As you all know, this is my 3rd
baby. I have never in my life considered cloth diapers until now. I
can honestly say I'm not sure if the appeal if the money saving
factor, the “natural” part, or the lowering of waste coming from
my home. Could be all three.
I have good girlfriend I refer as
“Mother Earth”. She has cloth diapered both of her children.
Currently, she too is pregnant with her 3rd and will cloth
diaper again. I remember sitting with her and her 2nd
child one day at their home. I was so bewildered by cloth diapers. So
she showed me how easy it was. And a small, teeny tiny, light was
lit. I wasn't sure why at the time. Mr. and I were no where near
having another baby. But it stuck in my mind. For a long time.
Not to mention my sister-in-law. She
discovered cloth with her 2nd child and plans to do it
again with her baby due next week! She had a few challenges, but was
determined to make it work. She's even brave enough to try to sew her
own!!!
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So here I am now, 29 weeks pregnant,
wanting to cloth diaper my baby. Though there are many, many
challenges ahead of me. I have never cloth diapered in my life. Nor,
have I truly witnessed the process of cloth diapering A Day In The
Life. So really, short of my snapshots, if you will, I am blind.
I have rediscovered YouTube within the
last month or so. It has become my quiet obsession. I watch videos
from moms who CD, but non are in my current situation. All them have
a washer and dryer at home. And here is where my true challenge lies.
How do I cloth diaper using a laundry mat???!
I have yet to truly find an answer to
this question. It's almost as though people don't take on the
challenge. I know there are some why hand wash and hang to dry. I
know this would probably be too much for me to handle.
So my true question is:
HOW DO I SUCCESSFULLY CLOTH DIAPER
AT THE LAUNDRY MAT?
Currently, I have
a once a week routine in place to go to the laundry mat. If it
doesn't work out that week, I have to suffer through 2 weeks for
folding. I hate that. So I do my very best to maintain my once a week
schedule.
Is is possible to
not wash CDs more than once a week? I'm not sure. My thoughts are
that if they are at least rinsed daily and allowed to dry before
putting them into the diaper pail, they should be fine. PLEASE
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
So to all the
CLOTH DIAPER GURUS out there... IS IT POSSIBLE OR AM I FOOLING
MYSELF?
If you have any
advise, comments, vlogs, blog posts to help my cause please, PLEASE,
leave them in the comments section.
Miracles & Blessings,
