So, I'm a stay-at-home Mom; and with the recent departure of my mother to Massachusetts/Quebec, it means I'm a FULL time stay-at-home Mom. That's not to mention my job, which thankfully is also from home.

Diapering is a big issue. At first, and especially in the last months of my pregnancy, I was practically obsessed with figuring out exactly what to do. I didn't want to pollute the environment, and I surely didn't want to sacrifice "ease". I mean... God, taking care of those things when they first come out is hard enough!

I had settled on gDiapers, a hybrid combination of paper and cloth... then I decided to go with a diaper service. Well, the diaper service didn't work out. Liam leaked through everything those first few weeks. And I had a very bad opinion of the people that ran the place.

Then, I'm not sure when it happened exactly, but somehow the shiny of paper disposables got to me. Before I knew it, I was doing exactly what I had promised not to do--I was using paper diapers, and not even thinking about the ramifications. Sure, I've had my own issues the last few months, and things have been tough. I suppose there's other things that have been on my mind. And that's okay. I'm not mad at myself, I'm just surprised it didn't irk me for so long. I mean, I'm a research nut. I researched the crap out of this stuff ($4000/3years vs. about $1000.. I mean, come on... that's easy).

So Michael and I got some more gDiapers. And I really like them. But my issue is that they leak quickly if you don't get to them quick enough, which for Liam is a strict 2 hour window. That was running us about 10 diaper changes a day... as environmentally friendly as the gDiapers may be, it certainly was becoming a cost issue.

So I did some sleuthing around online, back to cloth diapering options. And honestly, there's tons of options. Options upon options. But it's all online--and that makes it almost impossible. I like to touch things, to feel if they're going to work right for me, and for Liam. That cute little tushie--well, it deserves nice things.

It turns out that literally across the street is a fabulous cloth diapering/natural childcare boutique at the Womens Health and Wellness Center... So I dawdled for a long time, feeling up all the diapers, while Liam crawled around exploring. And I found some great stuff! Sure, I can't afford the gorgeous bamboo ones... but I found some good ones.

And I have to say. Watching him giggle and roll around in those adorable unbleached MotherEase diapers today... it did my heart good. I felt warm and happy--like it was something good for him, good for me, and good for the environment. I know that sounds silly, and I'm probably a little batty about it honestly... but hey, when you spend a good part of your day dealing with doo-doo it's good to feel good about it sometime!