Dear readers,
Just a post to say that I may occasionally get some inspiration to write on my tumblr. But although the magic of being a mother is still very prominent in my life, I just don’t have the strength to write anymore. I don’t really have the motivation to blog about my life as a mother and about my daughter.
There is a lot of pain in my life right now and I am just floating on until I have options. I’ve lost a lot of followers and that’s very sad for me but oh well. If you still want to connect with me, my e-mail is checkerboardkitty@yahoo.com or you can e-mail your facebook link. I wish I could still contribute to the mommy-blog community but I have realized it will be a long while before I can.
A little update - I’m in school full time, doing pretty badly because of lack of babysitters. Hopefully things will turn around, but I am planning on taking less classes each semester and just taking longer to get my degree. I got a job as a 7-3 full time CNA and I am enjoying it very much. The house is coming together and my newest project is the lawn and gardens.
Christina is doing very well, she turned 1 year old on June 6th and her birthday party was absolutely perfect. We made all the food by hand and so many wonderful people came to celebrate. Christina started walking a few weeks before her birthday and is now getting her 6th tooth in.
I am continuing to grow and finding new ways to be a happier person. I am hula hooping again, as often as I can, and it has been absolutely wonderful, even better than it was before.
I want to thank everyone who’s posted encouraging comments or “liked” my posts, and especially to all that read my blog, whether you are a tumblr follower or not. You have been an important part of my journey of motherhood and I will always remember this. This isn’t a good bye quite yet, but something like it.
i love how i posted this to promote my new bow shop, and it ended up getting 1000+ notes. girls, if you really do like them, check out my Etsy shop please! <3
I personally own some of her bows for Christina! =) They are really this adorable! And made very well, much better quality than you can get in a store! Check out her etsy!
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It’s called MILFitude
I neglect my tumblr then randomly post a picture of myself in my new bathing suit, Swimdresses FTW!
Reblog if you live here!
I want to follow all of you!
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In one week Christina and I are going to visit my aunt Hailey and her baby Josie! I am so excited, Josie is exactly one week younger than Christina! So before I leave I have a million things to do…
Flying with baby tips please and pre-thank you!?
i’m a new mom as of april 13th (: i read your about me and decided to follow. i was a cna until i went on maternity leave!
Aw Congrats! That is very cool you were a CNA, I’m pretty excited to start working as one (hopefully I’ll get a call back any day now!)
Am I the only one who has been checking Dear Baby every day to see if Arlo is here yet?
prettydiapers answered your question: Cloth Diapering, and our awful HE washer that ended it.
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Definitely going to try some ideas I read there! It’s not a front loader, but I think I can still do some of the same tricks… Thank you for this link!
ourlovelystory answered your question: Cloth Diapering, and our awful HE washer that ended it.
We use cloth diapers with a HE machine! I run a rinse cycle first and then a hot cycle with an extra rinse. That usually does the trick!
That is a really good idea! I still haven’t seen anyway to run a rinse only on our washer.. but I think I will test run a few, usually I rinse them in the bath first but maybe also rinsing them in the washer will help.
thefamilyunit answered your question: Cloth Diapering, and our awful HE washer that ended it.
Ok this might be more trouble/expense than it’s worth, but could you take the cloth diapers to a laundrymat once a week and wash them there?
I would definitely do that except that the cost would end up being as much as disposables, and if I dried them there it would cost more than disposables.. Plus hauling dirty diapers a two times a week there. I wish we had a cloth diaper service here!
Cloth Diapering, and our awful HE washer that ended it.
So I knew I would eventually have to make a post about cloth diapering, since at some point I’m sure some people have wondered why Christina is wearing disposables in all her pictures.
Well let me start off, I LOVED cloth diapers! I didn’t stop because it was too much work, or because it was gross.
When we moved into our new house, it didn’t come with a washer and dryer, so we had to buy new ones. I specifically told Joe and his dad NOT to buy a HE washer, or buy a HE washer with the option to also choose your load size. I explained to him a million times, I can’t wash the diapers in a HE washer because the way they work is by using a teeny bit of water and the diapers will never get clean and just get ruined!
They come back from the store with a HE washer. And the cheapest, crappiest washer I’ve ever had to deal with. I have to scrub stains in the tub before I wash anything, even just normal day to day stains. I have come to the conclusion that while I understand that we are saving money and the environment by using a HE washer, they SUCK at doing their job of getting clothes clean!
Plus it doesn’t matter about the fact we use less water, if I have to wash something in a HE washer three times before it is clean, I’m using the same amount of water as a regular washing machine! UGH! I know that the industrial HE washers at laundry mats usually are awesome, and the $1000 ones are pretty good too.
Ok /end rant about my hatred for the washer that I should have picked out because I’m the one that is always using it..
So the only reason we’re not cloth diapering anymore is because of our crap washer. I am tired of the terrible smell that disposables have, I’m tired of the diaper sausages (disposable diaper trash bags when they’re full), I’m tired of having to go to the store all the time for new diapers, and spending SO much money on diapers. Joe may have saved $100 by buying the HE washer, but he is losing hundreds more on diapers. It pisses me off to no end.
Plus the cloth diapers were a gift from my dad, he spent about $600 on all of it for us. I also got another bag of hundreds of dollars worth of toddler cloth diapers from my moms friend. It’s just so rude and inconsiderate of Joe and his dad that they didn’t listen to me at all.
I know this is old news but I am still so angry about it. I especially wanted to have Christina in cloth diapers when she was potty training, from my research I have found that they potty train a lot faster and easier when using cloth. I’m so angry about it. Every time I take out a diaper sausage to the curb, I just want to scream.. All this polluting our earth.. Because of Joe and his dads inability to think that a woman knows what the crap she’s talking about.
MEN!! I know a lot more about washing machines than you do!! Don’t disregard my advice on buying one! UGGHH!!
Plus every time I try to talk to another mom like me, the second I say we use disposables, it’s like I don’t exist. I am just so let down by it all… I also feel like I’ve let down other moms, I mean no one is going to listen to me when I try to give advice on cloth diapering. No one gives me credit for being green, and I don’t even give myself credit. I’m destroying the earth when I could be making it a better place and I just feel like crap.
But to try to be a little positive… I did get in quite a few months of cloth diapering. And future children of mine, I will make good use of the zillions of cloth diapers I own. I will also make a happy post with my own tips and tricks to help other moms!
Cloth diapering moms - Do you use a HE washing machine? If so, how are you able too? Is there any advice or tricks to using a HE washer for cloth diapers?
