3rd Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge: Day 1

With all the things that need to get done lately, accepting this challenge almost seemed ridiculous... just one more thing on my daily to-do list, the list that seems to expand by the minute!  However, I feel like the benefits of using cloth diapers should be known and appreciated by everyone and therefore, I want to help in this awareness effort.  Plus, I just like to stay super busy!

The 3rd Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge is to raise awareness of the economical & easy option that cloth diapering can bring to nearly every single family, whatever their situation might be.  One in three families struggle to provide diapers for their babies.  Disposable diapers can be so expensive (especially when you have more than one child in diapers at once), and they fill up your trashcan extremely fast, stinking up your house.  The long list of chemicals used to make disposable diapers is another issue all together!  I've been cloth diapering consistently for a little over 2 years now. About a year ago, I tried using flat Birdseye diapers & I fell in love with them!  They are so versatile, & work just as well as my prefold diapers, microfiber inserts, all-in-ones, etc.  Flats and covers are inexpensive, wash up very clean, and dry quick!  Actually, a flat hung outside usually dries quicker than any clothes in the dryer!

Green Mountain Flat Diaper, size small, pad folded in a zinnia Flip cover on second rise setting.  Perfect!

Challenge Contestant - Little G, 10.5 months old- in her Flip & flat.  :)

Line drying clothes and diapers indoors is an essential back up to an outdoor clothes line, especially when heading out for the day.    Rain or playful stray dogs are not an issue this way.

Read more about this awesome challenge here:
Dirty Diaper Laundry 3rd Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge