Still Going Strong

Menu:

Sausage and Veggie One pot (from the freezer)

Rotisserie chicken with broccoli and roasted potatoes 

Panini a la Meridian Cafe  (with leftover chicken)

BLT &A with cheesy quinoa cake

Ate out on Friday

Enchiladas

Chicken Bacon Cabbage

My mother in law was here for most of this week to help out as I got ready to go back to school. Thank goodness!!! I don't know what I would have done without her! She is SO SO helpful! We drove back from Murray on Monday and I had already thawed dinner before we went out of town. I knew she would love the sausage and veggie and I have enough to feed an army.Tuesday I put her in charge. She literally said she had never cooked frozen broccoli before. Seriously?!?! She has a tendency compulsion to over exaggerate to make a point, but this was NOTone of those instances! We then had my favorite panini on Wednesday. It's my copycat of the Chicken Gordonia from Meridian Cafe. I just make it using the ingredients listed on the menu and serve with veggie chips. Thursday warren and I were on our own, which was a bummer because I really wanted to get Ronan's take on the quinoa cake. We had meet the teacher night at his school and kiddos were NOT welcome. Ronan's teacher seems ok. She's no Martha, but that's ok. He's older now, he can deal with it. On Saturday I made enchiladas. This is by far my best Pinterest recipe. They are AMAZING! Warren cooked Sunday. I ADORE the chicken bacon cabbage and seriously shoveled the food into my mouth while hovering about three inches above my plate. It's just one of those meals that takes too long for a weeknight. As for my goal of feeding Roman earlier, I couldn't tell you what time we ate. I am just thankful anyone ate around here this week!

Sorry for the dullness of this post. I am back in school mode and I consider it a miracle I posted at all.

Lessons learned this week:

Bread must be thawed gradually, not in warm water. (Please do a visual on me trying to dehydrate soggy bread for dinner on Monday night.)

Grocery shopping must happen on the weekend. Not matter how tired I am.

Do not freeze shredded cabbage. 

This past weekend I was so exhausted from camping that I could not get it together to shop on Sunday. Apparently, the sleeping conditions that one finds acceptable when one is 23 is NOT the same sleeping conditions that are acceptable at almost 30. Essentially an Aerobed is now on the camping pack list. So on Sunday I napped rather than grocery shopped. I worked on Monday and Roman had a mental breakdown about going to the store that night. Tuesday morning I got up and raced around like a manic (Do you see a theme of mental instability in our house?) to get to the grocery at 9. R was a precious good boy and I was home and cooking by 10:30. No joke I didn't stop until 6:00 that night. 

Here is my list:

I cooked during the week because we are headed to Murray for the weekend to visit my in-laws. Remember, the inspiration for this project? 

My payout:

Sausage and Veggie-4 meals

Breakfast Casserole-4 meals

Stuffed Peppers-3 meals

Pad Thai- 2 meals

Italian Layer Bake- 4 meals

Quiche-4 meals

Perfect for school to start!!!

Here is some of the crazy going on:

This was when I was prepping the pad Thai. Please look away from the laundry in the middle of the living room.

This is the Italian Layer Bake/Cheesy Meaty Thing/Mighty Good. My friend Jenny brought this to a party once. It's awesome. I attempted to request it for another party by asking for her to please make the "cheesy meaty thing". She had no idea what I was talking about at first and then was like, "oh, the Mighty Good". Huh? So apparently as a child Jenny named her mom's delicious dish the Might Good. Jenny has told me multiple times how to make it. This is usually at a party.So I forgot. I later found a recipe on Pinterest for Italian Layer Bake. I think it's the same. However, when R asks his usual "Mama, whasat?" (adult translation-What's that?I will be telling Roman that this is the Mighty Good. 

As a result of Tuesday's freezer fest, I am officially addicted. 

This past week's menu:

Due to my inability to get off the couch grocery shop, this menu happened, but totally out of order. I moved chicken pita pockets to Monday because it was the only thing I had all the ingredients for. This last minute decision resulted in Lesson Learned number one, see above.

