The Diapers Are Here!

So, in case anyone was wondering, I'm not dead - I've just been in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for the past 8 days, and I don't have a laptop up there (by choice - c'mon, people, I've got a cottage in the middle of nowhere on a beautiful lake - do you REALLY think I'd be on the computer?!), nor am I technologically-inclined enough (or rich enough!) to have web access on my cell phone (plus, service is really sketchy up there, especially with the provider my husband and I have).

Anyway, we went on vacation, and now we're back. And while we were gone, the diapers were delivered! I ordered them on July 21st and they were postmarked on July 22nd, but I actually don't know exactly when they got here - we were gone from the 24th until the 31st, so it could have been any day in between there. But I really appreciate just how quickly they were put into the mail - with some companies, it can take forever for an order just to get postmarked! The diapers probably took about 5 days to get here - they were shipped Priority USPS from Virginia (to Wisconsin), so...someone from the USPS do the math for me, thanks!

I plan to throw the inserts in the wash tomorrow (to fluff them up and increase their absorbancy), and I should be able to do a photo shoot / test run (test poop?) with Abby tomorrow and/or Tuesday. So keep your eyes peeled for that post!

Here's the pictures of the diapers and the inserts:

BumGenius 4.0 Stay-Dry Cloth Diaper

Happy Heinys One Size Cloth Diaper

Flip One-Size Cover and Stay-Dry Insert

My Happy Heinys diaper came in Yellow, not Periwinkle, but that's because Periwinkle was out of stock - and I don't really care ALL that much about the color, so...I'm just glad I got the diaper!

I was very happy to see that Happy Heinys is made entirely in the U.S. - the other two each had a component made in the U.S., and the other part was in either China or Egpyt (of all places!). Happy Heinys instantly earned a bonus point for being made in the U.S., but if it turns out to be crappy, that point goes away!

I also saw on the packaging for the BumGenius that if you go with the econobum, you can "cloth diaper your baby from birth to potty training for just $100" (the econobum diapers ran about $10 / diaper) - so if I like the BumGenius, I might go that economical route! I also see on the BumGenius label that they are the same company that makes the Flip! So, in reality, I'm really just trying 2 different companies, though I have 3 different brands of diapers.

I'm very excited to get started with all of this, and I hope it makes for an amusing and informative journey for y'all! Abby is super excited to get started!

-Jen