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[therealocelot]

I hate it when I feel the need to be productive and can't do anything about it. So you get me being frantic here, instead

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[geminigirl]

What are your diaper/cover preferences other than "cloth"?

[therealocelot]

In the absolute ideal world, the diapers that mactavish linked the other day. But those are expensive even before shipping from England :)

I think I am going to register for half kissaluvs size 1 and half motherease one size diapers, or something like that.

If we end up buying them ourselves, prefolds. Cheap and they work just fine.

For covers - heck if I know. With Leif we basically just did cloth around the house, without a cover, so I don't have much experience there. Motherease claims their covers work best with their diapers, but of course they'd say that. It sounds like we're being loaned some bummis, and those should do just fine. I'd also like to get some fuzzibunz or other pocket diaper once baby gets past the fast growing stage, mainly for use while out.

[geminigirl]

I've heard the same thing about the motherease covers, as well, from people who actually used them, not just from the Motherease website. I gave some Bumkins AIOs as a gift to my sister in law-she had asked for AIOs for when her in laws were changing the baby-apparently with her first, she had lots of diaper issues when her in laws took care of him.

If you tell me which size and color you want, I'll send a couple of fuzzibunz or other AIO/pocket diaper as my baby gift.

[therealocelot]

That would be greatly appreciated, but I'll get back to you about the color after we find out what the baby is :)

[barelyproper]

I'll run out to the storage unit and see if I still have the half of a huge bag of super absorbancy pads... I cant use them, and the person who bought them died a few years ago, so we have just been storing them.

I'll let you know what I find out there.

[therealocelot]

My reaction to this ties in quite nicely with your horoscope - my initial thought was along the lines of "Ew, a dead person's pads. They might be haunted!" (No disrespect meant - I realized when typing that out that this person might have been important to you.) But that's just kind of ridiculous, and I'll happily take you up on the offer. Thank you.

[barelyproper]

I found my self giggling and then outrught laughing when I read this.

I hesitated offering because I had just that same reaction.

[therealocelot]

In that case, I'll make the less respectful comment.

If they are haunted, I can sell them on ebay!

[fleckerbug]

Donate it to a hospital.. they use them in NICUs. No risk of babies suffocating with all the monitors.

[therealocelot]

Looks like I found a home for it, but that's a great idea. I'll remember that for if I see it come up in the future - I've seen several "What do I do with this crib bumper that came with my bedding?" questions.

[telemicus]

Dude. I so wish we lived closer! We have 3 now-unused infant car seats (they were super cheap at yard sales so we kept buying them.) I have 2 bassinet type things, one converts into a mini-packnplay. Some 0-9 month clothes too small for Basil. A bunch of leftover adult diaper things (easier to use than pads, not too bulky, here's some more TMI: when you are on blood thinners there is no pad on this earth that's gonna absorb enough pp, unfortunately. I bled profusely for 7+ weeks). We have lots of big blankets in storage that we don't need but I can't bear to throw away. I have at least 2 90% full lansinoh tubes somewhere too. All these things are going to be stored or just be donated once I get around to it

[therealocelot]

I'll mail you the bumper and crib sheet sometime this week (Yay! I was feeling guilty about taking it, but it was part of a freecycle thing from someone who wanted one person to take everything). Are you in need of bigger clothing? If so, what sizes? Once we get stuff out of storage, I can send you the larger stuff we've saved if you're interested, since I'll be going through it all anyways

[koyote]

there's also the possibility of family heading up from sand diego. most especially for the immediately after the birth phase. So a car might leave from eastern LA or SD swometime soon anyhow.

[therealocelot]

Yes, I forgot about that. I was going to suggest that I know we probably know someone (or know someone who knows someone) who is going to be traveling by car between Davis and LA at some point in the nearish future, but didn't even think about my own family :)

[rubbrduckage]

The local diaper service sells packs of retired diapers (DSQ prefolds, obviously), dyed lavender, 6 for $3.75. Not recommended for diapering - I don't know if that is an actual quality issue, or because they have a conflict of interest.
We're customers if you'd like me to get a pack of these next week to check out. (I know they charge delivery fees if you're not a customer...)

Also need the check the price on prefolds at the local baby store.
I remember thinking they were pricey before A was born, but that was before he was born and I didn't know any better :) I want to say they're in the $25ish range for a dozen, but I don't know for sure.

Sling lent to friend
I still have this and don't use it much. Let me know when/where I can return it to you. Thanks for letting me hold onto it for so long!

5 snap bibs + possibly some in storage (Snap bibs are the best. Velcro bad)
Where did you find these?!? I *HATE* the velcro ones, but can't find anything else. :(

What we need

[therealocelot]

Ack, can't copy and paste right now.

Go ahead and get a pack if you're curious too. Otherwise, I have a local friend who uses the service who I can ask. What do you think of them? I guess my friend is happy with the service, since they've been using it for 2.5 years now :) We're considering it temporarily for the first little while so we don't have the added laundry stress.

Don't feel bad about the sling - I certainly haven't needed it :)

I found 5 snap bibs at a garage sale last weekend and told the mom she was my new hero. We stumbled upon various others when Leif was drool bib age and probably kept them since they're so much better.

I would love to borrow the covers. That would make life easier if no one ends up buying them for us. The rest would be great, too.

Don't worry about looking at garage sales - I'll be doing that myself. Pretty much the only reason we don't have one yet is because I decided to go with a secondhand infant seat just last night.

Thanks for everything :)