Aaaaaaand We've Come Full Circle!

It's been a long time since I've posted anything (try 6 months, no?) and for good reason! I have been having diaper overhauls!

Got tired of washing wool... and my little guy was reacting badly to it (eczema on the back of his legs). So I stopped using fitteds, because I don't have other options for covering them.

So then I started using BumGenius Organics all the time... and I liked those quite well (although they stain like crazy and are hard to rinse out).

Now... I'm back to POCKETS! POCKETS! And I love them! :) No rashes because there's fleece against the body to prevent wetness just sitting there. I don't mind stuffing at ALL. Never thought I'd go back to pockets, but I'm really glad I did, and kind of wish I had never bought the 120 fitteds I now have sitting in a bin in the garage! ;)

I have more... but after such a long vacation from posting, I figured no one would be reading at this point anyway! If you are- hey, thanks for caring!!! :D

Might as well face it, I'm addicted to interlock...

Pants, skirts, soakers... Anything wool interlock. I love it! It's the best fitted diaper cover out there.

At night, we stick on a big ol' night diaper, and pull an interlock soaker over it, and the combo is unbeatable.

During the day, a nice trim fitted with interlock pants, shorts, or a skirty over it, and they're cute and easy!

Now, I really must stop BUYING interlock... I don't even want to count how much I have. ;)

Aaaaaaaand Rashes. :(

Both babies. Contact dermatitis. Flaming rashes on their bums. Horrible.

I am questioning whether it's Rockin' Green giving them the rashes... it's the only new thing I've tried. So I'm cutting that out.

And cringing at every diaper change.... *sob*

Detergent Experiment

I've come up with a new wash routine... and so far, my diapers have never looked better!

I start with a cold wash- the "quick wash" on my front-loading machine. I put some Tide HE powder in this wash.

Then I run a hot water, heavy soil load with Rockin' Green detergent.

My diapers are smelling good and looking great. I don't trust Rockin' Green on it's own, and I don't like thinking any Tide might be left behind. So far, this seems to be a great solution! ;)

LOVING Wool...

I'm still loving my fitted diapers, after almost a solid year of using primarily fitted diapers. And now they're made even better- with WOOL!!!

My babies are wearing wool skirts (on the girl, obviously), wool shorts, wool pants, wool soakers... They have interlock wool, knit wool, and recycled wool (pants/soakers made out of old sweaters and re-purposed into new clothes!) I pick out a cute fitted, pick out a cute wool piece to put over it, and they're good-to-go! I'm absolutely in LOVE with this combo. It's working so well for both babies, that neither of them wears "normal" clothing anymore!

Now they look like a couple of proper hippy babies. ;)

Trying to stop... but failing! ;)

I keep telling myself to stop buying more diapers- I have MORE than enough diapers for 5 babies, and I only have 2 babies! ;) But it's an addiction... the searching for, buying, and receiving diapers and diapering things keeps me going sometimes. It's my crack!!! I don't drink coffee, I don't drink alcohol... I buy diapers!

And yes, even I realize how pitiful that is. And what a waste of money. And I know I should just stop and be happy with what I have... But what fun would that be? :D

Hi... my name is Bum Bumbler. I'm a cloth-diapering addict, and I've been clean for 1-1/2 hours. ;)

Rockin' Green Detergent

Well, far be it for me not to try the newest cloth diaper-safe, environmentally happy detergent! So I got a couple sample bags (okay, I have 19 of them...) to try. They smell GREAT. It's like air freshener for my stinky laundry room, just having the packages in there! And the make-up of the stuff is pretty cool- it's little flakes, almost, rather than granules.

How does it work? Well... the jury is still out. I thought it cleaned okay... better than my other "planet-safe" detergents. But after a week of using it, I noticed nighttime diaper stink... ammonia smell wafting out of the diapers, and little bums starting to break out. But then I realized both babies are teething, so the rashes could be a coincidence.

I went back to Tide (good ol' Tide) for a couple weeks so I could start over again, and I'm trying Rockin' Green again now. So far so good... the diapers appear clean, and smell clean out of the washer. The nighttime test begins!!!