Friday, July 17, 2009
Knit Chick
June finally got to wear her lone 'summer' knit that I made while I was pregnant - she really loved it too!! She got to wear it for her first trip to the yarn shop and was a hit! She seems very pleased with herself.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Cloth Diaper Success
Finding time to go to the bathroom or take a shower is hard enough with a 7 week old baby, much less daily postings to my blog. To everyone that checks back daily I apologize. There is a lot I would like to write about but honestly, I would much rather spend my time watching June be June - cute and funny (and fussy some of the time). She has become very alert which has it's ups and downs - ups because she interacts with us and it's fun. Downs because she always demands my attention when she is awake and doesn't like 'alone' time quite yet (Mommy on the other hand LIKES alone time and ISN'T GETTING IT!).
Ok, so this post is about our use of cloth diapers. I wanted to start using them from the beginning but the covers we have wouldn't fit her tiny petite little body so I had to wait (she wasn't a fan of them up under her arm pits). With a steady weight gain, we started using cloth during the day about 3 weeks ago. I use cloth diapers during the day because I am home with her and am able to check and change her more often and I am using disposable at night because they are more absorbent and changing June's diaper is such a circus act anyway that I don't want to wake her up or disturb her at night any more than needs be!
Here is June with one of her Bum Genius wraps - I am also using the Bummies Super Whisper Wraps which I like a lot too. I am still getting the hang of folding the pre-folds and getting them situated so she doesn't have a blowout (happens more than I would like).
Right now I have a total of 5 diaper wraps - I am in the process of knitting a felted wool wrap which will be done in the next week or so (a minor set back this morning when Moses decided to drag it across the house and I lost about a row of stitches - just not in the mood to pick them back up yet!). I wish I had more wraps but these will do for now - the only down-side is I have to do laundry about every other day to every 3 days due to leakage into the wrap (it does stay well contained IN the wrap though - I think it's also a bit of user-error as I am still learning placement of the folds).
Washing them is amazingly easy - since June is nursing, her poos are not solid so no 'emptying' the diapers - just chuck them into the pail to await washing. I am using a Tidy Cats litter pail for her cloth diaper pail and it works great! Keeps the animals out and the little bit of odor in - no big deal. I wash them on the longest cycle and then at the end I add an extra rinse cycle to make sure the detergent is out. I use a half of a cap of detergent and a scoop of Oxy Clean - no fabric softener (it can mess with absorbency). I then hang them out to dry on the line and any stains that are left MIRACULOUSLY disappear in the sun. I can't believe it either - it's amazing. I meant to take a 'before' and 'after' picture of a stained diaper but never got around to it - I will try to remember for a future post.
So, that's the progress here. June is growing like a weed - I can't believe she is almost 2 months old! Wow!!! Time flies and fortunately I have a whole month more with her - it will be so hard going back to work and I wish I didn't have to but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it! Not thinking about it for now! Soon I will post the wool diaper cover pics and pattern and may even get some garden pics in :)
Ok, so this post is about our use of cloth diapers. I wanted to start using them from the beginning but the covers we have wouldn't fit her tiny petite little body so I had to wait (she wasn't a fan of them up under her arm pits). With a steady weight gain, we started using cloth during the day about 3 weeks ago. I use cloth diapers during the day because I am home with her and am able to check and change her more often and I am using disposable at night because they are more absorbent and changing June's diaper is such a circus act anyway that I don't want to wake her up or disturb her at night any more than needs be!
Here is June with one of her Bum Genius wraps - I am also using the Bummies Super Whisper Wraps which I like a lot too. I am still getting the hang of folding the pre-folds and getting them situated so she doesn't have a blowout (happens more than I would like).
Right now I have a total of 5 diaper wraps - I am in the process of knitting a felted wool wrap which will be done in the next week or so (a minor set back this morning when Moses decided to drag it across the house and I lost about a row of stitches - just not in the mood to pick them back up yet!). I wish I had more wraps but these will do for now - the only down-side is I have to do laundry about every other day to every 3 days due to leakage into the wrap (it does stay well contained IN the wrap though - I think it's also a bit of user-error as I am still learning placement of the folds).
Washing them is amazingly easy - since June is nursing, her poos are not solid so no 'emptying' the diapers - just chuck them into the pail to await washing. I am using a Tidy Cats litter pail for her cloth diaper pail and it works great! Keeps the animals out and the little bit of odor in - no big deal. I wash them on the longest cycle and then at the end I add an extra rinse cycle to make sure the detergent is out. I use a half of a cap of detergent and a scoop of Oxy Clean - no fabric softener (it can mess with absorbency). I then hang them out to dry on the line and any stains that are left MIRACULOUSLY disappear in the sun. I can't believe it either - it's amazing. I meant to take a 'before' and 'after' picture of a stained diaper but never got around to it - I will try to remember for a future post.
