Tuesday, August 29, 2006

i have no time for titles

Well, clearly I don’t make a good mommy blogger. Which is fine, but for how my identity has been completely consumed by this mommy-gig. And not necessarily in a bad way. It is tiring at times, snd intense, to be the sole source of food - and hence, everything - for two people. And yet totally wonderful. And apparently I’m not the only one. But I feel like I am breastfeeding with every cell in my body.

When, oh when, will I stop with the bleeding? It’s not a lot, just enough that I’m forced to wear pads all the time. Even though I don’t bleed all the time, and when I do it’s not much. But pads suck, and I’m tired of having plastic wedged between my legs.

Which makes me pity the babies, who have diapers on almost all of the time. And Miss M is so tiny (though she’s getting bigger every day!) that it seems like there’s just an overwhelming amount of diaper between her legs.* On the other hand, B-Boy has outgrown the newborn diapers and we’ve had to move him to size 1. Doesn’t sound like much, but he went from 6lb 13oz at birth to 9lb 4 or 5 oz (he was last weighed wearing clothes, so we’re guessing) in under 4 weeks. Including losing and then regaining his birthweight. And now he has fabulously pudgy baby thighs. Not to be left behind, Miss M seems to have grown chubbier cheeks and thighs somewhat overnight.

* Of course, the bulk is even worse in the cloth diapers, which we’re trying out now. I expected cloth diaper butts, but these really are bulky. And a pain in the ass so far, what with the different sizes and different folds and adding the flushable liners the diaper service requires -- it’s just a lot of layers to keep together, and hard to prep and keep handy. So we’re looking into pocket diapers or all-in-ones to see if that’ll be easier at all. Here’s hoping.

7 comments:

  1. I don't know if these will fit with your motivation for cloth diapering, but they look pretty interesting:

    www.gdiapers.com

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  2. I think my best friend used the all in ones and she was very happy with them.
    I'm glad to hear you're able to breastfeed. I've been mulling this issue over a bit myself these days.

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  3. Cass, we're trying out cloth too and finally having a decent run at it. Huck is tiny and was swimming for the first two weeks. If I can make suggestions . . .

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  4. The cloth gets easier as they get a little bigger, IMO. Andyou get more coordintated, just like with breastfeeding, swaddling, etc. All-in-ones, if you can afford them, are also much easier. Great job with the breastfeeding! I bled forever too - I wonder if it's worse with twins? Getting the really fancy extra-soft TP helped a little so at least wiping wasn't making things worse, as did using Kotex, which feels a little less plasticky. I now use Glad Rags - I know,some people think they're gross, but I don;t find it to be a big deal and they are MUCH more comfortable.

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  5. Still bleeding too and so very tired of plastic.

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  6. Breastfeeding AND cloth diapers? You are officially my hero.

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  7. I second Michele! So glad things are going well, and that the little guy is chubbing on up!

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