Get ready, this is where I turn all green on you all. I try to be good to the earth, but am by no means considered a tree hugger. I recycle, and I guess that’s about it. I’ve never truly explored the different options to greener living. Last week, I stumbled upon an article by Simple Mom called How to Create A Paperless Kitchen. I loved the idea, and with my sewing skills, I can totally whip up some cute napkins for dinner with my scraps of yardage. Polka dots and swirls are so much more fun than pure white Bounty. And, I will do anything to have an excuse to sew something. My husband became worried that I was going to start sewing us toilet paper, but I quickly put him at ease and told him it was just a kitchen article, not whole house. You should really read the article, but if you don’t have time, the basic idea is that you use cloth napkins and towels instead of paper towels and paper napkins.
Long story short, I read another article about going green which led me to the whole idea of cloth diapering. I had never explored that as an option until now. It’s so much more simplified than it was back in my parents day. I checked out the prices of the diapers and decided I could not eat the cost of buying a bunch up front. But, the internet has everything, right? There must be a diaper pattern out there. And, there was. Voila!
The outer is fleece, and the inner is flannel.
I stuffed a microfiber towel into the pocket. I folded it so it was 4 layers thick. The towel was still too long, so I folded the end and stuffed it in the front where he needs it most, which then made it 8 layers thick.
He wore this for about 3 hours, and did not soak through onto his pants. They say you can use fleece for the outer, but I think I’m going to order some PUL, which is more like a vinyl. I will probably make some more out of fleece, because it is cheaper, but only use those around the house, just in case. I had all of the supplies for this, so it was basically free!
Now, most wonder how you handle the nasty stuff. That, I guess, was my big turn off to the whole CD idea. Like I would be up at 2 in the morning, scraping my diapers with a butter knife. Yuck! I have found that there are liners that you buy that look sortof like a wipe. Put it in the diaper, and when you change them, throw the whole thing including the nastiness into the toilet. Easy Peasy!!
This alone could save us over $600 next year (oh, and save the planet)! Simple Mom has a lot of information about cloth diapering, including videos on changing the baby and how to launder the diapers. Check it out! You just might be swayed.
If you enlarged the pictures, sorry about Carter’s crusty nose. This was in the middle of his sickness. He wouldn’t have looked so happy if I had just wiped his nose. So, I opted for crust.
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