Big and little bums

So I feel the need to give a cloth diaper update now that I have two clothy-bummed kids. Before Eilidh was born, I decided that I didn't want to be washing both of their diapers and I also didn't have enough of the BumGeniuses to go around. So, I found the local diaper service and asked friends who wanted to give me a gift, to contribute to my account. Each week I get a fresh bag of 5 dozen diapers and they take all my dirty ones. On the surface, this is really great, but there have been some hang-ups.

First of all, the style of diapers is different than I'm used to--these are pre-fold and cover diapers, which are basically the old style of diapers--just a cloth and rubber pants. I'm used to the BumGenius that is infinitely more absorbent. This isn't a huge deal because infants' diapers are changed so often anyway that it's fine, but if I would have started out with these diapers with Asher I would have died on the vine. Not to mention, they're useless overnight unless I want Eilidh to wake up every two hours.

However, I will say that I dealing with two kinds of cloth diapers is getting old. I received enough gifts to keep the diaper service for another month, which is about when we're going on vacation anyway (and I'm going to use disposables then). Around then, I'm going to get a little more on the ball with potty training Asher since he'll be almost two, hopefully move him to pull-ups and switch Eilidh to the BumGeniuses. Honestly, after changing Eilidh's mild poo, messing with Asher's is getting really stinky.

As you can see in the picture, Asher is moving out of babyhood in a big way recently. His crib has been replaced by a big-boy bed, potty training is on the horizon and next after that is getting rid of those binkies!