Poop

How did it go you ask?

Let me tell you:

I unsnapped that beautiful blue diaper and found what I had been dreading inside. Poop. I've been a mom for nearly ten months now and this isn't the first time I've seen poop... But this time I knew I couldn't just fold the diaper up and toss it. I had to DEAL with the poop.

I set the diaper aside while I wiped my baby clean. I reached over to set the wipes in the diaper when I realized that's gotta change too. Where do cloth diaper people put the dirty wipes?? If I just stick it in the garbage, it'll stink up the room and no one wants to see poopy wipes sitting on top of a trash can.. But I can't fold them up in the diaper because the diaper isn't getting tossed. I'm not sure I can handle rinsing out poopy cloth wipes AND poopy diapers just yet... I guess that'll be something I'll work out later. For today I rolled them up and buried them in the garbage.

I snapped a new super cute diaper on my super cute squirmy baby (already easier this time though) and then faced the dirty diaper... Hmmmm.

I'd read two things online. Some people invest in a sprayer that connects to their toilet water line. I guess they just hold the diaper over the bowl and spray the poop off. You know, like after dinner when you rinse the food off of your plate... but this time it's poop and you don't want to touch it and you might be gagging while you're doing it. I had also read horror stories of people turning the knob just slightly too high and the sprayer turning into a laser and poop flying all over the bathroom. I wasn't ready for that yet.

The other option: use a plastic knife/spatula thing to simply scrape the poop off into the toilet, then flush it away. This sounded much more simple to me.

As I took the problem across the hall to the restroom, little man crawled right behind. He wasn't about to miss this. I lifted the lid and seat of the toilet and while I was focusing on the issue at hand, little man crawled out of no where and put his MOUTH on the toilet bowl (fail #1). I moved him away and while I used one leg to barricade my child, I balanced on the other and started scraping... Lets just say it wasn't as easy as you'd think. That fabric is made to hold things in, not let them just slip off. During the process, the diaper touched the edge if the bowl and got poop on it (fail #2) AND as I was juggling my child, I grabbed the wrong spot on the diaper and got poop on my finger (fail #3). Needless to say, I'm getting a sprayer tomorrow.

Since then, I've changed a few wet diapers and they're easy-peasy.

As far as diaper functionality goes, these ones work great. I haven't had any leaks and little man's bum doesn't have any redness or irritation. The microfiber insert holds all of the pee, and the whatever-it-is fabric against his skin stays pretty pee free, keeping his skin dry as well.

I love that these diapers are one size so that I can adjust them as he grows rather than purchasing a whole new supply of diapers. These are "Pocket" style diapers, meaning: the part that absorbs the pee inserts into a pocket between the soft fabric touching his skin, and the waterproof fabric protecting the rest of us. At night or if your kid pees a lot, extra absorbent pads can be inserted into the pocket.

They're the Sun Babies brand from China and they're a lot less expensive than the American made ones. I like supporting American businesses, but at the tone of 5x more expensive, I waiver occasionally (guilty).