We once again changed Sunday's dinner (are you seeing a pattern here), but we had steak on Tuesday because Warren was home to make it. As you can see, it was very late. Wednesday we had the avocado pasta. I have been habitually forgetting the green salads to go with these dishes. I mean it says it right there. I'm going to try and get that together. The peppers were DELISH, I set them out to thaw on Thursday morning and just stuck them in the oven on 350 for 10-15 minutes. I had sadly canceled my enchiladas on Friday because I thought we would be gone. We weren't, but Warren had the peanut chicken and cabbage (see Lesson Learned number three) solo because R and I ate out with my mom. And now we're off to Murray for calzones tonight (calzones that are so good I refuse to eat them anywhere else) and I swear I thought I overheard my MIL tell my FIL to thaw the fish (this usually means salmon) for tomorrow. True story: My brother in law's best friend went to eat at The Oakroom at The Seelbach as a child. He ordered salmon. When they finished eating, I bathe presence of the waiter, his parents asked him what he thought. He replied, "It was good, but not as good as Fred Thomas'." Fingers crossed.

My Grown Up Fridge

I am in love with my fridge looking all organized and mom-ish! I fully expect this to fall apart when I go back to work, but I am going to try very hard to make this work! Here are a few pics of my big girl fridge and freezer:

The top part of the freezer is storing R's yogurt pops, frozen bread, frozen mixed berries for my green smoothies, those frozen mac&cheeses I just made, and a few other random veggies.

The bottom part of the freezer is holding my frozen meals and veggies on the left, and meats on the right. I can't wait to chow down on that salmon!!! Oh and I have a great recipe for that Kielbasa sausage that I am making next week. If you are wondering why ziploc bags are labeled "steak" and "burger" that is because it is venison. Warren hunts, so we have lean and organic red meat year round. We have not purchased red meat for two years. If you are wondering, it's broccoli in the ceral tupperware. You gotta do what you gotta do.

 

 

In the bottom there are yummy and easy lunch portions of blueberries, apples, and hummus. Thank you Costco! Then all the produce and hot dog buns thawing for the camp out. Lots of yogurt, tortillas, organic eggs, berries, almond butter, almond milk, R's applesauce and some other random stuff. Behind the almond milk is NOT a two liter. Well it is, but it is tonic water for Warren's summer love of gin and tonic. We might have a gin and tonic, but never a coke. (Yes I use the word coke interchangeably for all soft drinks. Get over it.) I am the only one that drinks the almond milk. I drink a LOT of coffee so I made the switch. If I have a sweet, I drink the real stuff. I love it in my coffee, but I think it is gross to just have a glass.

 

There is a peek at our fridge and staples!!!

I <3 Freezing!!!

This week's menu:

M-cilantro chicken (that didn't get eaten on the day before)

T-burritos

W-veggie pasta

Th-Greek chicken pita pockets

F-fish cakes

S-hot dogs

S-steak, spinach, cauliflower latkes

Above is the REVISED menu- I didn't post a pic of the original because I don't know how to spell cauliflower and that's embarrassing :) 

The meat and beans for the burritos were supposed to make 2 dinners on M & T, but since we had the cilantro chicken, hubster just took the leftovers for lunch. 

So this week I really got in the swing of using my frozen meals. On Wednesday the veggies in the pasta were frozen from the farmers market!

 

They definitely did not LOOK as pretty as fresh, but tasted great! The frozen veggies were squash, zucchini, and mushrooms. I also added a full bag of spinach, a jar of roasted peppers, and a jar of artichokes. Plus garlic (from the store) and basil and parsley from my garden. Yummy! I just sautéed the veggies while I boiled noodles...

  And it made a fab dinner! Complete with a full dish of baked pasta and two Mac and cheeses all for the freezer!

It looks like a TON of cheese, but it works out to about an eighth of a cup per serving. 

We had from the freezer dinners on Thursday and Friday. The Greek chicken patties are an Emeril recipe that I found probably five years ago. I love it! The meal was perhaps even better from the freezer than fresh. Friday I thought we were going to have date night, but Warren ended up having to work, so I made the fish cakes from the freezer, which we had with veggie chips and beer/milk depending on your age category :)

So far this week, we ate at 5:30 twice, 6:00 twice, and 7:30 last (Friday) night! I have been STARVING in the late afternoon/early evening so rather than snack, I have just made dinner! Roman has eaten like a champ this week too, so these meals are definite winners! Well, except the cilantro chicken-it got that gross treatment kids give meat where they chew it kind of hidden in there cheek for about an hour. It eventually disappeared, but I'm not sure in whose belly- Roman or Zeus.

