cloth diapering

Man, cloth diapers can be SO addicting. I know, that sounds so very weird to people who don’t use cloth, but there’s just something about the cute little fluffy butt that makes me want to buy tons of them.

I’ve gone through many different phases, and at one time, I had way too many diapers for one baby. But I’ve gotten past that, and we now have only a few different kinds that we really like.

prefolds & covers — I love the simplicity of these, and now that I found Fishnoodles covers, I use this combo throughout the day and for going out.

Bumgenius organic AIOs — pretty much the easiest diaper out there. It’s just like using a disposable. Except you wash it when you’re done with it, lol.

Sustainablebabyish fitted diapers & fleece covers — this is my nighttime combo since I have what is considered a “heavy wetter” at night. She can leak out of a disposable at night, so I needed something seriously absorbent.

So I’m on Twitter, and I follow several of my favorite cloth diaper makers, one of which is @sloomb, the creator of Sustainablebabyish diapers. When I saw her tweet about a contest to win a free colored fitted diaper, I immediately went and entered — and WON! Woohoo! I never win ANYTHING!!

It arrived yesterday, and Emma flipped over it.

LITERALLY!

Thanks so much, Erin! I can’t wait to get more!! ♥

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I kind of thought Emma would be close to ready to potty train by now. She’s 6 days away from being 22 months old, and I hear about 18 month old kids who are potty-trained.

My mom tells me to quit reading and quit listening to others, but I don’t learn. Now we know where Emma gets it.

You see, Emma usually tells us when she pooped her diaper.

And she wears cloth diapers, so she can feel the wetness. She’ll sometimes walk uncomfortably to me so that I can change her diaper.

All things that are supposed ‘signs’ that she’s ready to potty train.

But nope.

Apparently, she told Ken this morning that she needed to pee-pee, and he ran and got the potty. She dribbled a little on the floor but finished in the potty. YAY! She got candy and cheers and hugs and more candy.

But then later this morning, she peed all over 12 of her toys.

I don’t think “naked time” is the method I want to use. I am tired of cleaning up pee.

Clearly, I should have learned from my past “trying to get Emma to do something on some ridiculous schedule” mistakes.

I tried to rid her of the bottle at 12 months, but she dropped the bottle at 16 months. On her own.

We tried and tried to get her to sleep through the night from 9 months on, but she slept through the night at 18 months. On her own.

She does things on HER schedule, and there is nothing we can do to make her do anything she doesn’t want to do. It ends up making things a hundred times harder than they need to be.

Guess I better get used to the diapers.

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