The New Love of My Life

Alright so maybe that sounds a little dramatic, but I think I've made my mad love of cloth diapering really clear. We've tried pretty much all the diapers, and had fairly good luck. I mean, we never had the nightmares that some people seemed to have, although we did have to change Jericho constantly, and he often leaked through with pocket diapers (even with two microfiber liners).

We were to the point where he was leaking through often enough that we were putting him in disposables at night and if we had to leave the house in order to cut down on the amount of laundry we were doing, and keep him from waking up soaking wet and freezing at night. The only diapers we had luck with were prefolds with a Thirsty's cover. The only problem with those NOW is that he won't even stay in place while sleeping, there's no way he'll stay still long enough to get a prefold put on.

So when the all new Grobaby cloth diaper hit the scene, I was interested but a little skeptical. We'd already spent a small fortune on Happy Heiny's, Fuzzi Bunz, Bum Genius, you name it, we probably own it. After reading reviews of mama's who tested the diaper before it got released, we decided to take a leap of faith and order some.

I couldn't have been more thrilled with them. The colors are SO FUN and can be seen here. At first I figured we would just get the Mandarin and Kiwi colors (yellow and green) but I liked Blackberry (purple) so much I figured that real boys rock colors like purple and pink, so we got some of them too.

We have twelve shells (four of each color), 24 soakers, and 16 boosters (with ten more soakers on their way after they were offered for 10% off yesterday). I love that we don't have nearly as much washing to do with the GB as we did with the pocket diapers. I also love never having to stuff a diaper! I hated sitting there for what seemed like hours with my hands prickling from the microfiber.

Some people have said that the system is expensive, but I see it as being cheaper than buying a pocket diaper. For example: A grobaby shell set (which includes the shell, booster, and soaker pad) costs approx. $24.99. A Happy Heiny OS costs $18.99. Once the HH has been soiled, it's done and you have to put a whole new one on. And btw, the HH's are not organic, the GB soaker/boosters are all organic cotton.

So for one full day of cloth diapering with 10 diaper changes, pocket diapers will cost you around $190 a day.

With the GB system, we typically use two shells a day and 10 soaker pads. For two shell sets, it's $50, and for four double-packs of soakers it's approx. $68. So totally you're only spending $118 per day.

Now, for the record, you aren't going to be spending $118 EVERY day for the rest of your CD'ing life, just until you have however many days of diapers you want. I like only have to wash every four days, so the total for my family to use the GB's for four days would be $472. The four day investment for HH's is $760! People THINK the GB system is expensive, but as you can see, once you break it down the investment you need to make is far less than you'd make with other pocket diapers.

Plus, they're trim. Getting an absorbent, trim cloth diaper is next to impossible, but the folks at the Natural Baby Co have made it happen!

A little side note- I am in NO WAY affiliated with TNBC, I'm just a really happy customer. I have had little issues where I've needed the help of the customer service department, and have been treated impeccably every single time. In my opinion, a product is only as good as the people who make and sell it. These people happen to be a million shades of awesome. I strongly recommend checking them out on facebook, and ordering direct from them!


And for your viewing pleasure, here's our very own GroBaby!

One and Counting

Well, Jericho had his big day about two weeks ago. He turned the big 0-1! The birthday fairy brought him a crap load of stuff, and the baking mommy made an awesome alligator cake of awesomeness. Ok, so maybe it wasn't that awesome, it actually kind of looked like something a precocious five year old would make in art class, but at least it was made with lots of love, that's all that counts, right? Right? If not, please lie to me!

Here are some pics of the cake (Pretty much everyone else is on facebook, so you've all probably seen them all)