Day Three

Today is the third full day of the Flats and Handwashing Challenge.  As a reminder, this is a 7 day Challenge where participants can only use flat cloth diapers and have to ditch their washer and dryer in favor of good ol’ fashioned handwashing.  We are close to 500 participants this year and many are blogging their journey.  You can find their posts linked at the end.

No leaks for me!  So far so good in that department.  That was one of my worst fears-that I'd have leaks like crazy.  I have had a blue bum a couple of times from the tie dyed flats, but now that they've been washed a couple of times that has disappeared.

The hand washing has been going pretty well too.  I wash in the evening.  I use my camp style washer and also my bathtub (that's how I get the water in the bucket).  The drying has been really quick and no problems with my flats and covers.  But my nighttime diapers?  Well...that is proving a little harder.  It is muggy here today and  my inserts and pocket for my KaWaii baby heavy wetter overnight are not dry yet...and baby goes to bed in less than 4 hours.  I tried outside drying on my clothesline, and inside on my drying rack.  They are now downstairs perched in front of our dehumidifier.  Here's hoping!

If they don't  dry I will try a diaper bag fold and see what happens.  And hope that I don't get a bath in the middle of the night from her leaking all over me.  She nurses at least 4 times between 7am and 7pm if not more.  So overnight can get messy  :o)

I really don't know how one would do anything but flats and covers if they didn't have dryer access in a tropical environment.

Today's blog topic is supposed to be "How Do You Use Your Flats?".  I was just folding them in triangles but then I noticed they were not staying put too well.  I looked on YouTube and found a video on how to do an oragami fold and that has worked great today.  That's all I have to say on the topic.  Very exciting stuff.

Flats Challenge 2012 Day 3

1. Life as a Wife, Mummy, and Nurse	2. Dirty Diaper Laundry➔Linky Home	3. 2 Sleeping Babies
4. Trisha @ Momma T and Baby E	5. deltaflute@Diapers and Drivel	6. Staci @ Springpatchjam
7. Mary Ann	8. Janice @ MommaWords	9. Firechick
10. Audrey @ Peace, Love, Crunchy	11. My Cloth Diaper Stash	12. Melissa @ Refashionista
13. Brenda @ DFW Cloth Diaper Group	14. Stefanie @ Planet Bambini	15. Maria @Change-Diapers.com
16. Jess @ Little Greenlings	17. Michelle @ Grateful Moms of Many	18. Krystina @ Inner Workings of my Brain
19. Mindy @Neck Deep In Love	20. Anu @ Mongolish Mama	21. Jenn@Funky Little EarthChild
22. Janis @ Natural Muslim Mama	23. Christine	24. Jenny @ Cloth Diaper Revival
25. ellen @ Jelly Bear Boutique	26. Cinella @ The Mami Blog	27. Polly @ Sew-Fatty
28. Shauna @ The mommy Memo	29. Just Add Cloth	30. Mothering From The Maelstrom
31. East Coast Diapers	32. Frieda @ My Ramblings: Unwrapped	33. Theresa @ The Outnumbered Mommy
34. Elizabeth @ The Changing Table	35. Kimberly	36. Michelle
37. Angela @ Beau Choix	38. Tiffany Kandell	39. Sisters 'N Cloth - The Versatile Flat
40. Chana @ Adventures In Fluff	41. According to Jenny	42. Jenney
43. Theresa	44. Repurposed Fabric Diapers	45. Amanda @ Natural Living Mamma
46. Christina @ Make Every Breath Count	47. The Slacker Mom	48. Domestic Dirt
49. Angela @ The Natural Mamma	50. Work, Interrupted	51. May Paring @ Aspiring to be June Cleaver
52. Keemara @ NapturallyCrunchyMommy	53. Momderings	54. Little Tiny Love
55. Amanda @ The Fun Mommy	56. Amber@FluffyButtsBlog	57. Mandi aka JustOneMama
58. Elyse @ Izzy and Johnny's	59. Danielle Ethington	60. Keila @ Babies Bottoms and More
61. Rachael @ Pompa En Tela	62. Nicole @ FluffyBum-GreenHome	63. Alayna @ Getting Crunchier
64. Michelle Cole	65. Barbi @ It's kwizsical	66. Melissa
67. Amanda @ Making Memories	68. Jessica A

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