So I've found that I actually enjoy cloth diapering both of the kids. It's somewhat shocking considering we hadn't even planned to cd Lucy. In our minds that last pack of diapers meant it was time to potty train. However, with the roadblocks we've been hitting lately that process is being held off for a couple more months.
 I'm so glad we don't have sposies sitting around in our trash anymore. My husband doesn't call me the blood hound for nothing and the smell of the diapers became over whelming by the end of the day. I know not everyone is a super smeller but man, how and why did I ever deal with that rankness before?
 I also kind of dig the routine. I change the kids ever 2-3 hours or right before naps and it's almost soothing to let Lucy choose what diaper she wants and the rest that comes along with the diapering process. I enjoy routine and I enjoy seeing the kids with their fluff.

My heart is with Japan today. What a horrible horrible thing.

Fluffy mail

We got our new Purple one size Fuzzi Bunz in the mail today! I may be stretching the fact that dark purple is gender neutral but I'll go with it. Since the kids are sharing diapers I think Lucy deserves a few lady friendly colors.
This is our first FB one size, so far I've love all of our perfect size diaps. However, they really aren't my 1st choice in pockets. It seems like lately I go to our Kawaiis, looooove them.
Anyway back to the Fuzzis. This may be completely silly but I find them to be the cutest of all the pockets and sometimes choose them specifically for that reason.

 We seem to get leg leaks with the fbs but it could really just be a fit issue. I ordered mine from amazon because the were REALLY cheap with a few combined coupons codes. Let's hope it works a little better!

A Day With My Mom: The Events Leading Up To Now

A Day With My Mom: The Events Leading Up To Now: "On February 8th my mom was admitted into St. Joseph Memorial Hospital for high blood pressure and chest pain. They then discovered that her ..."

My sister wrote this about what's going on with my stepmom. She's an amazing lady and we've all been so thrown off by this.

Baby Jack

Jack in one of my favorites. (Weehugger cover over..something I can't remember)

Guerilla Fluff

http://www.guerillafluff.com/
Customer Service:  Awesome! I was really happy to get a $5 credit for writing a review.
Diaper: Utilitarian Night Diaper
Fit of diaper/Rise/Fluffy or Trim: Jack is just under 6 mos, around 15 lbs.  This diaper is certainly fluffy. I would put this on him for daytime, but it's very heavy duty so don't expect it to be trim.  It has a big rise, with a fold down.
Nighttime compatible: Yep, it's a nighttime diaper
Available for customs and/or SYOF: I don't think so, but who knows what will happen in the future.
Price: $32
Availability: Good, they seem to have diapers readily available and you don't need to stalk to get these
Would you buy from again/recommend: Yes! I'm going to try them out on Lucy and if it works I'll buy more.

Wool dryer balls

So I've got a static/shit takes a decade to dry in our small dryer issue. It was death by electric microfiber every time I tried to pull things out of the dryer.
 I knew I couldn't use dryer sheets or fabric softener to solve the issue due to the nasty chemicals and the repelling issues they start with our diapers. You can't even use the sheets on other clothes because of the chemical buildup in your dryer! Which, lets face it is totally nasty that it actually leaves a film on your dryer that alters the performance of fabrics.
 What did I do? I went to my best friend Dr. Google. I read countless blogs and answers about dryer balls and cd safe fabric softener. I didn't want to spend the somewhat ridiculous amount I was seeing the dryer balls going for (about $12-$20) so I bought some cheap plastic balls from Bed Bath and Beyond.
 Within the first week or two the balls started to disintegrate. I wasn't surprised, they didn't really work well and I honestly couldn't see how they worked the way the wool ones did.
 I went back to the drawing board, I figured I could at least see how they were made and maybe I could just DIY them. It turns out the whole process is super easy, a little time consuming but easy none the less.

 I used this tutorial on the Good Mama website Wool Dryer Ball Tutorial . Went to Hobby Lobby and bought the needed materials. I was surprised at the lack of actual wool they had, you need to have 80% or more pure wool and it seemed like almost everything they had was an acrylic blend. I did get two (once again cute) balls of 100% pure wool.
 So I sat down last night and started the process while watching teen melodramas on Hulu to combat the football video game the Mr. was playing (Seriously f that game and it's stupid stupid loud footbally and awful music sounds) and started winding balls.
 I've finished the first layer and and the am beginning the second. Something about the winding is relaxing and is able to keep my overly multi tasking self calm.
 Hopefully these turn out well and do the job I need them to, it would be really nice to save the money and cut my drying time down.

My love affair with Kissaluvs

The first diaper I truly fell in love with was the Kissaluvs size 1 fitted.
I honestly had no desire to try out the fitteds when I originally signed up for my cloth diaper trial. However, I saw a really cute cover and just went for it (you'll see the "it was cute so I gave it a try" more often than not).
So, I took it home and after after washing and prepping everything I decided to try this out with my new blackbird print thirsties cover. It was SOOOO easy, no stuffing no pinning just snap cover and go. Even better than the ease of use is my super dry baby. I've never had a leak with any of the kissaluvs I've now added to my stash. I've found I use these a ton at night with a soaker because I can just put it on Jack and not worry that he will drown in a flood of nighttime pee. My final point about my loooove of kissas is how cheap they are! I usually see them around $12-$13 and for all you cd mamas you know that's great.

Ratings

• Price *****
• Absorbancy *****
• Fit ****
• Cute factor **

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