The Diapers Have Arrived!

I know! It's been forever since I've posted anything and there are a few reasons for that.
1) Pregnancy tires you out and  blogging isn't your #1 priority.
2) There was a period of time where I *couldn't* upload pictures straight from my laptop, I'd have to post them say, on Facebook and then link them in - which is, to say the least, pretty inconvenient.

 3) I wasn't sure what I wanted to write about next.

Anyway! It's been weeks now, but I ordered the cloth diapers I wanted and that came highly recommended to me by an awesome friend of mine. I bought mine from http://www.sunbabydiapers.ca/ and I have to say, they have some pretty darned

cute patterns for their diapers and I was SUPER excited when they came in the mail. (Albeit, a little overwhelmed when I was first trying to figure out how to get the inserts in and how to adjust the snaps properly, although I'm pretty confident now.

I bought 34 adjustable diapers, with the inserts all for about $250.00 including shipping. My favourites are pictured individually in the photos below.

 For those of you who haven't heard about Sunbaby Diapers, a new mom who LOVED these diapers, but wasn't pleased with the time she had to wait for shipping (They ship from China... more about manufacturing after) the international shipping charges etc. What was her plan? To make these diapers more available to Canadian moms and partnered up with the owner to create a Canadian market.

 Sun Pei is the owner and founder of Sunbaby Diapers. They are manufactured in Shanghai, China where the city has strict laws about the use of cheap labour (win, win in my books) They do not use child labour in their factories (and anyone that does so in their area gets a fine and jail time) I really liked the fact that these diapers are made under fair labour conditions.

 Her employees get paid well and *don't* have to work overtime.

How great is that? It definitely makes me more confident in buying these diapers. I'm also glad that I will be spending less money in the long run, creating less garbage for our landfills and that there aren't chemicals (after the first initial washes) that will be absorbed into Victorias skin and that she won't have the diaper rashes that are associated with disposable diapers. Plus, having a cute pattern on her butt doesn't hurt either.

 Have you ever used/thought about using cloth diapers? Do you find the idea of them intimidating or just don't like the idea of extra laundry?