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I’m about to call it quits on cloth diapering completely, but feel like I should give it one more try.
How is it possible to do this successfully if you’re not doing 100% cloth diapers?

We were doing disposables when we went out and overnight. For cloth, I used Esembly snap outers and Cloth-eez natural organic prefolds. I tried the flats but didn’t care for the extra steps and felt like I couldn’t get a proper fit.

I had to wait 3 days for there to be enough diapers and cloth wipes to be enough for even the smallest load my washing machine (top loader) offers. I’ve tried Mollys Suds (useless) and switched to Esembly’s washing powder (figure it must be good if they run a laundry service in NYC) with added oxyboost and enzymes from Truly Free Home. In between the switch I did a refresh with RLR because my diapers were smelling gross as soon as any pee hit them. I always wash on high heat for an hour and will add in extra clean towels to bulk it up. (Edit: I always *dry* on high heat and will only add full sized towels to that for bulking, not the wash cycles)

My son does not get diaper rash from disposables, but his skin was always irritated from cloth diaps even if I changed them every 90 minutes. Even with the new washing regimen, the diapers began to smell again.

I want to stick with disposables while we’re out and overnight because it’s easier for us. Is there a way to make cloth work the other times??

If you’re doing part-time successfully:
- how often are you washing the cloth diapers?
- what detergent are you using (if using Tide Gentle & Clean/Clear whatever it is, I believe it’s been discontinued so what do you plan to switch to?)
- do you have to add other stuff to the load to make it work? If so, what do you feel comfortable adding to the poopy mess?
- what brand of inners/outers are you using?
- do liners help that much? Disposable or reusable?
- is it cost affective for you or is it a sustainability priority?

Thank you in advance!!

Edit:
My washing routine is pre wash on warm normal cycle and main wash on hot heavy duty cycle. I use Esembly agitators. Sometimes I’ll do an extra rinse before I dry on high heat.

My baby has 6 teeth in and is currently getting more and I’m confused about feeding him. Take a cucumber for example… I cut it like a pickle spear and in the beginning he was doing what I expected and just kind of gnawing at the insides (I removed big seeds). Now he’s full on chomping and getting skin bits and bigger chunks of cuke that he definitely doesn’t understand how to chew to swallow. He spits most of it out, but I get nervous. Is this just normal BLW jitters and I should trust that he’ll be ok? He’s done the same with strips of chicken and steak and that makes me extra anxious because it’s not something like avocado or butter that will soften easily into practically nothing.

I’ve been wanting to do an expansion process for years now and finally found an airway dentist. Just had my consult with him and he quoted me $15k for the custom 3-way Schwarz appliance for both upper and lower palates, jaw alignment, & ortho treatment. It’s way more than I was expecting so now I’m confused on how to proceed. I can contact another dentist who works with homeoblock and the total cost of that should be around $8k but the consult itself is $1500 so it’s not something I can have done just for fun. Debating if I just try something like Oscar Patels program? But I’m so nervous of making my structure worse by doing the exercises wrong.

I have an extremely narrow palate- dentist said ideally I need to gain about 11mm. He also said I have one of the highest palates he’s ever seen. I’m about 2mm off center and about 4mm pushed back. He said I have good vertical, but I’m not exactly sure what that means though.

Any advice would be super helpful! Thank you!

I’m 35F if that matters.

I’ve seen a couple posts about being thrilled to be done with the apps, but I’m being very tempted with “gentle” sleep training posts (though I know I’ll never go through with such a process) that I’m wondering if an app could help me gain some more understanding of my little one and his sleep needs. Right now I feel like we’re all over the place. I’ve heard of Huckleberry and Napper. Are there others? Does anyone have some success stories with tracking on apps?

Hi!

Does anyone know how to figure out what’s possible in a backyard that has a septic system and drain field? The yard is flat with the exception of a small hill that is our drain field. There has got to be at least 100ft in between the tank and the hill so I’m wondering what’s possible to do in the space. For instance, can we put a jungle gym or would that cause too much compaction? The whole right side of our yard is taken up by this system, so I’d hate for all of it to pretty much be unusable. I got in touch with the septic company who did our inspection, but the report is very limited and doesn’t tell me much. Do we call a landscape company? I’m not sure who handles this kind of work.

Thank you!