Fuzzi Wha?
33 Weeks Today!
With seven weeks to go, I realized that the only things that The Husband and I have for The Baby are:
1 Infant Carseat (gift)
1Infant Bouncy Chair (gift)
1 Fabulous Diaper Bag (gift)
1 Big Ol' Bottle of Dr. Bronner's Baby Soap for washing baby
1 Medium Bottle of Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap (I loooove the smell of this) for wipes
Several samples of diaper cream, soaps, moisturizers and coupons
1 Boatload of Clothes (all gifts)
Granted, my Mother in Law is throwing a shower this weekend up in South Carolina (which we unfortunately can not attend) and we are having a co-ed shower here around July 10th. Because of this, we have not bought anything. I'm starting to get a little nervous so just now I bought six Fuzzi Bunz, a diaper pail thingy and some wipes/wash clothes. I am so very excited! No, really, I am. It's freaky.
About this whole cloth diapering thing. I'm not sure how I got it in my head. It's probably from growing up in Vermont or maybe it was that six month segment in sixth grade that we did studying garbage and its effect on the world. It could be because I'm trying to be frugal and even though each diaper is $15 a piece, their resale value on eBay is over $10. $10 for a used diaper, almost $15 for new. Or, if I really like them, I can keep them for baby #2. Even with such a high price individually, we'll still save a lot of money over disposables.
I would much rather start out this adventure by using a diaper service but we have no such thing in New Orleans. I'm not getting a lot of support from people. Three have told me within the last few days that our attempts will last only one week. Granted two of the three do not have children nor have they tried cloth diapering. The third tried a different system with prefolds. People are not taking into account that I am stubborn and that I will certainly make it to at least two weeks without buckling. The Husband continues to humor me.
"But what about the poop?" people ask. From what I understand, baby poop gets everywhere anyway. This is what I've read and I've done a lot of reading. I figure that I will be so desensitized to poop that cloth diapers won't faze me.
The bottom line? I just like to be difficult.
With seven weeks to go, I realized that the only things that The Husband and I have for The Baby are:
1 Infant Carseat (gift)
1Infant Bouncy Chair (gift)
1 Fabulous Diaper Bag (gift)
1 Big Ol' Bottle of Dr. Bronner's Baby Soap for washing baby
1 Medium Bottle of Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap (I loooove the smell of this) for wipes
Several samples of diaper cream, soaps, moisturizers and coupons
1 Boatload of Clothes (all gifts)
Granted, my Mother in Law is throwing a shower this weekend up in South Carolina (which we unfortunately can not attend) and we are having a co-ed shower here around July 10th. Because of this, we have not bought anything. I'm starting to get a little nervous so just now I bought six Fuzzi Bunz, a diaper pail thingy and some wipes/wash clothes. I am so very excited! No, really, I am. It's freaky.
About this whole cloth diapering thing. I'm not sure how I got it in my head. It's probably from growing up in Vermont or maybe it was that six month segment in sixth grade that we did studying garbage and its effect on the world. It could be because I'm trying to be frugal and even though each diaper is $15 a piece, their resale value on eBay is over $10. $10 for a used diaper, almost $15 for new. Or, if I really like them, I can keep them for baby #2. Even with such a high price individually, we'll still save a lot of money over disposables.
I would much rather start out this adventure by using a diaper service but we have no such thing in New Orleans. I'm not getting a lot of support from people. Three have told me within the last few days that our attempts will last only one week. Granted two of the three do not have children nor have they tried cloth diapering. The third tried a different system with prefolds. People are not taking into account that I am stubborn and that I will certainly make it to at least two weeks without buckling. The Husband continues to humor me.
"But what about the poop?" people ask. From what I understand, baby poop gets everywhere anyway. This is what I've read and I've done a lot of reading. I figure that I will be so desensitized to poop that cloth diapers won't faze me.
The bottom line? I just like to be difficult.
2 Comments:
We have NOTHING for the baby yet. I keep thinking that we have more time and that we should get the furniture first before we get the cute stuff.
I am interested to know how things go with the cloth diapering for you. I understand the reasoning, but I cannot personally do it. Daycare centers around here won't work with cloth diapers and I am unfortunately planning on going back to work when the baby is 3 months old.
Oh yeah, daycare. Well, we all know that I am in total denial about that!
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