Big Booty Girl!

As you can tell from this picture Uxue has an enormous bum! She looks a bit like Urkel from Family Matters! We are using reusable cloth diapers so it makes her but look so big! She actually has to wear pants for the next age group!

I really am amazed how easy cloth diapers are these days! You place a special piece of paper in the diaper so you can pull it out with the poo and flush it down the toilet! And the diapers come with velcro tabs or buttons, making it just as easy to put on as disposables! No more folding or pins! Then the plastic cover comes in different colors and designs or you can buy them already integrated into the diaper! So easy! The hardest part is choosing what works best for you.

Gorka and I started with the reusable diapers when Uxue was a week old and her umbilical cord had fallen off. My favorite baby store rents diapers for 40€ for 1 month as a trial. You get 20 diapers and are able to mix and match different kinds to see which ones you like the best. It was really great! We were surprised to find the ones we liked the best, we had no intention of trying. The sales lady really pushed us to take at least 2 of that kind, just in case. Good thing she did!

We ended up choosing 2 types. Ones with buttons that grow with her from birth to potty training. And another that just folds without any closing system. This one also grows with Uxue, but will need extra cloth liners as she grows to catch all her pee and poo!

We are now using disposables at night. Our midwife recommended using them so we don't need to change her until morning. As long as she doesn't poo this works really well. It helps to keep her asleep. We were changing her with each feeding which would wake her up and we would never get back to sleep. Thanks again to Barbara, our fabulous midwife!