amazon love affair

the only thing better than amazon and amazon prime is amazon mom with subscribe and save.  and having an additional 20% off coupon.

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i just got 204 size 3 diapers for $17.27.  in case you were wondering, that's 8.5 cents per diaper, which i'm pretty happy about.

somehow i started getting two different parenting magazines sent to me.  i don't really read them, but i sometimes flip through them once when i'm going through the mail.  this parents magazine subscription came with my boppy.

and american baby came the first two months we lived in our apartment (wasn't being forwarded yet to the previous tenants), stopped, and then started again two months ago, but i'm not sure who it's addressed to this time.  the white part is blank so it must have been on some packaging i threw away.  i'll have to check the addressee next time.  either way, this one is definitely my favorite.

it's my favorite because both of the recent issues have had this in them!  an amazon coupon for 20% off diapers!

i already love amazon because it's cheaper than getting diapers in the store and because i don't have to leave my house to buy them or carry them home.  and i love amazon prime because it includes FREE two day shipping.  and amazon mom means you get an extra 15% off and if you sign up for subscribe and save then you get another 15% off.  so that giant pack of diapers is now 30% off and comes to your doorsteps two days later with no shipping fees.  so size one luvs (baby's preferred diaper brand) are only 9 cents a diaper, size two is 11 cents, and size three is 12 cents.  and now you can get an additional 20% off the original price so it brings size three diapers down to 8.5 cents a diaper!  nice!  

earlier this week i was reading some pro-cloth diapering website article about how much cheaper cloth diapering is than regular disposable diapers.  they said that for two kids (since you can reuse the cloth with your second kid) cloth diapering is a TENTH what disposables are.  well, not the case... at least for me.  they said you're spending about $70 a month on diapers.  yikes!  i've even seen some estimates on babycenter that people spend over $100 a month on diapers.  i haven't kept a tally, but i'm about 99% positive that we spend less than $15 a month on baby's diapers.  now if only i could say that about milk...

wow, who's bored?!?!

anyways, i'm excited for these size 3's to come so i can put them on baby for nighttime.  we've been weaning her off the swaddle these past few nights which has led to the occasional night waking.  and when that happens, i have to feed her before reswaddling her and putting her back in bed.  and although it would be smart to change her diaper during that time, i don't.  because i'm too lazy.  and tired.  and disoriented.  and it's dark.  but really because i don't want it to wake her up even more.  so then in the morning she wakes up with a gigantic full and leaky diaper and i'm doing a load of laundry first thing before i can even nurse my child.  crossing my fingers for the bigger size 3's... and that this whole swaddle weaning won't last too long.

this is where the swaddle was at on sunday...

and tonight...

legs are free and one arm out (alternated each time).  miracle blanket underneath... swaddleme on top.  it's going FAR better than the few feeble attempts i made at putting her down with both arms free.  epic fail.  but now we're going places... thank goodness for that.  i will say that i'm so very sad to be getting rid of the swaddle.  i really love it to death, but baby girl is just breaking out of it too often (more than one night a week) which is absolutely crazy considering how intense it is.  it just gets so loose from all that wiggling around the crib.  so, sadly, it's either adding duct tape to the mix, or getting rid of the swaddle.  so... it's got to go.  (although don't think i haven't given duct tape (and packing tape for that matter) serious thought over the last week or so).  and it's been pretty warm here lately and we can't turn off our heat because we're hooked up to everyone else in student housing, so it gets really hot... especially with fifty layers of smothering swaddle fabric.

also kind of sad, this might be the last time you see that sleeper.  baby is getting looooong.