It’s so hard for me to believe that Sofie is already 3 months old! She’s growing so much, and learns something new almost everyday. She’s already such an amazing little person…
Here is a small preview of her 3 Month Pictures. I think that they are my favorite so far!
This was Baby Sofie’s first trip to the STL Zoo! As usual, she slept a lot of the day, but was awake a bit too. The weather was perfect, and a lot of the animals were out and about. I don’t know that she really saw any of them, except maybe the Gorillas, since they were huge. Brandy and Maddy went with us, and Maddy loved talking to all the animals
Our friends Brandy, Maddy and Judy came up to visit from Alabama so that they could meet baby Sofie. While they were here we went Apple Picking at Eckerts in Graffton. Sofie slept pretty much the entire time, but the rest of us had a lot of fun. Our friend Katie and her kids Morgan and Alex went with us also.
Here are Sofie’s official Newborn pictures, taken on July 3, 2009. She was 20 days old.
It’s hard to believe that our baby girl is already a whole month old…
A few hours ago I went to a free class regarding cloth diapers. Topics discussed included the many types of cloth diapers and how to wash them. There’s some debate about which type(s) of cloth diapers we’ll use, but the larger issue is how we’ll wash them. We currently have an inexpensive, 7 year-old top loading washer of the variety found in many homes.
Before much research has been done (on my part) the current thinking is this:
Apparently there is quite a bit of debate on the internet as well.
In Google’s top 10 results for “cloth diaper washer”
Sites in favor of top loading washers:
Sites which offer little to no help:
Of the top ten links from an arbitrary Google search, 5 are in favor of top loading washing machines. With the exception of ebay, the 5 remaining sites offer some advice for washing cloth diapers but don’t recommend any style or type of washing machine. The general concensus is that washing regular clothing in a front loading washer is great and saves water and energy. However, cloth diapers require a lot of water to slosh around in. A top loading washer provides an adequate amount of water and washes diapers better than a front loading washer.
There’s certainly more research to do on this issue before such a major purchase, but I’m leaning toward keeping my old top loader and saving $1000.
