Installed Diaper Sprayer

When I started the cloth diaper adventure I ordered a diaper sprayer (mentioned in previous post). It came in Saturday but I didn't get it installed until this morning. The listing on ebay said that it only took 5 minutes to install. And that would have been true IF I had bought the right size crescent wrench to begin with. In the first 2 minutes I got one end of the hose connected to the toilet off and when I started to disconnect the bigger end I discovered that the crescent wrench that I had was not big enough. So at 5 this morning I made an emergency run to wal-mart to get a bigger crescent wrench. The rest of the installation was uneventful and the sprayer works wonderfully. If anyone buys a sprayer, either the one that I bought (you can find that here) or another brand make sure that you have all the correct tools on hand!

Spiky- future guitarist

Spiky decided today that he wanted to try to play the guitar. I think we should figure out what he was playing and name it Spiky's song. AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WE HAVE NAMED THE SONG "IF I COULD ONLY REACH MY PACI"

My Other Addiction...

Now that I am addicted to cloth diapers, I can also admit that I am addicted to baby wearing. My addiction started with a moby wrap, and I now have 1 mobys and 2 woven wraps. I am so thankful that I was told about baby wearing before the Spike got here! Since I had a c-section carrying him in the carseat was painful, but wearing him was not. My midwife is totally in love with baby wearing and since she has seen me wear Spike to appointments, she has started suggesting it to all of her ob patients. I still don’t know all there is to know about wraps and can’t do more than the simple beginner wraps I think that it is something that most everyone needs to at least give a try.

Spiky in the moby 10 days old

 

Spiky in the woven wrap from lil peeper keepers

So Far…

I am in LOVE with cloth diapers! Even though I was the one who wanted to try it I was a still a bit skeptical about what it would actually be like. But so far so good; I’ll admit that “dirty” diapers are worse than wet diapers. The plus side Spiky is a breast man and only poops every few days. I did not order enough prefolds. My initial order was for 20, and I guess I underestimated how much the boy really does pee because just today he went through 13 dipes so I had to do laundry tonight. But you know it was still totally worth it! My only real complaint is that it takes forever to dry the prefolds in my dryer, its not the dryer because it is brand new and has no problems drying clothes, I really think that it has something to do with the size and density of prefolds. I’m open to suggestions other than hanging them outside, I have trees in my small back yard and I think the pollen would be counterproductive. I did see online where you can buy wool dryer balls and that is supposed to cut drying time, but I can’t see myself spending $8 for one ball of yarn. I think tomorrow (or later today) I might go to a craft store, buy some felting wool, and make my own just to try it out.

Spiky in his econobum and baby legs!! 

Wool Dryer balls

Today is the day….

The cloth diapers I ordered should be in today according to UPS. I did go on cottonbabies.com last night and ordered a few more covers and prefolds. After doing more reading, I found out that what I had ordered would barely be enough for 2 days. And in order to not have to wash diapers every day I decided to buy enough so that I have 3 days worth of diapers then I only have to do laundry every 2 days.

I worked last night and left Spiky with his dad and our nephew. I have (had) 2 unopened boxes of pampers that I was going to take back to Wal-Mart, they were gifts but still the extra $50 would have put a huge dent in what I have spent on cloth. But of course the guys couldn’t find the already opened box of diapers and chose to open one of the boxes that was going back. This was not something I expected to come home to. I know it’s only $25 and as my husband says “won’t bankrupt us” but it still ticks me off that they couldn’t look or call me since they call me for everything else, and my husband KNOWS that I just spent money on cloth diapers that are going to be in today.

I plan to post some pictures after the cloth gets in and I get it washed the 3 times that they have to be washed before they can be used. But with my new washer and dryer that should only take a few hours. By tonight I should be a full fledged cloth diapering mama!