Research before Review

I'm not sure what about today that it was but Paisley seemed to be on track with her naps. This may not sound unusual but since Daddy left on an underway a while ago her schedule has pretty much gone out the window. So today was the very first day, so far that she has taken all her naps! For some reason I also thought to begin the researching process on our cloth diapers. So let us begin...

When she first woke up I put a disposable on her but after her feeding I gave her a morning bath and decided to start with Bum Genius 4.0 snaps. She went down for her first nap which was 1.5 long and woke up dry and heavy! Bum Genius was soaked! So we changed out of that into Fuzzibunz. From the beginning I loved the Bum Genius because of the way they fit her better. I could never get the fitting right on the Fuzzibunz and she always seemed to leak.

After she was in her Fuzzibunz she played for a little bit then had a bottle and napped again for about an hour or so. Once again she woke up dry and the Fuzzibunz was heavy and soaked. Now that she's grown a bit from first wearing them I've seem to have gotten the fit right around the thighs and they fit pretty well. The adjustments just take a bit longer when you're resizing it than the Bum Genius or the Butterbears. After she woke up from her nap I changed her into Butterbears.

This is the first time I have ever tried butterbears. Aside for the awesome colors I needed to see if it could do the job. Unfortunately pretty colors don't hold in pee, Quality does. So I put them on her, they have snap adjustments like Bum Genius but I noticed they had an extra set of snaps down the front which I liked. I felt like with more snaps down the front I was able get a better fit. Because there were more snaps it took me a little bit longer to get the right size adjusted for her but when I finally figured it out and she was all out of patience with me trying, it fit perfectly. The back of the Butterbears, where the inserts go, resemble Fuzzibunz without a flap covering the opening like the Bum Genius. I don't really have a preference but noticed it. I also noticed the adjustment around her legs were a lot better than the Bum Genius. On the Bum Genius it gets very tight on the top of her thighs and the way I have to adjust it it's either have the top of her legs tight or her stomach loose and I can't seem to win but with Butterbears it was much more proportionate. I think those extra snaps came into play here! Anyway, she went about her business and played a bit and had another bottle and became tired again so she went down for another nap but it was only a quick one because she had pooed in her Butterbears! I could tell by the smell but it did exactly what it should have done, kept it in! I was very happy that the first experience with Butterbears was a successful one. The same happened with the Bum Genius when I first had her wear one. I feel the best test is to have them nap in them and have them poo too. It gives you all the elements you can hit a diaper with and Butterbears definitely succeeded and i'm thrilled!

I changed her out into yet another Bum Genius and then a disposable for bed. Now all the cloth diapers have been washed and are now hanging to dry to hopefully be ready for tomorrow.

I will be doing a video review on my Butterbears experience tomorrow baring the kiddo has a good day and am very excited to put it online.

Our test run with Butterbears! LOVED them!

Paisley seemed to love them too! SCORE!

Hey CA Moms!

Have you decided what you're going to do in four days? Don't know what's happening?

As of December 22nd Califorina will be adding fluoride to everyone's drinking water. Unfortunately there is no way around this despite all the controversy of it. You should definitely research more about fluoride and whether or not you want your child to have that water and whether you should be drinking it and cooking with it yourself! Especially if you're pregnant!

I'm not one to impose things onto people so instead of telling you why you shouldn't be giving your child this water nor drinking it if your pregnant i'm going to let you do your own research and decide what's best for you and your family. I, myself will not be giving it to Paisley. If there were fluoride test strips I could use I'd be weary about it but as of right now it's an absolute no. As soon as I heard about it on the news I went to walmart and bought fluoride free water (gerber pure water) for 1.48 a gallon.

Although fluoride does have it's benefits to adults you should seriously look into the risks it has for your children! I hope you all make conscious decisions and are ready for the change!

Got Onesie Stains?

I did. For the life of me I could not get the stains out of the pure white onesies. Instead of tossing them and buying new ones I decided to go a different route. I tie dyed them and now I have a beautiful collection of clothes stain free! ; ).

Front Side

 

Back Side

Front Side

Back Side

 These photos unfortunately do no justice to what they actually look like. Dang flash. I'm very excited.

Needle work on my Birthday

I decided I wanted to make baby leg warmers rather than spend the money on them. So I went out to target this morning and bought two pairs of socks that I liked. When I got home I started working on them right away. I had stitched them by hand because my sewing machine is broken but to my surprise it was super quick and easy! SO excited!

What they started as on the left and the finished project on the right.

Santa talks to Paisley

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/guest/-XsPSnUp1pndeA8GtjkLaA

Have I Told You?

