Addy is in The Record Books

On Saturday Mommy, Addy and I joined in on the Great Cloth Diaper Change. This was part of a fun Natural Baby Expo in a nearby Town. There were more than 10,000 cloth diapers simultaneously changed around the world at the stroke of 12:30pm and Adeline's Diaper was one. I had the honor of doing the diaper change while Mommy cheered and took some photos.

As I was getting prepared for the countdown, I realized that we didn't bring a changing pad, I guess I wasn't considering that they wouldn't have a ton of changing stations set up (duh). I felt a little better as I heard the woman next to us say "I forgot whipes, how did I do that" and then another "oh man, I don't have a wet bag, anyone have a plastic bag?" It was getting hectic and Addy was getting fussy. The woman in charge started the countdown, 10, 9, 8..... and the change began.

The diaper luckily only contained a little pee (I wonder what percentage of the 10,000 had major blowouts... ok, I'm veering off course ) It wasn't my best and fastest change, but given the factors, it was ok. Today along side the Longest Tortilla and Fastest Time to Husk a Coconut with Teeth Addy has entered the record books. And we have the documentation to prove it.

Being that Mommy was nice enough to give me the honors with the diaper change, after we got back to Troy, we stopped at the bakery and got her some sweet treats. Man, being a husband and Daddy Rules : )

holy sh**t, that's a lot of s**t

I was just reading about diaper options online and it stated that on average a child will go through 6000 diaper changes. My brothers and sister are quite a bit younger than I am, so I have changed my fair share of diapers, but I'm guessing that it doesn't touch my share of the 6000 that my wife and I will encounter. We have picked out a spread of cloth diapers that we will possibly be using. There are so many options to test, But I think we have a good start here:

1.bumgenius one size microfiber insert style (seem so comfortable and easy to use)
2.kissaluvs super soft cotton which will be used with a diaper cover (these are super soft, seem very absorbent and are very cute)
3.Imse Vimse organic cotton covers (farm animal scene print, gotta love it)
4. a dozen old style prefold diapers (hey, if it aint broke, don't fix it)
5. Charlie's Soap. Very light natural soap necessary for not leaving residue.
We are hoping to end up saving money, being more earth friendly, and more comfort for the baby. In 6 weeks there will be BM's galore So I'm sure we will get to know what works best very quickly. I'll let you know the reviews.