My son, D, has a few different care providers. I try to keep it to as few different providers as possible, but with my work schedule not everyone is available when they need them.
Here is HIS schedule and providers:
Monday: Daddy
Tuesday and Wednesday: Auntie E (a family friend)
Thursday and Friday: Grandma J (my maternal grandma)
Saturday: Auntie L (my sister in law)
Date nights: Candace (she's new)
Now, if you think that's hard to keep up with in itself, my daughter has a different schedule of providers. Finding ONE person for two kids for the hours I need is actually as hard as finding TWO people for two kids. It's really frustrating. No one wants to watch a three year old and a baby allllll day while we're working. Except daycare, but thats another story.
Anyway, at first I tried to be lenient about cloth with the care providers because I had a ton of extra diapers from when our daughter was a baby; size 1 and size 1-2. But now he has outgrown them, and I am NOT going to buy more just to make people happy. So for Auntie E, I taught her to use my AI2's, fitteds, and pockets, just so she was well versed in CD application. But I know she prefers the ease of use of pockets, so I try to make sure those are clean for her.
Auntie L was shown how to put on all diapers, but I try to keep her to AI2's so I have the pockets available for Auntie E. I'm not really letting Auntie L have a CD preference because thats just more work for me to make sure that type is clean and available for her.
I just started insisting Grandma J use cloth and not disposables, and told her he outgrew our disposables and I'm not buying more. I try to make sure she only has pockets available to use, because I know they are easy. But the poor woman is over 90, and she told me she'll use the CD's, but that she really hates them.
Mmmmkay, I feel great now!! I thought she'd be the most understanding since she ONLY CD'd her kids. AND I know all of my diapers are easier to put on and are less bulky than the kind she used...
So yesterday she informs me that I have a diaper she prefers to use most. She just loves it. Okay, good, we're using the word "love" in reference to CD's now. Grandma J loves her some Bumgenius with Aplix.
¡¡¡Problemo!!!
I only have ONE BG that was sent to me for free when someone took more time than was expected to send me a used diaper I'd purchased from her.
I tell Grandma J, "Uh...ok. Well, let me try to see if I can buy more but it probably won't be for a few weeks when I can afford it."
So she tells me she'd be happy to give me $100 to buy as many BG's as possible. Wow!!! Someone is ENCOURAGING me to buy diapers. Way to go, Grandma J!
I am super excited. So this week I am searching everywhere to find a good deal on BG's. After thinking about it a bit, I've decided I prefer to buy new. I found them on kellyscloset.com for about $87 for six, and an additional one by itself brings me to a total of about $104 with free shipping. The free shipping is what's selling me. I'm cheap when it comes to shipping.
I also know someone who has a couple of new ones she can part with and I am willing to pay my own money for them so I won't have to wash them every day.
I'd like to invest in some nice inserts for them. I have a WAHM-made hemp/obf insert from hyenacart.com/daisies. But I'm not sure I really want to pay $30-40 (they're $5 each) for those when they come with their own inserts. We shall see, we shall see.
So this is a fun week, resarching BG's. Look forward to a review in the near future. Besides Thirsties covers, BG's are/will be the only commercial brand I have.
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