Children are so precious and only should be taken care of in that way! Your blog has given me some great ideas, so thank you and please keep it going!

in response to a blog post about the time we accidentally let Nora climb up on the back of the couch and dive into the pack-n-play. Yes, precisely the manner in which our precious children should find themselves cared for — we’re so proud.

Thing 2: We may have jumped the gun on the love interest thing. Nora gave her friend Samantha a big hug today when I was getting her ready to come home from baby school. So Nora’s still playing the field, keeping her options open, and testing the waters.

It says:

shhhhh!
(baby sleeping)

You wake our baby and we’re voting for the other guy.

p.s. we mean it.
p.p.s. shoo!
p.p.p.s. thanks for volunteering!

What is the costume? I’m certainly not going to say. :)

I’m not a hippie cloth diaper zealot. I’m also not receiving any free diapers or kickbacks for this post. If our trip to California taught us anything, though, it is how much we really love Nora’s Bum Genius diapers. They’re very easy to change, easy to clean, they’re growing with her, they’re attractive, and she seems to like them. Most importantly, though, they never, ever leak even a little bit at all ever. They don’t leak.

We used (two different brands of) disposable diapers while traveling assuming they’d be “easier”. First of all, they smell *horrible*. These things smell like they need to be changed even when you first put them on. Purchasing them is a bit of a risk as there’s no assurance that they’ll fit your baby (or that you’ll use them all up while they still fit). But the feature that makes them unusable, for us, is the leaking. We had four disastrous blow-outs while traveling (twice as our plane was landing when there was nothing we could do about it). Our friend Ryan Leigh showed us how to get the disposable diapers on N a little better (and this definitely helped and the diapers definitely fit), but we still experienced leaks.

Parenting gives one enough to worry about without having to wonder if the baby’s diaper is going to fail and make a terrible mess of the carpet, your clothes, the car seat, or her crib. Her B.G. diapers completely remove this concern. Even if these diapers weren’t more environmentally friendly. Even if they weren’t cheaper to use over the diapering years. Even if they didn’t mean never having to run out in the middle of the night for diapers. Even if they didn’t help prevent the bean from suffering diaper rashes. Even if they weren’t so easy to clean and use. Even if cloth didn’t apparently shorten the time to potty training. Even if all other things were equal (which they definitely are not) we’d still use the Bum Genius diapers just for the peace of mind.

The only real problem we’ve had with these diapers is that they’re bulkier than disposables so some cute baby clothes don’t fit properly or stop fitting earlier than they should.