Sorry I haven't posted in a while!!! I have been super busy lately!!! I decided to cloth diaper my two youngest!!! We have now been in them for about 3 months and Asher has been actually wearing underwear the last 2 weeks!!! Yay!!! I was hoping this cloth diaper thing would push him in the direction of being potty trained, but I think it has really just pushed me in the direction of potty training!!! :) Hahaha! He is a pro now!!! And I am a pro with the cloth diapers... okay, just kidding, but I am really liking them!!! I thought it would be CRAZY since Titus is my 4th, but there have been sooooo many good things about it! I really wasn't planning on making this a blog about the pros of cloth diapering, but since I'm on it, I'll just organize these thoughts and give you a list of the benefits of cloth diapering that I have thought of so far! :)
Sooo...
1. You'll save money!!! We were spending over $80 a month on the cheapest Walmart brand of diapers between the two boys, (which I know is on the cheap side) and now we are able to just use the same ones over and over again! :) I love knowing that even though I'm not working I can do this extra little bit to save the money that my husband brings home!!! :) I feel like a much better steward of the money that God has provided! :)
2. They're SUPER cute!!! They have so many cute little diapers and it makes changing diapers fun!!! I know it sounds weird, but I feel like I have a cute little diaper collection! We even have some with froggies! :) I just love matching shirts to Titus' diapers!!! :) They have become an adorable addition to his summer wardrobe! :)
3. Less trash!!! I am not your average environmentalist, but I have seriously noticed a difference in the amount of times we have to take out the trash, meaning less work for Lee (since that's his job here, hehe)!!! Diapers take up so much space! We are making less trash, thus spending less on trash bags as well!!! :)
4. Less smell! While we're on less trash, I may as well mention that there's less smell!!! While the poo in the disposable dipes hang around until the trash man comes, the poo in the cloth dipe is flushed away to "poo-land" with the rest of the family's poo! Hehe!!! I read about some people having a smell in their houses with cloth diapers, but we haven't had that smell at all!!! I don't know why...
5. I am doing better with keeping up with the laundry, mostly because I have to!!! Hahaha! It's a MAJOR motivation to do laundry when your clean floor depends on it! Hehe! But really, diaper laundry is really easy! It's like one load a day, depending on how many diapers you have! I do one load at the end of the day!!! I have felt soooo much more organized with them!!! I've also learned more about laundry from having to know how to sterilize them!!! :)
6. I feel so much more accomplished!!! Never in my earlier motherhood days would I have thought I would cloth diaper, but here I am, and with my FOURTH!!! Weird!!! It seriously NEVER crossed my mind before because I thought it would be gross, but I actually feel like it's cleaner for us in some weird way!? :) Once I googled cloth diapering and I read up on it, I realized how much easier it was than I thought it would be!
7. No more asking the Hubbs to stop on his way home just for diapers!!! That was something that I was doing frequently, and I am happy that he doesn't have to worry about that anymore!!! Now we can look online for great deals!!! I have actually had some great friends pass LOTS of diapers down to me from their outgrown diaper stashes!!! Sooo much fun!!! The LORD provides!
8. They have free patterns out there!!! Not only can you buy them, but you can make them!!! They're not that hard to make, and I'm not even that accomplished on my sewing machine!!! There's just something fun for a girl like me to make my kiddos diapers!!! :) Makes me feel so frugal! :) I need to make some more because Titus has outgrown them and I now know more of what I'm needing! :) The ones I made before were made out of a SUPER cute blanket and some unused fleece and flannel scraps that I was going to use for Christmas presents for the last few years! It really gave me the motivation to get my sewing machine out and learn more how to use it! :)
9. Cloth diaper mommies are like instant friends! There is just something kindred in it, and if someone sees that you cloth diaper they know you instantly have something in common!!! :) I'm serious, too!!! I have so many friends who have found out that I cloth diaper and I have talked to them more, probably because I asked them questions, but they were more than happy to share their know-how with me!!! :) There is a lot to learn, but it is learned fast, and then you can pass on the information!!!
10. They're softer than disposables!!! There are so many different kinds of cloth diapers, but the one thing they have in common is that they are soft!!! Most of the insides of the ones I have are fleece!!! I know, weird, huh? The ones we made were fleece and flannel!!! The more they're washed the softer they get!!! :)
11. They leak less! I know it sounds like it can't possibly be true, but after diapering 4 kids, the cloth are my favorite!!! I had more blowouts with the disposables for sure!!!
12. I can't help but think about the ladies down through history who cloth diapered their children, and something about that is comforting! Maybe I'm weird or a nerd, but I have had so much fun with cloth diapers so far!!! I also look forward to them!!! That is definitely something I could not say about the disposables!!! Hahaha!
So, anyway, that's just a little list! I know it's not for everyone! In fact, it wasn't for me before now, although I think it would have helped me keep myself more on task had I been doing it all the way through with all four kids! I knew I had to try it, since I seem to get more done when I have more on my plate to do. Don't know if everyone's like that or if I just need to challenge myself... who knows? :) Anyway, I now have this mission and I am on task! :) Soooo to sum it all up, that's why I haven't been blogging! I will try to do better! :)
Here are a few cute pics of the boys in their diapers, Lenci being sweet, and Zoe doing some finger knitting!!! If you have any questions about the diapers, I would be happy to find an answer for them! :) Hope you are all well!
