Diaper Butt

In one of our many attempts to be an environmentally friendly household we have chosen to use cloth diapers. I know several people who think cloth diapers are gross and several who picture lots of folding and pinning and complications that accompany cloth diapers. Today there are lots of options for cloth diapers. We primarily use the Bum Genius 3.0, though Grammy recently got some new bamboo diapers for Audra.

These cloth diapers exacerbate the usual symptoms of diaper butt. Taking a one size fits all diaper and adjusting it to fit my beautiful five-month old and you have LOTS of bulk around her little tush. When you take it off there is a itsy-bitsy perfect little baby butt, but as soon as I put it on she has to go up a pant size to contain her diaper butt.

Every day I'm struck my the humor of it all. Audra holds her giant diaper butt up in the air as her chubby little legs squirm and learn to crawl, as her tiny toes wiggle and push off of the ground or the couch, as her tiny fingers grasp at toys and at my face and as her beautiful round little face grows excited as she learns all about the world around her.

Mommy Weiss

31 Weeks

I keep telling myself that I should write in this blog while I'm still pregnant, but I keep finding other things to occupy my time. Things like making a bassinet cover and diaper bag or shopping for a travel system. Visiting family and attending baby showers.

We've reached the point where I wish sleep were one of the things I was doing, but that's difficult to do anymore. I find it difficult to get comfortable and we won't discuss how many times a night I have to get up to go to the bathroom or sit up to relieve my heartburn.

I don't want it to sound like I'm not enjoying being pregnant. I am. I love feeling the baby wiggle and move. Some of my favourite moments have been sitting with Randall as he plays with and talks to the baby. He/She is getting big enough that I can distinguish hands and feet pushing from the inside out. The baby can react to pressure on my tummy. Randall will put a couple of fingers against my torso and the baby will push back with a hand or foot. He says it feels weird, but he always gets an adoring and amazed smile on his face. It's so cute. I'm so excited about our little family.

Well, 62 days to go...theoretically.