The world of cloth diapers...

Time: 9am

Coffee: Starbucks' Gazebo Blend brewed at home

So...as if the whole idea of starting to use cloth diapers is not daunting enough, there is now a very vast array of them available to make the whole idea feel even more overwhelming... Do I want my daughter to sport 'Happy Hieney's' or 'Fuzzy Buns', or Bunny something or other, Knicker Nappies or Tushi something or other. This whole new world was opened to me as I walked into a diaper 'boutique' (we'll call it that) a few days ago. I suddenly felt dizzy from all of the colors and sizes and one size fits all or how about liners and disposable liners and covers and all in one with extra liners, hemp or organic cotton, chinese or indian, velcro or snaps..AHHH. Nyah let out a cry in protest when I held up a diaper to see how it might fit and I cast her an understanding glance.

I remember my mom using a simple white cotton folded diaper with safety pins that were slightly annoying and plastic pants that, well, always seemed stiff and uncomfortable.. I have to say, they're quite fancy now, and definitely more appealing in their fun colors and styles. But at this point, I really don't care what they look like, as long as they are comfy on my little one, and don't leak, and save us some money in the long run, because lets face it: disposable diapers are not cheap, especially when you decide you want to use the natural ones..

Then there's the 'poop issue' everyone thinks about..What exactly do you DO with it? Flush it down the toilet? Yes, but how?? By way of what, scraping? With what? And am I really supposed to dunk it in the toilet and ring it out with my hands?? Aha, problem solved with the special 'sprayer' that attaches to your toilet and makes cleaning off the unwanted excess a little easier... And the disposable/flushable liners are quite useful too..

Hmmm...So less daunting now, this whole idea I decide.. And I feel almost embarrassed at being overwhelmed by the idea of cladding one infant in cloth, as the sales lady tells me she did it with triplets!!! I end up leaving the store with an assortment of different kinds to 'try out'... Surprisingly, after three days, I am not so turned off by the old fashioned pre fold kind. Traditionally, they would have had to be fastened by those large safety pins if not for some new fun 'stretchy grabby clippy' thing that now holds them snugly in place. Not only are they relatively easy to use, they also don't cost a whopping 17.95 a piece (like many of the all in one styles do). And so, I make my first purchase- a dozen pre fold crisp white cotton diapers... looking large as the infant size is going to be too small for my rapidly growing baby! The fun part is picking out the covers which are friendly and fun colors and fasten easily with velcro. And so far, have held 'everything' inside.

Ok, so I'm not going 'crazy'... When we go on trips I'll be sure to have some disposables on hand.. and when I'm taking her out longer than an hour or so.... But so far, so good.

And what does Nyah think??? She seems as happy as ever on her changing table, and her squirming makes getting it all to fit properly a little more challenging. But if she were older I'm sure she'd have a thing or two to say about how large they make her little bottom look!!!!

I guess her onesey from Aunt Abby does all the talking- 'Does this diaper make my butt look big??'

A great site with lots of info on cloth diapering is: cutietooties.com