Size 4

It's quite obvious that Wyatt is a little chunkier than his brother so it's no surprise that he has been growing out of his diapers a lot sooner. Since about November we have been using Pampers Swaddlers Size 3 and according to the weight on the box they should be fitting Wyatt no problem. But as you can see, we started running into a little problem.

Not only does this create opportunities for me to take embarrassing pictures of Wyatt (and post them on the internet), but it also leads to our good old friend - the blow-out. Nobody has time for that. But I was reluctant to put him in size 4s because it just seemed like it was way too soon. Three year old Noah was just wearing 4s this past summer and could probably still fit into them. And Wyatt wasn't even close to the starting weight for the next size up. Another reason I was hesitant was that Pampers only made Swaddlers up through size 3. This mean I would have to switch him to another line and lose that wonderful "wet strip" on the front that lets you know if the diaper is wet.

Luckily, Pampers recently decided to begin offering their Swaddlers in size 4 and 5 and I was given the opportunity to sample them thanks to Crowdtap.

So I picked up a bag of Swaddlers size 4s last week and Wyatt was eager to model the results.

I was expecting them to be way too big on him, but as you can see they seemed to fit perfectly. The next step was waiting to see how well they held in a deposit. After using them now for the past four days we have had no leakage and no blow-outs. Sadly, I still have to finish my last box of 3s, but I've already changed my Amazon subscription and look forward to a less mess-filled future.

And Wyatt is happy about that too.

Gear

I had wonderful weather this weekend for my birthday. We decided to go out on a family bike ride on the I&M trail (which was much harder than I remembered). I must be getting too spoiled with the pavement trail we usually take. I took this opportunity to try out my new workout gear that I recently picked up compliments of Old Navy. I was able to choose a top and a bottom from their new compression line to try for free! They were super comfortable and I have to say it really made bike riding a lot easier than the bulky and baggy shorts I usually wear.

Now it's only 17 more days until Noah's Big One birthday!

Tank

I'm a member of an online community called Crowdtap, and through this membership I was given the opportunity to sample a tank top from Old Navy for free.  Notice I have also paired it with a grey Old Navy skirt, which I obtained for half-price with a Groupon.  Thanks Old Navy!