Oops i got my Navigator pregnant ... can i borrow yours? :p
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We have 32 diapers, 8 or so diaper covers, 2 snappi closures, about 25 cotton wipes, and 2 spray bottles with homemade wipe spray ( 1 gal distilled water, boiled, 6 oz hypo wash, 4 oz hypo baby oil, few drops of lavender EO). When we go places, which we do almost daily, we bring 4-5 diapers, an extra cover, a bag for dirties, wipes, and a spray bottle.
I find them actually easier to put on then the disposables were because they lay our easily and don't try to fold. Well, just as easy anyhow. We do laundry about every other day. 30 minute pre-rinse, hot wash, cold rinse. Once you introduce solid foods you have to rinse and solid poo out of the diaper before washing. Which means installing a hand held bidet on toilet which has other benefits as well in my mind! 
All our diapers are Oh-so-cozy brand, which is what most diaper services use. Cost around $25 per dozen though our first 20 we bought used for $1 a piece. All our covers we have bought used from $1.50 to $6 per. We're lucky in that there is a store that focuses on cloth diapers near us that also has a gently used bin. Pretty sure most of their used is people who gave up. We've bought one of the all-in-one diapers to keep in diaper bag or for when we have a baby sitter over since they are easier than the pre-folds. We'll probably get a few more from used bin over next few months just to keep in diaper bag or again, for traveling. Something like 5 billion disposables go into landfill every year. Currently average potty trained age is 36-42 months. Back before disposables it was less than 18 months with 92% of babies potty trained by 18 months. The biggest theory is that kids are more motivated because they are more uncomfortable when wet then the ultra absorbent disposables. That said, I think disposable diapers is probably a decent/safe place to invest money.
We are looking into doing some breast milk testing. We have a mass spec now at the lab and may branch out the business a bit. We've done water testing and urine testing, but I think breast milk testing may be interesting as well. Grant Hughes |
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On the topic of baby clothes:
For the first couple of years whatever you don't get from friends or family you should definitely look for at a local Salvation Army or Goodwill. They grow out of things so quickly and these places often have really nice rarely used little clothes. For fun I always hit the Salvation Army and I've thought before if I had little ones I would definitely shop there. If you have one near a bigger city you get a great mix of stuff and...50% off weekends sometimes too It's a blast. The one in Seattle always plays great music and everyone's in a happy mood!Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2012 11:58PM by Wannabe. |
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There's at least three baby consignment shops I've been to. We got a Baby Bjorn at the baby shower, then I found one at consignment for $80 less, so we returned the new one and used it to buy our crib mattress. All our big stuff like baby carrier, stroller, crib, etc have been hand me downs from family. Most of the rest we bought ourselves. We did buy some Ikea bookcases for bedroom and I did use real wood for crown molding and chair rail and fairly high end wallpaper for the walls. But the baby room turned out amazing. Oh, I have a pic on this computer...
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This! Granted my wife doesn't cook, so trying to be the bread winner, cook, home maintenance dude, dad, and rally car builder, plus the battle of convincing my wife to use the reusables... I decided it wasn't worth the battle to even try. Potty training is tough, my daughter just turned 3 and we have about 40% success at the moment. The most success we've had so far was stripping them naked and letting them play in the back yard. Pottying with no diaper is no fun, day 2 resulted in our first successful trips to the bathroom. Grant, the kids room looks good! My wife would be in love, I had to fight hard to make our kids room less artsy like yours and more conducive to playtime and fun. Chalkboard paint on one of the walls, miniature garage fort, built in marble track, tree tent and cutouts of monsters that the kids can move from wall to wall and arrange the decor as they please. Alex, I almost started building a crib, but we found a really nice one that converts from crib to bed as the child grows. Building a really cool kids bed is a lot more fun! Ollies shop is going to get converted into his bed with a ladder and a slide this fall so that the new kid can have the crib/bed. Here it is just after paint, looks way cooler now with all the garage signs and the rest of the room finished. It was a blast building it with the kids, took about 2 times as long as it would have without their "help" but well worth it. 
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