Don was home for the afternoon fixing up things around the house. No reason why the modern man can't accomplish his domestic duties AND look after the baby for a few hours.
Sable has never been to the city market and I'm basically addicted to it during the summer months when I'm free to go. I thought it was time to introduce my little sister to the lovely world of Edmonton street market so we took the bikes. I usually take the train because Dexter comes with me, but Don doing 'mom' duty was a great excuse to ride bikes. We stocked up on lots of fruits and veggies, then went to run some other errands. A few blocks over to The Artworks (local floral/card/gift store) to pick up some cards for a wedding we had that night. And Bosom Babies to pick up a whole bunch of bum genius cloth diapers for Dexter.
I rode a bike with pannier full of groceries, and then 15 cloth diapers in a big paper bag lashed to the rear rack. Still had the basket free for my shoulder bag! Didn't even have to wear it or put it on the handlebars. Chowed on some bison cheeseburgers for lunch, then on the way home we had some gelato in the gloriously air conditioned Da Capo caffe.
By the way, cloth diapers are the bomb! A lot of the moms from the school I worked at gawked at the mention of cloth diapers (gross because you have to potentially touch poo, time consuming, non portable, adds to laundry). Cloth diapers have come a LONG way since the stone ages, or even a decade ago. They have all sorts of really cute ones, and the bum genius one-size ones Dexter uses fit babies weighing 8-35 pounds. So he'll basically get to wear them until he is potty trained. Super easy to use. Super easy to do the laundry and such. Edmonton has a remarkable waste and water treatment plant.
FYI, it takes a disposable diaper a century to decompose. If you know anything of new babies and the sheer mass of diapers they go through... it's just really disgusting to think of land fills piled high with human waste. I think that is truly what is gross. Also, if the thought of dealing with pee and poo is totally repulsive... don't have kids. A good habit of thorough hand washing does the trick to qualm any issues I might have with grossness.
We had a diaper service (it was fantastic) for the first couple of months but now we're making the transition to cloth at home because Dexter's inner workings have established relative stability. Anyway, if you're looking for a way to deal with your baby's waste, consider cloth diapers. I am not a hippie. Trust me.
Also, it's been a while since you've seen the Dexter. Here's the little dude!
Sitting in his bumbo chair. It's supposed to help strengthen his neck muscles. I put him in it often. The stronger his neck, the sooner he can ride in our bike trailer!
Here he is casting an evil spell.
8 comments:
Whenever you end a post with baby pictures, I'm completely unable to remember what the beginning of the post was about. Dexter is CUTE!
I really like your comment on that last photo - hahaha!! I laughed aloud.
I'm also really overjoyed to hear about your venture with cloth diapers! I taught a class called the Joy of Garbage at Berkeley here in CA, and know that conventional diapers don't even EVER decompose in landfills (no air = little, if no decomposition). I think...it's not such a bad thing if someone calls you a hippe, but then again I'm from Bay Area CA B)
My issue number two that you bring up is how people are so disgusted by human waste, their own bodies. All this stuff should be pretty normal to deal with, and not disgusting (just smells so, eh?).
What I think is disgusting is landfills/land dumped with plastic baby diapers :(
So, thanks for sharing! And, the weather looks real great right now there, must be perfect riding weather :)
Hee hee, I love Dexter's casting evil spell look! So funny.
Imagine! Having to deal with poo! The fear of the human body and its workings is really amazing to me at times.
a poo talk is always fun to chat it up with new parents. Im not a parent, but love hearing all things that are discovered and enjoyed by new folks. my respect, and you look fantabulous as always, those sandals are terrific!!
He is such and adorableeee baby <3 aw!!
aww, he's so adorable!
I nearly lol-ed at the last photo[:
My mom was recently talking about how she would use cloth diapers with me when I was younger... then out came my younger brother and sister so sadly, she gave up.
I love that last photo! So cute! I also have loved using cloth diapers on my little one. I think I had to deal less with poo than some of my friends because with cloth we never had "blow-outs." Enjoy all the cute styles out there!
What lovely photos of Dexter.
I support the use of cloth diapers and as a Mom of 3 used cloth diapers for my babies. Whether you use cloth or disposable you are going to touch poo. Course my babies are teenagers so it's been awhile.
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