London | 6 Weeks

It's been a whirlwind these past 6 weeks since London arrived into our world. We are finally adjusting to life with two, being a family of 4, morning and evening routines, and running errands - which is really hard with two. Hey, I am saving money by not running to Target every day :) I could NOT make it through my day without Dan helping out in the mornings. He feeds Luke, lets him out, feeds Lennon, gets some cartoons on TV and I am able to sleep for a little bit more while London sleeps in. Thank God! 

We made it to church last weekend and even better -London slept the entire night! This week I mastered my fear as a new parent and took the girls to open gym. I took my amazing Solly baby wrap to carry her in and of course she was hungry... so I also conquered my fear of nursing in public for the first time ever! I was so proud of myself. 

Lately London has been sleeping less and less, HELLO 6 week growth spurt! She cluster feeds at night still... that's a love/hate relationship, test of my patience and sometimes makes me feel like I am going crazy. Thankfully, I have an amazing support group that lets me cry, vent, scream, tell all my deepest feelings to and not feel alone. I love my Kindara friends, they truly are a blessing! Otherwise, London is generally a very happy girl. She smiles more now, loves when Luke licks her and plays by her, and when she's crying Lennon sings to her. Being a mom of two sure is beautiful! 

So... let me tell you about the not so fun part of motherhood - POOP! Yes, it's fun... when you're using cloth diapers! 

Since London was out of the meconium phase - yuck - we began using cloth diapers. We began with prefolds and newborn covers and let me tell ya, PREFOLDS SUCK. SUCK, SUCK, SUCK. Yes, they hold the pee and poo, and they work well, however I don't have patience for sitting there and folding, twisting, snapping, etc. before she pees again or wiggles her way out of it. So you better believe I was so happy when she gained some weight to allow me to use Best Bottoms covers and snap in inserts. My grandma says this cloth diapering is cheating compared to the way they did it in her day with pins and prefolds with rubber covers. haha! Let me tell ya, non-cloth mama's this is AMAZINGLY easy! After having a friend introduce me to the world of cloth, researching the 100's of different ways you can cloth diaper a baby, buying - returning - buying more, I finally found a fool proof cloth diaper system that works! The cute prints helped too! :) 

I owe it to Nicki's diapers online support group and website for helping me make my decision to go to Best Bottoms cloth diapers, and of course Amy for encouraging me into this by bragging about how easy it is! I am so happy that I did! I ended up buying a package of Best Bottoms which will fit birth through potty training! The covers and inserts snap in together, when it's dirty you unsnap, throw in the wash and voila! SO SO SO EASY, adorable and CHEAP! Have you seen the disposable vs. cloth comparison online? Cloth literally saves you over $1,000 if you do it birth - potty training! (even the off brand disposables are throwing money away!) Oh, and the laundry? Washing poop? You don't even see it or smell it or touch it if your baby is breastfed, if not you have to rinse it... haven't gotten to that point yet but don't worry, I will post about it when I get there. :) 

Get this... I bought my initial stash for about $200 (9 covers and 24 inserts) here - Nicki's Diapers and then of course I keep buying diapers because they're so cute. That package is serisouly all the diapers you NEED to get you through diapering your baby until potty training. However, if you're anything like me and my friends you'll keep buying all the diapers because they're ADORABLE. If you're having a baby I seriously encourage you to look into cloth and give it a shot. My friend and I both swore we would never do it and now we are wishing we did it earlier! Oh, the money we could have saved!!!

Here's my little fluff butt girl ....