Rachel-Cute bump! It is so round and perfect looking!
Britt-Yay for deciding on the name!!! That's so funny about DH and the cloth diapers...does he realize it does not matter if it's disposable or cloth, you still have to deal with poop? lol If you breastfeed, you don't have to get the poop off bc it's water soluble. When they have formula or solids, then you just spray it off or use the disposable liners.
I agree with Nikki, I would check with daycare bc lots of them will do cloth now. Some have requirements like all-in-ones (most like disposables) and you have to provide a wet bag so they just send them all home to you. If they aren't into it, maybe ask if you can show them how easy it is. I've heard lots of them were against it bc they pictured old school cloth diapers, but once they saw how easy the new ones were they were on board.
I have heard that some parents do disposables and cloth combined just depends on what they feel is more convenient for them. My MIL might do disposables even though she is more open to cloth now. I've heard that babies with frequent diaper rashes do better even if they do a mixture of cloth and disposable instead of all disposable.
Sandy-I say make sure you get some pics. I know one thing I always wanted to see, even as a teenager was pics of my moms preggo belly. I don't think she had any of me, but had one or two with one of my brothers. Do it for the baby! lol
Morgan-Lol I totally get the feeling immobile! Getting out of bed to pee, rolling over, getting off the couch, moving around on the couch...all starting to seem impossible!
Don't stress over all you have to do! Just take it one step at a time and enjoy being able to do it before baby gets here lol I have a long list too and it's getting more and more uncomfortable to do things.
Sarah-Yes, I do have a maternity belt. Anytime I'm going to be up for a little while or if I go out I wear it. I agree with you though, sitting in it is often uncomfortable. I don't think the babies like it either, especially sitting bc they kick under it lol
When is your next apt?
Molly-I just did my glucose test today. I was supposed to fast for 2 hours then drink the drink, blood draw 1 hour later. Seems strange different doctors do it different ways...makes me think it's not so accurate....
Anyone know of a good site or forum to keep up w baby item recalls?
I know some of the parenting websites have lists on them, but I don't know how up to date they stay.
I really think it depends on what diapers/inserts you get. Some of them are more absorbent than disposables. There are lots of cloth diapering forums out there, you should check those out and ask around. Most of the cloth diapering parents I've talked too absolutely love their cloth diapers. They say they do not have blow outs like they do in disposables and that diaper rash rarely if ever happens.
Like Britt was saying, depending on where you get diapers from, some places let you do a trial with them. Cotton babies does a 30 day trial. If you don't like them, you return them. I know Kelly's Closet has a trial as well. Also, you can sell them if you end up hating it. We are buying used as much as possible so we are saving money to start out. If we don't like it or don't like a certain type, we can sell them and won't really be out any money.
We are buying from someone who bought all the stuff to cloth diaper and decided she didn't like it. I figured up she probably spent close to $400 and she is selling to us for $150...We've also gotten a few diapers for free. We've asked MIL to buy us a few cloth diapers instead of buying a box of disposables bc they will last us much longer!
