Calla had her 6-month well baby checkup yesterday. She did great! He did a few little things to see if she was able to them, like hold out a tongue depresser and see if she would grab it, put it in her mouth, and put it in the other hand. She passed with flying colors! Here are her current stats: weight: 14 lbs. 12 ounces (25th percentile); height 26.2 inches (60th percentile); and head circ. 17 inches (50-60th percentile). She also got her round of shots, she was upset before the nurse even started! I think she knows that table by now and cries instantly when placed on it. She is always very happy for the doctor though, so that is good! The doctor said that we can now start mashing up what we eat and let her try it! We are pretty excited about that seeing as she is always sticking her hand in our food and trying to eat it! Her next appointment is at 9 months, but the doctor is already booked until the middle of September, so it will have to be when she is 10 and a half months! She doesn't have to get shots at that one, thankfully, just a checkup! I can't believe she is already 6 months old! Time is flying by. I miss how little she was, but I love the stage of life she is in now. She is always giggling, smiling, babbling, and playing and I love it! It's so fun to watch her develop into a little girl with a fun personalitly :)
I have also started using cloth diapers. I know, you make think I am crazy haha. I started researching them to see how much money we would actually save. It is quite a bit! You have to spend some money up front to get your stash going, but over a couple of years, you save a lot of money. I use the Charlie Banana cloth diapers. They are the pocket diaper, so you have inserts that go in them. They have washable inserts, which I use on a daily basis, but they also have disposable ones for when you are out and about. The disposable work well for babysitting, I don't think Tim's parents mind :) haha. They work really well and are not that hard to wash them and all that good stuff! They are much softer on Calla's little bummy and she seems to be okay with them as well! (I think she could really care less what kind of diaper she is wearing at this age!) I would reccommend cloth diapering to anyone who wants to save money or be good for the environment! The one thing I have noticed, is that you can't let them sit for even a couple of days between washes, because they start to hold the smell of pee, so you have to wash 1 load everyday, not that hard. I love them and thought I should share! :)
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Go you for cloth diapering! I have a friend here who uses and loves them. I might get into it. I have 3 and my husband's reasoning is if I use those 3 enough to 'save' money vs disposables, I can buy more cloth diapers. So we use them every few days and in about a month I'll be able to buy another which will make 'saving up' faster for the next one and so on :-)
ReplyDeleteI've only had 1 leak in the cloth so far, but seeing as it was full of poop and then she peed, I think she would have leaked through ANY diaper. The bigger the kid, the faster they fill them!
I'm glad you're doing well and Calla is too!