Flats and Handwashing anyone?

[Earthmummy07]

This week is the 8th Annual Flats and Handwashing Challenge, started by Kim at Dirty Diaper Laundry and currently hosted by Cloth Diaper Revival.

I was wondering if anyone else has joined in this year? And if so maybe we could chat as we work through it?

If not then I'll just monologue and hopefully this thread will be a resource for the future

[knitlove]

I don't have anyone in diapers anymore but I will enjoy listening in on your monologue.

I exclusively used flats for my girls and hand washed them a few times on trips.

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[Soliloquy]

I also am done with diapers but I loved flats. I don't think I ever hand washed but I did line dry them more than I put them in the dryer. Somewhere I have a picture of my cloth diapers fluttering in the breeze.

[JoannaV]

My youngest decided to move to underwear the other week. So really what I should be doing at some point is passing all my flats on to someone else. So all I have is a small pail of night-time prefolds, which is growing way too slowly because they don't even get wet every night, but NO they will 100% end up in the washing machine. (And 100% on the line to dry.)

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And yes, I had to comment despite not hand washing because I am sad (in some ways) to say goodbye to flats. The end of an era!

[Earthmummy07]

Im not sure how well known the challenge is, so I'll go back over the prompts from the last few days, if tiny people will let me.

Day1- Why?
The flats and handwashing challenge is in response to the increase in hygiene poverty/diaper need. 1 in 3 families in the US and a similar number in the UK struggle to afford nappies/diapers for their baby. This challenge started when Kim of the Dirty Diaper Laundry blog read about families having to keep babies in their nappies far longer than recommended, or even trying to dry them out on radiators to reuse, because they simply can't afford enough of them. Kim figured that cloth was a solution that would help a lot of these families, but the start up costs of modern cloth can be prohibitive for a low income family, and not having a washer and dryer can be a complicating factor. So Kim decided to see if it was possible to diaper her baby with just simple flats and covers, and to only hand wash and hang dry, before she starts recommending it to people. This year hundreds of families are taking part to 1) raise awareness of diaper poverty, 2) raise awareness of cloth as a potential viable alternative and 3) create a varied resource of information for families who take this option. Families on all forms of social media use the hashtags #flatschallenge and #bringingflatsback

I decided to join in because I love a challenge, because if we had to pay out for disposables every week I don't know how we would manage, and because I think knowing how to improvise a nappy in an emergency, and how to hand wash, are important skills that every parent should learn.

[2sunshines]

What a neat challenge! I loved flats in our cd'ing days. <3 Never handwashed tho! But truly it would give you a insight in to the lives of many women across the globe.