Got my cloth diapers

Got a package on Friday and opened it up and here is what was in it. I got part of my diapers! My washing detergent finally came on Saturday. I've got more diapers coming hopefully next week because they were out of what I wanted.

So here is what I got. Top right hand corner (going clockwise) are traditional prefolds. These would be what we all probably wore as babies (well, if you are as old as me). But, no pins, you attach it with the purple snappie which hooks on the left and right side and in between the legs.

The yellow diaper is a Fuzzibunz size medium which will probably take her up to 25-30 pounds (I forget right now). The blue one is a Fuzzibunz one size which will go from newborn to toddler. The inside of these have the softest flannel material, feels very comfy.

The off-white is the gro-baby I have already blogged about.

The pink is a Bumgenius 3.0 which is one size and goes from 8-35 pounds. She wore that last night overnight and did not leak out, she slept 10 hours.

The white is a Bumgenius organic one-size all-in-one. All the others (except the prefolds) are pocket diapers which means you have microfiber inserts that you insert into the diaper. The all-in-ones have an attached insert. If you need more absorbancy, you can lay another insert on top, but otherwise all you have to do is wash and dry. I have heard that all-in-ones take longer to dry, I've got them outside drying now so we'll see. All-in-ones are pretty much fool proof and a lot of people use them if other people will be changing the diapers, like dads, grandparents, day-cares, etc. They're like disposables, but just made out of cloth. I put it on her this morning when she got up and fed her and she had a poopy diaper, and NO BLOWOUTS!! I'm soooooooo happy. I washed it just a little while ago, and there was nothing nasty left in the diaper after I took them out of the washer. I did have a bit of a stain on one of the microfiber inserts but I laid it in the sun and it has already been bleached out. How cool is that?

I took some pictures of Pumpkin last night trying out her new diapers, I'll post more later and also give you my thoughts on how these diapers work. I'm planning on keeping track of all these on my blog so I can decide which ones I want to keep. Hope you don't mind me using my blog as a diaper journal!! If anyone has any questions about cloth diapers, let me know.

Fall is on its way

Love these pictures of Pumpkin. I was getting ready to take her for a walk with Lucy and had to put on this cute hat. She wasn't quite sure about it, then . . . . .
I think I like the hat, Momma!

She is talking all the time now. She says "na na na na". It's just a short way from that to "ma ma ma". I'm ready! As I said before, the drool has really increased. A says he can feel her top teeth. She doesn't seem to be in any pain so she may have any easy teething time (we hope, for her sake and ours), but she has really been eating more the last couple of days. I think she may be ready for solid foods. We'll probably start rice cereal this week. Her pediatrician said she didn't need to start solids till 6 months and her 6 month check-up and shots are on October 13th. She's growing up too fast.

Gotta love this girl

I'm wearing a bow, Momma finally figured out how to make one stick in my hair.

Look, it's a bird, it's a plane, no . . . . . . . it's super baby! Ready to save the world with her superhuman drool power.

Her 1st cloth diaper

I went to the local (well, 50 minutes away) cloth diaper store and bought Pumpkin her first cloth diaper. It is a Gro*Baby diaper. It is made to go from around 8 pounds to 35 pounds, by using the snaps in the front to adjust the rise. It has this really cool soaker pad that you snap to the inside (see 2nd picture) and you just snap it out when it gets dirty and wet and theoretically you can just snap in another soaker pad and keep using the outer shell for more than one diaper change (unless it gets dirty, obviously). Anyway, I have ordered a bunch of other diapers on my clo*th di*aper tr*ial that should be here in a couple of days. I'm waiting for some new laundry detergent and once everything gets here I can start Pumpkin off in cloth diapers!! I'm very excited. Once it gets here I'll tell you about the company I ordered them from, they were awesome to work with (but more of that later). Can't wait to see Pumpkin in her new pants.

New camera, new pictures

Ok, so I finally got my new software downloaded. Here Pumpkin is chilling, she is starting to get a little more cuddly, which Momma loves.
Daddy and Pumpkin having a good time. She is showing her support for the St. Louis Cardinals! Daddy finally got over his cold/flu (whatever it was) so he wanted to hold his girl alllllll weekend. He is very good about staying away from her when he is under the weather.

