Tuesday, February 5, 2013

How I Cloth Diaper

A friend of mine requested a cloth diaper update, and I realized how long it has been sense I had touched on it..so I will try to catch you all up in one post! Here we go!


I still think that a prefold, a snappi and a cover are the best poop containers especially for breast fed infant poopies...i only had one blow out that way and asher was in a excer saucer..and i think the seat and the massive amount of poop worked together for a mess..but really..it was once..and previous to that he was exploding out of his disposable almost every change..so It really is amazing! That being said we have switched to a new form of diaper, for easy changing..Kris is much more comfortable changing the new diapers and the nursery workers at church do not seem as intimidated...I still plan on using covers and prefolds...but right now, because i sew my own, i am sewing Pocket diapers, in one size.



















What is a One size pocket diaper you may ask? Great question! 

Above you see the outside and inside of the ones I sew. You can see on the out side of the water proof outer layer I have elastic at the legs and back and snaps to fit around the waist. To make it a one size diaper, which really just means, it can be used from around 9 lbs to 32 lbs, there are 3 sets of snaps to adjust the length. So I can use this one diaper for Asher and Titus, with great success in the fit! The inside I use suede cloth. I had chosen suede cloth because micro fleece can hold stink easier, and poop rolls off suede cloth . You can see the "pocket" sticking up in the pic to the right...the diapers i sew can hold a pre fold as an insert. You just stuff an insert into the pocket and snap it on like a disposable. There are velcro options, but snaps last longer, so I went with snaps. Velcro would allow for a quicker change. I am currently sewing inserts and experimenting with them, I think i am gonna go with an Bamboo fleece with possibly a micro fiber middle..but I am still playing around with the combo. I know I do not like the mostly hemp inserts. The suede cloth is a stay dry layer they baby can not feel the wet. I chose the pocket diaper option because you can customize the inserts to how absorbent you need them, plus I feel like the inserts get cleaner if i can pull them out. There are diapers out there that mimic a disposable..where the inner absorbent layer is permanently in the diaper and there is no pocket..but like I said, i feel this way is cleaner..it may not be..but well, I can have my quirks cant I? 

Would you like to see some pic in action? Sorry about the blur..my kids take the "In action" part seriously!




you can see Asher in the diaper at the top in the elephant print, and Titus in the black diaper on the bottom, same size diaper just on a different snap setting! 

How do I care for these diapers? 

Well, let me tell you the one thing I dont like about cloth! (i am honest) The morning diaper stinks like a barn! Its so nasty! Ha! Thats the worst of it! But my boys used to get open sores from the chemicals of disposables, so the trade off is worth it to me! I soak the morning diapers in the sink for 10 minutes after i take them off. Cause they are so nasty...Then i wring them out and throw them in my diaper pail that has a re usable/washable liner in it.

My actual diaper pail!

My Laundry routine? I am currently doing wash every 2 days, i can go 3.  I use babyganics pictured below, I buy it from buy buy baby with a 20 % off coupon which makes it $8 and it last me 4 months. I use a teaspoon, and i must have very soft water because it suds like crazy, i always make sure I do an extra rinse and never have stink or need to strip my diapers. Also i never dry diapers in the dryer, you can..but i want mine to last 3 kids. So I hang them to dry!


And thats it! My exciting diaper routine!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Ashers 7 month Photos

Not sure if I could possibly love this baby any more than I do! 
He has stolen my heart and wont give it back!! 
Thief!











My baby Boy!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

My Little Reader

Have I mentioned How much I love the fact I taught my daughter to read?




Its one of those really cool things about home schooling! I catch her this way all the time
 ..makes me so happy!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Pre Christmas Happenings

I was gonna be the coolest Mom this year for Christmas. I had all these plans lined up. Had the pins pinned on pinterest. And then my kids got sick..really sick. It lasted about 3 months. I was so tired, averaging about 3 hours of sleep a night for long stretches of time. And i waved my little white flag and gave up! We did do some stuff..but really not allot. We did get a tree, and decorated it.
It was the ugliest tree ever..but it was our tree..so we loved it!

Kristofer was asked to teach Sunday School during the month of December...

This was Asher "helping" daddy




And then we decorated Christmas trees....The kids loved it so much!

Its just sugar ice cream cones, green frosting and candy of your choice


It was a hit!!

Everyone enjoyed it and it was easy for all of the 3 older ones to do!

So Beautiful!! ;)

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Favorite Christmas Memory


I thought i would share my favorite Christmas Memory with you this year. But only it happened on Christmas Eve...and I guess it went a little into Christmas too. It was December 24th late at night. All the little ones were in bed and Kris and I were just finishing up our stuff to prep for the next day. When we fished up we realized how..quiet it was!  We both look outside and the snow fall was beautiful! And all of the sudden, it felt like Kris and I were the only ones awake at that moment. The littles were asleep, the snow had fallen and created a  blanket all over our sweet little town. There was no noise, it was just..quiet. So peaceful. For those who live near snow...you know the silence it can bring. Its actually beautiful! And Kris and I just watched the snow fall together and talked.


We talked about nothing significant or important I can think of. We just soaked in the peacefulness of it all. We talked about how beautiful our little side of the world is..and how amazing it was.

We talked about how excited we were about the littles big day the next day. And if we stay up to much later we wont make it through the day with out a nap!

and then through our windows on the 2nd floor..we took pictures of  the beauty. And now just looking at these pictures transports me to that time. And it makes me smile. It was the best memory i have (and we  had allot of good ones) of Christmas. Time with my love with nothing to do but soak it all in. It was perfect.