Diaries of a Mad Eco family

What was I thinking! Day one of my diaper challenge. Today started much the same as all days in my house some up early some sleeping in. With the best of intentions I took on this challenge. And true to my word when my boys got up this morning instead of reaching for their fancy fun printed fluff out of my stash came flats purchased locally but not from a baby boutique


(he misses his fluff) . Living in a small town as I do it wasn't easy to find the necessary supplies for this challenge but I was able to make myself an impromptu stash complete with homemade flats from receiving blankets, extra fabric, and a cut up flannel sheet.
Because I'm not as organized as I would like I still need to take a picture of our new and improved stash for the next 30 days.
But I promise one will be posted.

In preparation for this challenge my husband and I hit the web using my favorite research tool. YouTube! Oh what you can learned by watching videos on YouTube, hours of endless entertainment and in this case very educational.
I bookmarked some of my favorite videos on how to fold flat diapers. And spent the few days before my challenge practicing the fancy folds I learned.
For that couple of days it was not uncommon for my husband and I to be found up late sitting on the floor iPhone between us watching videos trying to master folds I had never heard of before.

Today I have found that the Kite fold works best for Lyric


and the Origami is best for Zurich.


But there are many more folds to try and I wont lie I'm kinda enjoying trying them all out:).


I was a little worried about how authentic my Challenge would be given the studying I have done in the past couple of day. And questions like snappi's or pins. Prep or don't prep , covers or plastic pants?
Just how much of my existing cloth diaper know how should influence my experience.
I decided to just do what comes naturally as a parent. I have not found or tried pins yet so snappi's has been doing the job nicely. And I prepped some but not all of the flats to see if there is a true difference.(more on that as we go alone.)


(flats prepping in my rib pot)As today winds down and my boys are now in bed a recap

One leaky pee diaper
Two poo on covers
Zero epic fails
One handwashed load of flats(amazing how fast those things dry! No joke I placed them on the line, made a snack for kiddo's walked 2 blocks to Dollar General came back and they where dry!)
All and all not a bad day! I only wish I was a little more organized but that's what tomorrow is for right?

I was a little worried about bed it diapering. Crossing my fingers we have a dry night.
For Lyric I chose a blanket in Origami fold with a flat folded over and laid in the center.





Zurich is sporting an Origami with a folded flat much like his brother.


Wish us luck! Until tomorrow night all.


Tip for today: when drying flats on the line. Hanging them back to back help decrease the "Crunchy" feeling sometimes got while hanging on the line.



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