The adventure continues

Before I get into this, I'm not sure why I cannot get the font to not be underlined, so I've quit fighting it.

So my foray into the world of cloth diapering continues (and now the font is working). I've been getting a little frustrated because I only have 2 AIO and so that's only 2 diapers every other day. Not a good way to judge if I can do it full time or not. So I've put some on the christmas lists and was looking to see what kind of deals I could find. Then it hit me, I already have a bunch. All the burp cloths I used when Ben was an infant were either prefolds or regular cloth diapers.

So I dug them out and washed them so that they could be used as a diaper. But I didn't have any covers, kinda a must have thing right? I don't know if soakers are the same as covers, but those I could make pretty quick.

So this is me working on a fleece soaker. I was back to flying without a pattern, but it turned out pretty good. It actually didn't take too long once I got going. Of course that was after I had to remind Nick twice as to why he had to keep Ben out of the dining room while I was sewing (unplugging the machine and leaning on the pedal) and figuring out why the bobbin kept breaking (still don't know but it quit doing it).

This is Ben is his new soaker with regular cloth diaper on. A little bulky in the back, but I figured it was going to be since I'm used to disposables. Of course he didn't have it on for long before he initiated it, but it worked! Everything stayed in the diaper and soaker.

A close up of the soaker, I am so proud of myself! The pattern on the fabric is almost too big, but luckily Ben isn't a small child.

So the adventure begins

My Cloth diapers arrived and so begins my adventure in cloth diapering. I got 2 AIO, in some really cute prints. I like them so far, but of course only having 2 means still using disposables. But I figure if these work out ok, then I can add to my collection a little at a time.



The monkey print (you may recognize it) is so cute. It matches the pants I made him on Halloween. These are a little more bulky than the other one, but I figure it's because this one is made from flannel.




His skulls, Daddy picked this one out. He just looks so cute walking around in a diaper now. But of course it's too cold to do that for much more than a photo op.

Disposables better?

Yes you read that right. I found an article (that I find rather funny) that says, at least green wise, disposables are better than cloth! I have been using disposables, but I'm taking my baby steps into the world of cloth for a number of reasons. My first diapers should arrive this week.

First it says:

The report found that using washable nappies, hailed by councils throughout Britain as a key way of saving the planet, have a higher carbon footprint than their disposable equivalents unless parents adopt an extreme approach to laundering them.

An extreme approach? I wonder how they define that.


To reduce the impact of cloth nappies on climate change parents would have to hang wet nappies out to dry all year round, keep them for years for use on younger children, and make sure the water in their washing machines does not exceed 60C.

Ok, now correct me if I'm wrong since I am new at this but aren't you supposed to hang them to dry? So they last longer? Don't most of us go into cloth diapers intending to use them on later children? And my favorite the washing, I did the math and 60C is 140F. Most people do not have their water that high. In fact I believe that your supposed to set at 120 when you bring a baby home to avoid accidents.

Am I the only one who finds this so-called research laughable?