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Washing

How To Wash Cloth Diapers In A Foreign Country

February 2, 2012

Pin itThe following guest post was written by Gypsy Momma I have used cloth diapers about 90% of the time since my now fourteen month old daughter was born. I also spend 80-90% traveling internationally with my baby for my own and my husband’s work and for leisure to places such as Paraguay, South Africa, [...]

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Homemade Laundry Detergent Safe for Cloth Diapers

November 15, 2011

Pin itKeeping expenses low is a priority for many cloth diapering parents.  After all, for many, saving money is the reason they chose to cloth diaper. One quick way to blow the budget is to overspend on detergents that promise a lot and under-perform.  Even if many detergents are worth the price, most families don’t [...]

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Dirty Jobs: Four Ways to Deal with Cloth Diaper Poop

October 5, 2011

Pin itGuest post by Jessica Bruds I’ve gotten pretty good at convincing my friends/family members about the benefits of using cloth versus disposable diapers. Cloth diapers are safer than disposables made from plastics and other hard to pronounce chemicals, better for the environment, and when you combine the cost savings this would appear to be [...]

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Do You Line Dry Your Cloth Diapers?

October 3, 2011

Pin itI am so spoiled. For thousands of years women hand scrubbed the laundry and hung it out to dry. What do I with my laundry? Dump it in the washer never stopping to consider that something may need to be spot treated. Then, toss everything in the dryer rarely taking time to pull out [...]

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How I Deal With Cloth Diaper Stink

September 20, 2011

Pin itOn April 2, 2009, I asked, “What is your biggest issue with cloth diapers?“  It’s amazing how time doesn’t change the answer much. I’m a mom just like you.  I am busy, my to-do list is way too long, there is always someone needing something, I hardly have time for a shower, and I [...]

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This is the Chore That Never Ends

September 1, 2011

Pin it*~{insert tune to the song that never ends}~*… it just goes on and on my friend. Can you guess what it is?? Laundry. Tons and tons of laundry. It never ends.  When I think I have some semblance of control over it, it grows exponentially for no logical reason. Okay, so maybe the 2 [...]

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Eco Sprout Cloth Diaper Detergent Review

August 24, 2011

Pin itAnytime a reader posts a question about ammonia someone recommends Eco Sprout detergent.  After jumping on the bandwagon of other highly raved about items and being disappointed I decided to sit this one out. But, money does in fact burn a hole in your pocket (you knew that right?).  I had some affiliate money [...]

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Should You Wash Your Washing Machine?

August 16, 2011

Pin itMy friend Emi of The Cloth Diaper Report got me thinking about this with her How To Clean Your Washing Machine series. I own a Samsung Steam washer and dryer and while it does have a Pure Clean cycle I can’t say I’ve used it as often as I should. After reading Emi’s “Daily [...]

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Cloth Diaper Q&A Vol 5: Detergents

June 14, 2011

Pin itAutumn, What is the best (yet good on the wallet) laundry detergent to use on cloth diapers? ~Jessica S. In the 6 years (eep!) I have been cloth diapering the same questions are still being asked over and over. Arguably, the top question is what detergent is best for cloth diapers. There are as [...]

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Smashing Watermelons During the Flats Handwashing Challenge

June 2, 2011

Pin itGuest post by Samantha H. “Why should my washer get all the smelly goodness of my scented Rockin’ Green?!” Ok, so that wasn’t the FIRST thing that popped into my head when I decided to take the Flats and Hand washing Challenge this week. Although when I contemplated the hand washing part, I most [...]

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