It was a t-shirt...now it'll cover butts

So, I found this brand new looking Geek Squad shirt

at Good Will awhile ago and I thought to myself, "that

belongs on a bottom!" I'm kicking myself for not buying

more....there were like 4 or 5. Darn.

25 diapers and some pants

Here's my slightly secretive project involving

newborn diapers. Our pediatrician called randomly

a few weeks ago and asked me to make him 100

diapers for some newborn care bags he's putting

together. WHA???!!! So I've been super excited

because this means a new sewing machine......

So last week amidst flu and pneumonia riddled

children I managed 25 diapers...just 75 more to go.

gulp.

And on a completely different note, I made Wyatt some

new pants. He's charming in them.

awwww....it's so tiny!

I've recently been engaged in a pretty big, awesome, and
somewhat secretive project. I shouldn't say much, but it
does involve newborn diapers.....

they're so small and snuggly!

ps. to my knowledge I am not pregnant....so don't ask

And if I do end up in such a way, don't laugh too much!

a confession and a long boring story

I disposable diapered every one of my kids.
When my 5th was 6 months old I jumped into cloth.
Crazy, I know. Maybe a waste you say, but I don't
think so.

Let's start at the beginning. If you're not in the mood
for a long winded sob story just click here for a crafty
project.

See, when Wyatt was 4 months old he was
admitted into the hospital for failure to thrive. We
discovered (or so I thought) that he had a milk allergy,
GERD, and some respiratory stuff going on which
cumulatively prevented him from growing. Thus ended
my breast feeding career with this one.

I felt really bad. And let me tell you (side note) formula
stinks BUT Alimentum (fancy formula) is the king of
stinkyness!Oh man, that poor kid's poop was the absolute
worst. Just thinking about it makes me throw up a little. ahem.

So baby drinks nasty formula but starts gaining weight. It's
a good thing. But I still am really sad to not have that
connection with him anymore (no pun intended). Around
this time my awesome friend is starting to cloth diaper.....
awesome friend but insane (love you Amber). And that's it
or so I thought. Of course when I would talk to her she'd tell
me her latest discoveries. Then almost over night I got
curious. So I Googled. Oh the cuteness of it all!

And I'll never deny that "cute" is what got me. Never.
Because it was. The other very appealing thing was the savings
as opposed to disposables. Holy crap! Think of all the money
I could have saved. Sheesh. Oh well that ship has sailed and
I digress....again.


So I bought a Happy Heinies diaper spent loads on
PUL, micro fleece, and microfiber and made my son
a stack of pocket diapers. I loved them after they were
sufficiently prepped. (they took FOREVER)

The longer we've plugged along the more I've learned.
For one, I prefer fleece ai2's to pockets now. I love me some
bamboo and gerber prefolds as soakers and I adore Snappis.
But I'll tell you what. Cloth diapering has been an adventure.
I'm amazed when I read the cloth diaper boards how
different everyone is. What I value in cloth is not
necessarily what someone else would value...but it's
okay. As with everything there's more than one way
to do something right. You just have to figure out what's
right for you. And the only way to do that is to try for yourself.

Part of me thinks that I jumped in to have a special
bond with my son that I was sure I wouldn't have
due to his intolerance of me. But the other part just thinks
that I wanted to make cute fluffy diapers for his cute
squishy bum. Either way it's a win win situation!

Christmas bums

Diaper cover for Gage

prefold tutorial

I found some cute flannel and guess what I made? Cute

pajamas? Cozy slippers? Nope a prefold for my son to

tinkle in! It is so easy, and even if you're not into cloth

diapers, these make the best burp cloths ever!

What you'll need:

* 1/2 yard flannel

Pretty simple, huh? And if you don't want to buy flannel, just

use up the receiving blankets that are taking up space in

your closet. You know, the ones that only fit your baby for

a week!

*note: this is the medium size.

small newborn- 6mo :11-1/2x 14-1/2 soaker: 4x13-1/2

Large toddler: 15-1/2 x 21-1/2 soaker: 6 x 20-1/2

more cow bell

I know I've blogged about diapers a little too often lately.....

but here's one for the Will Farrell lovers out there.



I got a fever, and the only prescription...is more cowbell!!

I think I need another baby....a girl one

I never thought I'd have a diaper fixation, but
I do. I love cute diapers on squishy baby bums.
I particularly like creating something that is new
and unique...I'm so weird.

some dipes for Gage