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After all this I've been through with my mom, this blog is getting very personal and I am feeling a little violated (not really...well, maybe a little)....
All in all I had 21 diapers and was so excited to diaper with cloth at the newborn age. I didn't start cloth with Sam until he was a month old. I used cotton prefolds, pins and plastic pants!! Ugh!
When I went to put diapers on Arlo a few days ago I was shocked at what didn't fit him anymore. The Kissaluvs he can still wear, though we are on the last snap and there isn't any room to grow...I give them a week! The Kushies definately didn't work...they were sized "up to 10 lbs." and well, we all know he started out well above that! He did wear them once and they were cute. The bummis covers and dipes are still going, though we are to the outer edge of the velcro strip and I know it won't be long before the covers won't fit anymore...and as I wrote above, the awsome Fuzzi Bunz didn't fit! I was surprised because they looked like they were bigger, but Arlo has chubby legs and that is what is really stopping us from using them. The Bumkins AIO still fits and it seems that it might for a little while still.
So, where does that leave me....with about 10 diapers (either prefold or fitted cotton of random assortment) and 5 bummis wraps! I did just get back my 5 size medium Fuzzi Bunz from a friend and they fit him! I even had to use some of the outer snaps! I also borrowed a full set of chinese cotton prefolds and bummis wraps from a friend whose son just potty trained. I am set now, but had Jaadyn not decided to use underwear last week, I'd be out of luck and purchasing more cloth! Whew! After using both the AIO's and the prefold/bummis wrap system, I have to say that I quite like the prefold/bummis system. There is no "stuffing" of diapers and they aren't picky in the wash like the fleece of Fuzzi Bunz. I would reccommend this system to first time cloth diaperers (if that is a word).
Sam is in his size large Fuzzi Bunz and doing just fine! I can see some of the "used from ebay" FB's getting to be quite "used" and the PUL seems to a little less strong, if you know what I mean. They will get us through though. We are getting closer and closer to underwear and the potty! YEAH!
The latest craze in the cloth diapering world are bumGenius diapers. They look very cool and I'd love to try one, though I doubt I'd buy more than one. I am certainly not as "in to" the cloth diapering this time...just what is easy to put on, trim, and easy to wash! Though, I do still LOVE the look of a cloth diaperd baby butt!!
Sam is quite sick with a nasty cold and we took him to the doctor today. I was afraid it was pneumonia (it is that bad), but it isn't! Thank goodness. Just a nasty cold. We did get some good cough syrup with codeine to help with the nights and it looks like tonight we may all sleep better. The last three nights it has been all 4 of us in our queen size bed with Sam coughing and sweating from fever, then Arlo waking to nurse every 2 (or less) hours because he wakes from the coughing....ugh! I am exhausted!
+ refuses to nurse on my left breast (a recent foible since the thrush)
+ napping for hours this morning (must be a growth spurt) _____________________________________________________________
= engorged left breast = pumpin' = 4 oz. of milk (a record for me!) = a saggy right breast = the funniest profile you've ever seen!
Sam feels good here. He has been so happy and sleeping so well at night. Arlo is doing fine. He now weighs 14 lbs. 14 oz. and is 24 inches at 2 months of age. He'll have some tests coming up to determine why he had the kidney infection and hopefully he'll be able to stop the antibiotics soon.
"You can't prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from making nests in your hair."
