I can’t believe I forgot this as it cost us an extra $3 at the store to replace what was eaten, but more importantly, involved food.

Yesterday after CC, I was exhausted and sat down in the recliner to relax, Sarah on my chest asleep.  I guess I dozed off because later (?  have no idea how long I was out) I woke up and realized that though the house looked normal, and no one was bleeding, fussing or fighting, something seemed amiss.  I think it’s because no fighting woke me up and that is highly unusual.

I vaguely remember Henry asking for a snack and telling him “Just a second.”  I guess it was a second too long because he and Rhys helped themselves to the contents of the pantry, specifically the hoagie rolls I was planning on using for dinner.  Let me set this up for you:  these were fancy rolls, they were soft and delicious (I know because I had one for lunch) and I LOVED them.  I could have sat down and eaten half the bag.  WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT MY KIDS DID.

At last count there were five rolls remaining in the bag.  After they got hold of them, there was one.  These are not small rolls.  They are 6″ apiece, quite large especially for 5- and 3-year-old tummies.  I couldn’t believe it.  What was I going to serve for dinner?!  And who was going to get the last roll?!

I asked them if they ate two apiece.  Henry said “Rhys did.”  I told him the math didn’t work and he copped to eating two as well.  Actually, he ate one and a half, because I found a half-eaten roll discarded on the sitting room rug and I asked him if it was his.  He admitted it was his so I made him finish eating it.  Those things were $3 a bag!!!  And so tasty!

Moving on, I noticed that the bottom tray of the fruit basket was empty and there was a shredded Food Lion vegetable bag strewn about the island where the basket sits.  There had been three brand new pears in the basket, but no more.  I asked (loudly) about those and Henry said he ate one.  Fine.  That is an acceptable snack.  So where were the others?  Oh exactly where you’d expect:  under the kitchen table with a pair of kid scissors stabbed into the flesh where Rhys had cut and pierced them repeatedly, finishing them off with a flourish.  At least Henry ate his – I know, I fished it out of the trash to see if he’d taken one bite and thrown it away.  Rhys just mutilated his like some kind of fruit psychopath.

So four hoagie buns later (they were so good!) and three pears:  one eaten, two massacred, my kids didn’t seem to want the delicious organic meatballs I made for dinner.  They were good, better than the rolls I think.  I ended up using them in a stir-fry and it was very tasty.  But I missed my rolls.

The boys maybe took one bite each, with a little rice, then asked for dessert.  Dave told them no, he said “You ate my rolls!”  HA!

On to diapers, everyone’s favorite subject.  Well, it’s mine and it’s my blog so stop reading if folks peeing in their pants isn’t your thing.  Wait, what does it say about me if this is my thing?  I knew Rhys took after me with his weird fetishes.

I am determined to cloth diaper overnight.  Just because.  Not because I hate disposables so much (they do come in handy) but because overnight diapering with cloth is like the Mt. Everest of CDing (cloth diapering for the n00bs) and like Sir Edmund Hillary, I am determined to succeed.  And I don’t even need a sherpa.

I have tried a few different variations:

Kissaluvs hybrid one size fitted with a microfiber insert under a Disana wool cover that is neither felted well, nor sufficiently lanolized = fail.  I don’t know if I worked on the cover and made it uh…better (?) if it would prevent leaking.  I’m going to do a lot more reading on wool because these covers WILL WORK.  They are cute!  There must be cuteness overnight when no one can see it!  I am ridiculous!

Kissaluvs hybrid one size fitteds with a Thirsties hemp insert under a Disana wool cover = moderate success.  The hemp insert was the saving grace, when the wool cover should stop leaks so I can’t really call this a victory since only half the diapering scheme worked.

Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted with a Thirsties hemp insert under a Disana wool cover = success.  It was the fitted and the insert that did the trick.  The wool cover still should be contributing to keeping the leaks contained but the Thirsties products worked like magic. So I’ll be doing this again, despite some bulk.  I don’t think she cares.

Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted with a Thirsties hemp insert under a Thirsties small PUL cover = massive success.  And this is where I get sick because I could have bought two of these covers for the price of one wool cover AND they work better.  *sigh*  And compared to this diapering scheme, the Kissaluvs hybrids suck mightily and I could have bought a couple more Thirsties Fab Fitteds with what I spent on the Kissaluvs.  I guess I can use them during the day under wool.  A plus for the Kissaluvs is that I can get a great fit with no gaping at the thighs (which has been an issue with her teensy chicken legs) and they’re one-size and I tried one on Rhys and it even fit him.  So they’ll be useful for quite a while – he’s 30lbs.

Here are some pictures of the Thirsties Fab Fitteds which are currently on sale at Abby’s Lane.

Thirsties hemp insert (large) and a Thirsties Duo Fab Fitted (size 1, meadow).

Inside the diaper: you can see there's a sewn-in soaker so you can use it as an AIO or add a booster.

Hemp insert added. I stuffed it under the soaker and folded it over in the back where her pee collects.

Side shot to demonstrate bulk: it's bigger than a Fuzzi Bunz, but smaller than a Kissaluvs Hybrid Fitted

Bonus shot of Sarah in the K'tan in the kangaroo hold. I now like this better than my Moby, less bulk and droop and a more snug fit.

That’s it!  Baby is crying!