MacGyver Mom

When we started cloth diapering

one of my fears was that I would run out of diapers

and be left with nothing to catch the various things that come out of our girl.

Because of this (or in the case of a poop-tastrophe)

I try to keep a small pack of

disposable diapers on hand.

I don't like to use disposable diapers because they don't

contain the messes quite as well.

But sometimes they're necessary.

Well,

Our busy weekend caught up with me yesterday.

I realized when I changed Stella's mega-poo diaper

that I only had one clean diaper left.

No matter, I thought, because she had just poo'd

so I would have plenty of time to toss the others into the wash

before she would need another diaper change.

So I started the wash, and then I sat down to feed her.

Silly Mommy!

Stella had other plans for this day.

And so she proceeded to poo again.

Uh, now what?

Well, I guess we'll just have to use a disposable diaper until the others finish in the wash.

Silly Mommy!

I must have used up the last disposable that we had on hand.

Uh, now what?

Jim & Cole just left for a 2 hour run,

and I'm not about to strap Stella with her diaper full of poo into the carseat

to run out to the store.

MacGyver Mommy to the rescue!

Here is our girl

laying on her play mat

on a towel

with microfiber diaper inserts underneath.

Covering her precious bum is 2 Gerber burp cloths.

At first I just sort of wrapped the burp cloths around her

but she kept wiggling and coming uncovered

so I snapped her onesie to keep them on

until I could get a diaper cover washed.

She spent about 30 minutes like this

and yes, she did wet.

But it didn't go any farther than the towel.

I guess it's a good thing that she likes to lay on her back

and that she was feeling content to play on her play mat.

At least I know now that in a pinch, I can handle running out of diapers.