Not exact matches
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.
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.
Unpaper towels, cloth
diapers and wipes, mama cloth, part time use of family cloth, reusable food storage
over plastic bags... all an investment up front, but the payoff is huge and if you ask cloth users, every single one will tell you that a couple extra loads of
laundry a week is doable no matter what your schedule, and entirely worth it.
When the five - year - old is cutting the three - year - old's hair down to the scalp in huge chunks, the one - year - old has gone through ten
diapers in an hour, the cat has vomited all
over the clean
laundry, adn the dog has dragged tonight's thawing chicken out to the backyard?
Instead of crying
over how to
diaper her I actually like doing the
laundry, I like changing her
diaper, and I like that I am saving money.»
Use fold -
over laundry tabs to keep hook & loop fresh and prevent catching on other
diapers.
Don't worry about Aplix in the
laundry - each
diaper cover has fold -
over laundry tabs sewn in to secure the tabs while washing.
Over the weekend as I was revamping the tots room I cleared out all of the cloth
diapers and put them in
laundry baskets until I could figure out what to do next.
This cloth
diaper &
laundry detergent was born out of necessity and perfected
over many months.
Actually, it's more like five years of
diaper laundry stretched out
over seven years, but you get the idea.
I used to rinse them in a large wash basin sink in my
laundry room, but I concluded that it was more sanitary to put the stuff down the toilet and looked for a better way of doing it than to break my back bending
over the toilet with my
diaper duck... Anyway, I just wanted to share my find with you and my happiness with the whole thing.
I'd just prefer snapping the inserts in
over stuffing because it helps to save time during
diaper laundry.
I've already written a post about how one's
diapers are not ruined
over some deviation... but think about the things that are in your normal
laundry detergent: fragrances.
With my son, we didn't even start trying until he was
over two years old, but I think I could have saved a great deal of
diaper laundry if I would have experimented with toilet training a bit earlier.
The fold -
over laundry tabs found on the Thirsties Duo Wraps with Aplix closures protect any other
diapers or covers in the wash, as well as guard against the hook and loop closures gathering up lint.
Aplix / velcro
diapers would be fastened to
laundry tabs and you could just round the edges
over and place them top down so that the crotch (I actually used a thesaurus and could not find a synonym, but it's such a weird word!)
I know, I know — they scream of extra work and hours labouring
over the
laundry basket — a tiresome task we associate with OUR parents generation — BUT — take a look at a few of these disposable
diaper facts before I launch into why my household chose to use CHARLIE BANANA cloth nappies...