Let the Challenge Begin! Days 1 & 2

 

Yesterday was the 23rd of May. That means that the Flats and Handwashing Challenge has begun. For our house that meant it started at 12:47 Monday morning. That is when BG woke up for a diaper change and some food. I had my handy bag of goodies next to my bed, so I would be ready for the first diaper change of the day. I knew that until midnight I could use whatever I wanted, but after midnight I wanted it to be flats and all flats until midnight on the 30th.

Since I have 24 flats, I have come to realize I can get two days worth of diapering out of them.  I have put all of my covers and flats into one basket that stays in the pac-n-play so that I reach for them and only them. They are the closest in reach so it makes it easier. All of my other diapers are in a pile or covered by other things so that I am not tempted to pull one out. This is also for Hubby's sake. :)

How did day one go? It went pretty well! Hubby even changed a diaper. I was so proud of him. :) He is not big on the flats. Like many cloth dads, he prefers the ones that are closest to disposable. Then he feels like he can't mess it up. He told me that he probably messed it up or did it wrong, but I reassured him I figured he did just fine. (When I changed her early this morning, he had done just fine with putting on a origami folded flat diaper)

Today we are down another cover as she had quite the messy diaper this morning already. I do have three diaper covers that are still clean. It seems that whenever she makes a messy diaper, it gets on the cover. That is a part of this challenge that I am still trying to tweak.
I washed my diapers earlier today and now they are outside trying to get some good ol' sun. I am hoping that not only does the flat sun out nicely, but I am hoping the one cover she absolutely made a mess of, suns out nicely as well.

So, that about sums up how we having been doing with the Flats and Handwashing Challenge.


I want to thank Diaper Junction (affiliate link) again for providing a dozen flats for this challenge.

Flats and Handwashing Challenge Day 2, May 24 

1. Dirty Diaper Laundry Day 2 Vlog	2. Mothering From The Maelstrom	3. The Happy Natural Baby	4. Baby and the Chi's
5. Melissa at The Middle of Everything	6. AiM:Mommy Outnumbered-Day 1 Recap	7. Adventures With My Monkeys	8. Lori - The Gnome's Mom
9. One Mama * Two Souls	10. Goodbye Disposable, Hello Cloth	11. The Good the bad and the fluffy	12. Sandbox Lane Guest blogger: Kendra
13. Becca	14. Becca	15. Milk Bubbles	16. Practically 100% Natural
17. anna jo: in between the lines	18. Random Mama Brain	19. Knocked Up and Nursing	20. Lynifer's Blog
21. The Slacker Mom	22. Heather - Modern Cloth	23. Tara	24. What Mama Wants
25. Stacy	26. Lynn Wilson	27. Misadventures Of 8	28. SAHMomologues
29. Naturalmente Mamá	30. The Little Hedgehog	31. The Mama Thing: Flats Day 2	32. Just Add Cloth
33. Slightly Off Balance	34. Shaky Mommy	35. Little Tiny Love	36. Cristy
37. Centsible Mommy of 2	38. Heather R	39. so many things to love...	40. Ramblings
41. Liz @ Pray for Wisdom	42. Marishannon @ Green & Thrifty	43. According to Jenny	44. Musings of a SAHM
45. Swaddlebees	46. The Natural Mamma	47. Family Handshae	48. DS Mama
49. Noto-Orious	50. Alicia	51. Amanda @ Making Memories	52. Schulz Family Adventures
53. Central Ca Diaper Parties	54. Monica Zion	55. Brandie	56. Tara at Padd
57. Sheryl @ Cloth diapered kiddos	58. Brooke, Eden's Baby	59. monica	60. Va de tela
61. My Moderate Family	62. Footsteps...	63. GotEmCovered emilie s.

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