Well the 5th annual Flats and Handwashing challenge is half over and so far it is going alright for me. I got a little lazy last night and didn't wash, so I had to do my washing this morning. I was able to do some agitating in between helping my girls get ready and then would let them soak while I was actually doing stuff with my girls and that worked pretty well.
My actual wash routine hasn't changed much from last year but there are a few things I am doing differently. The first thing I wanted to do differently is that I use my diaper sprayer to rinse every diaper (even ones that are just wet) before putting it in my pail so that it would get rid of some of the urine and all of the poop before I even had to start washing. The second thing I changed is that after I do the hot wash "cycle" I rinse each item under the tap before putting it back in the bucket for the rinse cycle. This has cut my rinse cycles down significantly.
One thing I didn't actually change this year but would change if I was planning on handwashing long term would be to buy a second bucket, have enough diapering supplies for 3 days and only wash every other night. I think it would be pretty easy to put the two buckets side by side in my tub and after agitating one do the other one and then let them soak at the same time. The wash routine isn't super cumbersome but it would be nice to not have to do it every night.
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