8/2/09

weekend in cloth


Lucy will be three months old in a week. So far she has stayed in the same size of diapers since she was born. On Friday night I decided that I was going to just go for it and try out cloth for the weekend. I covered her little tush with one of the 24 colorful bumGenius diapers we have. We were actually away from home for the majority of the weekend and I did not have one leak or any other problem with the diapers. My only issue with them currently is that my wee one is just that, a wee little one. She is such a skinny little thing that the diapers are so big on her and I have to wrap them around her waist to the back. They seem a little bulky for now, but overall not too bad. It took a little time to get the hang of putting them because of the wrapping issue, but by today we had it down. I switched back to disposables for tonight and will probably use them the rest of this week. I have been having some issues with my milk supply so my evenings are spent caring for Lucy and trying to pump milk for the next day's bottles. It is taking me several pumpings to get enough for two bottles. Not fun. One night last week I was up pumping at 4 am. Like I said in a previous post though, I'm in it for the long haul and I will not give up on breastfeeding. I have talked with my Dr. and a lactation specialist and I think we have the problem figured out. Hopefully this week will be a little better. All that to say that I feel like I need to focus on that this week and not adjusting to diaper laundry every other night. I can put off other laundry, but stinky diapers can't wait!!

1 comments:

Jess said...

She looks so pretty in pink...cloth!

Good luck, too, with the breastfeeding. I'm sure Lucy appreciates all the hard work you're putting into it.