him. At least for a few minutes. My mom heard him and got him out of his crib. As soon as she brought him back into the living room, he crawled up in my lap to nurse. So she took him to get a milkshake while I solved my crisis. I have apologized profusely to him since I have been home and he seems to have forgiven and forgotten. I hate anxiety. And I'm sure Cooper does, too.

Did I mention I have added several classes since I last updated you on school? I don't think I have. When I last told you the classes I would be taking classes was just class. Now it is classes, as in 4. I am taking A&P II (online), Sociology (online), Strategies for Nursing Success (online), and Abnormal Psychology (lecture). I had my first Abnormal Psych class today and so far I really like the instructor. He is funny, and even though it is a 4 hour class, it did not drag on like I thought it might. That makes me feel better about it.