Her cloth diapers and my next project.

Okay, so I LOVE my cloth diapers.  I ordered them off of this website www.theluvyourbaby.com because they were cute and WAY less expensive than EVERY OTHER BRAND I looked at.  Literally, every cloth diaper I saw was around $20 a diaper.  And that was JUST THE COVER.  The inserts for each diaper (inserts are to soak up anything needing to be soaked up) cost their own pretty penny.  But this site is linked to a small company based in Canada and each diaper comes with two inserts and costs $7 each.  And when you spend more than $70 you get free shipping.  Well, just to get started we bought 12 diapers (really the bare minimum if you want to do laundry everyday) which was a little over $80.  That's about how much 1 month of disposable diapers cost.  I LOVE CLOTH DIAPERS!!!  They're also super easy to clean - it's not a hassle at all.  And the best part is that we're saving loads of money every week we use those little things.  However, I've just been using regular old wipes you buy from the store.  They really don't cost much, especially because I don't wipe her every single time she has a pee filled diaper.  But I'm kind of getting tired of going to the store to buy them (lazy or a wonderful opportunity?).  Plus, I don't like wasting money on something that will be garbage.  SO my next project will be to make my own cloth wipes!  I found this awesome blog post that tells you just how to make them here http://www.myhappycrazylife.com/make-your-own-cloth-wipes/.  And the solution you use is super easy - just get a mixture of water and some of your favorite baby shampoo.  Badda-bing badda-boom.

I'm really excited to try this out.  I love the idea of saving money where I can.  Particularly when it's so dang easy to AND I can let my hippy side shine and save the rain forest (or whatever).  But really.  I feel good not filling up our beautiful gift of a planet with "disposable" (non-biodegradable) diapers.  I'd rather be a little more self-sufficient and love Heavenly Father's creation without filling it with crap (literally).