Change

It's crazy to me how much I change with age and circumstances. When I was pregnant with Hailey 7 years ago (GASP! 7 YEARS AGO????) I would have never considered cloth diapers (ICK) and I wasn't willing to put in the effort to nurse her full time. I wish I could go back and ask myself WHY NOT? Truth be told because it wasn't a necessity. I was blessed with the ability to buy diapers and formula without it hurting my budget. As a college student I hadn't acquired anything of value yet.
However a few kids later, a mortgage, a couple car payments, etc. I started exclusively breastfeeding Scarlett as more of a necessity and grew into an amazing experience. An experience that I wish I hadn't squandered with Hailey and Ike. Granted also Hailey and Ike were both tongue tied and that causes issues and Ike just wouldn't, but I wish I'd put in the research to find out why we were having issues and fixing them. Scarlett luckily is not tongue tied and loved nursing from the beginning. We now have a bond that I can't explain and I hate that our precious time will end sooner than I'd like. It's truly a priceless experience and I can't believe I squandered it before, but I'm making sure to not miss a moment this time around. Best part it's free and super healthy for baby!
As far as my crazy new obsession, cloth diapers. You heard me right, CLOTH DIAPERS! I can't believe how under informed I was about these genius inventions. These aren't your grandma's cloth diapers, they are new easy and the cutest things ever. Really the only difference is you wash them instead of taking them to the trash...that's it. Simple huh? For those scared of getting poop on you, I can speak from experience disposables have been to blame for an uncountable number of poop on me incidents... I don't believe that there will be any more with cloth than there have been with disposables, YIPPEE! I ordered a bunch from Diaper Junction's 30 day test drive option. They offer a variety of different diapers to choose from, and the best part is you get to choose which ones you try, it's not prepackaged with ones you know you don't want. You pay for the ones you choose to try, based on the options provided, and then try them for 30 days. If you hate them you're only out the shipping and handling, NICE! And really I feel I'm not out anything since I'm using these diapers and would have had to use disposables anyways. For those of you who know me though, you know I lack patience, big time! Once I decided cloth was for us I couldn't wait to get my hand on one and was dying that I was going to have to wait a whole week for them to arrive. Luckily I found a place in Ogden Green The World that carries a small selection of diapers, so naturally I rushed over and bought one. It was fantastic! It is adorable, super absorbent, and did I mention adorable?

Really I'm just amazed at how much I've changed over the last 7 years. Man I just can't get over that it's been that long. I love all my kids so ridiculously much it's just crazy! I am so blessed to have such an amazing family!!!