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Traveling/Flying With Baby– Cloth Diapers

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I have to admit I was a little nervous about flying and traveling with my cloth diapers. I wrote a post a few weeks ago about the little travel we have done so far with them but this was a big one.

We left the house at 4am on Thursday morning and didn’t arrive home until late Sunday night (like past midnight so I guess it was really Monday). So that is 4 very full days that I had to be packed and ready for and a few extras just in case something happened. So here is my list of what I packed for my diapers:

29 day time diapers (that is 29 Applecheeks 2ply inserts)
4 night time + 4 boosters (4 Applecheeks 3ply inserts and 4 2ply boosters)
A ton of Applecheeks flushable liners
over 30 Applecheeks wipes
16 Size 2 Applecheeks covers
2 large wet bags (both Applecheeks)
2 travel wet bags (1 Applecheeks and 1 Bummis)
1 Sample pack of Rockin’ Green just in case

The plan was to use 4 covers a day, which would mean re-using a couple covers a day. I brought 29 day time diapers which is almost double what we actually use in a 4 day time frame, but I was not taking any chances.

IMG_7518I pre-stuffed all 16 covers for easy access, 2 in the diaper bag, and the other 14 in my duffle bag. Below the diapers are all the extra inserts and night time inserts. In the side pockets are wipes, flushable liners and a few inserts so I could access them quickly in the airport.

I chose to carry on all my luggage because I was afraid of it being lost and me being diaper-less (which would not be good. I don’t even know what size disposable Capri wears.)

IMG_8012The four days went great. Capri actually pooped like 6 times and I somehow managed to get 5 of those in the toilet before she pooped in her diaper (Elimination Communication win). We only ended up using 13 covers, 15 day time diapers and all 4 night time (the fourth one went on her as soon as we arrived home). No one really noticed that there was a bag of dirty diapers in the house all weekend and sadly my dirty bag was not searched at the airport as I hoped.

Flying with cloth was no big deal since you have to put your diaper in a bag no matter if it is cloth or disposable so there was no difference there. And I was not worried about her having a blowout because I trust my Applecheeks to contain everything.

So the next time you fly don’t be scared off, it is not hard to do at all.

Some quick Tips:

1. If you plan to do laundry look into the location (ie. water type, washer style – front or top loader, if you will be doing it at a laundry mat ect.)

2. Bring at least 1 day if not 2 days extra worth of diapers in case of delays.

3. If there is poop on your insert rinse it in the sink so you have less poopy smells coming from your wet bag.

4. If you are doing carry on with all your diapers make sure they weigh less when dirty than the amount they are allowed (I was allowed up to 22lbs of luggage in one bag).

5. If you don’t normally pre-stuff your diapers do it for your trip, it makes changes a lot faster.

Check back soon as I will be blogging about babywearing and flying.

Lazy ECing

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The term Elimination communication scared me when I first read about it. There are some people that are full time ECers, in other words their babies never wear diapers. Then there are some who are part time but with a stronger liking to no diaper time. The list goes on as to what kind of family you are in regards to ECing and if you more prefer diapers or the potty.

So when I first read about ECing it was on a blog that was very much all or nothing so I was turned off pretty fast. But someone I follow on Twitter @Joyfulabode started doing ECing with her daughter and I was intrigued because she still let A wear diapers and was not super crazy about it.

I started putting Capri over the toilet right before bath time so she wouldn’t pee in the tub. Sometimes she would pee but usually she didn’t, but it sure was funny watching her sit there swinging her legs.  Then one day I actually got her to the toilet in time for her to poop and I was so happy that it was one less poopy diaper to deal with. We were able to get a Baby Bjorn potty from a friend and it is great. Capri can sit on it by herself with supervision of course (I turned to grab a diaper today and she fell off of it, she was okay though). Her little bum is still a bit to small for it so she is not as comfy as she could be. I would like the get the potty from Ikea because it is a bit smaller and only $2.99 in Canada ($4.99 in the States…strange I know). But they do not ship and we do not live anywhere near one.

So we are pretty lazy with the whole thing. I randomly put her on the potty if I notice her diaper has been dry for a while, or the pee is cold and I know she has not gone in a while or before bed time and bath time. We have caught a few poops and pees which is nice, but it is not a huge deal. We are teaching her the sign language for toilet anytime she is sitting on either the toilet or potty and we make ppsss noises when she pees so she can associate the noise and pee time. But it is a fun little thing that we are not stressing about and enjoying a few less dirty diapers.