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I haven't posted in forever. We're doing great even though we're broke, but being at home with Jonas is amazing. He'll be 15mo in a couple of days. He's a little monkey. He climbed into his high chair, three times. He thinks he's a big kid and tries to do everything they do on the playground.
We're trying cloth diapers. One baby goes through about 7500 diapers from birth through potty training. That's a lot of diapers in the landfill. And it's not like they break down quickly. The main thing for us is the financial savings. We spend about $650 a year on disposable diapers. We can spend about $175 on a cloth diapers and will be set until he's potty trained. I still use some disposables, mainly at night and when I know he's going to poop (he's sticks pretty close to a schedule), and because I don't have enough cloth ones yet. A good supply for his age is about 24 plus 3-4 covers. I have about 5 that I've used and 10 more that I just got and need to wash to prep/soften them. They are pretty easy to use. Gone are the days of safety pins and worrying about sticking the baby (or yourself). Everything is velcro these days. Plus there are flushable liners for poop.
I think I mentioned we're part of a couple of SAHM playgroups. Jonas is really enjoying them. He's still having problems with acting inappropriately when he's excited or overstimulated. He hasn't bit again but he is still really grabby and pinchy, especially with babies that can't walk yet. Maybe they're easy prey hahaha.
I tried giving him a haircut. It wasn't tooooo bad but not great. He sat still pretty good for a while (I sat him in the bath tub and gave him a popsicle) until he got hot and itchy form the hair being on him. Then he got upset. It took longer than I thought it would because I didn't have real clippers. The ones I had were beard trimmers so there wasn't a real guard on it and I ended up going shorter and shorter trying to even it out and there were a couple of, I wouldn't call them bald spots but the hair was definitely shorter, kinda like when I gave Ed a mohawk. hahaha.
Amber stayed with us for most of the week since she's finished with kindergarten and her summer school/day care doesn't start until next week. She's a good little girl but having two little ones to watch is a handful. Thursday afternoon the kids and I headed to my parent's house. Jonas and I stated until this morning and Amber is staying until tomorrow when my parents will bring her back home to Canyon Lake. Thursday night I went with my Dad, Matthew, Kira, and their friend Bob to the Mission's baseball game. It's the first game I've gone to this season. We should bring jonas one time, especially if it's a day game (and not blistering hot).
We're trying cloth diapers. One baby goes through about 7500 diapers from birth through potty training. That's a lot of diapers in the landfill. And it's not like they break down quickly. The main thing for us is the financial savings. We spend about $650 a year on disposable diapers. We can spend about $175 on a cloth diapers and will be set until he's potty trained. I still use some disposables, mainly at night and when I know he's going to poop (he's sticks pretty close to a schedule), and because I don't have enough cloth ones yet. A good supply for his age is about 24 plus 3-4 covers. I have about 5 that I've used and 10 more that I just got and need to wash to prep/soften them. They are pretty easy to use. Gone are the days of safety pins and worrying about sticking the baby (or yourself). Everything is velcro these days. Plus there are flushable liners for poop.
I think I mentioned we're part of a couple of SAHM playgroups. Jonas is really enjoying them. He's still having problems with acting inappropriately when he's excited or overstimulated. He hasn't bit again but he is still really grabby and pinchy, especially with babies that can't walk yet. Maybe they're easy prey hahaha.
I tried giving him a haircut. It wasn't tooooo bad but not great. He sat still pretty good for a while (I sat him in the bath tub and gave him a popsicle) until he got hot and itchy form the hair being on him. Then he got upset. It took longer than I thought it would because I didn't have real clippers. The ones I had were beard trimmers so there wasn't a real guard on it and I ended up going shorter and shorter trying to even it out and there were a couple of, I wouldn't call them bald spots but the hair was definitely shorter, kinda like when I gave Ed a mohawk. hahaha.
Amber stayed with us for most of the week since she's finished with kindergarten and her summer school/day care doesn't start until next week. She's a good little girl but having two little ones to watch is a handful. Thursday afternoon the kids and I headed to my parent's house. Jonas and I stated until this morning and Amber is staying until tomorrow when my parents will bring her back home to Canyon Lake. Thursday night I went with my Dad, Matthew, Kira, and their friend Bob to the Mission's baseball game. It's the first game I've gone to this season. We should bring jonas one time, especially if it's a day game (and not blistering hot).