Sunbaby Diapers mainly

Okay so I know its been awhile since I wrote on here. I finally received my Sunbaby Diapers. I love them so far, only thing that is frustrating me so far is no matter what I do I leave little red marks on Jasmine's legs from the elastic. The hips snaps are great but I have tried to loosen it as much as possible but it really hasn't helped. Jasmine also broke out in a rash on the second day so I rewashed them thinking I didn't do enough rinses. Which adding another rinse as solved the problem she also didn't like the whole cloth wipe and a spray bottle to well. So I am still using regular wipes but I am thinking of switching to those flushable ones so I don't have to make sure I remove the wipes when she does a number 2 and I dump stinkies in to the toilet. So I did end up using sposies while I rewashed and rinsed all the cloth diapers but once they were all washed I ended up just using one of the wipes as a barrier between the diaper rash cream and her diaper. Since she kept pointing at the cloth diapers and saying "this" and also running off with them, while I was stuffing the liners into them. Connor and Jasmine ended up turning it into a game, she would grab a arm full of liners (I had the liners separated from the diapers) and run off with them, then I would say thief and Connor would run after her to get them back. They were just giggling up a storm and Jasmine thought it was so hilarious.

Jasmine will not let me put a sposie on her now, she runs straight to her drawer with her cloth diapers and starts point and saying "this". So I have been letting her pick which one she wants to wear. Now I just have to get her to understand that I have been stuffing the solid color diapers for nighttime diapers. So I ended up with four that can't be stuffed. Above is a picture of 24 out of 25 cloth diapers that I have. My favorite prints are the skulls and the pink stars both are the black Sunbaby diapers and the one Ooga Booga one from Little Pigeon Diaper Company.

During the day I have used both brands and they are both really nice diapers. I have had no leaks so far with both brands during the day. Both brands start to get squishy and feel a little cold when you ouch the cover at about 3-4 hours, but no leakage so far. Now I will say I do change them every two - three hours but I wanted to see how it would do during the day with only one liner in it.

Now for nighttime I have only used the Sunbaby diaper so far since I honestly don't think I can fit to liners into the Little Pigeon Diaper Company diaper. I use two liners in the Sunbaby diaper. Jasmine goes to bed about 7:30pm and usually she wakes up about once in the middle of the night which is any where from midnight till about 4:30am wanting a new sippy. So far no leaks. Even the one last night where she slept from about 7:30pm till about 4:30am no leaks but it sure was full.

So honestly in my opinion for the price of the Sunbaby diapers and quality of the cloth diaper I do think they are a steal. Just don't order around a holiday like I did. My Sunbaby diapers were shipped out same day as I paid and only took a day to get to the US from China but since it was a holiday they sat forever in New York. I paid on the 22 of December I received them on the 8th of January which honestly isn't bad. But when you have the USPS who it got transferred to when it hit the US tell you they don't know what is going on and they have no info on your package and for you to contact the sender to start a investigation it on it because it just has to have the wrong address on it (that is what the lady at USPS tracking phone number told me as soon as I answered China for her question of what country is was coming from.) I could go into a lot of negative remarks on the USPS tracking but I won't.

been busy

Okay so it has been pretty busy around here since I last blogged. My dad has ended up in the hospital twice. The first time for a stroke and they told him he has emphysema. Then he went in again for chest pains and they told him one of the valves in his heart isn't working right and that he has diabetes. They will be doing some stress test on him tomorrow. I have been on the phone with my mom so much yesterday and today that I barely have time for the kids, but we did bake today. I have noticed that when life gets crazy for me I bake something.

Jasmine has just been keeping me on my toes by climbing on everything if I turn my back on her for 5 seconds. So that has been keeping me pretty busy too. She is getting to be such a handful and I can't wait to see how Matt takes her being into everything when he come homes for 2 weeks. Jasmine's eczema has also been acting up he poor little ankles no matter how much lotion on put on them, keeps itching apparently. Since when I got her up this morning one of her ankles was just glistening like how a scrape would when its not bad enough to bleed. Which when I had to run to Walmart to get milk and eggs I put socks on her since its cold outside and by time we got home there was a tiny bit of blood on the sock. So I have been putting neosporin on her ankles to try to get them to heal enough so I can put lotion on her. Poor thing its just her ankles that get really dry and itchy.

I also tried out the Yiddle Dapper diaper that I won and I loved it. Jasmine also did too, she was pretty upset when it had to be takin off for her bath after lunch. Its the first cloth diaper she has tried on, she has worn cloth training pants not too long ago when she had a really bad rash. Which because of the rash I am converting to cloth diapers plus also the cute fabrics was just too much to resist. I am really wishing I started cloth diapering 6 years when I had my son. Side note I am still waiting for my Sunbaby order hopefully it comes in sometime this week. Apparently it sat in Customs for about 8 days due to Christmas and then with also New Years that also puts a delay on me getting them. I can't wait to try them out on Jasmine. I am also hoping to get them soon so I don't have to go buy some sposies, which I should have enough sposies to last a week or two. So I guess you can say I am praying to get that order in soon. Next I just have to figure out how to tell hubby I switch to cloth diapers and hopefully talk him into getting a diaper sprayer and some wetbags when he is home. Right now I have a laundry bag in a small
trash can which it is cloth and it is twice the size of the trash
can I bought. But hey so far it is working.

We also made brownies from scratch today and they were really good. Jasmine helped me since Connor didn't want to, but he did show up in time to lick the beaters. Of course he did right since brownie batter is just awesome. Here is some pictures and the recipe we did. I got it off of www.food.com this link should take you straight to recipe and all the reviews.

Brownies

By Tweety Grams

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Cocoa Glaze

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons margarine (soft)
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Prep Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

1. 1 The first 3 ingredients cook over a stove on medium heat, till margarine melts.
2. 2 Remove from heat, add the eggs and vanilla.
3. 3 Then add the remaining ingredients.
4. 4 Stir in the walnuts.
5. 5 Put in a greased 8 inch squared pan, bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
6. 6 I make a double batch.
7. 7 Cocoa Glaze: Combine icing sugar, and cocoa powder.
8. 8 Beat in margarine, add 1-2 tbsps of boiling water to make a smooth glaze.

Well I am a giveaway winner

Well there are lots of Diaper giveaways going on during the last couple of weeks. Doable Diapers has one going on at their page... I also won a free diaper from Little Pigeon Diaper Company. Its too stinking cute.