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I made 6 diapers this weekend.

4 of them still need snaps, but I'm waiting on snaps to get here in the mail. I'm getting much better - there are still mistakes, but they will do.

My serger and I are "on" again in our off again/on again relationship. It's nice when I feel like I can love the machine and not want to throw it out the window out of disgust. I hope we can stay on good terms. I think part of my serger love comes from the fact that I'm getting much better at threading it... and OBV is really nice to work with.

The previous diapers I made I serged, left an opening, and then did my elastic. The final product is kind of sloppy, but it gets the job done. For these diapers I serged last and prayed I didn't catch the elastic. On the first two... I caught the elastic (ugh), but then I got myself together and serged along the correct line.

So, pictures later in the week when the snaps get here and I (by I - I mean Brandon) get these puppies snapped. I spent $35 bucks on snaps so I should be good for a LONG while... I'm figuring at least 24ish diapers... not that we need 24ish diapers, but I have converting to do.

I'm pretty determined to help anyone and everyone learn to cloth diaper. AND I'm getting pretty annoyed at people on TV trying to claim that disposables are better for the environment and giving away free disposable diapers (Ellen... booo.... Today show... booo). Yes, you use more water and electric to clean your diapers - but you want to tell me that is worse for the environment than a poop bomb sitting in a landfill for 500 years? Every single disposable diaper ever used is just sitting around... how aren't people grossed out by that? My poopy diapers from the first couple of years of my life are still just hanging out on this planet and will continue to do so for another 475 years. What about the energy that goes into manufacturing disposable diapers? I'm curious to know how many diaper plants there are in the US and the energy it cost to run those plants.

And doesn't everyone wants to support small businesses? There is mad love for Walmart and Target where you can get your stuff cheap, but what about supporting small businesses when you can? Why not support moms that work from home? There are some really amazing moms out there that make and sell diapers. Why not support them? Some are better than others, but with a little bit of research it isn't hard to figure out who has a good product and good customer service.

Okay. I'm done... for now... I save the health benefits for later.