Kissaluvs Size 0

There is nothing that I thought of more than this diaper during my pregnancy.  It's so soft and fluffy looking. the thought of an all natural cotton fluff on my newborn baby's bottom sounded heavenly. Well that was my fantasy and here is my reality. These diapers cost $12.95 a piece. For a newborn you would need at least 12 and that's $155 not including the cost of covers! It was way more than my husband and I were willing to spend.

My son was 6.14lbs at birth. During his first month of life he had feeding issues and dropped down to 5.00lbs. Another thing that I didn't consider was his circumcision healing. The doctor wanted me to put Vaseline on it until it healed. That is a big no-no with cloth diapers. It took 2 weeks for his circumcision  to heal when the doc said it should be fine in 7. During those 2 weeks I used disposable diapers because I didn't  want to ruin my newborn diapers. I still couldn't get out of my mind the image of my little guy in Kissaluvs.

At 2 months old I took the plunge. A bit crazy I know but I couldn't resist. He was already 8lbs and didn't need the fold down flap any more. They are so cute and fluffy! One thing I didn't anticipate was how gross they would feel wet or how large they would be. I also don't get  or enjoy the whole putting covers on top thing.

All that being said I have yet to experience a blowout or leak with this diaper! I guess that's why some people swear by them.

Gdiaper

The first diaper I ever tried was a Gdiaper. I read about them in a parenting magazine. I thought that the idea was really cool.The concept behind Gdiapers is that it is a hybrid diaper. It has an outside that is cloth and an insert that is compostable . They then came out with a reusable cloth insert that is resuable.

So here are the things that I liked about gdiapers: They are cute and I could get them at my local store. I like the idea of the diaper and it was a great introduction to cloth diapering.

Here are the things that I didn't like so much: They have a learning curve and were not husband friendly. I got a bad batch of velcro and it was all downhill from there. The company offered replacement velcro that they would send for free but I had to sew it on. That's a big fat no thanks for me!

Wipes Warmer

I love my wipes warmer. It is not a need but it is nice to have. I love them so much I have 2 of them. One for upstairs and the other for downstairs. They are both ones from Prince Lionheart. One is meant for disposable wipes and the other is meant for cloth. Any brand should do, I suppose.

I use cotton velor wipes from green mountain diapers.  I order the larger size and they are  big and absorbent. They are also very soft.  http://www.greenmountaindiapers.com/other.htm 

At first I just used water but I would have a stinky smell if I didn't change the wipes everyday. That's so not gonna happen at my house with 4 little ones running around!

I  now use Baby Wipe Juice as my solution to mix with water on the wipes.http://www.lusaorganics.com/natural-organic-skin-care-handmade-baby-wipe-juice-p/juice.htm  The scent is very nice and it freshens my diaper pail. One word of caution if you do not like scents this wipes solution is not for you. The first wipes solution that I tried was Diaper Lotion Potion. http://www.kissaluvs.com/diaper-lotion-potion.php It works good and has a very light scent.

Cloth What?!

My cloth journey began at the doctors office when I took my then one year old daughter in for a redness on her bottom. We had tried pampers as I do with all of my babies in hopes that they can wear them. I like pampers because they are super soft and smell yummy. My oldest wore pampers.  Well they didn't work for her (or the rest of my children as well). They blistered and got red bumps when they wore them. Next we tried Huggies because I wasn't going to be cheap when her little bum was so red. That seemed to work ok it definitely calmed things down. But she screamed and cried when I wiped her bottom. That was why I had taken her to the doctor. He said it's commercial wipes and that they are burning her bottom that I needed to use cloth wipes. And off he went.

Dr.Kramer is always crazy like that. He'll tell you something so matter of factly, like everyone knows because its common knowledge. I had NO idea what a cloth wipe was or how to find one. So what did I do? I did what everyone does, I turned to Google. I found a bunch of postings on how you can make wipes at home. At this point I only had three children but I thought to myself there is no way I am making a wipe. First of all I'm not sure where my sewing machine is and second I'm not that good at sewing. After more googling I found ones that you could purchase. That was the day that I found the cotton babies web site. It is a cloth diaper web site. I remembered with my first that I wanted to cloth diaper but my mother in law said that we needed pins and plastic covers and I was so not going to use a pin. I have very shaky man hands  and didn't want to accidentally stick her.

So on the website I found a wipes warmer,bumgenius flannel and bamboo wipes, oder remover spray, and traveling wet bag. The plan was going to be to use the wipes in the warmer at home and use the wet bag and warm water on the go. The wet bag was to put the dirty wipes in after I used them. The spray was to spray it down if anything got too stinky. Armed with my supplies and a little bit of knowledge this was the beginning of cloth in the Dunson home.

How this blog came to be

The other night I was explaining why I needed to buy some new cloth diapers to my husband. He asked me if I was trying to buy and try every cloth diaper out there. My response , "Not on purpose"! He said that with all of the diapers that I have bought and tried I should write a blog about it. Maybe my experiences could help someone else  out there. Well here I go!