I'm waiting for the tiredness to ease up. I'm also waiting for some of the my taste for certain foods to come back. I'm hungry all the time too. Yet, my boobs have yet to expand by planetary proportions either so i guess a lot of things aren't really happening! Yesterday I swore i felt the cylon move but everything i read says it's too early for that, give it another 3 weeks or more, first timers especially feel the baby move later because of not knowing what it is that they're waiting for! i've gained some weight but all my clothes still fit so i'm thinking the weight gain is the extra blood volume, placenta, baby etc etc. I did order some maternity clothes though, so i'll be prepared for when I pop so to speak!
and on the diaper front, I want to go with bum genius 3.0 because they're one size fits all, velcro no pins and 2 different inserts to choose from. A lady at work says they're awesome and she's on her second kid with the ones she bought originally so they stand the test of time! I also read that you don't have to buy dreft for the diapers or baby clothes, that any fragrance free/sensitive detergent works but that dreft just smells good! so I don't know.. there seem to be a lot of ways to make things work out cheaper.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The Diaper Dilemma
So we have been having a debate on diapers. We would not mind going with a more “green” diaper, if not for the enviromental factor, but for the fact that sometimes green costs less in the long run or is more manageable. Then there's cloth diapers, these seem to be green and more cost effective, but also more labor intensive and not very friendly to people around you when you're out and carrying a fully loaded one. The last option is disposable, these seem to be cheap and when used you just toss them in the trash to sit in a landfill somewhere far away for the rest of yours and your baby's natural life.
First I looked into the green diapers. These are a cloth reuseable outer shell with a flushable insert. They seem to be easy to use and friendly to going out. The down side is that they seem to be on the expensive side. Whether its from the usual “green” mark up or because they don't seem to have caught on in general we may never know. The only one of these options we seem to find for this type is www.gdiapers.com they sell the outer shell for about $18 and the inserts in cases of a 40 count for $15, which breaks down to 35 cents a changing.
The cloth diaper alternative comes with a few options. There are pre-folded ones and interchangeable outer shells. Prefolded cloths run about 6 for $11 which comes out to $1.83 per diaper, but you can get multiple uses out of each. Interchangeable ones from bumgenius run for about $40 for two with extra inserts. So we're looking at about $20 a diaper but have multiple changings. Included we have to look at the special sensitive detergeant to clean them in which is about $20 for 50 ounces and cleans about 130 loads, or 15 cents a load. Another portion of this is the option for a diaper service. These are not found everywher and only one seems to be here in Columbus, OH. Bundle of Joy is the company here, www.bundleofjoydiapers.com the price is $76 per month for a weekly delivery of 80 diapers. Which comes out to 24 cents a changing. The best part is that you don't have to deal with cleaning them yourself either! Again the downfall seems to be that you'd have to carry around a vertible toxic waste dump if you were out and had to make a changing, which might only help if you got stuck in a long line.
The final option is the widely used diaposable diapers. The ease of just being able to toss out the toxins and not having the potential disaster of having them soaking in a pail until they get clean is the main draw. At a rate of 84 for $17, or 20 cents a changing they also look to be very economical. Then there is the landfill issue too. I think the recent debate says that they last for about 200 years before decomposing. Since they haven't been around that long I'm not sure how true that is. I also have no clue about that kind of stuff and not a huge drive to be influenced by it either.
In the end it looks as if we are going to go with a cloth diaper system while we are at home and since that will be saving money in the long run we'll be able to go with the gdiapers while we are out on the town partying it up.
First I looked into the green diapers. These are a cloth reuseable outer shell with a flushable insert. They seem to be easy to use and friendly to going out. The down side is that they seem to be on the expensive side. Whether its from the usual “green” mark up or because they don't seem to have caught on in general we may never know. The only one of these options we seem to find for this type is www.gdiapers.com they sell the outer shell for about $18 and the inserts in cases of a 40 count for $15, which breaks down to 35 cents a changing.
The cloth diaper alternative comes with a few options. There are pre-folded ones and interchangeable outer shells. Prefolded cloths run about 6 for $11 which comes out to $1.83 per diaper, but you can get multiple uses out of each. Interchangeable ones from bumgenius run for about $40 for two with extra inserts. So we're looking at about $20 a diaper but have multiple changings. Included we have to look at the special sensitive detergeant to clean them in which is about $20 for 50 ounces and cleans about 130 loads, or 15 cents a load. Another portion of this is the option for a diaper service. These are not found everywher and only one seems to be here in Columbus, OH. Bundle of Joy is the company here, www.bundleofjoydiapers.com the price is $76 per month for a weekly delivery of 80 diapers. Which comes out to 24 cents a changing. The best part is that you don't have to deal with cleaning them yourself either! Again the downfall seems to be that you'd have to carry around a vertible toxic waste dump if you were out and had to make a changing, which might only help if you got stuck in a long line.
The final option is the widely used diaposable diapers. The ease of just being able to toss out the toxins and not having the potential disaster of having them soaking in a pail until they get clean is the main draw. At a rate of 84 for $17, or 20 cents a changing they also look to be very economical. Then there is the landfill issue too. I think the recent debate says that they last for about 200 years before decomposing. Since they haven't been around that long I'm not sure how true that is. I also have no clue about that kind of stuff and not a huge drive to be influenced by it either.
In the end it looks as if we are going to go with a cloth diaper system while we are at home and since that will be saving money in the long run we'll be able to go with the gdiapers while we are out on the town partying it up.
Monday, August 10, 2009
As the weeks tick by...
So we're just begining week 11. We've been researching about diapers which will be posted when I get the time. In the mean time I have started to stress about my job outlook. Being only part time working and full time student, I have realized that this setup won't really be the best for the next 2 years until I graduate. I've started looking for a full time job and one that is in the healthcare profession, but have found only dead ends really.
On the home front if there are any fathers-to-be out there I received a bit of information about the mood swings but had disregarded them until this past week. The advice was that avoidance was the way to go. I struggled with that for a bit. I now understand that it is actually good advice, or just that you should just accept that everything (I mean EVERYTHING) will be posed by heror in your mind, in a fashion as your fault. It might not be that way, or she might not really think that way, but that seems to be the attitude around just about everything. So really the advice wouldn't be to avoid but to take any comments with a grain of salt and understand that you are doing your best and there is only so much you can do. If you aren't trying that hard then I think you missed something in your relationship and you should try relooking at it.
Monday, August 3, 2009
10 weeks and counting..
So, my excitement on reaching 10 weeks is that my pants from the spring still fit! yay! that was my # 1 fear of reaching the end of a summer of wearing baggy summery pants and then needing to get back into my real work pants but they fit, even without a bella band! Other than that there's nothing to report, tired still, don't feel well overall but nothing too horrible, we have another appointment next week at the doctors. Yay for nothing good or bad to report, right?
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