Tonight, weather permitting, we are taking the little man camping for the first time! On the menu is (all beef, nitrate free) hot dogs and of course S'MORES!!!! Tomorrow the plan is to have steak with spinach and cauliflower latkes that are from the freezer! Two dinners left this week, but I'm calling it early-success!! 

Dinner: A Slightly More Tolerable Story

The plan for Week Two:

Monday: one pot pasta

Tuesday: Thai chicken wraps

Wednesday: fish cakes w/ cucumber salad

Thursday: Whole Foods

Friday and Saturday: not my problem :) (girls lake trip!)

Sunday: cilantro quinoa and blackened chicken

For real we had the previous Sunday's sweet potato hash on Thursday and then the Thai chicken wraps on Thursday instead of Whole Foods. Inconsequential changes. Buuuttt, on Sunday we ate out with my dad instead of having the cilantro chicken. We ate by 6:30 three out of the five nights I was home, so that is an improvement!

 

On Thursday we had our first frozen meal-the Thai chicken wraps. I had NO idea how it would turn out, but it was GREAT!!! It tasted basically the same as it does when it is made fresh. I also made and froze the peanut sauce. This did not work as well. The evoo in the sauce separated and did not fully incorporate in reheating. When I made the sauce, I cooked it a little too long. This might be why it didn't work, or maybe it is just bad frozen. I am going to give this another chance to see.

The fish cakes on Tuesday were a BIG hit. Roman ate two! (I am fairly certain it is because it is named something-CAKE!) I doubled the recipe and froze half.

I am currently in week three and I can say that this week is going very well so far. It IS only Wednesday morning though!!!!

Dinner: A Disaster Under Construction

I am embarking on a new project that I thought I would share. Dinner. Since I am totally obsessive about like lists, I will share my thoughts in list form.

Our Current Habits

1. DH are major foodies. We will not sacrifice taste.
2. We eat very few processed foods.
3. We eat late. We have not fully adjusted our old lives to our new lives with a hungry, cranky toddler.

My Goals
1. Eat by 6:30 at the latest. (See above about hungry, cranky toddler.)
2. Eat a meal that is enjoyable for all members of the family.
3. Make sure this enjoyable meal will not cause me to be a cow.

All this came about because of a book, a conversation with my MIL, and a change in schedule.  I read the book Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenstrach, also of blog fame Dinner: A Love Story. I didn't finish it, so this is not a review of the book :) However, in the beginning of the book she waxes poetic about the joys and importance of family dinner. Which I am totally on board with. It made me reflective about our own family dinners and want to improve. DH is working a second job until 7:30 at night or later. This means when school starts I have to leave my new job (which is further away from home), to pick up Roman (at his new inconveniently located preschool), get home, make dinner, feed us by my new goal time of 6:30, and I have to do all this by myself. I was complaining about this to my MIL, who I adore, and who chewed me out about needing a new plan. So here we are.  I am in the beginning of week three of my new plan. I have been talking with friends about how things are going and thought I would share with anyone else interested.

Notice! These meals are NOT going to get you "bikini ready". I am the last person you want to listen to in that regard. But when I see others' pantries, grocery carts, and dinners, I realize, we DO eat a lot healthier than average. And I truly believe that given my complete and utter lack of excercise in the 2 1/2 years since Roman was born, that our fairly nutritious, fairly processed free lifestyle is the only thing that keeps my pants size from being on an upward curve. Cause I know it's not that run I didn't go on :) I am just trying to figure out how to quickly and easily feed my family a nutritious meal that a husband who insists on a meat, a toddler who just acts insane, and myself, who is just trying to keep my BMI in check, will all eat. And if that is you, maybe you will find this interesting.

Ok, so what have I been doing? We have all fell prey to the Pinterest "Cook one day for the whole month!" post. Unfortunatly, many of those are cheesy casseroles or LOTS of soup. I like soup, but I can't handle a mostly soup diet. I began by planning out meals that are already in our family repetoire. I did give some consideration to my toddler's tastebuds. For example, I mentioned above about how we haven't really adjusted our dinners to him. So I did disregard a few things that are just not kid-friendly. I also knew of a few meals that were kid friendly and favorites of ours, but just take to darn long to cook on a weeknight. Those got put on Sundays. Fridays and Saturdays are more up in the air, maybe pizza, maybe datenight, and for sure the least healthy. Thursdays we typically eat at Whole Foods for their "family night". It's cheap and easy. So anyways, that is how I began.

