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@Ash: I think so! When we used fitteds I hated how when we went to unsnap them even that area was wet! It wasn't that I thought touching the wetness was gross for me, it was that I felt that with every inch of the diaper being wet that wetness was touching areas and saturating his skin in places that it shouldn't (ie his tummy etc). I find that with pockets, AIO and A12, the wetness, both with stay dry and organic inners, stays where it should, in the wet zone. I'm not sure if that makes sense now, but I think onces you try them you'll see a difference and hopefully love them.

@ms.janedoe: So cute! If you had another you would figure out how to make it work. Our little girl is still so easy going it's like she's not here and big brother is 1,000x more demanding.

@anbanan15: @ash: I'm having the same issue with my fitteds :(. I decided to go with them so that they'd contain the poop, but the wetness all over makes me feel bad about putting them on him. And now he's got some diaper rash, right where he get poopy, so we've got him in disposables and using triple paste.

We have some diapers that are just the inserts (Thirsties and a SoftBums), but then they don't contain the poop as well, so DH doesn't like them. IDK what we're going to do long term. Luckily Declan's still in NB diapers and we also have a couple packages of 1's.

@ms.janedoe: Yes, he's constantly "sharting".

As for us, things are going fairly well. I keep reading along but usually don't have 2 hands free to type! But D's sleeping in my lap and I can actually respond :).

We have our one month appointment on Wednesday, so we'll get to see how much he weighs then. I'm guessing 10 pounds max? He was 8lbs12oz at his first ped visit, but he's still in newborn clothes so he hasn't gotten too much bigger.

Breastfeeding is going ok. His latch is usually good, at least good enough that my nips don't get torn up. But occasionally he gets frustrated at trying to latch and ends up screaming and shaking his head, which is less than fun. I also have been committing the cardinal sin of bottle feeding and not pumping to keep up supply. I have a ton of milk, like all the time. And sometimes I just need a break. We probably breastfeed about 75% of the time and formula the rest.

Sleep is slowly getting better. He normally eats every 2.5 hours at night, but last night he gave me a 4 hour stretch for the first time, which was great. Daytime he naps on and off and we haven't had to try to put him down for a nap yet.

@ChitownRo: We were lectures by every pedi we have see so far to not take the baby around people for the first 2 months (we will occasionally go to my parents who love like 5 min away). It's SO hard to stay inside as not take a quick trip to the store or something. I'm used to always running errands.

@ShootingStar: That's exactly how I felt about them. We had a large pocket stash, then I heard so any great things about fitted and wool that we decided to try them (mainly for nights). I jumped head in with purchasing a small stash of Goodmama (I didn't know any better and thought they were the best fitted) and hated them. Luckily they have a good resale value and I was able to get my money back and we went back to pockets. I love my CD's, but I learned my lesson on sticking with what works for us.

Maybe try some pockets or AIO's? OS or sized? We never had a problems with messes not being contained.

@ms.janedoe: I hear you. I would totally feel the same way if DH was away and would be at my parents even more (DH is off the entire time I'm on maternity leave because he saved his vacation plus holiday time to do so).

We kept DS in for 2 weeks but I didn't feel like doing anything after having him anyway and he was a spring baby. Their big thing was because flu season is just starting up. I'm just using it as an excuse to not have to deal with my grandparents seeing her for as long as possible and to get out of going there Christmas Eve (doctor said no stores, crowds, sick people, other children besides sibling, elderly). I don't have the energy to deal with that right now lol.

I actually had to stop at Target for saline right after her 11 day appointment and an elderly couple yelled at me for having her out shopping already. I was like the doctor sent me for medicine and I knew my husband wouldn't be able to find it so I'm running in for one thing! Butt out!

Not having the extra laundry is nice sometime, but I also hate going to buy more diapers, especially when I know I have a nice CD stash at home and the little yellow/blue line will go away when you eventually size up.

Excited for Caroline's Ped. appointment today! We'll get to see how much she weighs- I'm hoping this will help me get an idea of how much to feed her. We mostly feed her 2.5 ounces at a time and she eats every 2-3 hours during the day and a bit longer at night-- but sometimes she hits an hour and a half and starts going nuts- nothing but a bottle will calm her down-- so sometimes, like yesterday she eats 26 ounces in a day (more like a 12 lbs baby according to our chart) and some days she only eats 18 or 19 with out complaint (more like a 7lb baby).

We don't wake her up to eat and let her stop when she starts pushing the bottle away or falls asleep while eating (and she doesn't spit up) so I'm pretty sure we're not over feeding her.... but it'll be nice to know for sure.

I feel like if she was EBF with a good supply-- and she cluster fed like that and was able to move several ounces at a time it would be ok- so I'm not sure why it's different with formula, esp. on the Sensitive Tummy ones which are thinner and easier to digest?

@ShootingStar: I'm glad I'm not alone! I kept thinking I was the only November mama hating cloth!

We only used pampers in the hospital but he leaked throb them so we use 7th generation and honest brand with no problems at all!

@anbanan15: we took ds out for his newborn photos but he wasn't around a crowd. My concern is Christmas. There are going to be 3 infants there that are in daycare and 4 girls in grade school which makes us so nervous. We don't wanna end up with a sick baby again! What would your pedi recommend? Lol!
What weight would you recommend I start the BGs? We have plenty of sposies so I'm in no hurry. Maybe I'll post my newborn dipes in the classifieds. Such a bummer! But I'm glad you made me feel better.

@ms.janedoe: the dipes we use don't have a line - you get used to not having it cuz ds is always wet when we change him anyways! We'll have quite the newborn stash on here if you decide to sell on hb! I hope I like the bgs but I won't be sad if I don't.

