Diapering and Dining

So, diapering and dining. That's pretty much all Drake's life consists of. The only two other ingredients are sleeping and playing, but that's another blog for another day. Drake is almost 7 months now (next WEDNESDAY!!!), which I just cannot believe.

He is on solids, and thoroughly enjoying them. There is an older post about why we started at 6 months, which you could search and find if you really want to know. And to add to that, I read in Parenting Magazine yesterday, that starting before 6 months also increases the chance your child will have problems with childhood obesity. Anyhow, so he's on solids and loves it. He starts veggies soon. That's gonna be lots of fun- I've heard it makes the poop smelly and all kinds of funky colors. I make his food with the Beaba food steamer/puree. It is a fabulous kitchen gadget~~~I highly recommend it. I don't make his cereals, because the store bought ones include iron. I buy them organic from Earthfare, rather than making my own and having to give him a vitamin. I think that's about it for dining. In another couple years, I'll probably finally get around to posting photos of him eating carrots for the first time.

Now, diapering. Our little family enjoys cloth diapering. No, it's not gross. I personally find disposables disgusting. Our cloth dipes don't stink anywhere close to a sposie. And if you could feel how soft they are, you just may be convinced too. Did you know that the main ingredient in sposies that is there for absorbency was made illegal in the 1980's? However, it's only illegal in tampons, not diapers. So it's okay for my child, but not for me? Yehhh.....right....

Anyhow, back on track here. Drake has some really cool diapers. Especially since I took all my prefolds to NY and Canada when we went to see Eric's family. Lindsay, Eric's sister, cloth diapers as well. She had the genius idea from this message board that we frequent, to tie-dye our prefolds. To give a brief synopsis on the types of CD, a prefold is an "old-school" diaper that wraps around the baby and requires a cover. We used Dylon, b/c it supposedly doesn't bleed as bad. It was SO much fun, and now our kiddos have cute prefolds as well as pocket diapers. Our SIL Dianna did her burp cloths, and they turned out really cute too. We're trying to convert Dianna to a CD user for her next kid:-) So, I've included some pics for your viewing pleasure below.

We asked for a clothesline, and voila.....a clothesline appeared. Thanks to Eric's dad Denny! We had to have a place for everything to dry. These are a bunch of the prefolds.

The red dye turned out to be hot pink. Lacey has lots of cool pink diapers, and Drake is getting in touch with his feminine side.
Lacey's onesie- too cute!
Some from the first day. That's a fitted diaper in the middle. And one of Gavin's burpcloths.
One of the keys to tie-dying is to wear old clothes and an apron. And gloves! That stuff gets everywhere. My dear husband requested a photo of me in an apron.
My stash from Peekaboo Bottoms. I LOVE that store. I will be going back there every summer. It's about 20 minutes from the cottage in Ontario Canada. They have a website you can order from too! If you become their friend on facebook, you can register for free diapers. I got some Blueberry velour/minky pocket diapers which are absolutely heavenly. Plus some containers for Drake's food that I make. Oooh- and a Thirsties Duo cover. These just came out, and I'm a big fan. I also got the big man an amber teething necklace, which works great. And,...........WOOL SHORTIES!!!!! I am very excited to be venturing into wool covers. Despite common misconceptions, wool is very soft, cool, and breathable.
The final product of my cooking, in the freezer. Something about seeing homemade, organic baby food beside breastmilk makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. And quite proud!!!!!!
The carrots, all done and ready for the freezer.
So, I got the wrong type of peas, so that was a no-go. But here are my carrots, squash, and zucchini~~~all ready to be steamed and pureed. Eric did the washing, peeling, and dicing. Only the carrots get peeled, because of their nitrates. The others keep their peel for the nutritious value. You wouldn't believe all the info out on the net about making your own babyfood. I'm apparently not the only mommy who has "gone granola".
Drake's first taste of rice cereal. He loves it. He's already moved on to oatmeal cereal. The veggies start Sunday!