semi-crunchy

So you all know how much I love wearing Emma in her wrap or sling or mei tai … so I entered a contest to win a Moby Wrap at Adventures in Babywearing, which is a neat little blog that discusses babywearing, parenting and other cool stuff. I love our Moby Wrap, and if I could win another one, well that would be so awesome.

And while I’m on the subject (nice lead-in, eh?), I wear Emma around the house a lot and pretty much anytime we’re out. Partly to keep her close to me, partly to be able to still get stuff done, and partly to get her to sleep, which she always does while being worn. I’m not adverse to swings or strollers, which I still use on a daily basis, because I don’t think there’s anything wrong with them. But sometimes, it’s just easier to pop her in a sling and do my cleaning or laundry or bottle-washing without having to go “check in” on her.

I mean, really … when you can get a crying, upset, fussy baby to do this within a matter of minutes …

it’s pretty much the best thing ever.

I also put her in cloth diapers during the day. Yes, really! I tried the old-fashioned kind that I used to wear, but those were NOT for us. Too much folding and pinning and covers and ugh. So we use Fuzzi Bunz and BumGenius pocket diapers. They’re pretty much the same as disposables, but you wash them.

Fuzzi Bunz:

BumGenius 2.0:

Why cloth diapers? Well, it started out as a cost thing. I figured if I could just wash her diapers and let her wear them over and over, it would save us a ton of money. But cloth diapers are actually pretty expensive! Especially when I started out buying a whole bunch of different kinds. Then, after they came and I realized that I would be washing poopy diapers, I seriously thought about scratching the whole idea. But I decided to try it for a couple of days, and it’s not that bad! You just throw them into a diaper pail, just like you would any other diaper – but instead of taking it to the big garbage can in the garage, I dump it into the washer.

We still use disposables at night and whenever we’re out of the house, because I can’t even fathom putting a dirty diaper back in my diaper bag. But that’s me. I still think we’re saving quite a bit of money, and it gives her little tushy a break from the chemicals in diapers.

Besides, they’re really stinkin cute!

So there’s my “crunchy” confession of the day.