Dekker was in cloth diapers today!
We started them yesterday evening when a yucky rash appeared with no warning. My cloth diaper plans had been to use cloth as much as possible, but likely still use disposables in the night, as we always double diaper overnight, and he still often pees through. But as so many of you know, cloth is SO CUTE and super soft. So I took a risk and put him in a double-stuffed cloth diaper for night and he DID NOT pee through!! I was sooo happy!
So our day began normally. A littler earlier than usual, but still good. Dekker ate breakfast and played toys as always, while I awaited his dreaded morning poop. I feel like I have a decent idea of how to work with a poopy cloth diaper (maybe?) but we are not set up for it yet! The main goal is to use cloth on baby #2, but likely put Dekker in cloth as well for the next few months until we start potty training. Anyone who has researched cloth diapering could tell you that the upfront cost is bigger than just using disposables, and thats true. So we’re trying to gather up our stuff slowly, buying second hand, or waiting for deals. For instance, we have two large wet bags on order. They shipped today from BC so should only be a few days away. We have one small wet bag bought with the intention to keep it in the diaper bag. Other than that, we have diapers and inserts. I haven’t done my cloth wipes yet, and have no sprayer or plan really around that. Just flying by the seat of my pants, a little earlier than expected. I’m looking forward to that order arriving. I have to agree with all the other cloth diaperers out there though. Its totally addicting! The diapers are so cute!!! Lucky for me, all the ones I’ve purchased are the same brand, and they fit Dekker’s body perfectly! That was a bit of a gamble…
Dekker was awake way longer than usual after waking up in the morning, as I was waiting for him to poop. Wouldn’t do it. I fed him lunch and finally gave in and took him to bed for a nap. He never fought it and went right to sleep. When he woke up, it was with a vengeance and lots of poop. With his rash appearing yesterday, he is very scared of his bum being changed when he’s pooped, since it hurt him so bad yesterday. When I took him out of his crib and put him on his change table, he crossed his legs and would not be moved. He’s not a kid who tries to escape a diaper change ever, but he did not want me to even start. But I had to! So before we started, I picked a song he liked and started singing to him. He calmed right down and we did everything really slowly. He was very nervous, but didn’t actually cry, even when I had to wipe where his rash looks the worst! So I know he’s in way less pain than he was yesterday, but he’s still pretty nervous. I can’t blame him. The redness already looks way better 🙂 Success! After that bum change, I stuffed the disgusting diaper into the already-full wet bag and made the decision that he would run a load of laundry through tonight. Not because we don’t have enough diapers! But because a) our wet bag can’t hold any more, and b) I want to see if the poop comes out on its own or if its going to stain everything. I’m going to the city tomorrow so I may pick up some disposable liners or cloth diaper friendly stain stuff. Not sure yet.
Either way, we survived the poopy diaper, we all had supper as a family, and then watched the crazy documentary on Netflix called Catfish. Wild. Everyone should watch it. Great tip, Jerilee! Now Deks is sleeping away and we can’t have a bath because the diapers need the hottest of water to wash in and we need pretty much the whole hot water tank to fill our tub, haha! Well timed on my part.
All things in, I’m excited about the cloth diapering thing. We’ll have to take it on the road tomorrow so that should be a bit interesting! I suppose we have to repack our diaper bag…