Hello Fluff!

Ummm. Look how cute. They definitely have that going for them. I had a friend that used the same brand and never had problems with them, so we went with ALVA diapers. They are so cheap too. I haven't used them yet, but they are in the dryer and will be going on a very cute tiny bottom when Sis wakes up from her nap.

So I did quite a bit of research and asked lots of questions to fellow fluff lovers. I found out... this is kind of expensive(the way most people do it) AND people are freaking crazy about cloth diapering. Like it isn't something people just do to save oodles every month, but it is an obsession for most. I can see how you could grow to love this cuteness, but it is going to be a lot more work and I will probably need to remind myself on a regular basis how much money we are saving. There are lots of different kinds of diapers. Like I said, I just went off of what worked for one of my best friends because I trust her judgment 100%. These are a pocket diaper. According to this website (http://www.kellyscloset.com/Cloth-Diaper-Terms-and-Abbreviations_ep_208-1.html) the pocket-style is the most popular choice. This website was very helpful, I didn't even know where to begin researching but a friend sent me the link and then I was able to go from there. It has all of the different options and abbreviations (which helps when you get on the cloth diapering FB pages)

So for anyone that is thinking about it for whatever reason but wants the numbers. Well, I was spending about $30 a month per kid in diapers. I bought 13 diapers, (from an alva provider on Ebay-yes they come from Hong Kong, but it was free shipping, and it got here in a week) they were about $6 each which if you shop around that is less than half of most brands, some diapers can even get over the 20's PER DIAPER. 13 diapers is about half of a stash, it is all I had $ for right now though and oh well, I will be doing laundry more often for a month. I will be getting probably 13 more here in a few weeks(gotta stick to the budget people) So I spent under 100 and will spend that much again. All together that will be as much as 6 months of spending at once but then I don't have to buy diapers for my baby again. She is 6 months so she will be in them at least another year and some months, at least. Yes, there will be detergent and water that will cost money but it shouldn't be that much. It will only be an extra medium sized load every other day and a teaspoon of homemade detergent (super cheap)

I know what you are thinking, because it is what I was thinking. What about the poop? As of right now baby is strictly breast fed and that poop doesn't have to be washed off before washing because of the way it breaks down and what not. As for when she does start having solids we will be installing a $20 bidet sprayer from home depot that installs right onto the toilet. So really it won't be that bad. Hose it off and done. I hope. I will have to try it all out obviously and keep posting how it is going and what we are learning. For now I will using our leftover diapers for night time.