I find it funny...

It's funny to me that when I or my husband mention that we're going to use cloth diapers, the response is almost always, "good luck with the cloth diapers." The tone is not genuine, but somewhat condescending...as if the whole experience will be horrible and we are naive new parents who have an idealized view of baby diapering.

However, anyone who has ever diapered a baby, including myself knows that besides the washing, disposables come with their own slew of issues...at least they did for me.

1. They take hundreds of years to decompose. Diapers I wore as a baby are still in the landfills. That's completely horrible.

2. With my boys, I can't tell you how many time the fronts of their clothes were soaked because they peed straight up and out of their diapers...and there is no way to adjust the absorbency of the front of a disposable diaper to prevent this.

3. Disposable diapers leak...contrary to popular belief, this is not a problem of the cloth diaper alone. They leak. Poop will burst forth from the seams of a disposable diaper just as easily as it will from cloth. You will get pooped on. Cloth or disposable. Period. Sorry.

4. Many babies are allergic to the ingredients in disposable diapers. Case in point, my nephew. My sister wrestled with a terrible, angry red bottom with blisters pretty much the entire time her son was in diapers. :( Cloth wasn't considered, so the only alternative was to switch back and forth between diapers to deal with varying degrees of diaper rash. thankfully he was potty trained fairly early.

5. Diaper rash occurs with either type of diaper. (obviously from #4)

Yay! New shipment!

We are all set now. With this addition to our stash, we have a great start and all the diapers we *need* for a while. :-) So excited to get these prepped and ready for my little girl.

My stash of covers

So far we have 6 covers.
5 are KaWaii Heavywetters and one is by a brand called Cocala...or something like that. I know nothing about this brand. Just thought it was cute and worth a shot. It's the only sized one we have so far. It's for 6-13 lbs.
I know the KaWaii ones are great for sure.
As far as inserts go, we have 22 MF inserts and one tri-fold insert which came with the pink ruffled cover.
We also ordered a set last night. It had 2 one-size covers and 24 cotton inserts. They were from luvyourbaby.com and I think they were bumgenius.
Once we get those, I think we'll be set.

Cloth diaper folds

I'm collecting these resources for myself so I don't have to bookmark a bunch of pages. This way, I have one place for all my resources. :) This source is for a few different folds for prefolds.

http://babycottonbottoms.com/cloth_diaper_folding.htm

Resources for Cloth Diapering 101

We just ordered a bunch of pre-folds and covers. I found these great resources for prepping and other CD related information.

Cloth diapering at night:
http://www.diaperpincorner.com/2001/09/cloth-diapers-at-night/

Cloth diapering FAQ:
http://www.diaperpin.com/howto.asp#wetdry

A cool link I found about pre-folds

I want to use prefolds and cute covers for sure, along with my KaWaii Heavywetters.
The following link is pretty helpful for first-timers like me. :-)

http://www.diaperpincorner.com/2003/06/prefolds-101-understanding-the-differences/

New inserts!

I know many people who buy things from registries don't like to buy the "boring, every day" items such as diapers, rash ointment, wipes, etc, but I have to say when a package was sitting on my front porch from LuvYourBaby, I was thrilled to open it because I knew it had to be something pertaining to cloth diapers from the registry!!!

And it was...It was a pack of KaWaii microfiber inserts! Yay! I'm so happy. We now have 27 inserts, because they threw in 2 extras in the pack.

I want to get some cotton pre-folds from Target and some covers as well.

OH!!!! I found out a friend of mine is having a cover custom made for the baby by her friend in England! It's going to be made from a fabric with adorable VW bugs on it! Oh goodness, it's going to be darling! :-) I can't wait to see the baby in it.

Speaking of baby...she's kicking like mad. My midwife said she's lying sideways, with her head on my right side. I don't know why it worries me, but it does. I really hope she turns before her birth day.

I'm having a daughter...wow. My heart is filled with so much joy these days, I could cry. I have an amazing husband and two fantastic sons who have grown into wonderful young men...and now I'm having a daughter.

Life is so amazing.
I'm so incredibly thankful and excited to see what sort of adventures are ahead of me.