Day 65.

Now that Willow is big enough we have finally been able to swap to cloth diapers.
We're going cloth for a few obvious reasons, environmental & financial. While she was too small for the cloth, we were using a really environmentally friendly brand that they stocked in our local supermarket (amazing !), naty.
Everyone kind of smirked at me when I said we were going to cloth diaper, and lectured me at great length about how much work it is. But it's totally not ! It's just an extra load of washing every two days.
I also started making my own wipes once I started researching what is actually in them. They are a 7 on the hazardous scale ! Holy shit !
Making your own is really, really cheap and lasts ages.
For any mamas out there, here is how I do;

Heavy duty paper towel roll, cut in half (easiest to saw it with a bread knife)
about a cup or two of boiled water
2 Tbs organic baby soap
2 Tbs oil, I just used sweet almond
A few drops of essential oil e.g. tea tree or lavender
A countainer & a lid

Mix ingredient, put paper towel roll into container and cover in the solution. Once soaked pull out the middle cardboard roll and the start of the wipes should come with. Slice a cross into the lid of container and thread the wipes through.

I also sometimes make cloth wipes with muslin squares, just make sure they are specially for this, not for beb's face.

Day 64.

We were having a snooze in the park today and a total stranger came up and asked to take this photo.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten weeks now.
This evening we dropped around to visit a couple who were in our hypnobirthing group who have just had a wee boy. I couldn't believe how beautiful and tiny he was ! He was about 3 pound bigger than our little Plum was, but it was so incredible looking at them next to each other, it was such a short while ago that she was so tiny and new. I almost forget how much she's changed, she stares at you so intently, she smiles and chuckles and has so much more control over her body.
Those first few weeks of having a baby are so incredible, they were the best weeks of my life. Everything is still pretty fucking great, but that time is so different from anything else I have ever experienced. It's like there is no sense of reality, you're just in this warm little love cocoon. I honestly felt like I was in a complete daze where everything is soaked in a golden light.
It's nice for things to fall back to normality; the boys went out last night and Naomi, Plum and I had a girls night in where we watched Ryan Gosling movies and stayed up way too late (hence I'm posting this a day behind !), but I will always love those first few weeks.
x

Day 63.

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Day 61.

Life is really full at the moment. I've picked up some more responsibility at work again, just managing the social media and doing the photography. Chris is working seven days this week. Trying to catch up with all our friends and family as often as we can. My art course, and keeping up with the homework. Cooking and cleaning and gardening and this wee baby ! I love it all, but it's making this here 100 days project a little irregular.
Oh fucking well c:
That round pasty face makes me laugh forever.

Day 60.

Today was long.

Day 59.

Day 59 ! When did that happen ! I feel like this project is almost over !
Sorry for getting a couple of days behind, I feel very guilty. I keep tabs of it on my computer, but I'm just a little too lazy and distracted to upload them every day at the moment. I will try harder !
We booked tickets to Melbourne last night ! See you in six weeks, Melbourne !
We went to the markets this morning, they were so terrible, we bought nothing but socks with bananas on them. We got coffee and bread and came home to clean and air out our house. We've been so busy hibernating, I completely forgot the pleasure of fresh air. I weeded my vege garden which has been painfully neglected through the winter, especially with Willow keeping me so busy. I was pleased to see broccoli and celery had not missed my absence ! It's humbling to remember that as important as we make ourselves feel in the progress of our gardens, plants really don't need us to interfere with their maintenance.
I made bruschetta with pouched eggs for lunch.
We went to Sam & Naomi's for cake and tea. Sam taught me how to better use my camera & gave Chris a bike, it is a beautiful canary yellow. He's busy fixing it up as I type c:
Happy Sunday everybody xx