Diapers...

Well, the Everything Borrowed Baby is now 2.5 weeks old and our little experiment is really going well. The baby has more than enough clothes (he even has a pair of swim trunks - NB size!), blankets, hats, carriers. He has an awesome "travel system" and an adorable bassinet. Yeah, friends and family and even some "strangers" from the internet!

All that said, we haven't quite figured out the diaper thing...

We opted to use (diaperkind) diaper service and THEY have been incredible - amazing owners, great service, beautiful products. WE, on the other hand, have been...well, a little lazy/intimidated.

Week 1 we couldn't figure out how to fold the diapers such that they lay below the umbilical cord stump. Basically, we had ordered for an 8+ pound baby - and had a 7 pound baby - so we mostly just used the prefolds as burping clothes.

We then suspended service for Week 2 as the mohel - also a retired plastic surgeon - told us to use disposable for the first week to keep things extra dry (not something we wanted to mess up on).

And this week - with smaller diapers and a bigger baby - he peed and pooped through diapers and covers and outfits and sheets...numerous times a day and night.

We had opted to try to keep things simple and use the "simple fold" - that doesn't use any diaper fasteners - and we're not doing such a good job.

Today we actually took a little break and put on (chlorine free, Seventh Generation, from a half-full bag "borrowed" from a friend) disposable...but think we need to buy some Snappis asap if we're going to do this.

We'll keep you posted on how we're going to try to get those used...