Peanut's First Birthday

This year has swept by me in a flurry.  I have enjoyed every minute of it with our family now complete.  For Peanut's birthday this year, I decided to throw a feminine Halloween themed birthday.  It was so much fun, and I figured it wouldn't be long until she decides to not celebrate Halloween for her birthday and we'll be on to Princess themed birthdays.  I wanted to soak it up as long as I can....since Halloween is my favorite holiday of the entire year.

Kayleigh's Duds Fleece Cover Review

The RacDad and I are starting to convert.  Yep, our beloved pockets are slowly being replaced by a new style of diapers....fitteds.  I never thought I'd be a huge fan of fitteds, but after using a few on Peanut, I am hooked!  So, I had to learn what worked best for us to use with our favorite new style; covers or fleece.  Well, we like both.  I like covers for when we are out and about and carrying Peanut a lot, or when she's playing in her exersaucer.  But I really love fleece for bedtime and when she's playing on the floor.

It can be SO easy.

So, to round out our month long even of celebrating the more traditional styles of cloth diapering, I am very surprised at how easy it all is.  We've been modern cloth diaper users for 11 months now and we have primarily been pocket users.  Now, while I prefer pockets and they will always be my go to style; I am very happy to have an alternative that is not intimidating anymore.

I am in love with my Zookies cover.  I love all of the choices and variations that it lends itself to; between using prefolds in different folding fashions or just putting in a pocket insert.  What ever I have on hand, I can use.  I really love that I can use it a couple of times through the day before needing to wash it.  I also love how easy it is to wash too.  I find that the covers and prefolds don't hold in build up stink like my pockets do and they are much easier when it comes to a wash routine....not to mention the cost effectiveness compared to high end pocket diapers.  (Which I would classify my Zookies cover as a high end cover!)  I love how Little Man likes his cover too.

My favorite use for our cover is for daytime play.  I also love having it around for those times (once a month it seems) that I have to strip or soak our pocket diapers.  It is just so much easier to do them all at once than to try to split them into two loads.  Now I have the convenience of our cover to use during those times.

I think that when the next little one comes around, I am going to try using a newborn sized cover and prefolds for those first few weeks when our one size pocket diapers are still just a little too big.  I think that this would be the most economical solution for that time, plus I know that I can do it now!  I'm looking forward to picking a few out.

Thank you for following during Under Cover month.  I have many fun things in store for the next coming months!