My Thoughts After One Year of Cloth Diapering!

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  • [Vlog 11.17.22] - Mary's review of cloth diapering after a year!
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  • @thefreylife
    @thefreylife  Год назад +86

    Hey Frey Life Fam! The day that we're posting this is Elijah's first birthday! 🎉

    • @biddiemutter3481
      @biddiemutter3481 Год назад

      Happy Birthday Elijah sweet boy xxxx

    • @ivark56ofPA
      @ivark56ofPA Год назад +1

      I remember that day when you guys signed off to bring him home
      Exactly one year to date!!

    • @mrsoph28
      @mrsoph28 Год назад

      Happy birthday sweet baby Elijah! Have the best day ever, Mary and Peter, the first birthday is such an amazing milestone, with the joy of so many more to come 💕

    • @waffleman8673
      @waffleman8673 Год назад

      Happy Birthday darling boy ❤

    • @beckiebarham9230
      @beckiebarham9230 Год назад

      Happy Birthday Elijah!! 🥳🎉

  • @annmariecobb9570
    @annmariecobb9570 Год назад +6

    The first year of Elijah's life sure flew by. HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY 🎈🥳 🎁 🧁

  • @SnowySpiritRuby
    @SnowySpiritRuby Год назад +2

    Happy 1st birthday, little buddy!!!

  • @charleneb5361
    @charleneb5361 Год назад +2

    Happy Birthday Elijah!! 🎉

  • @elizabethgreen6770
    @elizabethgreen6770 Год назад +5

    Happy 1st Birthday, Elijah! I love watching you! Your giggles and laugh make me smile.

  • @barbiec323
    @barbiec323 Год назад +5

    Oh my goodness. My baby was born 50 yrs ago. We were so happy when pampers came out and I didn’t have to deal with cloth diapers anymore. But these diapers are great. Wish I had them when I needed them. Merry Christmas to your family

    • @anabellejimenez9197
      @anabellejimenez9197 Год назад +1

      My first baby was also born 50 years ago. I used Curity diapers for him.

    • @Lyenye
      @Lyenye Год назад +2

      All the time folding daipers. And the joys of pinning the diapers with a squirming and thrashing baby lol.

  • @Jen-zz7nv
    @Jen-zz7nv Год назад +3

    Its hard to fathom its been a year already!! Happy Birthday sweet boy!!
    That shot of y'all dancing and Elijah and animals in background was too sweet....and Harry emerging out of the laundry...priceless! 🥰

  • @babybluecheeks
    @babybluecheeks Год назад +1

    When Mary was playing with Elijah on the bed ♥️ so adorable, I couldn't stop smiling.

  • @cherylrhone3407
    @cherylrhone3407 Год назад +1

    🎉Happy Birthday Elijah!!🎉

  • @biddiemutter3481
    @biddiemutter3481 Год назад +8

    I love the opening scene today 😍 and also the way Olie watches Mary with his head on one side. I don't know whether he knows he's retired 😍😍😍

    • @sandyfreyman3501
      @sandyfreyman3501 Год назад +1

      Yes I'm sure his stress is lower against her coughing being lower

    • @ivark56ofPA
      @ivark56ofPA Год назад

      Yes Oliver is now retired and is now a family pet!!

  • @nicolekalicazk5839
    @nicolekalicazk5839 Год назад +1

    🎉🎉🎉Happy birthday Eli.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @karenbonham1359
    @karenbonham1359 Год назад +1

    It was so GREAT hearing Mary sing. I still listen to your version of Hallelujah! Your family is so precious

  • @janaleonard4702
    @janaleonard4702 Год назад +2

    Happy Birthday Elijah! This year flew by! I love watching your family!!!!

  • @QuinceyG
    @QuinceyG Год назад +3

    Happiest and Blessed birthday, Elijah. May you have many more years of joy and trips around the sun. :) You are such a blessing and joy to your parents, and you are destined for such greatness.

  • @TaliyahMC
    @TaliyahMC Год назад +1

    I started watching these videos when you were doing port "tutorials"...I am a nurse and found it intriguing...fast forward several years....watching you parent such a sweet boy....and also watching those old port videos because I have to have a port placed and while I'm a nurse, I don't deal with ports in my medical practice....I am so grateful for the "patient" perspective...and I don't do the patient thing well, so I'm learning again.....thank you!

  • @kahri8488
    @kahri8488 Год назад +4

    Happy birthday to Elijah! I used solely cloth from birth with my first daughter and loved it. With my second I got bad PPD and stopped for my own sanity, to lessen my load, at around 4 months old. Now I have my third bub and am using cloth again and loving it! She’s only 5 weeks old but so far so good 🤣

  • @lisabaldwin2370
    @lisabaldwin2370 Год назад +1

    Happy Birthday sweet boy the time has just flew by the while family is so sweet!

