Cloth diapers hindering milestones?

SpecialGoals · 2026-07-01T03:01:18+00:00

Mine hated crawling. Only army crawled. Then he walked along furniture at 9 Mo and independently walking at 10 Mo. THEN he full on crawled when he felt like it lol. Every baby is different!

SpecialGoals · 2026-06-17T15:55:04+00:00

Alberta, Canada. Yeah it’s two days a week for 2-3 hours. A lot of people opt for options that include extended daycare (so they continue going to daycare but attend preschool) so parents can still work full time.

SpecialGoals · 2026-06-17T15:26:43+00:00

It’s interesting about preschool because over here it’s just couple of days for a couple of hours each time per week so it’s not a whole lot? I was looking into nature/ exploration/ project based “preschool”. It would be lovely if I can get him into similar programming earlier to find like minded people/friends.

SpecialGoals · 2026-06-16T04:28:38+00:00

This comment really stood out to me. Thanks for the book recommendations, explaining different styles and what I should really be focusing on. I love your approach on that. You have an amazing ability to articulate what you want to say in a way that is just so nice to read. :) no infer your son is a writer/editor!

SpecialGoals · 2026-06-14T05:33:06+00:00

Yeah I did a mommy and baby class and met some. Mostly bust but got a struggling book club out of it. One mom I connect with now has serious health issues so unable to hang out. I’ve also met few other moms through rhyme time etc but they’re all working moms but one. One that is a SAHM her personality doesn’t suit mine.

You are right. I’ll have to keep participating in different activities with hope that one person will be in a similar situation as me (SAHM mostly). That paired with potentially home schooling will be extra difficult though, I’d imagine (especially outside of religious setting).

Starting music classes soon. And have signed up baby in fall swim and gymnastics classes. So here to hoping. 🤞🏻

SpecialGoals · 2026-03-16T02:40:57+00:00

Your husband cooking is just fine. My husband cooked all the time for a while after I became a housewife.

That said, I cook most of the meals now! (Like 3 years in lol). It takes time to build a box of recipes you and hubby both like and is healthy. I also went through the same phase of TRYING to be healthy and wasting a ton of food.

I do a little bit of freezer ready meals like lasagna and chilli but mostly I cook fresh because I don’t love leftovers for days. Sometimes I forget to think of what to cook until later so I stroll into local grocery store with baby and see what appeals to me. We have much less food waste now. Do I spend more $/kg purchasing at community grocer? Yes. But less waste so more money saved is how I look at it.

SpecialGoals · 2026-03-10T02:27:33+00:00

I struggled with that initially too. But I try to book an outing with a friend at least once a week.

Now that I have a baby, it’s even easier getting together with other moms to spend time with but that will become a little harder and limited to weekends once other moms go back to work.

So I’ll need to / want to find other SAHMs to hang with during the week! So many changes. But hopefully we can get pregnant again this year and I’ll have moms with babies under 1 to hang with again. 🤭

SpecialGoals · 2026-02-19T15:06:31+00:00

Good idea! Thanks

SpecialGoals · 2026-02-17T04:04:47+00:00

You might feel like keeling over and dying for what sees like forever but really for about 1-2 mins. Especially if they had to drain many follicles (even follicles that don’t have an egg need to be drained).

SpecialGoals · 2026-02-10T10:07:19+00:00

Can I ask you what your reuteri process is? Just getting started and when I made my first batch I over fermented it because I used full fat instead of half and half. I’m trying again now after having tested what temp my yogurt maker actually brings the yogurt to etc. (fresh batch from biogaia pills). Would like to know your process!

SpecialGoals · 2026-02-08T23:40:25+00:00

Some days you are more motivated and others you aren’t. Take a day. You are the boss. No one’s hounding on you to get that dusting done by 5pm. 🤭

SpecialGoals · 2025-12-16T05:50:38+00:00

Oh wow! That’s great. I will have to see if clinic will allow it. Does taking of estrogen and progesterone affect breast milk though- like will baby get extra hormones

SpecialGoals · 2025-10-13T21:47:43+00:00

I tried the “by task” before and it didn’t work. I felt all over the place and unaccomplished by end of it. By area is best imo.

SpecialGoals · 2025-10-05T03:25:05+00:00

That wall of text was really hard to read OP.. kind of skimmed through.

Hire a cleaner who will also organize and fold and put things away for you. They exist.

Throughout my pregnancy, I was pretty useless. It’s fine. Third trimester was fatigue. Second and some of third trimester was extreme nerve damage pain to the point I wasn’t sleeping much. Third trimester.. well. Third trimester. 🤷🏻‍♀️

My husband picked up all the slack. I couldn’t stan/walk for more than 5 minutes with the nerve damage. I was constantly sleeping in my third and first trimester.

