Yesterday was the first day of the challenge. It was pretty normal. I used both the origami fold and the pad fold. I set a couple diapers up with the pad fold already set into the cover in case my Husband decided to change a diaper.
My youngest (1 yr old) is in diapers full time. Nothing uneventful for him. Diaper change as normal. I was planning to also try flats at night starting last night but my little guy has been flirting with the idea of getting a rash lately and I didn't want to risk it. He went into a disposable diaper for bedtime. (side note-we still havn't found a good night time solution with cloth diapers. Even disposable diapers don't work that well but at least we don't end up with a fire red bum and sad child in the morning) My 1 yr old is starting to hold hiself for longer periods of time and then SATURATE his diapers. So far this week 1 flat diaper from Diaper Junction or 2 flat Gerber diapers is taking care of it though.
My middle boy (2 yrs old) is in diapers only at naps and night time now. (Can we all do a happy dance?) He self potty trained right around his second birthday. I think it was because he saw his older brother (3 yrs old) going potty all the time and he decided to copy yet another thing that brother does. (big brother also self potty trained around 2 yrs old) He still occasionally will have an accident during the day but he is pretty reliable. We have been taking him places and not putting him into a diaper now for about a month.
WASHING- Today (the second day) I washed the diapers. We didnt go through very many diapers. Remember, my 1 yr old is holding it for a long time and then super soaking. We needed to change his diapers 3 times yesterday. I washed this morning after I got the boys cleaned up from breakfast. I unfolded all diapers and threw them into the tub. 4 flats, 3 covers and a couple wipes. I let them sit in the hot water for a little while while I did other things and then I came back and swished them around for a while. We only had 1 poopy diaper, that I rinsed very well promptly so no nasty stuff in the wash water, so it I didnt have to do a ton of scrubbing. I threw some liquid soap that was sitting by the tub into the wash water and scrubbed a little bit and then removed things one at a time and rinsed well and then set them aside to hang. They are on the line right now and look to be dry!
First day and a half gone and it wasnt so bad! Washing didn't really even take that long!
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Disclaimer- 1 dozen flat diapers were provided by Diaper Junction free of charge for the purposes of this challenge. All opinions and ideas stated are my own.
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