Oh, Hello There Again, CD!

Yep! We're back to using CDs! It's really not too late, after all. :-)

I have been contemplating on using cloth diapers (CD) on Trev since I don't know when. I bought him a set at SM when he was a few months old but never really succeeded in using it for a lot of reasons. To mention a few:

• When hubby leaves for work, that means it's just me and baby at home. So, time was hard to manage then especially with a little baby in tow and you have no helper at home. It would be REALLY hard for me to even entertain the idea of additional laundry.
• We were still living at our rented apartment that time and there was no place with sunlight where I could hang washed CDs.
• Baby poops frequently and at random times so changing from one soiled cloth diaper to a clean one many times daily would, again, add loads to the laundry. Which would be difficult for me already. In short, disposable diaper was more convenient then.
• Thought I would consume too much electricity, water and detergent when washing CDs. 
• I wasn't well informed about it. 

Even with the reasons I mentioned above, I still kept his CD and inserts. Probably, I know in my heart that one day, we'll still be able to use it. And I was right. So now:

• Although, the little guy is still clingy, time is sometimes (yes, sometimes), easier to manage as I could wash clothes or cook food or do any chores while he busies himself with his toys and books or while he watches toddlers videos that we downloaded for him.
• Now that we're living in our own home sweet home, we finally have an area where we could hang our clothes under the sunlight.
•  When we're just here at home, Trev poops at a certain time daily so I know when the right timing is, hihi! (I specified "when we're home", because until now, Trev hasn't had any poop accident when we're out, thank God! ☺)
• I have learned that you actually don't have to consume too much electricity, water and detergent. Just right. Diskarte lang. Also, the total amount consumed here is still much smaller compared to the total amount of disposable diapers you consume.
• Been reading a lot about CDs and joined groups in FB that could help me with this journey. 

I must admit that Trev isn't potty - trained yet. Although, he has been showing signs already, we're still waiting for that time to come when he is fully potty - trained. It's pretty obvious that we've been spending so much on disposable diapers although we've shifted to the unbranded kind for his home use. We only use the more durable (and kind of more expensive, too) disposable diaper when we're out. Given that fact, I thought it best to try and use again his cloth diaper. 

Got even more inspired when Maan of Mom Meets World (Davao Mommy) started using CDs too on her almost two year old cutie son Y. I thought, yes, it's not late for us yet to go and try again. ☺

Lo and behold, I have never thought CDing could be so addicting and fun! Not to mention, the effort that I thought I would exert wasn't so hard after all. It's pretty much manageable now. 

Wearing his only CD. I bought this Curity brand at SM when he was only a few months old.

We started using CDs daily since the start of February. However, we're mixed diapering (oops, is there even such a term? :-P) as I still have to add more CDs to my sole stash. Trev is still using disposable diaper during bedtime. During the day, I give him his presko time where I would don him with only a cotton brief. Sure, there's always pee accidents sometimes while wearing it, but we're slowly learning to manage that, too. Somehow, that's one way for us to potty train Trev. 

Fresh after bathing. :-P

Then, I would change him with cloth diaper na right after his bath. So far, so good. Everything's going on smoothly. We're now consuming just one or two disposable diapers per day as opposed to 5 or 6 before. Wow, that's something, don't you think so, too? Laking tipid na yun! Plus Trev seems to feel more fresh now that almost everything he's using is cloth, unlike dati na mainit because of the unbranded disposable diaper na minsan eh plastic yung material outside. 

It's really practical to use CDs. Not to mention, you're helping save Mother Earth, right? Now, I know why a lot of moms are so into CDs. ☺

Sound asleep.

Oh, I'm excited to add a few more cloth diapers para naman di agad maluma yung sole stash namin dahil sa kakalaba ko sa kanya every single day (or every single evening I should say, hihi!). Currently kasi, we're using one pocket CD and two inserts (1 MF and 1 Pure Bamboo - the latter I won from Mommy Practicality's giveaway last year). Ipon ipon lang ng konting fund so I could buy na. :-)

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