We were told babies have bowel movements six to eight times a day. THAT IS A LIE.
From the time Aston wakes up he poops, pees, eats from the left tata, poops, eats from the (lazy) right tata, pees, pees again before you can finish changing him, then farts after the diaper is securely closed just to get you to check one. more. time. And as soon as you do?
Hiroshima.
Then it's eighteen more hours of rinse and repeat. I am not kidding.
(The upside of all of this is that he sleeps for six hours a night.)
All of that to say that if we hadn't sprung for the BumGenius we'd probably be twenty grand or so into disposables by now. A few of you asked if the cloth diapering is working out and I can solidly say that it sooo is. Would totally recommend.
We also started making our own detergent at home, which is way less ambitious than it sounds. I love it because it works just as well as the liquid stuff I've been buying at ten bucks a pop, and I think lasts for, like, three decades or something.
So let's hope the Mayans got their dates mixed up.
(I won't bore you with a recipe since you can easily find a bazillion on Pinterest.)
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What a cutie! I was never able to make the switch to homemade laundry detergent. I tried soapnuts, but the clothes didn;t really come clean, and there was nothing grosser than realizing that the clothes you wore to the gym still smell the same as they did when you peeled them off and threw them in the washing machine.
hang in there Kelly. That poop will ease off once his body gets used to the milk. Our son started off pooping constantly as well, but after a month or so he steadied out to a couple of times per day.
Can I just repeat that I LOVE this blog and this entry seriously made me laugh. You are SO wonderful for sharing all these moments with us.
I have a list of things like this to do when we get to the little baby stage ourselves. Home made detergent is a new one though but the reusable nappies is no.1. . .
Actually happy, healthy baby is numero uno
All the best
x
I can't believe I'm going to say this, but you'll miss that baby poop one day. Enjoy the gross stuff like this while you can :)
I laughed so much. Seriously cute face and I feel odd saying that, knowing he's loading the diaper.
Angela
Well, this makes me feel better about having a closet full of size 1 disposables that I'm worried I won't use. HA
We used all cloth, even when all three were in diapers at once (you seriously can't shower enough then.) Good. For. You! Likewise, I'm proud of you on the homemade detergent. You are really sliding right into this the way you do everything else- with grace, humor, and perfection.
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