Cloth Diapers

About 2 weeks ago now I started using cloth diapers. Not the old fashion kind but the fancy new ones with 3 ply terry cloth inserts. I love these diapers I had used cloth diapers with my oldest W when we lived in Kansas but in Nebraska if your child goes to day care they do not allow cloth diapers. so from day one I had been using the disposable ones on G BUT. Because I have been at home with the boys I figure what the hey. Here are the Bonus's on cloth diapers.
1. Cheaper
2. helps you keep you with laundry
3. Good for the environment
4. Supposed to make potty training MUCH MUCH easier

I can contest to number 4 personally I had W all but potty trained before we had moved to Nebraska. He had been cloth diapered for some time and using the cloth pull up under roo's. Now when we moved to Nebraska he refused to go in the potty because he had on pull ups with lighting McQueen on them OH MY GOODNESS.    It had taken me until 4 weeks before he was 4 to get him to start to potty in the toilet again :(

Now G seems to like them to. He doesn't complain any way and is getting way less irritation on his little bottom  :) YIPPPEEE MOMMY!!!

I would recamend the ones with snaps thought, because the ones with Velcro are all right but the Velcro comes apart in the wash some times then you have like 20 things stuck to Velcro in the dryer UGGG! Also if you have hard water or like to use the good smelling laundry detergent I would recamend using Rock-in-Green Detergent it comes is really yummy sent's like watermelon, and Motley Clean. You can find it on just about any on-line retailer. like E Bay, and Amazon.

                                           Some of the fun patterns we have.

 The Black one is with snaps this is a one size fits all diaper from 8 to 35 lbs the snaps down the front make it a small med or large diaper

The red one is a Velcro diaper with the fuzzy strip all the way across the front and the two tabs on the sides are the scratchy ends

                                         G in all his cloth diaper goodness isn't he just the cutest


I also have a close friend who use's cloth diapers with her LO's They are much easier than they used to to. And if you live in a big city they may even have diaper services. Not I, we live in a rule area but we can still be mind full of the environment, and save money at the same time even to Po dunk Nebraska.

we will be getting more creative with our post. Just starting to learn about how it all works.

Religous VS. Commercial Easter!

So with the holiday weekend just behind us I was wondering, which Easter do you celebrate, religious or commercial?  I head up a play group here in town and we did an Easter egg hunt and, celebrated Easter the way I know how to. In doing this I learned that maybe I should take religion out of the play group. As take home activity I gave out a recipe for Resurrection rolls. I thought it was a good idea, ha ha ha. One of the dads was like "Jesus we are talking about Jesus". I as a somewhat semi not sure what the heck I am Christian was like, "really Easter is all about Jesus and his death and Resurrection," but this opened another conversation between my friends and I, If we want our children to know what the "Holidays" are actually about how do we do that with out getting rid of the commercial part all together. I know all about how the Christian holidays being based more on Celtic/Pagan Sabots more so than the days and symbols of the Christian part of the holiday. Easter is one of the holidays I feel the point has gotten way off course. How about you guys?