That I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Seven Slings? They have brought Peace to my world of whining! Even though Paisley is the perfect Angel she does have her moments when she's extremely tired and is restless and won't lay down to sleep and won't lay down in my arms. So I've been putting my seven sling on and whammo! Instant eye shut. I put her in it when I walk to get the mail so she can walk with me and so when she's having an off day and won't go down for a nap but is tired or she's having a hold me day I put her in this. Although I've found a position that's not on their website, I found one that works for us and she is absolutely comfortable in it. She's in the grabbing her feet and eating them stage so I sink her in the sling and let her feet dangle and she loves to swing them which I think is adorable. If you don't have one already I highly highly suggest you get one. Not only is it comfortable for you but the baby loves being snuggled close to you as well. LOVE IT!

Having a "hold me" day and Loving it!

Hangin out

Sling = Instant sleepy comfort

I think she'd sleep in there for hours if I let her.

Photos and Events

Before Chris left I was able to steal him away from his homework to go get our first family photo together and then a couple weeks after he left I was able to bring Paisley for her photos. They all turned out amazing.

Our Ham!

Our Little Reindeer

Our First Family Photo

We have been very blessed with Chris being gone we were on a waiting list for a free real christmas tree and while he was gone I got an email saying they had some left over first come first serve the next morning. So Paisley and I got there and got the most perfect christmas tree!

Before

 

 

After! :)

Loving the feel of the new REAL Christmas tree. She was afraid of the fake one.

So I was able to take our fake one back to Target. As soon as I got home and set up the christmas tree and took all the decorations of the fake one and put them on the new one I got a phone call saying we won 50 dollars towards the christmas tree farm. Since I was able to get a free tree from trees for troops I told them that they could give it to another family.

THANK YOU!

We also won a chance to go to an event at our housing office that we went to this morning. We received a 20 dollar gift card, a bag of canned goods and boxed goods, a picture with santa and a free toy for Paisley and some other cool stuff.

Her first picture with Santa. Not so bad for being tired and hungry!

Finally home from our fun day at the event with our free toy and goods!

Loving her new toy thanks to donations to Operation Homefront!

Even though Chris has been gone and I've had a meltdown or two from missing it's been good. Paisley's keeping me on my toes and it seems as though she's finally getting back into her sleeping schedule.

Now all we need is Chris to be home and to see the real tree since I've kept him from him that we won and I returned the fake one. I know he'll be excited!

Slings n Things

You can only clean and re-clean the house so many time before you get extremely bored with it and there's nothing left to clean. That's all I seem to do when the Husband is out to sea. Since it's the season for giving I gave myself time on the computer to purchase an new sling for the baby and a Baltic Amber necklace for her. I received them both in the mail this week and I just have to gloat bout them both.The sling is from seven slings. They always seem to be having an awesome sale and I bought the package that comes with some awesome baby legs and a bracelet matching the style of the sling you purchase. I had tried a friend of mine's on and loved how comfortable Paisley felt in it. I ended up ordering a size bigger and when I ripped open the package and tried it on and put her in it, it just felt very big and didn't feel very stable to me. I would like to say I made the decision to throw it in the dryer after washing it but the truth is I totally forgot and it went into the dryer when you're supposed to hang dry it. Whoops. I was a little nervous when I remembered after the dryer was almost done. It had shrunk it down one size so it fit like my friends had. Even though it was a mistake, it was a good one. After putting her in it, it felt perfect. It just so happened she was having a "don't put me down day" and she absolutely enjoyed be carried around she's got quite the personality to her and everyone in a while she'd swing her feet, which was beyond cute. Comfortable fit, Stable with baby, Darn good price. All around awesome product.

After getting it in the mail

Her enjoying it and swinging her feet post dryer. She looks so comfy.

After the excitment of getting the sling in the mail and putting it to use I was ready for the Amber Necklace I purchased from Inspiredbyfinn.com to come. I've read into the amber necklace and know and have seen children wearing them. Ever since my husband went to sea Paisley's schedule went right with him. It was perfect, she was napping three times a day, I knew exactly when to feed her, she was super happy and went down around the same time each night with our nightly routine of bath and bed and even slept through the night. Well as soon as he walked out the door so did our perfect little schedule. He's been gone quite a bit since she's been born but the time he's home you can tell she loves her daddy. I feel like this time was definitely different in that she knew he'd be gone for a while and wanted to raise hell. She's been anti nap, not sleeping through the night, moody, her feedings are all over the place and who knows how much she'll drink. A total 180 of what she used to be. So I chalked it up to a growth spurt but that only lasts for so long and when it didn't change I figured maybe she'd be teething which is always a possibility and that's a reason why I just had to get the necklace. I'm looking forward to seeing how the succinic acid of the amber effects her mood, wellness and if she is teething, taking whatever pain she has away or lessening it. Of all the research I've done about it I'm intrigued so I have placed an amber necklace for myself on my Christmas list. So whenever the husband gets home he's got some shopping to do!

Her new Baltic Amber necklace. She loves it even though she doesn't realize it's there! hehe

So with all the cleaning that's been happening and her mood being all over the place we needed some much needed down time, well she did while I continued to pick up, which is the way it usually goes. So she rested and watched sesame street and I couldn't help but snag a picture because it was too cute.

Resting by the Christmas tree watching sesame street