Life Changes

In the last few weeks since I've been able to post our family has had many changes. Most notable of which is that my brother had an accident and is now paralyzed. I don't care to go into too many details on here, but it is important for me to mention. Due to the accident we took a trip up north. The car ride was 6.5 hrs one way. We did divide the trip into two days on the way there, but it turned into an 8 hr car ride on the way home. This was hard on my little girl, who is now 6 months old. Every moment was worth it to see my brother though.

As I mentioned earlier, Shaley is now 6 months as of February 2nd! She is becoming more of a handful everyday. I can't hold her without her squirming everywhere. she has not learned to crawl quite yet but I'm sure she will be there in no time. She has also cut one tooth! She's getting cuter by the minute. She is also sitting up unsupported for increasing amounts of time. At her 6 month check up she was 15.4 lbs and 25 3/4 inches long.

We have now started her on solids, which is a whole new adventure. We have tried carrots, rice cereal, peas, banana, and pears. The carrots have been the most notable as they changed her stool to more of a solid consistency. That may be too much information but it piques my curiosity. This change also reminds me to buy a diaper sprayer!

I can't wait for my new BumGenius Freetime to come in the mail. I have lots of Flips but no BumGenius. I will be sure and write a review when it arrives!

Sweetpea Diaper Review

I just received a new diaper cover in the mail a couple days ago and I was so excited to try it out yesterday! It's a Sweetpea One Size cover and I already love the color! A quick heads up about the color though is that the color I have (Celery) is much darker in the picture on www.mombecks.com than what I received in the mail! It's still gorgeous though.

I was pleasantly surprised at the construction of this cover! It had great reviews and was at a very reasonable price point for my budget so I thought I'd give it a try. It seems like it will stand up to the day to day beatings of my now 5 month old quite well. It has double leg gussets, which are my favorite feature. I'm used to using Flips, but this cover is much better in my opinion. And the price is better too!

As for the fit of this diaper, it seems like it would fit well for a larger baby. Although it does have generous crossover tabs, my little one at the middle rise setting needs all the hip snaps available. I almost tried for the crossover tabs! I have no doubt this diaper will be around till potty training.  I believe this diaper only comes in snaps, and they hold quite well.

Overall, the Sweetpea one size diaper cover is a cover I will love having in my stash for quite a while. I do plan on purchasing more in the future. My only wish I have is that they would come in more prints! I am also interested in the Sweetpea AI3 that I plan on getting in the future as well.

Insert Upgrade

I've just moved up my cloth diapers to the medium setting, this little girl is starting to get big! Since we've done that, I upgraded my Best Bottoms diaper to a medium insert. Since we live no where close to a cloth diaper store I waited till we were close and bought one instead of paying for shipping! I'm glad we upgraded because it showed me how rough and used the small insert really was. The new one is very soft, and much larger (I thought it was a large!)

Simply Baby Diapers

So I recently purchased a new cloth diaper from Just Simply Baby. They had a clearance sale for Halloween, so I felt I could sneak this purchase past my dear husband! It's of course orange and a pocket type diaper. I'm not a huge fan of a pocket diaper, but nonetheless, I did try it out. I was pleasantly surprised with the trimness of it. It was not big and bulky like my minky Kawaii diaper is. It has a decent construction and I think it will last us a while. It has cross over tabs for newborn babies which would work well. The inside covering is very soft and comfortable for Shaley, and I didn't see any complaints from her!

I like the feature of the elastic bunch on the back side to help with blow out protection. I haven't had any blow out issues in this diaper yet, but I have had one leaking incident. It seems to fit well though so I will monitor that for any future leaks. I was overall pleasantly surprised and feel confident purchasing another in the future, especially for the price. The only issue I potentially see from this diaper is that the lower snaps near the hips make the fabric fold over and then you see the liner, this is shown a little in the picture above. This may be just my little girl, and may fit better on others.

I would purchase from Just Simply Baby again. The shipping was fast as well.

Also, if you're curious, I also bought baby legs from their sale and they were of quality construction and look good on my little girl. They are quite long though so they will fit for quite some time, which makes my money well worth it.

Kawaii Diapers

I'm really loving the one Kawaii diaper I have. The husband put it on tonight and I got reminded of how thick and absorbant it feels. Now I need to purchase a regular Kawaii diaper to see if they work just as well (we have an overnight/heavy wetter version). They seem even more durable than the Happy Heinies we own. It seems funny since the Kawaii is a cheaper, China made diaper. I would go as far as to compare it in quality to that of the Best Bottoms cover. Best Bottoms have a whole other world of issues I can discuss later. Now I'm looking at purchasing more Kawaii diapers in fun colors. Minky seems to be the way to go. Who would want to go with a sposie when you can have the softness of a minky diaper on their bum instead?! The difference is incredible, those of you in doubt of cloth diapers should try it.

My main goal in writing about cloth diapers in this blog is to convert all of you questioning their simplicity! Talk to me, and I will do my best to convert you. I'm sure I can win you over. If my dear husband can do it, you can too!

Cloth Updates

Shaley is 2 months and 5 days old today. Cloth diapering has went well so far. We mainly use Flips which seem to work well. She does get a few blow outs occasionally, but nothing that has got out of the cover. I went with the AI2 hybrid systems because it may mean less laundry and less work. They don't come in the cute girly prints, but they get the job done. When you're on a budget things such as designs get left in the dust. The covers seem to be well constructed and stretch just enough for a good fit for my little one. I also like using the covers with a prefold instead of the stay dry insert that comes with them for extra blow out protection! The newest color we purchased was Ribbit. I mainly went for gender neutral colors that weren't so bright, but this color looks really nice. I like it more than I thought I would.