On Sunday we had some special visitors. Great Uncle H and Aunt C came to visit, she hadn't seen them since she was a tiny baby (she was a week or two old).

I've got a lot of video but I haven't figured out how to edit them yet. Believe me, they need editing! Hopefully I'll get it figured out in the next week or two.

Quick update

I know, I know, there are no new pictures!! I still haven't downloaded the software that came with my new camera. However, once I do, I have just seen the download video button on Blogger which looks super easy so that will be one of the first things I do. Anyway, Pumpkin is 16 pounds and I think she may be teething, there is a whole lot of drool at our house. She is laying on the floor right now sucking on a frog chime thing and looking at herself in a mirror. Well, she does that until either the cat or dog walk by and then she watches them until she can't see them anymore. She has really started to notice them. She slept 7 hours straight last night and I had to wake her up to feed her. Woo hoo!

I am taking an Italian class from our local school district extension office and it meets twice a week for 2 hours, meaning I miss her last feeding of the day. I went on Monday for the 1st class and A was going to feed her a bottle and then I would pump when I got home. Our first and second class got cancelled (I start next week) and it was a good thing because when I got home, A was trying to feed her and she was throwing a royal fit! She refused the bottle from him and me. She was screaming and choking (and not because she was getting too much milk, because she was mad). I ended up just breastfeeding her. I quickly emailed my breastfeeding support group ladies for advice and they recommended trying several different kind of bottles and nipples. I've been doing that and I think I found a winner today, I'll have A try it tonight or this weekend to see how she does with it for him. I was really stressing about it. I should have been doing this earlier, I know, but breastfeeding is just so much easier than doing bottles.

Anyway, I'm thinking about going to cloth diapers. I have the time for the extra laundry and I just hate throwing all those diapers away into the landfill. There is a cloth diaper store about 40 minutes away from our house and I went last weekend and it was really cool. These are not your mother's cloth diapers! Yes, she will have a slightly larger tush but there are so many cute diapers out with so many great options, I'm really excited about it. I've found some internet cloth diaper sites that will basically rent you a bunch of diapers for 14-21 days and then you send back what you don't want (or all of them if you hate it) and it only costs $10 (plus the cost of the diapers you keep). There are so many choices of diapers out there that there is no way I could just start buying them. Anyway, you just google "cloth diaper trial" and it will bring up a bunch of websites that do this (like Jillian's Drawers, Diaperdaisy, etc.). I'll keep you updated. Got to go, Pumpkin is getting squirmy.

Party at my crib

Pumpkin almost has enough hair to keep a bow in. We were getting ready to go get her picture taken at JcPenneys on Saturday and she completely blew out her clothes (thankfully she was not in her picture clothes). I was trying out the bow but decided that she didn't have enough hair yet. Maybe next month.

I just put her in her crib for the night and she promptly flipped over onto her stomach. I rolled her back onto her back and then she re-flipped onto her stomach again. I moved her back onto her back and if she ends up on her stomach, so be it. She must be ready for stomach sleeping! Anyway, we just bought a camera that can take video so I will hopefully be learning how to post videos of her soon. We've already taken a test video of her laughing and giggling, it turned out pretty well. For a camera, it takes really good video.

We hope everyone has a nice Labor Day!

Look what I can do

I like to sit on Daddy's shoulders and PULL HIS HAIR! Don't I look like I'm having a great time? Daddy, on the other hand, looks like he is a little afraid of me.

Wow, that flash is really bright!

Daddy and I watching tv.

See how good I am at pushing up with my arms. I like tummy time now. Yesterday at the breastfeeding support group all the other mommies were impressed at how well I did tummy time. Those other babies are cute, but they just aren't as accomplished as me. Who cares if most of them are only a couple of weeks old. Guess what, I'm 15 pounds, 10 ounces.

And finally, a picture of me sleeping, aren't I a princess? Mommy color coordinated my outfit with the swing! Got to go, I'm having way too much fun kicking Mommy as she types this.