We are planning to start the baby registry process soon. I had thought we were just gung ho but reading some online stuff said that the recommended time to register is around 14 weeks so you have time to build your registry, etc. Woah! 14 weeks seemed really early to me, but I have to admit that I am excited to start registering. Coinciding with this, I have started "researching" some topics about baby care which I will post about in the coming weeks. The first topics - Cloth Diapers and Used Baby Gear.
I was telling some people that we have become the receptacle for used baby goods lately. I am all for this - especially since a lot of baby gear tends to go unused or is in really good condition because the baby wore it once. People have also commented that it is nice to have stuff at the grandparents house that can stay there. I am not sure if either set of our grandparents will be for this, but it's an idea. Now, I realize that there also is some BAD used baby gear - so far we seem to have avoided a lot of this. We have gotten some clothing donations from various people. A couple of weeks ago Nate came home with one of those vibrating seats. He set it up in the living room and there it sat for a few days. It was like we were pretending the baby was hanging out with us.
A few weeks ago, I received a facebook message from one of my husband's colleagues asking if I wanted an exersaucer. I replied, "What is an exersaucer?". That night, the hubs came stumbling through the door with the exersaucer. "You wanted to know what an exersaucer is - this is an exersaucer". OH! Ok. A couple of hours later, our doorbell rang. Our neighbor, who has a 6 month old, was there holding a bag full of Huggies diapers. "My daughter grew out of this size diapers so I figured you guys could use them at some point." NICE! So the baby room has a growing pile of stuff (which also contributes to it looking like the baby could come any day!). It is nice that we won't have to register for some things because of this.
I will take donations of disposable diapers (or free samples of them!) but I really want to try the whole cloth diaper thing. I have several friends that have gone this route and my mom also cloth diapered my two siblings and me. In fact, last weekend when we were home for Easter, my mom actually got out a box of cloth diapers that she said she can't bear to part with. It was sort of funny to see that she had saved some of our Curity cloth diapers. I have started harrassing, er asking, my friends with babies several "research" questions. I have found them to be very helpful in a variety of topics. The Baby Bargains book also recommended the book, Diaper Changes, which our local library had so I checked it out. (Side Note - The librarian totally made fun of the book. "They have a whole book on changing diapers now? What do you need that for?".) There are also websites on cloth diapering. Although I find the websites and books helpful, I find it more helpful to talk to people I know about things for some reason so it is nice that we have so many friends with babies and nice to know that many of them have used cloth diapers.
I think we are going to start with the prefold route. This is the route my mom used for us because they didn't have the fancy kind back then, and I can remember changing my sister's diapers. The one nice thing is that they have greatly improved the covers for the diapers since we were little. One suggestion that I think the Baby Bargains book had was to look at Craigslist for cloth diapers since many people buy all the supplies and end up not using them. Thus, I was OBSESSED with looking at craigslist lately, watching them for cloth diaper posts. I am amazed at how many people post that they bought all these cloth diapers, tried them once (literally ONE TIME) and decided to not use it - lucky for me! So far I have purchased 3 newborn size Bummis Wraps. They were brand new. $10 for the 3. Since these are $10 each, I think I got a good deal. A couple of weeks ago, I found a post about a bunch of prefolds that the lady bought and then only used ONE diaper ONE time. This ended up being near my husband's office so i called him to see if he could check them out. The man got a quick education on flat weave vs. prefold cloth diapers over the phone. ha ha ha He ended up bringing a HUGE box of not only diapers but more bummis wrap covers, and brand new sets of diaper pins still in the original packaging. SCORE! I am kind of grossed out/particular about used diapers so I was glad to find these "new" finds for a super cheap price. This way, we can try the cloth diaper thing without making too much of an investment right away. I would like to register for some of the "fancy" cloth diapers (e.g. Bum Genius) to try too. I know I have used those in the past for kids I have babysat and they are almost easier to use than disposable diapers!
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