double trouble

I've been looking into making my own diaper doublers recently. The ones I have found available for sale online from WAHMs and cloth diaper stores are way too expensive for my taste, considering how simple they are (just a couple layers of terrycloth and fleece stitched together). So I have found a website from which I can order the special fabrics (because of course the experts recommend certain fabrics, which aren't typically sold in your average fabric store). But now I'm on a slippery slope, because I have found things like these, which I've been desperately trying to ignore. Making my own diapers is something I do not need to get involved in. I already have quilting and crocheting and scrapbooking and housecleaning/painting/moving into going on. Not to mention a two month old baby to take care of. And yet, there is a growing urge to just give it a try.... go on.... just make one.... what harm can it do?....go on.... just one.....the pattern's on sale...

Of course this is made worse by the fact that I really shouldn't be spending the money at all. We don't need the diapers right now, so making my own would be purely an experiment in textiley entertainment. Unless of course I was thinking about making them for sale, but I don't really want to do that. I could certainly use a way to bring in extra income since we're a one-income family now, but making diapers isn't really high on my list of options. (Though I must admit that until I actually try making diapers I can't honestly say if I want to do it or not.) But there are already dozens and dozens of people making and selling diapers out there. I don't think I need to add one more WAHM (work at home mom) store to the zillions out there when there's nothing special about what I could offer.

I don't think I've mentioned here that I am now officially a stay at home mom. As of my six week postpartum checkup, it is official. I called my boss and gave him the go ahead so he could file my termination paperwork. I did end up getting maternity leave after all, even though I told work that I was not returning after the baby and that I was quitting as of the end of March. They decided all on their own that I deserved leave pay for my honesty and being up front about my plans - we were (understandably) thrilled and elated about that. But now that extra pay is received and shoveled into savings (and will promptly be gone at the end of the month when we close on our house), and we're adjusting to life on one income. Although we have been "practicing" for the past few months, the reality is going to be different, and I know it. Different, yes, and probably even difficult. But I wouldn't change our situation for the world. Being home with Gavin is the most important thing in the world to me, and it's worth any amount of doing without I might have to endure.