  • @valentinacardona173
    @valentinacardona173 Год назад +1

    Best parents ever . Elijah is very lucky

    • @ivark56ofPA
      @ivark56ofPA Год назад

      Pope Benedict xvi has passed away at age 95 on new years eve!!

  • @TaliyahMC
    @TaliyahMC Год назад +2

    Happy Birthday sweet Elijah!!!! What an amazing year!

  • @johnsonfamilyvidsvlogs3745
    @johnsonfamilyvidsvlogs3745 Год назад +1

    Prayers 🙏 for a fun 🙏 safe 🙏 trip.

  • @summerfun20111
    @summerfun20111 Год назад +1

    Merry Christmas Peter, Mary, Elijah, Ollie and Harry!

    • @ivark56ofPA
      @ivark56ofPA Год назад

      Happy new year Frey family!!

  • @juliereeves5625
    @juliereeves5625 Год назад +1

    Happy birthday to the little guy. 1 year!

  • @angelvary6565
    @angelvary6565 Год назад +1

    🥰 I loved how you were talking to Elijah at breakfast 😊

  • @beverlystahl1221
    @beverlystahl1221 Год назад +1

    Happy First Birthday Elijah!!🎈🎂🎁

  • @ivark56ofPA
    @ivark56ofPA Год назад +1

    Happy birthday Elijah!! I can't believe it was one year ago today you guys
    Sign off on RUclips to adopt him to bring him home...

  • @lisatowan4536
    @lisatowan4536 Год назад +1

    Happy, Happy Birthday, Elijah! 🎂🎉

  • @aliciachavez4930
    @aliciachavez4930 Год назад

    Happy First Birthday Elijah!

  • @junethompson3291
    @junethompson3291 Год назад

    Happy Birthday to Elijah

  • @Rescuedogmomma
    @Rescuedogmomma Год назад +1

    My daughter is having her baby in April and she's going to use cloth diapers. I've shared your diaper knowledge with her, so thank you 😊.

  • @kristen484
    @kristen484 Год назад +1

    Happy 1st Birthday sweet beautiful Elijah 🎉🎂🎁🎈🎈♥️

  • @sheri5326
    @sheri5326 Год назад +1

    YES!! Go Alva baby! I own a lot of their products there nursing pads, large and small wet bags, and over 30 of their diapers.

  • @jeanettebingham7706
    @jeanettebingham7706 Год назад +1

    Happy 1st birthday to the sweetest little boy 🥳

  • @pattihoffman7974
    @pattihoffman7974 Год назад

    Happy 1st birthday Elijah 🥳🎈🎈🎈♥️♥️♥️

  • @sr-huston2583
    @sr-huston2583 Год назад

    Happy 1st Birthday Elijah 🎂🎉🎊🎈

  • @VMeral
    @VMeral Год назад +1

    Happy Birthday Elijah 🥳🎉🎊🎉
    Growing up so so fast

  • @rivkahmiri513
    @rivkahmiri513 Год назад +1

    YAy Happy 1st Birthday Elijah! looking forward to seeing what you post about it in another video! and About Ollie's birthday too!

  • @gthornton3
    @gthornton3 Год назад +1

    Happy Birthday Elijah and many more

  • @maddieadams75
    @maddieadams75 Год назад +1

    Happy 1st Birthday Elijah 🎂 🎁🎉 🎈❤ 🥳 ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ramonasmithson439
    @ramonasmithson439 Год назад +1

    Happy birthday Elijah!!!! My baby girls birthday today too!!! Oh she is 38 today not so much a baby!!!! So love watching your videos and seeing all the love you have to share. Elijah is one lucky little boy.

  • @amandaallen9460
    @amandaallen9460 Год назад +1

    Happy 1st Birthday Elijah!!

  • @karbear26
    @karbear26 Год назад +1

    Happy 1st Birthday 🥳 ! I hope he had a wonderful birthday 🎂 ! I’m so glad you love cloth diapers!! We did too! I loved bumgenius diapers but used prefolds to stuff them since our medium hard water did not like the microfiber and they got stinky! I loved the thirties covers so I probably would have like the naturals if they worked with our water! Cloth diapers are super cute love a fluffy butt!

