Experiment 1 ~ Cloth Diapers 101

I have decided that I am going to spend the next year trying to live life to the fullest, and to find out if we can live our lives cheaper. September 2012 I had my first baby, and let me just say over the last 12 months he has blasted through a million diapers! At about $50 per case it gets very pricy, so about two months ago I started researching the in's and out's of diapers, how much they would cost, and what would be involved in my life for this to work.

The parameters of this experiment will be that it must be easy, I can handle a couple extra loads of laundry per week, but I can't handle super stress OR overwhelming problems. They have to fit like a regular diaper, be 99% leak proof, be easy to clean, be portable, and SAVE ME MONEY!!!! I have also decided to narrow the focus of CD (cloth diapers) to 3 different types. There are hundreds of different brands but for my purpose I will be using Go Green Pocket Diapers, Gdiapers, and Best Bottom Diapers!

The first ones that I will take about is the Go Green Pocket Diapers, as stated they have a pocket that you stuff with soakers (the different pads) in. They are really nice because they hold the soakers in place and they make using extra soakers (for night time) easy. The thing to remember is that when the diaper is wet you must replace the entire diaper,  not just the soaker, just like a disposable one. This is also a one size diaper, which means that it will fit baby from birth to potty training. The average price for one of these diapers is between $14-$18.

In the picture below you see the colored snaps which help to make it easier to put on. If you look above on the cow printed diaper you see the snaps on the front which is to make the diaper shorter for a new born.

The second is the Gdiapers, which is a shell diaper meaning that you replace the soakers when ever they are wet or dirty. It also means that you have less laundry, and fewer diapers. I bought the "Economy" pack, which is 3 green and 3 orange gdiapers. They are priced from $12-19, but you have to remember that these are "Sized" which means small, median, large, X-L, so I would have to purchases them in each size. This would mean that more money would be spend on these then on the pocket diapers.

**** Side note, the Gdiapers also have the option of disposable inserts that can be flushed, composted, or thrown away. For 32 disposable inserts the cost is $14.99, but if you go to diapers.com and watch they have coupons that will make them cheaper.****

The third and final kind of diaper that I will be testing will be best bottoms, which is a one size shell diaper. For a three pack of these diapers and 9 inserts it was $83.85 (Pictures are soon to come!)

It is Thursday Oct. 17th 2013, and I am going to do this full time for this coming weekend. This account will be brutally honest, so that I can make an educated decision if this will work in my life. I truly hope that this will help others to see if this will work within their lives!

Life in the fast lane!

Hello world! It has been so long since I have been on here, and I am so excited to start logging what is happening in my life, so that other can learn from, and move forward from this point! I am going to also go backwards every so often and cover things that have already happened!

New Blog!!!!

Kendall and I have started a new blog about our lives and I hope all of you are going to be able to follow it! It is http://chapmansworld.blogspot.com !!

Time Out for Women

In August 2010 I was so excited to go to my first ever Time out for Women! It was amazing and I was so excited to me everyone! in the picture I am with Brad Wilcox and he wrote Kendall a really cool letter!

This is with Hillary Weeks! She was the main performer at the Time out for women! It was so amazing to meet her and get to talk to her! This is another Picture of Hillary Weeks ant myself! I had a wonderful time and spiritually grow so much!

Kendall's Graduation

This last week I was giving the amazing privilege of watching my wonderful husband graduate basic training! I am so proud of him and so happy to have such a wonderful man to be with for the rest of my life.

This is Kendall in his class A uniform! He had the day before his graduation to have family day and on that day we went to Geronimo's grave! It was wonderful to have a day to go around and see the sights with him! Kendall is so amazing and I am so happy to have him in my life. He makes me so happy ! I am so proud of everything he does and will support him in everything he chooses to do. He is my knight in shining armor, my prince charming, my king and eternal companion.

My First Day

I can't believe how fast the day went! I was sitting in class at 7:30 am re-learning math, then after class was over Kendall gave me a shore (20 min.)tour of campus, where I got to see the plane Ken was working on all last semester and will be working on again this term.

I have learned that this campus is about 2 miles~ thats ten

timess bigger then Western Tech where I use to go.

So English was next and Kendall was kind enough to walk me to my door. My teacher's name is Whitney King, and I like her, she is always cracking jokes and talking to us. She is working on her masters degree in Teaching and her husband is going to school for international business. This summer they will be moving to Rio for his studies.

I had a short break where I went to the book store to get a back pack, and then back across campus to my next class, Music Theory 1. I learned that it is a two part class and that I was going to have to sign up for another class.

Just after 1 I started back over to the book store to get the book for my new class and a few other things that I needed. When I was done I headed for the library to start on my homework. I was there until 5 when Kendall joined me and then I waited for him to finish his math for the week.

I took this picture while I was waiting for Ken to finish his homework. The library has booths like a restaurant for students to study at.

Now I get to go to bed and then I get to start this all over again, only tomorrow I will add working out to my day!

Night Before the BIg Day

I have been waiting for this Day for a year! Tomorrow is going to be the first day of school, I am going to be taking Math, English, Psychology, and Music Theory 1. All though I will be having class in 7:30am Monday, Wednesday, Friday. In february I will be trying out to get into the music program, and I will also be trying out for a scholarship.

I am writing this from my new MacBook and am going to be trying to keep this su all year so that I will be able to look back at this year and see what has happened and the blessings that Heavenly Father gives me! My year is going to be so busy, and I am planning on trying out for American Idol this coming spring.

Until Tomorrow.