I took Lexi to the doctor - or rather the 'professor' yesterday at the hospital. (It's a teaching hospital which is why I guess this guy doesn't like to go by dr. but prof.) For the EKG, she needs to be naked except for her diapers. The nurse was very surprised to see that she was wearing cloth diapers and wanted to know why we don't use the disposables. Her English was limited but I managed to explain that it was for environmental reasons (not the only reason, but too difficult to go farther). Then the professor's intern asked about them as well. She wondered if Lexi was allergic to the disposables. She had never seen a baby in cloth diapers before. No wonder our landfills are filling up!
But the hole in Lexi's heart is very, very, very tiny so she hardly has a heart murmur at all any more - the intern couldn't hear it but the professor could. In a year from now, we will have to get her checked again, but it should be gone by then.
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Isn't it funny that the cloth diapers are so rare. My doctor office talks about them as well. Their comment was, "Wow are those what I think they are? We haven't seen them in years!" My doctor did report however that the cloth are very good in terms of potty training as the babies can actually feel when they are wet. In the disposable ones the babies can't tell and therefore don't have the desire to get out of them. After our trip to MN I am going to start working on the potty training for Olivia.
Miriam
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