Cloth Diaper Carnival

Dirty Diaper Laundry is hosting a blog carnival dedicated to your diaper washing routine. I made a short video of how I wash. Here is the basic rundown:

- I try to keep everything simple so that I don't get overwhelmed with lots of additives and extra rinses.

- I try to wash every day or every day and a half (I need more diapers!) depending on how many diapers my son goes through.

- Dirty diapers are stored in a hanging wetbag (or a canvas drawstring bag like the one in the video). I try to remember to remove inserts, fold laundry tabs, etc before putting them in the bag. If my son was on solids, I would remove any solid matter before putting the diaper in the bag.

- On wash day, I take the bag to my laundry room, start a COLD rinse cycle, add all the diapers and the bag, and let it go. This cycle removes all organic matter left in the diaper (breastfeed poo is water soluble so it goes in as is) and liquids from the diapers.

- After the cold rinse, I do a HOT cycle with half of the recommended detergent. This cycle includes one cold rinse.

- Diapers get an additional rinse (or two) depending on if there are any soap bubbles during the agitation phase.

- Most days the diapers get hung to dry. The sun is awesome for removing stains! On rainy days (like today), the diapers are dried on the low setting in the dryer with dryer balls (no dryer sheets!!)

How to Wash Cloth Diapers Video: This is my first video, so go easy on me. I have a tiny laundry room, and it was difficult to fit everything in, so ignore the fact that my head is cut off most of the time. And also forgive my strong Texas accent :)

How to Wash Cloth Diapers from Jill Johnson on Vimeo.

(What it looks like when the diapers are hung out on the line)

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