Fluffy Bum Reviews

Okay, so I now have pictures of sweet little Natalie in some of her cloth! The pictures aren't great quality because the camera we bought for Christmas decided it wanted to die. So until I figure that out, we still have the camera phones :) All of the pictures are of Natalie at 8 pounds except for the Thirsties where she was 7 lbs.

Charlie Banana

I really like the Charlie Banana because they fit really great even on my little tiny baby. I try to use them at night because they have the fleece that keeps moisture away from baby's bottom. They are super cute and really easy to use! They did look HUGE on her though when we started using them at just 6 lbs. But they worked so oh well :) 

GroVia

I really like the Velcro on the GroVia. It is super strong and durable. It is really the only Velcro I have that I like because the other ones, even with using the laundry tabs, get so worn out in the laundry. Obviously they are still in good condition since we haven't had them that long, but I can see them not lasting. These are GREAT though. The whole top part is a fabric that catches the Velcro so you can make it fit perfectly! You can change the insert and reuse the cover, but poop almost always goes off the  insert and so when that happens, we can't reuse it. But that is true for any cover, this one just seems to happen more often.

 Flips

I think I will like these better when Natalie gets a little bigger. They have some great inserts that you just lay in the diaper and tuck under a couple of tabs. But we are using them as a cover over fitted diapers instead of with the Flips inserts because the inserts are big for her. They can be folded down to different sizes, but they just didn't work. I think I will try again soon because she has gained a couple pounds since I last tried. But for a little tiny baby, they didn't work great. Now we really like them as covers though and hope to be able to use the inserts soon!

Thirsties

I LOVE the Thirsties covers. They fit great especially because of the inner gusset. This is the Thirsties Duo Wrap. There is a size one and a size two of these and each can be adjusted to two sizes. So we bought the size one and can adjust it to a small size with the snaps or we can unsnap it for the medium size. With these we use prefolds or fitteds. I had never planned on using fitteds only because I didn't want to pay the same amount for a fitted as for a regular all in one or all in two diaper. But I made some and LOVE them. My husband prefers the fitteds and the covers to any diaper. I guess he likes the all in one Bumgenius size small we have, but he would rather use the covers knowing they are cheaper. 

So that is my review of our cloth diapers. Hope this helps those who were curious about them!

Updates

Valentines
We have had a great weekend! We went to a Valentines dance with some friends last night and had a lot of fun. After we all came back to our apartment and made cake and just hung out. Then tonight we went to a family Valentines dinner. Everything was so delicious and also healthy. Well dessert wasn't healthy I guess but the rest was. And so yummy! We had a broccoli salad with a dressing on it. Sama really doesn't like broccoli but he liked this a lot. Then we had a delicious fruit salad with poppyseed dressing and pizza with asparagus. I never would have thought about asparagus on pizza but it was good! We don't have plans for tomorrow, but I think the weekend was enough as far as celebrating valentines day!

Baby Massage
I decided to start doing massage with Natalie. We did it tonight for the first time and she loved it! I don't know if it is technically a massage because I don't know the "right" way to do it. But it was something and I am going to read about massage to make it an even better experience for us. I was worried she might not like it but it was a good bonding experience and I highly recommend it!

Cloth Diapers
Erin, it is late right now and I only have one picture of Natalie in her diaper, so my goal tomorrow is to take some more pics and post a short blog answering your questions :)