Bittersweet

These pictures were taken at my mom's house. This was officially her last day in the house. It has been a crazy few weeks, but she is now moved out. It is sad for me to think that another family is living in the house that I grew up in from the time I was 1, but it was for the better. It doesn't really make it any easier. The second picture is his new cheese face. Or his cheesy smile. He didn't get that from me, it must be daddy.

But, in good news, WE WILL BE GETTING A NEW CAR this weekend! We are very excited!

And lately, like the last 3 or 4 days, Rece has been telling us that he needs his diaper changed a lot! It isn't everytime, but it is poo and pee. I am sure it is just a phase, but it is some sign that he doesn't want to be sitting in it.

He loves it when I blow bubbles(for about 10 seconds) but he likes the wand even better. He brings me the bubbles and signs please. But after about 2 blows he wants the wand and then puts it in his mouth. GROSS. He doesnt' even seem to mind the soap taste.
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Last week for the first time since starting cloth diapers, we got so behind that we ran out of clean ones. So, we used an "old-fashioned" cloth diaper. With regular safety pins. It covered everything but when we peed, we had a wet pillow to clean up. Those diapers to not hold anything. No wonder the need for "rubber pants"!

UPDATE ON WALKING: He now stands up, walks a few steps, either rebalances or falls, gets back up and repeat. He is getting really good at standing up without using anything for help or support. He has even realized that he can squat down to pick things up. It is funny now to turn around and just see him walking toward us. We are still getting used to it.
And he loves chasing the cat and she usually lets him pull on her fur and she doesn't do anything. Well, today he cornered the cat and she didn't like that too much. She bit him, nothing to break skin, just kind of a warning. HE LAUGHED!!

Yesterday we met Averie and Beth halfway between where each of of lives. This was at Bob Evans. We went to the mall and shopped a little and then had lunch. Then we headed off home. Hopefully now that we found this halfway with a playground we can do this more often!!












I told you he loves milk!!!











This is he fuzzibuns diaper. We finally tried it last night. It was great, he didn't poo, but the pee stayed in great! We did put in an extra insert just to be on the safe side.













"Peek-a-boo"
He just recently has very actively been playing peek-a-boo. He covers his hands with his eyes usually. It is really cute.













Who eats cardboard and paper??? My son of course. He has been actually biting the cardboard off the books. Twice just this morning I have had to go fishing in his mouth for the pieces!!

Cloth Diapers

Well I thought I would give everyone an update on the cloth diaper biz. I LOVE THEM. We are 100% cloth diapers and mostly cloth wipes. We still use disposable wipes when we go out and about. And I am assuming Rece loves them too because his diaper rash/staph infection is GONE!!!! YAY! We have 13 bumGenius. I really like those and am glad that I decided to go with those for the majority. They are great overnight even. I just add an extra insert and voila totally dry in the morning. Then I have 1 bumpkins AIO. This one is so-so. I don't think I like AIO(all-in-ones) in general. It takes forever to dry. Plus it seems a little big although we are in the weight range. I haven't had any leaking problems, but have been too scared to try these overnight. I would like to try another brand of AIO so I can see if it is just in general I don't like them or if it is brand preference. Any suggestions??? Then we also have 1 Fuzzibuns. I like them, again haven't tried them at night but I have a feeling with an added insert they would also be fine. And we also have 1 swaddlebees. So far, my least favorite of the pocket diapers. It just doesn't seem to have as much coverage and I don't like how they snap quite as well. They still work fine and I know the coverage issue is supposed to be for a trim fit, but I would rather have better coverage. I will post a picture of Rece in one of the colored cloth diapers later.

Totally Cloth

Well, we have totally switched to cloth diapers. I got my first 2 poopy diapers yesterday. Not so bad, I will definitely be purchasing the mini sprayer! I didn't think I would need it but it wouldn't be so bad to have. I still haven't gotten my cloth wipes yet, those should come today or Monday. Now we are also going to have to get a new diaper pail, the diaper champ just doesn't work so well for that!

My First Cloth!!

We just got our first cloth diaper in the mail today and we are very excited! See how comfy he looks! The whole package should be here on Friday hopefully so we can get rid of all of our disposables! YAY! I ordered 14 diapers (including this one), 36 cloth wipes, and a wet bag for our outings! I am very excited. I ordered the bumGenius and threw in 1 FuzziBuns just to see how much of a difference there is. Any other suggestions for what I may need for a full transition would be great.

Decisions

After doing LOTS of research and reading online, I have come to a decision. I will be trying the bumGenius cloth diapers. They have a policy that you can buy one, try it-wear and wash-and if you don't like it you can send it back for a full refund within 14 days. They are pocket diapers that are one size fits all. I will probably end up buying 18-24 total once I figure out if I like them. Then once I am adjusted I will experiment with other types. I do not however want to experiment with prefolds like our parents used to use! Did you know that on average(6 diapers a day) I pay $2900 a YEAR for disposable diapers??? That is crazy. And with each subsequent baby, my mom is going to throw me a diaper shower so I will have a nice little collection by the end!

Cloth and Wind

Ok, so I never thought I would be saying this, but I am seriously considering cloth diapers! Rece just has such a sensitive bum/"area". At his 15 month appt. the doctor said he had an infection on this lower abdomen right where the top of the diaper is, he said that it is probably caused by the diaper. So all of you cloth using mommies where does a beginner start with cloth diapers. I can't imagine that I will use ONLY cloth. At least not at first. But I will probably try them out at least while we are home. Ok and I am totally ignorant with cloth, so I need all the info. that someone can give me. What is the best way to rinse poop out before actually washing them? Where do you put the dirty ones until you are ready to do a load of laundry? How many to order at first? Any info. would be useful.


And this is what happens when you have the car windows open with a baby in the backseat! A little windblown. He loved it, he was giggling like crazy!












And this is what happens when I try to take a picture. He wants to see the screen where the pictures show up so everytime I turn it on him he throws a fit and crawls toward the camera!