I'm truly horrible about updating this thing. So before I get to the point of this I'll do a tiny, mini update all in one sentence:
Aldon is 13.5 months old & talking up a storm & got a Christmas puppy (Macy) & hit another growth spurt so he's mega tall & I'm missing my tiny baby & loves to eat pumpkin & banana puree (had a TON from Thanksgiving haha) & my brother is finally back from Afghanistan & I got to see him for the first time in 5 years & Aldon got to meet him! & Keegan got a job offer from a company in Ohio & once he graduates we are moving to Cleveland!!
Whew, that's the jist of it.
Ok, so recently (ish) I posted about how we dove into cloth diapering. And loved it.
For like two weeks.
We started with basic Econobum prefolds & covers bought from Cotton Babies and they seemed so promising. Aldon was good for a week with the new feel of them, and would cooperate with changes. And then... he wasn't. He started squirming & rolling & resisting diaper changes (which I totally don't get it, but whatev), so trying to clean him, wipe out the cover, fold a new insert & put in in the cover & the diaper on him without getting any 'surprises' anywhere was just not happening.
Keegan flat out refused to use the prefolds on him anymore, so we were back to disposables.
Then a mommy friend tuned me into Sunbaby Diapers! In my last post I talked about pocket diapers & AIO's, and said I didn't get the point because of how expensive they can be. Well, Sunbabys are $5-6 a piece (depending on whether you buy the smaller or larger bundle packages- buying more means less cost per diaper) & your choice of double inserts, single inserts, or no inserts. We opted for the smallest package with single inserts (Aldon isn't a 'heavy wetter'), and got 6 diapers to last from 7-35 pounds with 6 inserts for $36.
Of course I love a deal, so I also added more to my stash over Black Friday weekend & Cyber Week sales. I chose a few bumGenius 4.0s, and found a killer deal on Kawaii Baby pocket diapers for $5 each.
I spent a day prepping everything & figuring out how to 'stuff' the inserts into all of the pockets, and then Adventure Part 2 began. And... we actually are holding strong! These diapers work just like disposables so there's no folding or wrestling with a squirmy babe (well, none more than usual lol). These are much more trim than our prefolds, too, so Aldon's pants fit a little better &he doesn't have three inches of diaper hanging out of the back of his pants like a baby gangster.
It took some re-arranging of our diaper changing area to accommodate everything, but I think we have a pretty good system going. I keep everything on the changing table- the bottom shelf holds all of our prefolds & covers, extra inserts, and extra wipes and such. Top shelf holds all of the diapers (stuffed as soon as they come out of the dryer), organized into piles of snap closures & hook & loop (I prefer hook & loop since it's easier to get on Aldon when he's wiggling all over, but Keegan likes the snaps so the Velcro of the others doesn't get wore out quickly), and the open container of wipes goes next to those. Recently Aldon decided that no trash container with a lid is safe around him, so I put some simple Command hooks on the side of changing table to hang the wet bag (to hold the dirty dipes), and a small shower bag that holds rash creams, rolls of flushable liners, some hand sanitizer, and other various diaper changing needs.
What's my favorite out of my stash? Although I love the price tag of the Sunbaby's, I really really love my Kawaii Bamboo Minky diapers. I was skeptical at first because bamboo inserts are so thin & trim, I figured Aldon would soak through them in an instant, even with him not being a heavy wetter. I was wrong, tho- bamboo can absorb A LOT. He went 13 hours in one last night, through the night, and woke up without the slightest hint of a leak, with one insert! And the fluffy outside is just super cute :)
So, cloth is here to stay in the Hartman household!
