Trying Out Cloth-Diapering!

I'm excited! I finally ordered and got my first cloth diapers yesterday. I'm trying out the newest cloth diaper line called Smartipants. I only got one 3-pack (girl colors) for those diapers, to try it out. I have heard a lot of great reviews about it and want to try it out myself. So far, I am liking it. No leaks yet, but we'll find out for the overnight wettings. One thing I am liking about this kind of CD (cloth diapers) is that you don't need to pull out the inserts from the diapers, just stick it in the washer and it automatically comes out. I haven't had a chance yet to wash the diapers after usage, but I did wash the diapers before using it, though.

Here are 2 of the 3 diapers I got (lavender, yellow and pink--My baby girl is wearing the pink currently).
It is a one-size fits all. The image on the right shows the insert that goes into the diapers.

I'm also wanting to try out another brand of CD. I ordered a sampler pack for the One-Size BumGenius diapers, and their AIO (All-in-One) of the same brand. I'm waiting to receive this diapers yet, probably by Wednesday. This is the other brand that I have been looking into and wanting to get when I start my cloth-diapering adventure. They also have the best reviews of cloth diapers out there. I am trying this out too before I order more diapers. Cloth diapers are initially very costly, so I will need to build up my stash very slowly. But in the long run, that is where you can save on diapers (disposables).

However, I am still going to keep disposable diapers. This is because 1) I still don't have enough cloth ones, 2) for the convenience, 3) when I can't get the laundry caught up, and 4) when we go out of the house or long trips.

My youngest girl modelling the Smartipants diaper for us :) She is currently wearing the pink colored diaper. I think it fits her pretty well too.

I ordered my diapers here: Click here to visit Kelly's Closet

Today I am feeling exhausted. I guess that is part of being a Mom to 2 very active and inquisitive kids. Aside from being a stay-at-home-mom, having a part-time job can be quite taxing. Not to mention all the household chores that comes with being a wife and the Woman-of-the-House.

I was able to get a couple loads of laundry done, folded but not put away yet! Actually, I have a basket of laundry sitting beside me as I type in hopes that I fold while surfing the net and chatting to some friends and family online.

Sometimes, the pressures of running a household can get overwhelming. It feels like you keep working, but your work never gets done. This is so true with having 2 kids. You clean one room, and then as soon as you get to the next, the room you just cleaned is a mess again. Well, I'm not complaining... I love that fact of having kids and the fact that they are happy, healthy and active. They are pretty good with keeping their toys away (if and when you tell them). It doesn't happen automatically yet. But we're working on it. They're still too young to get the concept yet, I think.

I feel at a loss right now, my oldest is 2 years and I am wondering... should he be knowing his alphabet's by sight and know how to at least write them? When do kids usually learn to do those? I guess it is just because I hear from some mom's that they did those with their kids and that their kids knows how to read and write their ABC's at 2. Well, to be truthful... I really haven't worked with him on that as much as I want to. Is it generally true that boys have a shorter span of attention? It sometimes frustrates me when we play "school" that I cannot keep him interested in what I am trying to show or teach him for more than 10 minutes. I feel such an insufficient mom sometimes.

But well... I can always be better. They say, the biggest room for change is improvement (or something like that). So, I guess I will just have to keep trying.