You are already
doing the diaper laundry, just throw these in with them.
The truth is, I think I've kind of started to learn to LIKE
doing the diaper laundry, which is a little unsettling isn't it?
Doing diaper laundry really shouldn't be any harder than your regular laundry.
I just ran a quick rinse before bed on the night I wasn't
doing diaper laundry.
I don't know what I'll do with them when we're not
doing diaper laundry anymore, but I suspect I'll throw them in with our kitchen / bath towel loads and wash on warm.
If you're
doing diaper laundry already, why not wash a few wipes too?
PRO 2: Large cloth diaper stashes also give you the option to limit your washing days so rather than having to wash every other day to avoid running out of diapers you can easily
do diaper laundry every couple days, yay!
It gets washed almost every time
I do diaper laundry and even after years of use, it shows no sign of wear and tear other than slight fading to the fabric.
I know that there's laundry every other or every two days (speaking of which, I need to
do diaper laundry today).
When I was ready to
do diaper laundry I would dump the dirty pads in with my diapers and wash on hot like normal.
At any rate,
I did diaper laundry 2 - 3 times a week.
A pail liner will keep you from needing to wash out your diaper pail every time
you do diaper laundry, just empty the diapers into the washer and toss the pail liner in there too!
Everyone always comments about how I have all this extra laundry I have to
do diaper laundry, and I always tell them it's the only laundry I actually love doing!
Not exact matches
Dan has risen to the occasion of fatherhood with more sweetness and energy than seems possible, changing
diapers,
doing seemingly infinite loads of
laundry, rocking and burping the baby, making pot after pot of coffee (which we now refer to as «liquid hope»), researching baby poo on the internet, and so on.
The mama pads I wash with cloth
diapers so it doesn't create more
laundry loads.
I was afraid to admit to certain fellow attachment parenting moms that I: used a baby swing, tried to get my children to take pacifiers (though none would), used disposable
diapers at home some days when I was over
doing all that
laundry, used the TV as a babysitter when I needed to clean or eat chocolate by myself, fed my children store - bought baby food some times, and much more.
Because we use cloth
diapers, part of the job will be
doing laundry and light housekeeping.
Yes, convenience - because using cloth wipes means you don't have to sort them out from the rest of your cloth
diaper laundry!
Let's face it, we all have to
do laundry whether it's clothes or cloth
diapers.
I don't normally recommend any additives to cloth
diaper laundry, but I and many other mamas have had much success with Bi-O-Kleen Bac - Out.
We are new to cloth
diapering and I've
done a million google searches trying to decide what types we wanted to try out first... For less
laundry and less bulk to carry in a
diaper bag we new we wanted to try an AI2
diaper... Unfortunately they all were out of our price range besides the Buttons
diapers.
If you wash your
diaper covers with aplix and it doesn't stick to the
laundry tabs, it becomes a nightmare.
Note: Cloth
diapers do need to be separated from your regular
laundry because harsh detergents can cause
diaper rash.
Cloth
diapers may be the only
laundry that I actually enjoy
doing these days.
I have several cloth
diapers but I'm not using them yet because our temporary residence doesn't have
laundry facilities.
Having said that, if there was a little bit of poop that the
diaper liner
did not catch, I had always been okay with throwing it into the
laundry.
We use cloth
diapers in our house to save money, so we have a fair amount of stinky
diaper laundry to
do every week.
You will need to
do additional 2 - 3 loads of
laundry per week with cloth
diapering.
While I cloth
diapered my daughter, when my son came into the world I just didn't have the time or energy to
do more loads of
laundry during the week.
I'm already
doing cloth
diaper laundry, so adding in a few wipes is no problem.
Washing cloth
diapers is not difficult and truly
does NOT require special
laundry detergents or equipment.
We
do go through more
laundry detergent but not enough to really stress about when we aren't buying all those disposable
diapers and wipes.
Because cloth
diapers are washed instead of thrown out and you will have a few more loads of
laundry to
do each week.
I
do not use bleach, but I
do use vinegar in the rinse cycle to remove any
laundry soap that may remain on the
diapers.
And when you've got a
laundry routine down and have a stash of cloth
diapers in cute prints and colors, you don't exactly mind continuing to cloth.
When it is time to
do laundry (we wash our
diapers twice a week), pull the liner out of the pail with the
diapers.
Or changing
diapers and
doing laundry.
You
do not need to purchase «special for cloth
diapers»
laundry products for cotton
diapers.
There are even fully compostable
diapers now, which are a great choice if you don't want to deal with the soiled
laundry but want to be eco-friendly.
A
diaper pail for cloth
diapers with a freshener will help keep odor down until you can
do laundry.
Cloth
diapering doesn't have to be as convenient as using disposables because convenience isn't a novelty anymore (lets face it, we all
do a TON of
laundry anyway so who's really counting loads anyway).
Or perhaps your apartment
does not have a
laundry facility on site, and laundromats
do not allow
diaper washing for sanitary reasons.
Or just commit to
doing the freaking cloth
diaper laundry.»
You weren't
doing an absurd amount of
laundry with the
diaper load on top of everything else?
Also, what is the proper way to use essential oils in
laundry care... I assume that you don't want to get the oils on your clothes or
diapers... I am so confused on this one!
But cloth
diapering does sound cool, though i'm already overwhelmed with
laundry without it.
When I visited my family in May, I opted to bring along disposable
diapers because because single parenting on holidays is hard enough without squeezing in the time to
do cloth
diaper laundry for two.
So, yeah, I am just going to be over here, buying some more
diapers we definitely don't need but will probably use when that
laundry pile expands.
Many parents wonder if they should let soiled cloth
diapers soak or if they should leave them be until it's time to
do a load of
laundry.
I
do use the cheapo
diapers and when I had to pay for washing
laundry, it was cheaper.