Cloth diapering - day 3

So, it's not that bad really.  The only problem I'm having is the fact that I don't have nearly enough diapers.  The g-diaper covers are way too big and either fall off or leak, so I'm depending on my five Kushie's, which are great, but I go through five diapers by noon.

I thought I had a problem with stains on the diapers because the second time I washed the soiled diapers, I decided to wash them on the delicate setting (worried that all the laundering will wear them out faster), they all came out looking pretty much the way they went in.  Yuck.  But I washed them again, this time on the normal setting and they're bright white and perfect again. So, no problems there.

John doesn't want me to buy more diapers until I prove to him that I'll stick with cloth diapering, which makes sense, except that I'm more likely to keep it up if I have enough diapers to at least last me a whole day without having to deal with the ill fitting diaper covers I have now.  So I talked him into letting me order three Bumgenius AIO's. They should arrive next week.  If I like them, I'll probably buy a bunch more.  I'm also considering getting some diaper covers in a smaller size because really, using prefolds at home isn't that big a deal, if I have AIO's for when I go out, I'll be in business. 

What I've learned so far is that cloth diapering? Not that big a deal.  If you have AIO's that is.  AIO's are as easy to use as disposables.  I have a trash can with a locking lid that I'm tossing the soiled diapers into, so the smell isn't bad (at least now while he's still breastfed), and I do laundry every day anyway, so what's an extra load or two? (when I get more diapers, I'll be doing less loads)  I do have to make sure I change him often or else he gets diaper rash, and the Kushies actually work so well (so far anyway) that they don't leak and I have to make sure to check them to see if they're wet (with disposables, they swell up so you can feel from the outside that they're wet, this isn't as obvious in the already bulky cloth diapers.) Also, for this reason I've decided to put Max in a disposable with Desitin at night, because the first night I let him sleep in a cloth diaper, and though it didn't leak, he woke up with Monkey Butt, this morning, after sleeping in the disposable w/ Desitin, he was Monkey Butt Free.

All is also well on the Alex front, who acts like he's pretty much potty trained suddenly.  We went through three pairs of underwear Sunday, two pairs yesterday and are on our second pair today, which is actually really, REALLY good for him.