Next I planned what might be ok frozen. I am doing two things. Cooking a lot on one day a month (more about this in a minute) and doubling other meals to freeze. At the beginning of week three, I already realize I need a seperate freezer.

I opened up a notepad and started writing this down. It looked a little something like this...

and this...

To clarify my crazy, the weekly meals are planned on my first page.

Week 1:
M: baked chicken w/ baked potato and green beans
T: Italian beef w/ asparagus
W: black bean, avacado, and broccoli wraps
Th: Whole Foods
F: pizza and wings
S: out of town-eating out
S: sweet potato hash

I am also trying to note what time we ate and any changes. For exampe, that Tuesday I forgot that the asparagus was supposed to go with the Italian beef. And as you can see, Wednesday's meal was a total Pinterest failure that I will never eat again. Sunday, after driving home from visiting friends we only see once a year, we were too hungover tired to cook, so sushi it was! That Sunday was supposed to be the first big cooking day, but I moved it to Monday. I have this luxury now, but I won't when school starts.

That Monday I cooked quinoa, made 2 freezer meals, cut and froze veggies from the farmers market, made a froze a side dish, and made cucumber salad for the following week.

On week one, I managed to get Roman fed before 6:30 once and had an easy AND healtly dinner once (Italian beef). The others were either too much for a school night (yes, none of this matters now, but I am testing for the school year) or unhealthy. Oh and Roman liked basically nothing we had that week.  So... this was a failure. But week two got a lot better!!!!

Friday Night Flights

We have been Whole Foods junkies lately. Right before the holidays, Warren and I were busy getting ready for our Christmas party, had both worked late, etc. I picked Roman up and decided to get takeout. However, I have giant child that refuses to be held and is a pretty big turd about holding hands when he walks on his own.
Oh and by the way we don't eat fast food. Ever. (Exceptions: Qdoba and Panera, if you consider that fast food.)

I really wanted Qdoba, but I knew little man couldn't (wouldn't) stand in line with me. Aha! Whole Foods! The hot bar! I pulled in, restrained put Roman in a cart, and when I got inside it was even better.
I discovered "Family Night". You get an adult meal for $5.99 and with one adult purchase, a kids meal is free! So this is our new staple. We've had Mexican, Stir Fry, and Pasta so far. It's fab!

After discovering our newfound love, we decided to try Friday Night Flights. $5 for 5 beer and app pairings.

It was a very fun family date night! Going back next week with Team Lant.

Why Running With My Bestie is Awesome

As part of my aforementioned campaign to "tighten", I went running this week with my best friend. If I have never mentioned this on the blog before, Ashley and I have been BFF since the first day of sixth grade. That makes 17 years, if you're counting. At this point in our relationship, we laugh as much as ever, are much crabbier, and are wholly unconditional. We are each other's family.
Which makes us sound orphanish.
Which we're not; we both have lovely families.
Anyways!
I'm just trying to say we're still and always best of friends. Oh and we live on the same street. We are living the bestie dream.

Now, back to running. I used to run. I used to LIKE to run. I ran the mini marathon.
Then I became a pregnant blob.
JK, seriously, I really hurt my knees running in the mini. I quit running for a long time after that, but still exercised. THEN I got pregnant and turned into a blob!
After Roman was born and still now two years later, I am a busybody, thank goodness, but I suck at exercising.

Ashley is training for the marathon. No I did not leave out "mini" on accident. The MARATHON. So she's all like, "Do you want to go running with me?"

So I did.

And here is why Running With My Bestie is Awesome:
1. She has so much faith in me. She was all like, "You'll be fine. You've always been a good runner. You were always better than me." and "I told Jeremiah [her hubster] that you would probably just come sprinting out of the gate." I didn't. But she thought I might've which makes all the difference.
2. She had been well practiced in 17 years in knowing I pay little attention to my surroundings. She gives me lots of instructions like "Car!", "A car is coming!",  "Get over! Car!", "Don't get hit by that car!", and  "CAR!!!" Who knows how many times she has saved my life.
And if you're are wondering, yes, she puts her hand in front of me like a mom with a kid in the front seat.
3. She doesn't care if I don't (can't) talk back.

Happy Belated New Year!

Ok so 12 days in to 2013, I am going to make an attempt to return to the blogging world. I have lots to say and share and I figure I should get with the program. I know at least my dad will be happy, as I think he is the only person who reads this anyways.

