Fluffy

I went to a Fluffy Party yesterday and had soo much fun!! I bet you are wondering what the heck is a fluffy party is. It was a party that three moms who cloth diapered taught us who want to cloth diaper how to. To be completely honest, I was freaked out about it. I did some research before I went and it looked so hard, and I didn't think that I could do it. Yet, after going I am so excited to start the baby in it when he arrives. I already put together a registry of the things we need to start Jayden in them. If everything goes well with Jayden, we will move onto our eldest Bobby. I am completely in love with Cotton Babies website. They have so many awesome things not just for the baby, but for mommy to.

It is a bit overwhelming at first with all the different types of diapers. You have prefold, all in one, diaper covers, fitted diapers, pocket diapers, etc. We are still trying to figure out which ones will fit us, but I know for me, I will be starting Jayden with prefolds. The only downside is the cost of start up at first. Since we aren't sure if we are going to be cloth diapering, we are doing prefolds also. Prefolds are the cheapest since each prefold is about a $1.50 each and then you spend like $10 on the cover. You only need a couple of covers so you can focus on doing the prefolds. I was amazed how easy it was to do a prefold. I was shown how to fold them, and then i folded one. Easy as 1-2-3.

The thing that scared me the most was cleaning them off and keeping them in the house. Well, my fears were put to rest about that too. They have have a sprayer that hooks into your toilet water line and you just squirt the poop in the toilet and throw the diaper in the wetbag. If I do laundry every other day or every day, the house will not smell more then it would with a disposable. I am so excited to start being able to do this. I plan on purchasing a starter pack off of Amazon which I am going to have to save up for since its about $140. Once I get that pack, I can have enough prefolds to last probably a couple of days and then if anyone asks me what we need for Jayden, I will just answer that we need diapers. We still have ALL of Bobby's clothes and blankets, so we are good on clothes and blankets. People say that your second baby, you should ask for diapers since you have have everything from your first. So, that's what we are doing. Asking for diapers.

The other hurdle was getting Robert behind me. Trust me, Robert is all about saving money, but he didn't like the price tags on the diapers. I mean there are diapers out there that are $2o a diaper, but in the long run, you save more money since you don't have to throw them out. The same thing with wipes, I won't have to buy wipes anymore since you use cloth wipes/baby washcloths for their bottom. So now that I won't have to throw out diapers, wipes, I will save money on trash bags too since I won't be going through so many if they stink. I am so excited to get started and I can't wait till we get our income tax return so I can start my cloth diaper stash for Jayden.

Even if I start potty training Bobby when I get comfortable enough to do cloth diapering on him, I can use cloth training pants on him. I hope by 2012, we will be buying no more disposables and we will be strictly cloth. That is my goal, it may not happen and it may, but we will see. You guys can follow along on my journey to learn to cloth diaper and my excitement as i get more and more diapers for my stash. :) I can't wait to start on Jayden.