Baby Wearing And Cloth Diapering

Now that I'm a professional babywearer (insert laugh) I get a lot of questions about leaks in the cloth while baby wearing.  So far I have not had any leaks.  I tandem wear my twins and do notice on occasion a slight dampness in the front.  My solution is I usually change them right before I wear if its been awhile or throw on a wool cover.  I don't really feel any compression leaks which some say they sometimes get from using wraps.  I use soft structured carriers so maybe that's the difference.  Either way, it's a great way to bond with baby and helps give mommy free arms.

If you do feel you are getting compression leaks while wearing make sure first you are wearing baby property.  They should have knees higher than their bum, almost in an "M" position.  This is the best position for their growing hips/joints.  If you have newborn they would have feet tucked into the carrier or wrap in a froggy position.  I tried wearing the twins when they were newborns and failed miserably.  I gave up.  I finally tried again and this time I got the hang of it.  Once you have the right position make sure that they are not too loose or too tight to you.  I notice if I have my straps pulled too tight on me I can get that dampness.  The best trick is to put them in wool pants/shorts/covers or a PUL cover.  This will block and leakage and should protect you and your wrap/carrier from feeling damp.  Happy Babywearing :)

A New World Record

On April 20th, 2013 over 200 locations worldwide participated in the Great Cloth Diaper Change.  This was an event aimed at bringing awareness to cloth and at the same time set a world record for the most cloth diaper changed babies in a 24 hour period.  We accomplished that goal with a total of 8,301 total changes.  There were a actually over 10,000 changes, but due to Guinness strict guidelines some locations did not qualify.   I'm so proud to have helped and been apart of this great cause.  Many of the moms that came to my local event were brand new to cloth, but wanted to learn.  It was exciting to see all these newbies and experienced cloth diaper mamas in one room sharing the love and support for cloth.  And the babies looked cute too :)
Next year I hope we can break the 9,000 mark.

The Glorious Sun

Now that summer has found us here in California, I can finally retire my dryer for a bit.  Winter made me forget how great it feels to place each clean diaper out on the line and look at all my pretties in a row.  Ok, now I've gone off the deep end :)
Using the sun is so good for your diapers.  It gets rid of stains, saves energy, dries super quick, kills any bacteria or yeast, in other words it does it all!  It's also good to dry any diapers with PUL out on the line than in the dryer.  They will last longer.  I always hang dry my BG's and Kawaii's anyways.  All natural diapers like fitteds are ok for the dryer, but it takes forever to dry.  Hanging outside everything is dried in no time.
The one thing I notice is with fitteds they get crunchy when I line dry.  I started adding some Ecover fabric softener and it seems to have done the trick.  You have to be careful that you use CD safe fabric cleaners.  Another good one is Mrs. Meyers.
So get out there.  Hang those beautiful diapers and give your hardworking dryer a rest :)
Happy Summer!