@MrsTiz: Jack is so so cute! Look how big he is!

@MrsTiz: Awe, let us know! They didn't tell us Cash's percentile but he was lga so I'm guessing he was high up there.
P.S. I wanna go to the beach!

@MrsTiz: so cute! Look at him sitting up! As I cannot beleive he is 2 months old already!

@Ash: I'm not sure what my pedi would say lol, but they did ask if DS went to daycare then said it was a good thing he didn't. I would probably consider not going (especially since he was in the NICU after birth), but honestly it would probably be just a thought and we would end up going anyway. I'm no help

We were using honest co and 7th gen sposies too after the hospital pampers BG's are supposed to start at 8 lbs and we started using them with DS at 3 weeks (he was 10 lb at 1 mo), so you might be able to use them now?

I'm giving up on my NB diapers and moving on to our bulky OS RaR's (start at 6 lbs). For some reason I can't get a tight enough fit on our NB around the legs and they all leak (we have ones similar to Lil Joey's and some CB XS). I even tried double stuffing them to make sure it wasn't an absorbency issue and they still gap and leak around the legs Our RaR on the smallest rise are working SOOOO much better. I do have a Ragababe NB and a Chelory MiniC that fit fine as well, but am super disappointed in the NB diapers overall.

@Ash: I did the same thing...waited until the sposies were used up before switching. I thinking testing them out before listing your NB stash is a smart idea I get so lazy when it ones to listing things for sale and prefer to do as much in one shot as possible. And yes plans change once they arrie don't they?

@Mrs. Pink: Hope it goes great!! Too funny about the wet diapers...little miss knows what she wants!

@MrsTiz: Too cute!! How crazy, 2 months already?! How are things going for you? Better?

@Ash: Dude, I'd better like the BGs, I seriously have one of EVERY color/pattern with the exception of one of the new patterns...ugh, what a mess to try to get rid of 'em all! I might give them a shot today! I tried the K'tan and Boba wrap a few weeks ago and didn't love them. Granted she was smaller than she is now. The Ergo though, I LOVE--it's a freaking lifesaver. We use it multiple times a day. So yeah, pretty sure the other two will be getting sold too!

@Ash: I just slapped an ugly green one on her...we'll see what happens!!! I know, theres so many things I bought that I haven't touched!! I don't regret it though, better to be safe in my eyes!

I'll continue to catch up soon - just wanted to share some great news from E's 1 month appt today. He turned 1 month last week, on the 12th (my ninny sleep-deprived brain was all "he's 1 month on the 4th Tuesday! And my mom was like - no, he was born on 11.12, so he'll be 1 month on 12.12. And we actually disagreed until I got some sleep and came to my senses) His 1 month appt was delayed because we were a few days delayed in getting his Hep B shots. Anywho...

My little guy was 6lb 6oz when he was born - right around 38 weeks. And today...drumroll... 7lb 12 oz!!! Yay!!! This made me so proud and happy because breastfeeding is KICKING my ass. And this weight gain is right on track. We're both working super hard and today, we were rewarded. Go baby and go BOOBS! Yes, I'm cheering for my boobs. They totally deserve it.

@sweetooth: awww thanks! Elliott is a cutie too- maybe we should all start arranging the marriage of our children? Or is it too soon? I have so many photos of Caroline where she's moving her arms and it looks all blurry like that too! I pretty much had to sit there and take 100 photos to get 5 that looked like she was enjoying herself! Also yay for BF going well! Caroline was just a few ounces more when she was born and has gained similarly and she's fully formula fed now- so it sounds like you're doing awesome on just BM- since usually BF babies weigh a little less according to the Doc.

Our ped. appt went great- she gained 27oz in 27 days which is good- she weighs 8lbs 3oz and 19 3/4 inches long-- based on what they wrote down she is in the 15th percentile for weight and 2nd percentile for height... that seems sort of low to me, but her height and weight numbers themselves make sense so I'm thinking I might be misunderstanding the percentiles they wrote?

He also said we should feed her until she's not hungry and when she's hungry without worrying about "rules" so long as: it's not more then 3-4 hours since she ate last, we let her stop eating when she pushes away the bottle and is actually acting hungry when we decide to feed- so I'm not going to worry unless she starts having spit up issues

@MrsTiz: he is too cute- and sitting up SO well! I'm not looking forward to shots next month... yuck. I hope he forgets them quick!

@MrsTiz: Yay!!!! I may be going up your way soon too!

@Ash: They told us that Nathan was in the 82nd percentile for weight and 96th percentile for head circumference when he was born! Yikes, pretty sure that head would not have come out vaginally seeing as how he had to be vacuumed out during the c-section.

@sweetooth: oh my gosh, cutest hummingbird I've ever seen!! And kudos on the weight gain, that's awesome

Hi ladies. I'm following along but haven't been good about posting. Here is my quick thoughts on cloth diapering and how it's going... We rented AIO newborns and S outgrew them about ten days after we started. So that was a waste of money. I wasn't as excited by them as I thought I'd be but DH is so he actually finished purchasing our BG4.0 stash so we could continue. I avoided it until yesterday! But we are going to give it a go. Right now I am frustrated with how HUGE they are on S. he's at least 12 pounds already and I feel like his little legs can't move as freely with the CD on. I'm going to see how I feel at the end of maternity leave next month and decide what to do then.

Aaaaaand here's some squishy newborn photos we got back!

@lilteacherbee: soooooo jealous you got sleepy baby pics! Ds was awake for every picture! Even ones I did myself! I love yours - so cute!