april and may small changes- so behind!

well, i may not have been keeping up on the blogging end, but we've been busy on the homestead. april we started our seeds. alan repurposed some wood to make a salad table and i spent easter afternoon planting seeds (marigolds, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce).

i've done another round of planting (herbs, sunflowers, chamomile, cucumbers, zucchini, beans) to keep the lettuce coming and add some more since we're (hopefully) post frost.

follow up to march's small change

here's alex modeling his 'baby shorts' as the neighbor girls call them :)

we did it. we transitioned, still not 100%, to cloth diapers and cloth wipes with spray. my husband is still resistant to the change, but alex is doing well with the switch! and he lOVES to be sprayed ;)

the first time we tried the cloth diapers, we tried a fuzzi bunz all in one pocket diaper. he giggled with how soft the lining was against his bottom. we've had some adjustment issues. alex has sensitive skin and has times where the diapers don't pull enough moisture away from his skin like the disposables. not only that, but alex FOughT hard during diapers changes (which were now more frequent to keep his bottom dry...) for these reasons, for a few days, i was worried the cloth diapers might be a fail. but i kept at it, and alex and his skin has adjusted.

the majority of our cloth diapers are pocket diapers, with some prefolds i rarely use, and some covers and inserts in these. and oh boy, do i love the flushable poo liners! i love how they contain the mess and alex loves to wave bye bye as we flush them down the toilet. so all in all, we've enjoyed the change. and i don't mind a little extra laundry... it's fun laundry.