But this time, it goes on a baby’s butt:

CLOTH DIAPERING.

That scream you hear is The Momma as I hurtle her back 30 years wondering, “WHY WHY WHY WHY, OH GOD, BLAIR, WHY?!?!?!”  Because back in the day, it was a sign of I HAVE ARRIVED if you could afford Pampers.  So if someone could please pass her a wet bag to breathe into, we’ll continue on.

Before having a baby, I SWORE I would NEVER EVER EVER NEVER cloth diaper.  HOW GROSS, right?  Yeah, they used them in the 70′s, but both diapers & appliances have come a long way since those days.  I’ve dickered around about cloth diapering.  (ha! dickered)  But never made the plunge – mostly because we never knew when Harrison would go to daycare.  At first, it was January 2010 & our daycare said NO to cloth, so there was no point.   Then March rolled around & Sister decided to stay & here we are in JUNE with it looking like she’ll nanny until at least DECEMBER.  All that time that he could have had a fluffy, totally yuppy butt – wasted!

So here we are doing THE YUPPY THING TO DO THESE DAYS NEXT TO AN iPHONE, aka cloth diapering.   I mean that sentence with no disrespect, as I would like an iPhone in the future & cloth diapering has incredible benefits – less waste to the earth, more economic for children in the future, trending towards potty-training sooner.  There are a ton of different EXCELLENT reasons to cloth diaper, & for us, the environment & cash money are the top two.  But even I’ll admit that it’s a trend – but a trend I’m proud to be on for a) environment & b) saving money.

Also, it’s stopping him from peeing out of his diaper at night.  We have had an AWFUL time with him waking up in a pile of pee which means changing sleeper, onesie, crib sheet, & crib pad all at once.   Ew.

Besides, it’s JUST SO FREAKIN’ CUTE!

The plan now is to use cloth at night.  We may ease into it with ‘sposie inserts into the cloth diapers during the day, then switch full-time.

It’s funny, the idea of cloth diapering becomes incredibly less “gross” after you’ve cleaned sticky baby shit off the bill of a giant inflatable duck.