A couple of incidents during the week opened the floodgates of emotion, which always catches me by surprise. I'm always shocked by the utter lack of control that I feel when something triggers a strong emotional response in me these days. I've definitely had to learn to adapt to this, since I can't afford to lose it at the office. I don't want to be seen as one of those hormonal pregnant women, plus I do think it's rather unprofessional, especially when leading a team. That being said, I am human and not some robot. I guess the trick is to have your emotional breakdowns with grace. :P
The pre-natal exercise classes are going well. Last week was my first Tuesday off since the Symphonic Band went on summer break, so I decided to attend an extra aqua-fitness class. I figured that my Tuesdays were normally booked anyway, so I might as well replace that timeslot with an extra exercise class. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with things. The Tuesday aqua-fitness class is definitely more rigorous than the Thursday class, which is great. I was so tired after that class that I slept like a baby. Ditto for the Wednesday Yoga class. The instructor really has us work hard, but I feel great and relaxed after the class is done. Plus I also slept like a baby that night. :D
The topic of discussion in the Yoga class was cloth diapers. Toronto has one diaper service company, called Comfy Cotton. The way it works is that they deliver ~10 clean diapers AND pick up your dirty diapers at the same time (once a week). Even though the diapers are cloth, you put an outer shell (with Velcro tabs) over top of the cloth diaper so that the baby ick doesn't make a mess everywhere. It's definitely food for thought for a few reasons:
1. It is claimed that cloth diapers decrease the overall amount of time that a baby spends in diapers (and if I have it my way, PK will be out of diapers as soon as she starts walking).
2. Cloth diapers are more environmentally-friendly. That being said, Comfy Cotton does have to use chemicals to clean its diapers, which aren't the best for the environment. At the same time, they do claim that they use more environmentally-friendly practices for cleaning their diapers. You win some, you lose some.
The idea of going with cloth diapers does seem enticing. At the same time, I don't know if I'm quite ready to take the plunge. Another alternative I'm considering is the G Diaper. In some ways, they're like the cloth diaper in that they have an outer shell, but the inside is a disposable, plastic free diaper.
I figure we've got a couple of options to work with at least. Hopefully we'll make up our minds by the time PK makes her world début. :)
2 comments:
Wow, I admire how active you are! Two swim classes plus a yoga class every week. I generally walked every day when I was pregnant with Jade, but that's definitely a bit lower-key.
I don't get why the diaper service would only deliver 10 diapers a week. I'm pretty sure we'd got through 10 diapers in about 2 days when Jade was a little baby. One thing with cloth is that you end up changing them a bit more often because they don't have the weird swelling chemicals in them that disposables have (which make them hold so much liquid).
You don't REALLY have to decide by the time PK makes her world début, though, because you can try it out for a while and see if it suits you, especially with a diaper service. When you actually buy the cloth diapers, it's more of a commitment because of the up-front cash outlay. :)
Either way, use disposables for the first few days, because meconium is sticky, tarry, stainy stuff. We used cloth on Jade all day and then put her in disposables for night-time to reduce the amount of night-time activity (i.e. diaper-changes).
Good luck!
You're right, 10 diapers a week is too little. I mis-quoted. I can't actually remember the #, but I think it works out to 10 diapers a day, from what he said, and that they can deliver more to you if you request it.
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