it's so cute, she's trying so hard to laugh...today was her most successful attempt so far.

the realization that changed my life:

there's such a thing as size 2 diapers.

We have been using the Kirkland brand diapers, and their first stage is size 1-2. As of late, girlie has been blowing those out every time she poos, creating quite a mess to clean up. So we bought the next size up, which would be size 3, right?

Well, size 3 were super HUGE on her, and we had the same blowout problems, AND the pee would often leak out too. Not fun. So yesterday I went to London Drugs to buy more size 1-2's, as my mom (and her costco card) are out of town right now. And what do you know, right there on the shelf they had size 2's... not 1-2 combined, but its very own size, and the weight range was right where she's at right now! I was very excited, and they seem to be holding their own so far... bigger than the 1-2's, but smaller than the 3's. (obviously)

So now here's the question, which non-huggies/pampers brand would you recommend we try? I'm not about to pay $20 for every pack of size 2's we use for the next couple months, and the Costco brand we like to use is not an option at this stage. So, dear readers...what should it be? Superstore? Walmart (i think they have a couple generic brands, right?)? Zellers?

as promised

here are some recent pics of the girlie.

stories from the waiting room

At Danica's 6 week checkup, we were waiting back in the area where they do the weights & measures, she was sitting in her carseat. There was a little girl (about 5) with her mom, she was getting weighed. She saw Danica and said "Mom, can I play with her?" The mom said "well, honey, she's trying to sleep right now." The girl was fine with that, and then started admiring Danica instead... "she is SOOOOOOOO cute! Mom, look how cute that baby is! She is just so beautiful!" (You could tell this little girl had been around others who were cooing over babies in this way, her mannerisms were so "grown up")...The nurse came to take them to their room, and while they were leaving she said to her mom "mom, i just can't get enough of that cute baby!" It was so funny.

This week, we had Danica's first round of immunizations, and we got there just when her nap time usually starts, so she was pretty fussy. This turned into full blown wailing, and i was cuddling & trying to soothe her, when another mom came back from the shots with her two kids...she made some comment about my little one not being too happy after getting her needles, and i said "oh no, we haven't even gotten them yet!" Thankfully, when she did get them, she screamed bloody murder for about 1 minute, then calmed right down and went to sleep before we even got back to the waiting room.