Of course I am obliged in my New Years post to discuss my resolutions for the year ahead. Just like everyone else in the country I want to get fit. The only significance this has for me is that I ALWAYS want to lose weight and I am finally beyond that. I currently weigh about seven pounds less than when I got pregnant. If I lost weight, that would be fab, but its not my goal anymore. I need to, as said in Knocked Up, "tighten up". To start this, I am starting small by trying to run 1x per week and do yoga 1x per week. Baby steps.
My next goal for the year is to pass my National Boards. It sucks and is taking over my life, but the money will be worth it.
I also want to take more trips. Like little ones.
And finally the big ugly monster of being more responsible financially. Student loans and childcare definitely throw a wrench into this, but my Target problem doesn't help. "Oh! It's in the dollar bin. I'll take thirty."

Last but not least, a little family update since I quit my blog for-ev-er ago:
DH started of the year with a big disappointment when last week he found out he did not get a new better job (still at Baptist East) that he was up for. Wee are still mourning that one.
Little Man is approaching two, attending Friends School with the most precious preschool teacher ever, Martha, and in general just being wild and crazy and adorbs.
The grandparents are all about the same. My MIL painted the governor this past year and I went to the unveiling and chatted it up with ol' Steve.
My grandmother passed away in August and my nana, who practically raised me, had a bad fall Thanksgiving weekend, spent about a month in the hospital, and is now in a rehab facility.

P.S. Whoops! Didn't mean to end on such a sad note!

Classroom Tour

Paint

Well this is awufl, but these are the last photos I took. The house looks totally different now. The crown is up, the cabinets are in, the bookcases are in, etc. I will try to update my photos this weekend! But this was last weekend...

playroom meeting dining room

living room and kitchen

upstairs hall

Our Childcare Journey

So I hadn't really gotten to share this...


I left off my story at us searching for a nanny. We had over 70 applicants to our posts on care.com and sittercity.com. Most of them worthless. It began with Nanny 1. Nanny 1 had great credentials but signed her emails "Ms. ____" which I already didn't like. I do not want grownups to refer to themselves that way to other grownups. Anyways, I already held my grudge and then Nanny 1 came in a smelled like smoke. She could have just turned around and walked right back out. (and yes, her profile said non smoker)


I loved Nanny 2. Nanny 2 was a few years younger than me, engaged, and had a 15 month old girl. We sat and talked to Nanny 2 for hours. When Nanny 2 left, I realized I wanted to be friends with Nanny 2, not hire her.


In the background of all this, there was Nanny 3. Nanny 3 wrote the most eloquent emails I have ever read. She was educated, retired, and away from her own grandkids. Perfect. I was DYING to meet Nanny 3. When I did, I was disappointed. Nanny 3 was very sweet but quite overweight. She could not get around very easily. Roman is wild now, I can't imagine in a short time when he can walk. My heart was broken that Nanny 3 did not live up to what I anticipated.


We had put a lot of stock in meeting Nanny 3. So we went back to the drawing board and interviewed Nanny 4. Nanny 4 originally wanted to watch kids in her own home, and then had written me back to tell me she had reconsidered. I LOVED Nanny 4. She was the whole package. A teacher, tired of teaching and financially able not to. Perky, warm, smart. Mother of a highschooler and college student. We offered Nanny 4 the job. She took a week to reply, only to say no, that she really just wanted to watch kids in her own home. REALLY?!?!?! Waste of time.


By the way this all took place over a month. Ugh.


So before Nanny 1, before before Nanny 1,my friend Elizabeth had said her friend was a nanny. She, now referred to as Nanny 5, has a son that is four months older than Roman. That made me very nervous and not very interested. Then, I honestly had forgotten about it. So Elizabeth reminded me and since nothing else had worked out, I made plans to interview Nanny 5 after our vacation.


While on vacation, hippie daycare called. They informed me of progress and I began to reconsider them. The money being one big reason. After vacation, we interviewed Nanny 5. I really liked Nanny 5, but I could not get over her son. And I was reconsidering having a nanny at all for financial reasons. I asked Nanny 5 if she would watch Roman until the hippie daycare opened. She had been offered another job and didn't want ours if it had the potential of ending in a matter of weeks. Fair enough.


