Well, for the second time in a month I've gotten up to a diaperless daughter. The first time it was just cute, she was standing there in the partial buff smiling at me. The second time, not so cute. My husband was getting up with her so I could sleep in on a Saturday morning (this in and of itself is amazing--he hardly ever does this), but he was back in minutes apologizing and telling me there was a mess he needed help with. Up I got, to discover that her diaper had removed itself in the night (she was still mostly asleep when Bill had gone in there, so I know she did not take it off herself) and she had, um, made a mess in the crib. The worst part was that it got on her super-special stuffed animal, Lambkin, who is machine washable, but alas, is NOT machine dryable. It took all day to dry him and I finally just stuck him in the dryer on super-low. Her nap without him was not so good. She woke up after about an hour crying, and inconsolable. I ended up laying on the floor of her nursery just to get her to sleep so that I didn't have to stand for another hour. Since it took me about half an hour to figure out TO do this, and HOW to do it, I ended up with a lovely 20 minutes left until her nap was over.
The problem lies in the fact that her jammies weren't snapped and the velcro-style closure on her diaper cover snagged on the sheet and came open on one side. It was not the fault of the cover. Inside this cover there's a prefold wrapped around a microfiber insert, and on top of it is a Kissaluvs super soaker. This makes for quite a bulky night time diaper. So I decided it was time to look for another way. I read recently, and I think I posted a link to, an article about just the same thing. The author ended up using hemp, so I have ordered a few inserts to try. I'm hoping they'll reduce her diaper bulk without leaking. That will also mean we'll get longer use out of her covers, which at this point, are extended to their maximum capacity.
Once I try out the hemp stuff, I'll let you all know how it turns out. Wish us luck!
2 comments:
Oh, what a mess! I hope the hemp makes the diaper less bulky. You are lucky to have cloth diapers that last through the night. My kiddos were forced to wear the dreaded disposables at night due to not enough coverage with what I had available. Technology is great:)
So far it doesn't seem to have made much difference. We're still experimenting.
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