I guess I am not a hippy...

Hi All,

I have recently ventured into cloth diapering and because I have so many people that said, let me know how it goes... I thought BLOG. So I hope the BLOG isn't BLAG... I know I am a little long winded right now, but don't worry I'll shorten it up after the first blog..

I've felt pretty hippish lately, with my cloth diapering but in reality, I have 2 babies in diapers and this is going to save me about $900 to a $1000 dollars a year. WOO HOO for that!! I told Cameron that I felt like a hippy and he said, no way, you are NOT doing this for Mother Earth, you're doing it to save money. So I guess I am not a hippy... I am a cloth diapering-gardening- clothes making- bread baking-quilt making-recycling-composting-organic food growing-capitalist. (T-shirt soon to come.)

We were out of town when the diapers arrived, so we had a few days to mentally prepare ourselves. When we got the box home it really set in that we were going to do this.... SO after hours of research online and talking to my amazing granola babies diapering friend, I decided to get the diaper covers with the prefold inserts and opted for the flush able inserts. I checked out a ton of websites and I finally landed on http://www.softclothbunz.com/ They had good prices on packages and if you sign up for their newsletter you get 10% off of your purchase!

So with this in hand we ordered these diapers! I didn't mind the white diapers but Cameron said that if we were going to go cloth we had to at least get cute diapers! Heh he cracks me up!

We chose the bummis super whisper wraps through a recommendation from my already cloth diapering friend Beth, whom I consider to be the ultimate expert. She not only cloth diapers but she owned an online store devoted to cloth diapering so I know she knows her stuff. She has an awesome group website called Natural Mommy at http://naturalmoms.ning.com/ It's awesome! Check it out.

Okay now that I have shamelessly promoted Beth.... Here is the rest of the info...

Now the prefolds are essential if you are going with the covers we ordered 40 of them. The disposable inserts were essential to me because I want to prevent dunking in the toilet HELLO!! It's awesome because most of the solid stays on the liner you pull it out and FLUSH!! WOO HOO!! Here are the pics of the prefolds and inserts....

Here is our order:

9 Bummis Super Whisper Wraps: Jungle , Froggy Pond, Star Baby ($12.50)= $112.50

40 Chinese Prefold DiapersSize : Baby Premium ($2.50)=$100.00

2 Citrus Circles Diaper Pail Deodorizer= $1.30
2 Disposable Diaper LinersSize (Price): Toddler ($7.00)= $14.00

Subtotal: $240.30

Discount: $24.03

Shipping: $0.00 (Because my order was uber big)

Sales Tax: $0.00

Total: $216.27

You may think holy CRAP that's a lot of money, but if you are thinking about $95 a month on diapers that you throw away! UGH this large purchase will SAVE us about $900-$1000 a year.

Now a few things that I WISH I had ordered instead of waiting....

Okay the mini shower is going to eliminate dunking ALL TOGETHER!! Yes that totally rocks! Research your diaper rash ointment that you want to use but I think that this Northern Essence is going to be awesome and it comes in a twist up container like a glue stick and is all natural and safe for cloth diapers. The Kushies disposable liners can just be put on a toilet paper roll holder above the changing area and they are super easy to use.

Now I found the cheapest prices for the mini shower and diaper balm at http://www.cottontailbaby.com/ they are awesome with their shipping prices too! Now the Kushies I actually found them at http://www.walmart.com/ and you can order them and have them shipped to your Walmart store for FREE!! WOO HOO for that!

Another really cool resource is http://www.diaperpin.com/ they have washing techniques and product reviews and websites and everything! It's amazing!!

With disposable diapers we were spending about $100 a month well maybe closer to $90 but that's a lot of money, so with these diapers we aren't going to have to buy more diapers again! WOW!!