Midnight babble
After a lot of deliberation I ended up buying the Britax Boulevard for her main carseat, the MyRide will be going in Den’s car. These kind of decisions stress me out so I’m really hoping she and I like the Boulevard as much as it seemed when we tried them in the store. Fingers crossed. And yes, I am super sad about letting go of the uber cute MyRide. I just feel like since we’re in the car every day for a while that some more padding and features would be nice.
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Someone – and I have no freaking clue who, my memory sucks right now – informed me that Kate is right around the time for another one of those wonderweeks. I think I fucking hate wonder weeks. I know I fucking hate teething. At this point I can’t even tell you exactly what is bothering her, I just know that she refuses to sleep until she’s so tired she passes out. I even take her in the bedroom and turn off the lights and she’s starting to cry in protest and starts climbing my chest and trying to fling herself backwards out of my arms. Now my child has never slept through the night, she never stays asleep, but getting her to sleep was never a problem. I don’t have any particular routine, I don’t rock her, I normally just wait until she rubs her eyes, walk her into her room, lay down with her, sometimes I nurse her sometimes I don’t (but it helps), and she falls asleep. It takes me 2 minutes. This? This screechy angry crawling away from me child? This is crazy. It is making me crazy.
I just remind myself that it’s just one of those weeks and next week will probably be better. I kind of feel bad for my friends and relatives on facebook because almost all of my posts are about how she is not sleeping. My entire life revolves around my child’s lack of naps. It’s awesome.
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Last night I actually managed to get Kate down to sleep at a somewhat normal time of 9pm. It was a tricky operation, mostly involving her getting so tired she cried pitifully until I rocked her to sleep and very very carefully put her down on her bed. As I tip-toed out of her room Den whispered something to me.
I quietly shut her door and then took a step down the hall, whispering back, “What? I couldn’t hear–” *BA-WHAM!!* Not watching where I was stepping I friggin kicked her monkey ball right into the bathroom door. I just stood there, motionless, shoulders slumped. I mean, seriously?
By some miracle she did not wake up. At least, not right then. She slept a whole 30 minutes before waking up screaming. At least it wasn’t my fault.
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Warning: Cloth diaper babble.
I’ve been having problems with Kate’s Thirsties diapers leaking, which had me wondering if either she was outgrowing them (finally), or if the elastics were starting to go. Considering we have 7 Thirsties covers and used them pretty much exclusively, I wouldn’t be surprized. So I pulled out the small FuzziBunz I’d packed away months ago (because of leaks) and stripped them with dawn. They still fit her and they no longer leak. I am super excited! I also bought two GroVia AIO one-size dipes, which may not be my preferred type of diaper but the prints are super cute. And in my world, cute almost always wins. (Why don’t GroVia’s AI2s have the same side-snaps as the AIOs? This irritates me. I love the side snap.) I am now searching for some other pockets to try, especially anything with cute prints. I’m looking for snaps because someone has been pulling at her clothes and diapers and I have a feeling she’ll be taking the velcro ones off soon. I plan to buy some more hemp inserts too… I’m currently using the Thirsties duo inserts in them, which work fine but since I don’t need the stay-dry inside a pocket I could get away with just hemp and be much trimmer.
Any suggestions welcome.
Most of the clothies I buy are Australian brands, so probably not wise for shipping purposes for me to suggest them to you, but I do find now that snaps are SO much better. Because yes, my son takes them off! Cute and fluffy almost always win for me, too. We’ve had leaking problems on and off. Sometimes a good strip wash is all you need. I know both our mums if they ever change him (rarely) also slather barrier creams on him and it drives me nuts as he almost always leaks then. Could talk cloth all day…. As for sleep, no advice there, just sympathy!
I believe the myride is just as good as the Britax, the Britax has the shortest shell of the bunch! Even with the headwings on Wyatt’s seat his head still leans to the side. We project being uncomfortable onto our children so I don’t think that she is uncomfortable! But that is just my two cents. I still recommend it get installed by a car seat technician as 70-80% of all car seats are installed incorrectly.
I use mainly FB onesize, and BG 3.0 velcro and 4.0 snaps. The rumparooz could work for you or kissaluvs as well.
I believe the major problem with the MyRide is going to be installing it forward facing. I’m already anticipating having to get a different (FF-only) seat at that point, because I just don’t see how it’s going to fit correctly forward with the angle of my seats. But rear facing, yeah it’s a good seat!
I may end up just sticking with FB since I know they work. I hate buying things and finding out they don’t, lol.
We definitely found that diapers would fit or not fit N depending on how old she was, and how her shape was changing. When she was little and growing SO fast, I swear, one week the BG would be best, the next the FB, etc etc. It’s funny how that works.
We find that we do still need MF in our hemp insert diapers, because she pees a lot all at once, and while the hemp holds a lot (thank GOD), the MF is needed to pull it away.
Anyhoo. Just rambling.
I only have two of these diapers but I am looking to get more. Last summer I had them fit not only my two and a half year old chunky monkey son but also my petite daughters. I love how easy it is to modify the leg elastic to get a better fit. They don’t have many prints but I think the color combinations are cute too.
http://www.rockymountaindiapers.com/ClothDiapers.html
Good luck!
What are you using inside your Thirsties covers? I’ve used a thin hemp underneath a MF insert in either a FB or BG pocket for night diaper. The hemp definitely needs something on top though. I tried it once on its own and there was pee everywhere. Anyways she may just need to size up on the insert if that’s what you put in the Thirsties.
Actually I’m using the Thirsties Duo inserts inside the Thirsties covers and as stuffers in the Fuzzibunz (instead of the microfiber things I had for them, which kind of suck). I want to get more hemp inserts to use, but until then the Thirsties are working well…. they’re one hemp snapped together with a microfiber stay-dry. Clearly I don’t need the stay-dry in the pockets, lol. But it’s holding it in with no leaks.
You can get hemp inserts for the Fuzzibunz and they seem to be pretty absorbant. I have those and they work pretty well. I also have some SwaddleBees with bamboo inserts that are pretty absorbant, but they are much, much more expensive. I find the Thirsties Duo the most absorbant, but also the most bulky and they only have velcro closure afaik.
I have no personal experience with cloth diapering or anything, but I’ve watched another IF blogger through her journey starting a business with cloth diapers, and I thought I’d give you the link if you care to check her out: http://hyenacart.com/twinkietush/index.php?c=11
Her blog is: http://youraverageinfertilityblog.blogspot.com/ and you might find some more info about them there, I’m not sure. Like I said I have no personal experience though xD
TYVM you’ve solved all my probmels