The challenge continues ... with a stomach bug :(

So Thursday came and went, and it's almost midnight and I'm just now sitting to write out how it's been going.  Eep!  Bug barely slept last night, waking up every 45 minutes to comfort nurse, and she was just too overheated.

Carl ended up doing yesterday's wash routine,  the baby was so dehydrated from the heat that there wasn't much to wash.  Almost all of the diapers we had were poopies, and I thank goodness for the diaper sprayer.  It is truly the most valuable diapering tool imaginable, and makes the actual washing SO much easier.  We've been using a Home Depot bucket and a plastic plunger from Fred Meyer, that I drilled holes in.  It cost a total of about $8, and it took me somewhere around a minute and a half to drill the holes.

Today's pictures brought to you by Pi :)

We normally use liquid Costco sensitive detergent on diapers, so we just use about 1 tsp of the soap for a batch of diapers, put in hot water from the tub, agitate for a few minutes.  Then rinse, re-agitate, and repeat until there are no real bubbles left.  It takes 2 or 3 times rinsing, and seems to work as well as, or better than the washing machine for getting them clean.  I'm not sure if it saves any water, with the extra rinses, but you can really SEE how clean they are. 

For drying, we have this clothesline from Amazon.  The way our yard is setup, there is no good place to hang a long clothesline, we have a lot of shade from our fruit trees and had to just pick a sunny corner to use, so this is what worked for us. It's only taken an extra 15-20 minutes a day to do this routine, and it's very organic feeling to go through this process.  If I could find a way to keep the diapers soft while on the line, I'd probably continue this indefinitely.  The one downside is the stiffer/rougher diapers.   Cleaning really is a breeze.