32 weeks...growing strong!
coffee table books
still running
Barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. I made two different soups yesterday (black bean and sausage/lentil) to freeze for post-baby quick meals. What a good housewife...
September 15, 2010
32 weeks...and counting
Only 8 weeks to go (plus or minus a few). Spike's room is coming together (I'll post pictures once it's finished), the leaves are starting to fall outside, our coffee table is cluttered with required baby reading, and our crazy active child is itching to make his/her appearance! Here's the latest in pictures from the Reed archives:
September 9, 2010
Diaper Duty Part I
As many of you know, we are going to use cloth diapers to collect Spike's lower end excretions. I can see your eyes rolling now and hear your thoughts about how we are never going to last. Well, for all of you old-timers who used cloth (or had no choice), things are very different these days. Take a few minutes to peruse www.kellyscloset.com to see how many options are out there!
Then both diapers are stuffed with an appropriate size insert (small in this case) and the diaper is ready to be used!
If one is washing their own diapers, they must have a limited supply (unlike disposables). However, TOO limited a supply means laundry every day, which we all know is not going to happen in this household. So I have compromised with what is probably way too many diapers, but we shall see. I have 20 One Size BumGenius!, 5 One Size Happy Heinys, 5 One Size Fuzzi Bunz, 9 size small Fuzzi Bunz (should fit Spike better as an infant), and one size medium BumGenius! (it was free). 
Over the past 7 months, we (read: I) have done many many hours of research on several different sites, read hundreds of reviews, talked to many of my cloth-diaper-mom friends, and used different cloth diaper systems while babysitting. After all of this study, we decided on Pocket Diapers. These diapers have a colorful waterproof "PUL" layer on the outside and fleece on the inside forming a pocket in between. The pocket is stuffed with a removable super-absorbent insert which pulls the moisture away from the baby's bottom, through the fleece, and in theory leaves the baby dry and comfy. They fasten in the front with velcro or snaps, very much like disposable Huggies or Pampers. When changing the baby, the insert is removed and the diaper and insert are tossed in the diaper pail to be washed. Here are a few pictures of what I am talking about. We are using two main kinds of pocket diapers: Fuzzi Bunz and BumGenius! The major difference between the two is that Fuzzi Bunz use snaps and BumGenius! use velcro.
Fuzzi Bunz BumGenius!
Now, as you can see, these diapers are quite big for a newborn. However, they are both OneSize diapers meaning they adjust to fit all size babies from newborn to potty training. Here are the same diapers sized for an infant. The elastic in the legs and waist of the FuzziBunz shortens with button holes and the front of the BumGenius! snaps up to make a smaller diaper.
Fuzzi Bunz Infant Size BumGenius! Infant Size
Then both diapers are stuffed with an appropriate size insert (small in this case) and the diaper is ready to be used!
If one is washing their own diapers, they must have a limited supply (unlike disposables). However, TOO limited a supply means laundry every day, which we all know is not going to happen in this household. So I have compromised with what is probably way too many diapers, but we shall see. I have 20 One Size BumGenius!, 5 One Size Happy Heinys, 5 One Size Fuzzi Bunz, 9 size small Fuzzi Bunz (should fit Spike better as an infant), and one size medium BumGenius! (it was free). Here's the works!
More to come! Part II: Washing
September 3, 2010
30 weeks
I can't believe I'm 30 weeks already. Spike had a little dance party to celebrate (all night) and I have been more exhausted than ever. The unbelievable heat and humidity might have something to do with that as well. It's been in the 90s all week, I'm actually glad I had to spend the day at work yesterday, at least it was air conditioned! Here's my 30 week pic, Spike is 3lbs and 17 inches this week...S/he's still got a lot of growing to do, not sure where all that extra baby is going to fit!
We also put together our crib this weekend, I think Rob is going to post about that so I'll just show you the final picture:
On Sunday afternoon we went to an outdoor pool and play party with many of the families from church. Jumping in the pool felt so good on a hot day. We also played Tug-of-War (highly recommended for preggos) and multiple other outdoor "events" in the Missiolympics. Spike didn't exactly pull his/her weight in Tug-of-War and so my team was out in the first round. That's me in the front of the right side. Head down and power through. Notice the superior technique on the left (winning) side.
We also put together our crib this weekend, I think Rob is going to post about that so I'll just show you the final picture:
On Sunday afternoon we went to an outdoor pool and play party with many of the families from church. Jumping in the pool felt so good on a hot day. We also played Tug-of-War (highly recommended for preggos) and multiple other outdoor "events" in the Missiolympics. Spike didn't exactly pull his/her weight in Tug-of-War and so my team was out in the first round. That's me in the front of the right side. Head down and power through. Notice the superior technique on the left (winning) side.
Here's me rocking my 2-piece and carrying 2 babies! The little one is our friend's 4-month old, Zoey.
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