A Question for My Fellow Cloth Diapering Mamas

This is a question for anyone who reads my blog who has or is cloth diapering a baby. Has anyone noticed a correlation between crawling and cloth diapering? Lily isn't crawling yet. While I am not really concerned, I was wondering if anyone has noticed a delay in crawling because of cloth diapers. I know all babies develop and reach milestones at different times, and I know that not all babies ever crawl, but the hubby thinks that maybe the bulk of the cloth diapers are impeding her ability to crawl. She pushes up really far with her arms, and she can swivel in all directions. She is a very efficient roller and gets where ever she wants to go really quickly. I haven't really found any info on the web about this, so I thought maybe some fellow cloth diaperers may have some insight?

Thanks!

Baby Food

A while back I said I would let everyone know how making my own baby food is going. In a word, FANTASTIC! It is super easy, super inexpensive, and really comforting knowing exactly what Lily is eating. I have made a variety of fruits and veggies, and she seems to love them all! Like her mama, squash seems to be her favorite! She also seems to prefer veggies to fruits, although I have only had one incidence of her not wanting to eat, and that was just strange. I pureed a banana for her, which she has previously loved, and mixed it with a little baby oatmeal. She was not having it at all. I decided I would defrost a cube of sweet potatoes for her, but she wasn't really into that either. Must have been a fluke, because she has loved sweet potatoes since. We haven't tried bananas again yet.
Like I said, it is super easy. I just buy a bunch of whatever - apples, pears, acorn squash, butternut squash, sweet potatoes - and steam them, mix in a little of the steaming water, and freeze in a silicon mini-muffin tray. I also was freezing in ice cube trays, but I bought some super cheapo ones since we use our regulars ones for ice. I should have known what the quality would be when I got three for a dollar. They cracked and broke when I tried to get the cubes of food out! I then put the cubes in quart size zip top freezer bags, and done! I can pull out a different variety of foods for her dinners. Yesterday Lily dined on sweet potatoes, green beans and butternut squash. I do use frozen green beans. And I have some frozen peas I am going to try. Everything else is fresh. Tonight Lily had some fresh acorn squash which I baked and then pureed, and oh my - did she eat it up! I think she would have eaten the whole batch if I would have fed it to her!
We also tried some plums last week, and lets just say I may keep a small batch for any constipation issues, but otherwise we will be avoiding those. The diapers were absolutely no fun! I haven't done too many fruits...mainly just pears, apples and bananas (and the unfortunate plums) since it is fall and everything is pretty much out of season.
And not only is this inexpensive and easy, but I don't have a million little jars in the recycle bin every week! Lily really is a green baby!

The Baby Aisle at the Grocery Store

On Saturday evening we went grocery shopping. I know, I know...we are soo exciting. I couldn't believe how many other very exciting people there are out there - the store was packed. Anyway, while we were shopping, I decided to take a stroll down the baby aisle. Just for fun. Also to get an idea of how much baby food costs. And it occurred to me, we probably aren't like a lot of people with 7 month olds. We don't include the baby aisle in our normal grocery shopping. Since I still breast feed, we use cloth diapers and wipes, and I am making my own baby food, we don't have to buy any baby stuff in our normal grocery shopping. No diapers or wipes, formula or baby food.
Now I am absolutely not saying I don't buy baby stuff, because I certainly do. I rarely make it out of Target without something for Lily, like clothes or a new toy, or a sippy cup. But those things that I buy are wants, not needs. I don't need to go down the baby aisle for things that I need to care for Lily. It is actually pretty cool because I kinda feel like the whole baby thing is only as expensive as I want it to be. And I did make a purchase from the baby aisle...more freezer storage bags for breast milk.