Day 3: From the Bathtub to the Kitchen Sink

The Flats and Handwashing Challenge is becoming more of a physical challenge for me than I ever could have imagined. I was diagnosed a few years back with Degenerative Spine Disease and kneeling over a bathtub has really pushed me to my limits. So we have moved to washing in the kitchen sink! The size of our tiny apartment sink is about the same size as my soaking bucket, but it's relieved so much pain that I don't even care LOL I was able to keep my same wash routine, but I just need to wash smaller batches, so I have been washing whenever I can. I had my brother come over to keep an eye on G while I washed a load this afternoon. Granted there is no place to hang anything outside since I live in an apartment anyway, but it's been so humid and rainy outside that I haven't even been opening the windows. I was concerned about sanitizing the flats, so I had planned on hanging them from the curtain rods so they could get some sun, but instead I've been layering them over my shower rod.

Our wipes have been hanging on clothes baskets and our covers our drying on the side of the tub when I have to wash them. So far, only one bad poop diaper, but otherwise, as long as I soak anything with poop, it comes right off in the soak bucket.

I will have to say, that at this point, the challenge is very similar to what I anticipated. I actually expected the flats to be harder to wash and that it would take hours for me to wash them enough for them to smell "clean", but it's been going fairly well.

Flats and Handwashing Challenge Day 3: May 25

1. Liz @ Pray for Wisdom	2. Dirty Diaper Laundry Day 3 Vlog	3. Crum's This N That Day 2 (a little late)	4. The Happy Natural Baby
5. Baby and the Chi's	6. Amanda L	7. Goodbye Disposable, Hello Cloth	8. Random Mama Brain
9. The Gnome's Mom - Flats & Tornadoes	10. Mothering From The Maelstrom	11. Day 2 Recap-Creative Drying	12. Adventures With My Monkeys
13. Tara	14. Melissa at The Middle of Everything	15. The Good the bad and the fluffy	16. SAHMomologues
17. Dee	18. Under the Apple Tree	19. Just Add Cloth	20. Slightly Off Balance
21. anna jo: in between the lines	22. Practically 100% Natural	23. Central Ca Diaper Parties	24. Diaper Junction (Becca)
25. My overflowing cup.	26. funkylindsay!	27. Knocked Up and Nursing	28. Jeniffer @ My Hymn of Grateful Praise
29. Allyson @ A Heart for Home (Giveaway)	30. The Mama Thing: Flats Day 3	31. The Little hedgehog	32. Misadventures Of 8
33. so many things to love...	34. silne	35. Little Tiny Love	36. One Heart One Mission
37. Cnetsible mommy of 2	38. singing praises of plastic pants :)	39. Mrs. Maelstrom on The ArtsyMama	40. Milk Bubbles
41. Ramblings	42. The Natural Mamma	43. The Up North Writer Mama	44. The Eco Chic
45. According to Jenny	46. Tara-Part 2	47. Krysta Bauer	48. Alicia
49. Amanda @ Making Memories	50. DS Mama	51. Sheryl @ Cloth diapered kiddos	52. Tara at Padded Tush Stats
53. Musings of a SAHM	54. Schulz Family Adventures	55. A Year With Mom and Dad	56. Brooke, Eden's Baby
57. Leza	58. crunchy monica	59. My Moderate Family	60. Natural Momma's
61. Footsteps...	62. Gotemcovered emilie s.

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*A special thank you to Diaper Junction for the donation of flats for the challenge.*