  • @sharonheadland9233
    @sharonheadland9233 Год назад +1

    Happy birthday Elijah an merry Christmas to you all xx love from Australia

  • @misspepe7416
    @misspepe7416 Год назад +1

    Happy Birthday Elijah!! 🎉🎊🎂

  • @VensVibrantNailsandBeauty
    @VensVibrantNailsandBeauty Год назад +1

    I also celebrate when all the socks have pairs. In one of my homes, we put up a bulletin board, labeled it
    "Have you seen me!"
    Then hung the stragglers on the cork board until their partner showed up. 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @heidiyoule6721
    @heidiyoule6721 Год назад +1

    I used cloth diapers for our children and loved it...I only sadness is that 33yrs ago all that was available was white and you had to fold and pin them into place then add the "rubber" pants over them which were NOT the greatest against babies skin.
    I love the modern cloth diapers!!!
    I can't believe sweet little Elijah is 1 🎉🎊God Bless your family
    Merry Christmas

  • @amandaallen9460
    @amandaallen9460 Год назад +1

    Hey Mary and Peter..I hope you are enjoying living in Durham..I lived in Mebane during high school (I graduated in 2007)..now I'm back near Charlotte

  • @carolyn9157
    @carolyn9157 Год назад

    Merry Christmas Frey life and Happy Happy First Birthday 🎂 Elijah. Your are truly blessed into a loving 👪. May all your little dreams come ture God bless.

  • @peggygray587
    @peggygray587 Год назад +1

    Merry Christmas to your beautiful family. To your sweet baby Happy birthday.

  • @EllyMae48
    @EllyMae48 Год назад +1

    Love your vlogs :) and happy Birthday Elijah, I’m having surgery tomorrow so this is helping me relax tonight. Thank you 😊

  • @letstalkdisabilities7549
    @letstalkdisabilities7549 Год назад +1

    I can’t believe Elijah is one year old today!!

  • @katiebechtel9320
    @katiebechtel9320 Год назад +3

    I would love to see a cloth diaper routine and how you pack them for travel. We just started some cloth diapers to see if it works for us and are going to be traveling as well. I was wondering how you fit clothes on your baby with cloth diapers because they don't look bulky at all. It is great to see you guys so happy and healthy! Merry Christmas!

  • @bobbiegillis-loper2736
    @bobbiegillis-loper2736 Год назад

    Happy Birthday Elijah!

  • @curlybibliophagist
    @curlybibliophagist Год назад

    Happy birthday Elijah!

  • @peacenosa-omorogiuwa5057
    @peacenosa-omorogiuwa5057 Год назад

    Happy birthday 1st Sweet Elijah 🎂🎉

  • @magdalenaurban4749
    @magdalenaurban4749 Год назад +1

    Happy happy birthday to the sweetest Elijah Lee❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
    Can't believe he's One!!!
    Edit: Hi Ollieeeeee😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

  • @BNHAalltheway
    @BNHAalltheway Год назад

    Happy Birthday Elijah

  • @susanbennett9062
    @susanbennett9062 Год назад +1

    I really miss Ollie. Can we have more Ollie footage.

  • @penelopepolinsneemeyer4757
    @penelopepolinsneemeyer4757 Год назад

    Happy happy birthday Elijah! xxxxxxxxxx

  • @lindaburnside3832
    @lindaburnside3832 Год назад +1

    I used cloth diapers for my middle child and his little brother. At one point, I became too overwhelmed with working full time and managing three kids and I went to disposables, but I LOVED cloth diapers, and overall, that are just a mind shift - not a lot more work.

  • @jenniferwolford4646
    @jenniferwolford4646 Год назад +2

    If cloth diapers worked and looked like that when my babies were babies, I probably would have too! 😍

  • @kimmysharples
    @kimmysharples Год назад +1

    I would never get away with that night nappy. I have a heavy wetter so it takes A LOT of bamboo and hemp. We use fitted nappies heavily boosted in the nappy and also in the wrap. We mostly use pockets for days with the odd fitted for long car journeys etc. I also have a few wool covers that my auntie knitted. Just got a new preflat to try with it, but I can't find my nappy nippa and I'm terrified of trying pins. I have lots of Alva pockets but I think the majority of the other brands I use are UK companies and only available over here. Love seeing cloth bums normalised.

  • @monicab4888
    @monicab4888 Год назад +1

    Love thirsties! We use all sorts of different cloth diapers. We are on our third child with cloth diapering.

    • @monicab4888
      @monicab4888 Год назад

      Also love green mountain diapers

  • @biddiemutter3481
    @biddiemutter3481 Год назад

    And... a very merry Christmas to you if I forget to say. God bless you

  • @gillohare581
    @gillohare581 Год назад

    Happy birthday xx

  • @loisshockey9439
    @loisshockey9439 Год назад

    Happy birthday Elijha

  • @rachelwhite3286
    @rachelwhite3286 Год назад +1

    Elijah is so beautiful. My son is biracial as well, they look very similar

  • @lindaowens2966
    @lindaowens2966 Год назад

    Happy Birthday Elijah 🎂 🥳 🎉

  • @cindygambrel9267
    @cindygambrel9267 Год назад +1

    Elijah is such a cute little fella. Also wondering why Ollie never goes with you guys on trips any longer?