That week I started working whenever I had someone to watch Roman. I spent Wednesday at home in tears most of the day. I had let myself be convinced that I could live with him going to Baptist East daycare until the hippie daycare opened. I guess I convinced myself. The entire day of crying and depression didn't seem very convincing. The next morning Elizabeth watched Roman. I told her about our decision and she really made me reconsider. She reassured me about her friend (Nanny 5) and her son. She really helped me see things clearly. I talked with friends and family and the load already began to lighten. I called and hired Nanny 5, LINDSEY, that night. That evening was filled with more smiling and laughter than Warren and I had seen out of each other for days.


So Lindsey started last week and things have been great! It is so relieving to have someone I trust and feel comfortable with watching Roman.

Big Scare

I am sure it is obvious by my lack of posting, but I went back to work. School hasn't started, and actually our first day tomorrow has already been cancelled due to power outages, but I have spent the past two weeks working in my room. This was my last weekend of freedom and when it began Friday night with Mad Men and enchiladas, I could never have guessed what was about to happen. We woke up at 3:30 am Friday night/Saturday morning depending on how you look at it. Roman was tossing and turning and being disruptive to our sleep. Warren kind of sat up and said his heart was "doing that thing again". About two years ago, after a (very) fun Halloween night, Warren woke up and his heartbeat was racing and irregular. It went away, no worries. It happened maybe two other times. After a Christmas party and after 4th of July. You can connect the dots here. However, us staying in with our five month old watching Netflix isn't exactly a crazy party. Usually :) This time was different; I could SEE his heart going crazy in his chest. Warren decided to go to the hospital. He does, after all, work in CARDIAC rehab at Baptist East. So we went, I stayed home with Roman.
He called around 6:00 to say he had been admitted. His heart was in A-Fib. Google it, I can't explain it. I got to the hospital around 9:00 and it was pretty uneventful. Finally around 1:30 he went into sinus (?), a.k.a. things went back to normal. They did another EKG and an echocardiogram. Warren, or his coworkers, or my bf's mom, head of cardiovascular services knew his doctor and/or everyone doing the tests. Though Warren couldn't manage to finagle a private room as an employee. Anyways, it was the weekend, and things are slow, so he had to spend the night. Our lovely friends Matt, Elizabeth, and Jeremiah came to visit last night. I left to go home to the baby. Then, the on call cardiologist sent him home this morning. He will see Dr. Mandola (?) a physio-electro (I made that up) specialist. He specializes in the heart's electrical system. Until then he is on heart regulatory meds and blood thinners.
That's the story, morning glory. He's fine now, just tired from sharing a room with an old man that had to be checked on frequently. We'll have to wait to find out the whats and whys.

Walls

For the past few weeks the house progress has been boooooring! They've been doing plumbing, electrical, and HVAC. But this week we got walls and siding!!! I love our cedar shakes!

Cloth Diapers

I am not really sure why, but it seems like I have been doing a lot of cloth diaper talk lately. So I thought I would lay this all out there for any friends currently or wanting to cloth diaper.
My lovely mother-in-law purchased this kit for me as a shower gift.

The kit consists of OsoCozy unbleached cotton prefolds. You get 36 small and 24 medium. It also contains Bummis Whisper Wrap covers. You get 4 small and 4 medium. Last, it includes a roll of Bummis diaper liners. The prefolds are amazing. I always have enough with the amount in the kit. I have been super pleased with the diapers. I also really like the Whisper Wrap covers. However, 4 is not enough. I have found you need 8 to keep from doing laundry everyday. I purchased these separately from Amazon. Many people prefer pocket diapers. I have used them, as you will read below. I prefer the prefolds because if it is just pee, you can change the diaper and reuse the cover. I think it is much easier.
Now when Roman was first born, none of the diapers from my lovely kit above would fit. So my darling sister-in-law sent these Bummis All in One pocket diapers. She sent them in a newborn size. This still would not fit for the first three weeks. So for the first three weeks, we used disposables. Then I went to the All in Ones. I used those until 2 months. Now, I have a giant baby, so they may last longer for other babies. While I was using the All in Ones, I used the Bummis liners from my aforementioned kit. They are biodegradable, so you just flush them right down the toilet. They were helpful since the pocket diapers do not hold up to stains as well as the prefolds. However, I do not use the liners with my prefolds.

Finally, I use Rockin Green detergent. It is a miracle product. I love it. It get the diapers so clean. I get the unscented. I tried scented and it's weird. Scent mixed with poop only smells like even weirder poop :)

First Food

Roman ate his first food over the weekend-bananas!