I’m participating in Dirty Diaper Laundry’s 4th annual Flats & Handwashing challenge. One week, no washer, no dryer, no problem. In prior years, I used my utility sink and Econuts liquid to hand wash for the flats challenge.
This year, I’m still using my utility sink, but I’m washing with my usual Detergent, Tide. My 2-year old’s diapers are pretty, ehhhh, horrific, and I’m also washing a preschooler’s night time pee out of these flats, so I really needed something stronger.
Wet diapers get a quick rinse and then sit in a tiny bit of water in the sink. Dirties are scraped off into the potty as much as possible, then dunked, swished & scrubbed in the toilet before giving them a rinse & soak in the utility sink.
When I’m ready to wash, I add about 1/2 tablespoon (max) of tide, swish, then agitate a bit with my diaper stirring spoon. Next I don my rubber gloves and really get in there and mash them around against each other, as if I were kneading bread. Drain, rinse, agitate, drain, then give each item a close rinsing individually before wringing & hanging to dry.
This isn’t a big change from what I’ve done the last two years, but I’m finding them more difficult to get clean with the really icky gross poop.
Let me go remind myself why I’m doing this.
Maria wants to live in a world where cloth diapers are the norm and moms can make parenting choices without judgement. When she’s not chasing her 18, 14 and 11-year old kids around, you might find her checking out the latest gadgets, organizing something (again) or exercising in the fresh air. 