  • @ruthgoebel723
    @ruthgoebel723 Год назад +2

    We tried cloth diapers but our son always got major diaper rash, so we went back to disposables and that was the end of the rashes.

  • @sandyfreyman3501
    @sandyfreyman3501 Год назад +1

    Great how elijahs laughing at you guys making fun of his grunting

  • @gthornton3
    @gthornton3 Год назад +1

    My daughter used cloth diapers 20 years ago and loved them. So much cheaper.

  • @shawndavis824
    @shawndavis824 Год назад

    My daughter chose to cloth diaper her daughter. We did not put our diapers back n the dryer. We line dried them because when we researched laundering them, it was highly suggested to not put them in the dryer. It was also stressed that they not go in the dryer on the BST pages that we purchased many of them from. It surprised me that you put them in the dryer. Please know I am not being critical-just wondering.

  • @billiebluesheepie2907
    @billiebluesheepie2907 Год назад

    I’m sad for all the plastic my medical condition causes, but my body can’t do the things others take for granted.

  • @barboradankova7823
    @barboradankova7823 Год назад +2

    And how many times do you have to change the cloth diapers? How long do the diapers last? :)

  • @reinaswanson2750
    @reinaswanson2750 Год назад

    Hi Mary and Peter

  • @sonjabernard8994
    @sonjabernard8994 Год назад

    I used cloth diapers with both my boys and that was like 40 years ago.. Only had cloth diaper and rubber pant cover. So much cheaper than disposable. but most of friend and family used disposable.

  • @katispieker
    @katispieker Год назад +1

    Does Oliver ever work? I know he's retired so he's never on duty. But does he still decide to work sometimes? Do you catch him doing tasks for you or others?

  • @t_elisbeth
    @t_elisbeth Год назад

    I would love to know where all of my socks go. Can’t even find them on deep cleaning days 😅

  • @nathantatosian280
    @nathantatosian280 Год назад

    Hi Mary and peter ❤❤❤

  • @rrpihl21
    @rrpihl21 Год назад

    Please consider doing a video on how you care for the cloth diapers. I am due to have my baby boy in March and want to cloth diaper so I appreciate all your videos on them. I have questions like do you have to run a presoak/pre rinse cycle? Do you use special detergent for washing? How many newborn cloth diapers should one start with? Etc.

  • @biddiemutter3481
    @biddiemutter3481 Год назад +1

    Mary, was there a technique to stuffing the diaper so that it was even and not scrunched up?

  • @weirdokelly2.048
    @weirdokelly2.048 Год назад

    Say goodbye to the people Ollie ❤️

  • @summercampfam8806
    @summercampfam8806 Год назад

    I cloth diapered all four of my kids and loved it 😊

  • @andreaburr2963
    @andreaburr2963 Год назад

    We is bambino moo all in one.

  • @CatherineSunnysideJournals
    @CatherineSunnysideJournals Год назад +3

    I cloth diapered my 5 children... mostly because I don't trust the chemicals that are in disposable diapers and I didn't want those chemicals pressed up against my babies' private parts for the first 2 to 3 years of their life. Natural cotton was best for my babies. Even with twins the laundry wasn't so bad.

  • @karenkane3220
    @karenkane3220 Год назад

    Cloth diapers have come a long way!!

  • @sheriwoodie1828
    @sheriwoodie1828 Год назад

    Aww hi buddy. You are to cute❤

  • @Jessiebear661
    @Jessiebear661 Год назад

    My family wasn’t supportive on the cloth diapering.. we got a ton of diaper packs
    I will say tho
    8 mo old and we have only had to buy one pack of size 3
    And still have a closet with 4 boxes of size 4 and a size 6

  • @marylonergan8511
    @marylonergan8511 Год назад

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @jasongates-
    @jasongates- Год назад

    0:18 - 0:30 Looks like a postcard.

  • @jennster360
    @jennster360 Год назад

    My mom said she cloth diapered me because my skin did not like disposable diapers at all.

  • @mariannejennisch9293
    @mariannejennisch9293 Год назад

    Cloth diapers when I did it for babysitting I hated it. But that’s how I felt.

  • @sophieamarant1536
    @sophieamarant1536 Год назад

    Fourth comment.

  • @patemmack7205
    @patemmack7205 Год назад

    Happy Birthday Elijah!!🎉