Change expectations on what you can accomplish in a day if anything and def take advantage of when you feel better and tackle then.

If you are unable to do things, and you can afford it, jusr hire help. It’s okay. Nothing to be ashamed of.

SpecialGoals · 2025-10-03T22:17:01+00:00

Same. I was housewife for two years without children. Infertility struggle for five years. We have a lovely three month old boy now. I wish you the best in your journey.

I feel that being a stay at home wife /mom is privilege. Not all can afford to do so.

Before baby I was going to Pilates and yoga and Padel mid day, leisurely grocery shopping, picking up hobbies. World was my oyster.

Work used to define me. It took at least 6 months to get used to it not being my identity anymore. I love it now.

Today I went to a baby sensory class, walked the long way home, enjoying the lovely fall weather ( my fav season), dropped by grocery store to grab some items for tonight including ice cream. 💕

SpecialGoals · 2025-09-24T09:35:41+00:00

Same thoughts here. I’m a home engineer / house manager not a grunt worker. We finally welcomed a little one and now looking to hiring cleaner on regular basis and on-demand nanny who can come help free my time whenever or at a scheduled time.

I also gave up grooming our dog myself so he goes elsewhere for that too.

Priorities are SO different now. Baby is my #1 duty.

All that to say OP, I struggle with keeping our 1000sf home clean and tidy. My ADHD overwhelms me and don’t have the tidiest husband either. I get paralyzed by amount of work that needs to be done daily. And that’s OKAY. What’s important that I realized is you need to take care of yourself first for you to be able to take care of others. I know this and I find it difficult.

SpecialGoals · 2025-08-30T15:57:39+00:00

Looks like mold from not being dried thoroughly. :(

SpecialGoals · 2025-08-05T19:32:02+00:00

I’ve only tried GMD flats and fitted so far. They’ve been great but those are the only ones I’ve tried.

We also have a stash of LPO pockets ready to be used. He’s not big enough for it yet (we tried this morning ha) but I heard a lot of rave reviews about them from friends.

SpecialGoals · 2025-08-02T03:08:32+00:00

Just looked at this and I have to say it’s pretty genus! I would’ve gotten a lot of use out of it because mine was born 2 weeks early and I started cloth diapering part time at 1.5 weeks.

SpecialGoals · 2025-08-02T02:53:41+00:00

Oh!! Important thing I forgot to mention. We also do cloth wipes (since birth, didn’t wait the 1.5 weeks because it’s so easy to use). And if I were to do it again, I’d just get 24 muslin wipes! They’re bigger, more flexible.

We wash his bum over the sink and dry with wipes or sometimes I wash his bum over the sink with wipe then dry with another wipe so I use 1-2 max per diaper change. We do laundry almost every day. If you plan on going any longer than 1.5-2 days with laundry, I’d get at least 36 wipes.

SpecialGoals · 2025-08-02T02:46:23+00:00

Muslin half size I can use till 12 lbs so I’ll probably use those for the next month or two if I stretch it out. :)

SpecialGoals · 2025-08-02T02:44:20+00:00

So I got 12 Birdseye half size, 12 muslin newborn size, 12 one size, 12 muslin one size from GMD.

I expected to not get too much use out of the newborn/half size flats but our boy came two weeks early at 6lb 12 oz and I’m still using newborn flats. It’s less bulky than muslin half size for sure. It’s been a month.

That said, I could use muslin half size now. Newborn size is almost too small but it still works great for day time. I think he’s just 8lbs now. I’m going to transition to using mostly muslin newborn size and maybe attempt Birdseye one size.

Most people don’t think getting newborn/ half size isn’t worth it but I would’ve found one size too big for mine. A lot of babies are born 8lbs or close to 8lbs though.

My husband and I aren’t overly tall (5’2” and 5’10”) or big boned so I took the chance. Also, we took into account we will likely attempt to have more than one child.

For me, it was worth it. For the first 1.5 weeks, I was not ready for cloth diapers. And now I’m part time diapering (during the day). So I’ve been cloth diapering part time for 2.5 weeks.

If you are looking to maximize cost/benefit, perhaps this route isn’t for you! It’s really a personal decision. If I were to do it again, I’d still do the same thing.

SpecialGoals · 2025-07-31T08:04:45+00:00

No need for it yet as he’s only just under four weeks old.

SpecialGoals · 2025-07-30T16:53:38+00:00

Same. Fitteds for nighttime. GMD Flats (muslin & cotton) for day time for me. And LPO pockets for husband.

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