Going Cloth!

It has been decided!  We are transiting to cloth diapers.  After much research, budget management and a strong push from yours truly....gDiapers here we come!  We've been potty training for a bit over 3 weeks now and Elianna is doing great.  She is only using a diaper to sleep in and when we go out; boy have I've seen the difference in $$.  I had been toying with the idea of cloth diapers since I was pregnant with Elianna, but we decided not to, the reason being, that the first time parenting experience might have been overwhelming, to have added cloth diapers might not have the best idea for us and we really did not have anyone close to guide us with that.

What "pushed" me over to the "cloth side" was seeing the savings as Elianna uses less and less diapers; not to mention how much better it is on our environment.  At first I was going to start "Mark Jr." on them, then I thought, why not with Elianna?  We really do not need to spend money on a diaper for a 2 hour nap. That's where we will start with her.  The night time diaper might stay disposable, but she has begun to pee less at night.  We may also use a night time disposable diaper for "Mark Jr."  

Yesterday, I received my delivery of my first Indian prefolds, they are the larger size for Elianna.  I ran them through the washer twice to soften them up and here they are drying.

The Indian prefolds come in an off white color, due to the lack of bleaching.  Per my research, these are the most absorbent cloth diapers, but since we will be using them with the gDiapers, there should not be much to worry about in regards to leakage.

I'm very resourceful, I use every inch of the house to line-dry.  

Mark is calling this my experiment, but believe me, it's no experiment!  I'm waiting for my Snappies to arrive in the mail.  Snappies? you ask.  They are the alternative to pins and are very popular.  I was practicing putting on cloth diapers on Elianna's stuff animals and I did not care for the pins, so I opted for the Snappi.  I will post a picture as soon as they come in a few days!