My crunchy transition! Part 1

When I was pregnant with Buck I discovered a blog that I really liked that featured the more "crunchy" side of living and as I read more and more, I loved it more and more! The first thing I decided I just *had* to do was cloth diaper! Those things are not cheap so I knew I had to start searching and researching them right away! Don't get me wrong though, you can find some great deals and you only really need about 20ish. I bought a variety of them to try also. I think I spent around 150-200$ which definitely beats the average 2000$/year for 2-3years.

For us prefolds/covers don't work well because I need to be able to put them on quickly since my little man has always squirmed a lot for diaper changes. We tried AIO's (all in one) and maybe it was just the brand but they seemed to fit him weird. I also didn't like how long they take to dry either. For us, our favorites are pocket diapers, especially Sunbaby brand. We have tried a few of the more expensive ones like Bumgenious, etc. but I personally don't think they're any better. I also love almost all of Sunbaby's prints!

See! How cute are these!

For more info on each type of diaper and washing, etc check out this site.

Skin troubles

My poor little man has had extreme dry skin practically from birth.. I had thought at first that maybe it was just from having to be underneath those UV lights for so long because of jaundice. But it just kept getting worse and he started developing some patches (some were bad patches) of eczema. When it started itching so much that it would bother him in his sleep I knew it was time to see a dermatologist. We had tried so many OTC lotions, prescription hydrocortisone and another prescription for a steroid cream, that one helped but had to be applied several times a day and went dairy free for awhile.

When we got the appointment for the dermatologist I really figured that they would look at him and write us another prescription. Instead they looked at him and said it was one of the worst cases of extreme dry skin/eczema they had seen on someone that little in a long time. So, they wrote us a prescription, gave us a coupon for a skin renewing lotion, some samples of dove soap and told us to bathe him almost every day and put prescription stuff on the really bad spots and cover him in the lotion. And then told us they want us to see a specialist. I'm so nervous about this! 

Have you dealt with extreme dry skin or ezcema? What have you tried? Did it work?

New look and a GIVEAWAY!!!

I am so excited!! My super awesome friend Lacey from Little Miss Nerd Girl took my blog look dreams and gave it a makeover! I love love love it! It has my favorite colors, favorites pictures (when you click on the kids pics it takes you to all the posts they've been tagged in!!!) and just an all around classy, cleaner look! And to celebrate I want to give one lucky reader a 25$ giftcard to my favorite place on earth... The Red Circle Boutique, a.k.a. Target! I will announce the winner on Monday the 17th!
Good luck and have a great weekend!

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