92 DAYS?

There is a very wriggly baby doing somersaults this morning.  He likes bananas, and coffee.  He jumps at the smell of bacon.  This little person is not so little.  We are all getting very excited to meet him!

Noelle and I have been playing with her baby dolls; rather I have been playing, and she has been imitating what I do.  We cloth diaper her doll, take her for a ride in the pram, put her down for a nap, give the baby snuggles, and of course unsnap then snap up all the cloth diapers in my collection for giggles and chuckles.

The collection of cloth diapers is impressive, and all but one picked up through kijiji!

I have acquired:

2 travel wetbags, one large wetbag, special diaper laundry detergent + stripping formula
6 Diaper Genius newborn (brand new!!!)
27 fuzzibuns, sz. small (7-18 lbs, good used condition, may need to change elastics after this baby)
20 happy heiney's (One size, EXCELLENT condition, and as Noelle would say "so fluffy ;))
and ONE red Applecheeks size small.  I bought this one at Babes in Arms after much deliberation, but decided one extra special diaper for photographs was warrented.

Yesterday I very proudly attached a diaper sprayer to our toilet all by myself.  This morning, my bathroom had a pool of water on the floor, so I grabbed a wrench and tightened!  Good to go!  It might be a career option to be a "pretend plumber" for hire, with the idea that I arrive at the same time as the husband, show my utter lack of skill, and allow him to "fix" or "save the day".  It took me probably a half hour to figure out how to attach the hose.

In the interest of saving money, this cloth adventure needs to last for three months to offset the investment.  After that, I am saving 70-100 every month on disposables!  In all fairness I will need to do laundry quite frequently, but plan to do a presoak before using apartment laundry, and hanging to dry (as soon as I find a suitable drying rack!)  Sunning is VERY good for killing germs!  To take it a step further, I could handwash diapers in a homemade washing machine!

I mentioned muffins yesterday; does it make sense to bake almost every day to prevent snacking on the go?  Short answer YES, long answer NO, but actually YES!  In theory, we should be eating fresh fruit, veggies and nuts for snacks.  This happens, but then I get PREGNANT hungry, my daughter gets TODDLER hungry and my husband gets MAN hungry, and we buy a small snack and coffee on the go...  $8-$14 dollars later, and the fresh snacks only philosophy has not succeeded.  Since I have been baking loads, we do not buy snacks on the go and are still eating lots of fresh fruit and veg.  That being said, my gluten free flour oatmeal coconut oil banana berry muffins still have half a cup of brown sugar, and we eat 2-3 a day.  It is sobering to know exactly what goes into "snack foods" and the volume required to fuel our little family.  I will miss BOGO sushi when I close at work though ;( (still $6.00-$8.00 more or less).  And yes, I occasionally eat raw fish.  The most intelligent, and arguably healthy people in the world (Japan) do so.

Today I need to make a trip to the bank, make a money order for Boardwalk, acquire cheques and set up Noelle's fall ballet, work, tidy, and all that good stuff.  If I am feeling extra curricular, perhaps I will post some packages.