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A Personal Note From Mommie
**Mommie's Personal Note...**
As a mother, myself, I understand how hard and confusing important decisions regarding your child can be. Naturally every mother wants what is best for their baby, however, it may become an exhausting task trying to learn and decide what that "BEST" really is. Educating yourself on topics like what to feed your baby and what diapering method to use are probably at the top of your importance list. Every baby needs to eat and, unless you are REALLY BRAVE, every baby needs a diaper!
Nowadays there are just so many choices. To breastfeed, to formula feed, to cloth diaper, to use disposables, to wear your child, to co-sleep- the list goes on and on. I know you are thinking, or have thought, "Where do I start?", and to answer that I always say, "At the beginning."
"Where is the beginning?", you ask? Before birth, actually. You may think that since your child has not yet arrived that you have plenty of time to make certain decisions. No doubt most mothers were just like myself, thinking I had all the time in the world to figure these things out; that I would worry about such and such thing when "the baby gets here".
Well, fast forward to the end of week 35 of my pregnancy- I have only a crib bumper made so far out of my custom bedding set, I have a bunch of cute little outfits for a NEWBORN, tons of little hats and blankies, and my daughter's name picked out- NOTHING ELSE.
On what I thought was a routine OB visit, I find out that I have severe pre-eclampsia and that I am having my daughter TODAY! WHAT!?
I had put off everything. I hadn't had a birthing class. I didn't know how to breastfeed or even if I was going to. I didn't even have a car seat to bring my new lil peanut home. So naturally, on top of all that I also had not even THOUGHT about DIAPERS!
My daughter was born 4 weeks and a day early, weighing less than 4 and 1/2 pounds. When they asked about my feeding choice, I was so confused and didn't know anything about formula, so I burst out with "I'd like to breastfeed, but don't know how." Thankfully, there was a nurse at the hospital that came in and taught me. I was very happy about that decision.
As for diapering, they didn't ask and I didn't know better, so they somehow managed to fold up the smallest disposable diaper they could find to fit my little girl and slapped it on her butt.
Well, what a mistake that was! I admit to being a little later to the cloth diaper train than I would have liked, but my poor little baby spent a good while getting rash after terrible rash while being diapered in disposables. I was finally at wits end. The creams did NOTHING; I changed as often as I could but that did NOTHING.
She became such a heavy night wetter that the tiny absorption beads in her diapers would actually bust out and get all over her by the morning. A week of seeing that and I finally said "that's enough" and turned to the internet for help. A quickly came across cloth diapers, and naturally skeptical at first, I only stuck my toe into the pool of this "new" idea.
When I thought of cloth diapers I saw origami folding pads and industrial safety pins...but, oh, was I wrong! I read ALOT, shopped ALOT, joined a cloth diaper forum and crossed disposable diapers off of our shopping list for good! They come with Velcro or Snaps, in pretty colors and prints, are adjustable, reusable, AND they put NATURAL materials against my baby's skin! What more could I ask for!
For those that look at prices first, and have sticker shock, maybe this will help... COST ANALYSIS CLOTH VS. DISPOSABLE DIAPERS
I have also included some great information from the Real Diaper Association, a not-for-profit organization to promote cloth diaper awareness, on the main "Why Cloth Diaper?" Page. The information is great, even if some of it may get a bit technical. I invite everyone not familiar with cloth diapers to check this info out!
More information from them can be found on their website at RealDiapers.ORG. I encourage everyone to take the time to look at their site and to truly educate themselves about cloth diapers and their importance in your child's life.
If you have any questions or just need some one-on-one assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. This is something I truly believe in and wish to sincerely advocate, so I am always happy to answer questions or help another mother along. If you are just starting out, I can help. If you are well on your way but wish to explore more options, I can help with that, too!
Please take the time to consider cloth diapers for your child or children- it is important for them, you, and our environment.
With kind regards from my home to yours,
Michelle Tate
"Mommie"
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