A paper butt... what will the neighbors think?

My poor little Willow has had horrible diaper rash for days.She has been pooping A LOT, and even though we caught it quickly, she is still getting so red and the skin is broken. Add to that , her diapers have been starting to get amonia build up and stinking. So I planned to strip most her diapers and keep her in the few prefolds we have that almost never get used. So I knew those didn't need it. I don't think I even used them since the last time I stripped the diapers. I have about 9 or 10 of them. This morning I sent Jimmy to get me some dawn, and I took all the diapers to the washer. It is going to take about 2 loads because of all the g diaper inserts.

Willow has been pooping so much, that with changing her as soon as she wets, she has gone through all her prefolds too.

I had to put my baby in a paper butt. When we were getting her dressed, even though she had a little sun dress, Jimmy put a pair of shorts on her. He said it was to cover her diaper. Yes, because what would the neighbors say to her paper butt.

Right now all the cloth is drying and I can not wait to get that horrible chemical mess off my baby girl

Cleaning and purging

You know, with Willow being my last baby, you would think I would be able to get rid of things easy. I did when I thought Joey was my last baby. We had gotten rid of everything. I mean he had just turned 5 when we found out I was going to have my lovely suprise Serenity. We started over from scratch. I had given it all away, never ever thought twice about it. Then again with Serenity. I had passed it all along. I was done having babies, I thought. With exception of the occational baby pang, I was content and we were done. Have I mentioned I love suprises. Then came my suprise Willow. Now this time around I know I am done. I had a tubal after Willow's birth. Soyou think I would have no issues with giving everything away. Do you this babyis 8 months old now, and I just finally got rid of 2 bassients. And selling off her diapers. It is torture. I leave them in boxes and bags piled everywhere. I use the excuse that I hate going through the trouble of taking pictures and posting them... blah blah blah. This from someone who takes pictures daily, and always posting somewhere. ok, so maybe I hate going to the post office. Sure that's my issue. Except it is right next to the bank where I go about 2 times a week anyway. I mean, hell, they share a parking lot, for pete's sake. And I am not normally a pack rat. I am the first to find it a new home or recycle/trash it depending on the case needed. Why all of a sudden am I this baby hoarding junkie? I don't know. I truly don't. SO today I made strides in getting rid of things. I put a ton of things up on ffs over at diaper swappers. Then put some things up for sale. Even some diapers. I am proud of myself. Maybe it was seeing that big empty space in my basement where the basinets were. Maybe it is the thought of having the paypal in my account to try to icandy urban fluff diapering system or buying some new yarn on hyena cart. Or maybe... heck I don't know. Maybe I just came to terms with, I don't need it anymore. Who knows. Why am I blogging about all this. I mean, why do you care? Well some of you are fluffy loving mamas too so might understand my pain. And also, I cant get anymore work done. Willow has decided to strike naptime today. Strike on playtime. Heck, even strike on snack time, and put my cleaning to a complete halt. Maybe she doesn't like me selling off her too small stuff either, LOL

I'm bringing fluffy back!

Willow wasn't able to wear her cloth for about a month. Our washing maching broke back in December. It wasn't worth fixing and we couldn't get a new one. For a while we were still suing the cloth and just washing them at the laundry mat. But the laundry mat is over 20 minutes away and we were going every week to keep up. Well, I just couldn't keep up so it was getting to 2 weeks. Life was just too busy. But I didn't have 2 weeks worth of diapers. Not to mention dragging both girls to the laundry mat for 2 hours. But I didn't have 2 weeks worth of diapers. I mean that is a whole lot of diapers. Plus we were having stink issues with them sitting for 2 weeks. Well, finallythe laundry mat in town opened. It is 5 minutes away. I can run up, drop off a load, and come home even. So that was 2 weeks ago. But yesterday I got great news. We are getting an old washer. But at least it works! And I can hang a clothes line out back to dry the dipes. I am so very excited. So now... I'm bringing fluffy back, I'm bringing fluffy back.

SO of course, I have to show Willow in her fluffy butt, a happy heiny.

Awesome giveaway

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