So, that's the progress here. June is growing like a weed - I can't believe she is almost 2 months old! Wow!!! Time flies and fortunately I have a whole month more with her - it will be so hard going back to work and I wish I didn't have to but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it! Not thinking about it for now! Soon I will post the wool diaper cover pics and pattern and may even get some garden pics in :)
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Smiley Happy Babies
As if I needed any more reason to believe June is going to be a Daddy's girl!
Happy first Father's Day to my husband and Happy Father's Day to my dad!! :)
Happy first Father's Day to my husband and Happy Father's Day to my dad!! :)
Friday, May 29, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
June Claire Morrison
Everyone that has ever had a newborn knows why I haven't posted yet! Even though they say newborns sleep around 18 hours a day - you still can't find time to do what you need to do or want to do for that matter :) So the moment you have all been waiting for - let me introduce Miss June Claire Morrison - born Monday, May 18th...
All of the Gory Details:
If you remember I was supposed to be induced on Wednesday and I REALLY didn't want to be induced so Sunday night we started the 'natural induction' experiments. We had tried all of the typical ones - long walks, rides on bumpy roads, etc. None of them even came close to working! I had a lot of people keep telling me to take Castor oil but I was very leery about that due to having a VERY touchy stomach! Well, Sunday night I said forget it and took about 2 tablespoons!
Nothing happened except frequent bathroom trips for a LONG time and I was really regretting having tried it at that point! Around 2:30 in the morning I started having pretty serious what I thought were stomach cramps. I tried to ignore it as long as possible but finally had to wake Logan up to see what he thought. He started timing when I had the cramps and we realized they were coming regularly and lasting about the same time - gosh, they must be contractions!!
Around 4:00 a.m. we headed to the hospital - by then they had moved to my back and I was having back labor - NOT FUN! I got hooked up to all of the machines and was checked and was 1 cm dilated! Woo hoo! Finally getting somewhere! About an hour later I was 3-4 cm! I figured things would go quick but they really didn't - I am telling you, this baby did not want to come out!! She was determined to stay for a little while longer :)
Skipping all of the technicals, June was born at 3:59 p.m. on Monday, May 18th! I did it WITHOUT an epidural - yea me! I did however have to have an episiotomy plus I did some pretty major tearing so I have a billion stitches - I am just now getting to the point where I can get around easily. Logan was great and was a wonderful coach and June is already a daddy's girl! Here are the rest of the stats:
Weight - 7 pounds, 15.9 ounces
Length - 19.25 inches
She really is a very good baby! She was VERY cranky in the hospital and the first night we had her home (Tuesday - they only made us stay 24 hours which was very nice!) but has since settled in and adjusted very well. She is sleeping well and eating well and everyone - especially mommy and daddy - are very pleased!
So, be prepared for a barrage of baby pictures to come - I will try not to overload everyone - we still have other things going on in our lives, just nothing as cute or as important :)
All of the Gory Details:
If you remember I was supposed to be induced on Wednesday and I REALLY didn't want to be induced so Sunday night we started the 'natural induction' experiments. We had tried all of the typical ones - long walks, rides on bumpy roads, etc. None of them even came close to working! I had a lot of people keep telling me to take Castor oil but I was very leery about that due to having a VERY touchy stomach! Well, Sunday night I said forget it and took about 2 tablespoons!
Nothing happened except frequent bathroom trips for a LONG time and I was really regretting having tried it at that point! Around 2:30 in the morning I started having pretty serious what I thought were stomach cramps. I tried to ignore it as long as possible but finally had to wake Logan up to see what he thought. He started timing when I had the cramps and we realized they were coming regularly and lasting about the same time - gosh, they must be contractions!!
Around 4:00 a.m. we headed to the hospital - by then they had moved to my back and I was having back labor - NOT FUN! I got hooked up to all of the machines and was checked and was 1 cm dilated! Woo hoo! Finally getting somewhere! About an hour later I was 3-4 cm! I figured things would go quick but they really didn't - I am telling you, this baby did not want to come out!! She was determined to stay for a little while longer :)
Skipping all of the technicals, June was born at 3:59 p.m. on Monday, May 18th! I did it WITHOUT an epidural - yea me! I did however have to have an episiotomy plus I did some pretty major tearing so I have a billion stitches - I am just now getting to the point where I can get around easily. Logan was great and was a wonderful coach and June is already a daddy's girl! Here are the rest of the stats:
Weight - 7 pounds, 15.9 ounces
Length - 19.25 inches
She really is a very good baby! She was VERY cranky in the hospital and the first night we had her home (Tuesday - they only made us stay 24 hours which was very nice!) but has since settled in and adjusted very well. She is sleeping well and eating well and everyone - especially mommy and daddy - are very pleased!
So, be prepared for a barrage of baby pictures to come - I will try not to overload everyone - we still have other things going on in our lives, just nothing as cute or as important :)
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