𝙼𝚢 𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙹𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝙰𝚜 𝙰 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊

Cloth Diapering – Part 1

𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚊. 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝙰𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙰𝚕𝚟𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝙽𝙾 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜.
𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝚆𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝟼 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎/𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎/𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 (𝟼.𝟼 – 𝟹𝟹 𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜). 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚢𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚃𝙿𝚄, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝟹-𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝.

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𝙼𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝟹𝟶 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟺𝟶 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚘, 𝚋𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚜. 𝙾𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚜.

𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜:

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Buttons Diapers
Stat Baby Goods
Pooters Diapers
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𝟷. 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜.

𝟸. 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝. 𝙳𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙰 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍.

𝟹. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜, 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗! 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝟺. 𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕-𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘! 𝚆𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍.

My Simple Wash Routine
𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔. 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚏 𝙸’𝚖 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚏 𝚂𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝟹 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜…𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 (𝙽𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛)
𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝟷𝟸-𝟷𝟻 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎-𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝.𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚜 & 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚍𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢’𝚜 𝚂𝚞𝚍𝚜 𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝙿𝚘𝚠𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚢 𝙳𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚣𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜.