By: Jessica Dunn
Today’s topic for bloggers participating in the Flats
and Handwashing Challenge is what’s working and what isn’t. Overall, the
challenge is going really well and I’m not running into a lot of obstacles.
Thank goodness.
My wash routine is going great. The only obstacle I have run
into is when we got home late and I didn’t get diapers washed until after
dinner. I ended up having to dry them in the house because it was too windy to
dry them on the line, which took longer. You can read more about my wash
routine in Day
4’s blog entry.
I have plenty of supplies to diaper my daughter, but I did
need to add an additional cover because daddy isn’t a fan of reusing covers and
throws them in the wash bucket. Luckily, I have a supply of covers so I was
able to add an additional one in my rotation.
Our nighttime diaper was my biggest concern and that has
worked out really well for us. I use two flats, either Osocozy
or flour sack towels folded together in the kite fold or gaynor fold for girls
and fasten them with boingos
then pad fold a receiving blanket to use as a doubler. I then use a Bunny’s Fluffy Bum soaker.
This diaper is just as good, if not better, than our Rumparooz
pocket diaper stuffed with both the regular size and newborn size soakers. It’s
definitely less bulky.
Speaking of Boingos,
let’s talk about those for a minute. I loved them when Emma was a newborn, but
now she’s mobile and can undo them, so they really aren’t working for us for daytime.
Since our Boingos
aren’t working for daytime and I can’t find our Snappi,
I haven’t been able to do any folds that require fasteners during the day and
go coverless at home like I had originally planned. I am only pad folding the
flats and this requires a cover.
Since my only obstacle is a fastener and I am able to
overcome that by pad folding, I would say this has been a successful challenge
so far.
About the author: My
name is Jessica and I am the author of Parenting and Living Our Way
blog. I am a busy stay at home mom to a 9 month old daughter who has recently
learned how to crawl and is keeping me on my toes. I was invited by Kissed by the Moon to be
their guest blogger for the week documenting my experience. I am so excited about this opportunity and
look forward to sharing my experience with you. If you’d like to read more
about me, my family and our life, you can read our blog Parenting and Living Our Way. We
can also be found on facebook.
I am posting throughout the day on facebook
and twitter about how our
day is going, so you can follow along.
About the challenge: I'm
participating in the Flats and Handwashing Challenge hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry.
This event aims to bring awareness to the challenges that low income
families face when trying to diaper their children. There are not publicly
funded programs that supply diapers to families in need. Using cloth diapers
and handwashing is an affordable way to families to diaper their children.
Flats are the most inexpensive of commercially available cloth diapers;
receiving blankets, flour sack towels, cut sheets, and t-shirts can also be
used as flats making these diapers available to all families.
Don't forget to RSVP and attend Kissed by the Moon's May Moon Moms Night In. This Friday May 24th at 5pm PST/8pm EST here.
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