Obsession with elimination OTD
Feb. 13th, 2004 02:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beetigerI'm glad to realize that although I'm still overwhelmed, I've gotten past the point where I'm thinking, "What the hell is this tiny person doing here and how the heck am I supposed to keep it alive?", at least most days.
This means I'm starting to think about doing things the way I think best, not just the most experdient way, at least sometimes.
And really, I'm a hippiemom at heart. So I signed up for a cloth diaper service. They show up every Friday morning with a pile of clean diapers, and take away a bag of dirty ones, and you pay them a lot of money. But you don't put a lot of piles of plastic and gel polymer in the landfill so that you can throw away a few teaspoons of urine, and that pleases me.
They're very bulky if you've gotten used to the disposables, and I think this was probably the cause of Rhys' whininess all day. We'll keep trying for a bit and see if he gets used to them. They don't seem to have leaked yet, though that may be in part because I changed him a lot, and probably went through 1/4 of my week's stash today. He's in disposables again for overnight, as I'm not brave enough to try that with the new ones yet.
Given that the bulkiness is an issue, and given that the vinyl covers the service sold me are nasty, I've also ordered a nicer cover, and also a pocket diaper, since I guess washing them wouldn't be that big of a deal, if Rhys were more comfy. I'm reading up on all of the choices, and realizing maybe I'd prefer one of these fancy brands of diapers instead. I'll probably spend too much money figuring it out.
We had to sign up for the diaper service for a minimum of a month; I'll see if Rhys is really uncomfy, or just whiny 'cause it's a change in his routine.
I know we've saved for htis baby thing for years. And I know I'm doing useful and neccessary things all around. But still, having my spouse do all the earning and me do all the spending feels really odd, and I keep being randomly squeamish about it.
This means I'm starting to think about doing things the way I think best, not just the most experdient way, at least sometimes.
And really, I'm a hippiemom at heart. So I signed up for a cloth diaper service. They show up every Friday morning with a pile of clean diapers, and take away a bag of dirty ones, and you pay them a lot of money. But you don't put a lot of piles of plastic and gel polymer in the landfill so that you can throw away a few teaspoons of urine, and that pleases me.
They're very bulky if you've gotten used to the disposables, and I think this was probably the cause of Rhys' whininess all day. We'll keep trying for a bit and see if he gets used to them. They don't seem to have leaked yet, though that may be in part because I changed him a lot, and probably went through 1/4 of my week's stash today. He's in disposables again for overnight, as I'm not brave enough to try that with the new ones yet.
Given that the bulkiness is an issue, and given that the vinyl covers the service sold me are nasty, I've also ordered a nicer cover, and also a pocket diaper, since I guess washing them wouldn't be that big of a deal, if Rhys were more comfy. I'm reading up on all of the choices, and realizing maybe I'd prefer one of these fancy brands of diapers instead. I'll probably spend too much money figuring it out.
We had to sign up for the diaper service for a minimum of a month; I'll see if Rhys is really uncomfy, or just whiny 'cause it's a change in his routine.
I know we've saved for htis baby thing for years. And I know I'm doing useful and neccessary things all around. But still, having my spouse do all the earning and me do all the spending feels really odd, and I keep being randomly squeamish about it.
no subject
Date: 2004-02-13 08:34 pm (UTC)In any case -- good luck with it! And if you'd like, I'd be happy to relay any questions, if you're curious but not wild about talking to total strangers about childcare. :)