Flats and Handwashing Challenge: Day 6

Today is Day 6 of the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry. I will be using flat cloth diapers for a whole week. You can read about the challenge and why I'm doing it in my Day 1 post.

I went to the grocery store yesterday and E was is a cover with a pad folded flat laid into a diaper cover. I put her in the shopping cart and started looking for what I needed. All of a sudden I notice poop on the cart seat. In my head I'm thinking "Oh my GOD!" E had a poo explosion! The poop escaped her diaper and was all over the cart seat. I turned red with embarrassment and quickly placed the items in my cart on a random shelf and speed walked right out the door. The worst part, I had NO wipes! I did have some paper towels so I wiped of the cart, laid and old sweater over her car seat and strapped her in.

Flats and Handwashing Challenge: Day 5

Today is Day 5 of the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry. I will be using flat cloth diapers for a whole week. You can read about the challenge and why I'm doing it in my Day 1 post.

Thursday went well considering I ran out of covers because they were all still drying from the previous day. Because i had no covers to use, I doubled up flats and worked with different folds. For example, I did a pad fold and layed it into a jo fold which worked out very well and can be seen below.

Flats and Handwashing Challenge: Day 4

Today is Day 4 of the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry. I will be using flat cloth diapers for a whole week. You can read about the challenge and why I'm doing it in my Day 1 post.

Wednesday went great! We actually went out and about for the first time while E was in flats. We visited my mom and while there, I changed her into a clean flat. Afterwards we went to Walmart and then home. 

It was around 3pm when we got home so E went down for her late afternoon nap while I ironed the flats from the night before on my toilet seat since my ironing board is broken =/

We are mainly using the pad fold and the jo fold. I LOVE the jo fold!!

Flats and Handwashing Challenge: Day 3

Today is Day 3 of the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry. You can read about the challenge and why I'm doing it in my Day 1 post.

Yesterday went much better then the day before and there were fewer diapers that needed to be washed. Last night I washed about 4 flats, 3 receiving blankets and 2 covers. I hand washed the covers in my sink while I did the flats in the tub.

Flats and Handwashing Challenge: Day 2

Today is Day 2 of the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry. You can read about the challenge and why I'm doing it in my Day 1 post.  

It was a ROUGH first day. I'm still trying to figure out which flat folds work for us. My kite fold was a giant fail, my origami fold is pretty sloppy and My prefold fold is ok. I had no idea that there were so many ways to fold a flat diaper! They all have there pros and cons.

My fail fold

Flats and Handwashing Challenge: Day 1

If you noticed, I've had the little button above posted on the side of my blog for a few weeks now. This is because I am taking part in the Second Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge hosted by Dirty Diaper Laundry. 

For 7 days I will be using only flat cloth diapers and handwashing them in an effort to prove that cloth diapering can be affordable and accessible to all. You can learn more about the rules and why this challenge was started by visiting the announcement post.  This year there are over 450 participants from all over the world!

This is my first time participating in the challenge and also my first time using flats, ever! I purchased flats specifically for this event and will be blogging about my experience each day for those interested in reading about my journey.