CD and Camping

trishinbanff

Hello

I usually just lurk but looking for advice on a camping trip.

We just did an over night camping trip with our 6.5 month old and it was fine for one night but my DH is concerned with a longer trip. I personally don't see the problem but he seems to think it will be easier to just use disposibles.  For some reason I think it's even more important that we use CD while enjoying mother nature and not just adding to a landfill.  We will be going on a 4 night trip in two weeks. 

I'm looking for suggestions/comments/tips for a trip in the woods this long.  we will have no access to a washing machine.

TIA

trish

countrywed

do you have enough diapers to last the length of the trip?  If so I would say go for it.

If you have to do laundry somewhere in between, worry about detergent, coin machines and running multiple cycles, plus possible air dry of covers- it probably isn't worth it.  Maybe spending a little extra money on biodegradable disposables would help ease your mind.

BrendaLou1969

You could always buy some flats and wash and dry them when you are camping,  My cousin does this.

epona3

We've only really done car camping with DD, and we used cloth, but we were able to wash diapers halfway through the week at a laundromat.

If I had enough diapers for 4 nights, I would still use cloth. We put them in a dry bag like this when camping, and that seals them up pretty well so they don't stink (unless you open the bag, of course!)

https://www.rei.com/product/786435/sea-to-summit-big-river-dry-bag-20-liters

Since I don't have enough diapers for 4 nights, if we were going to do a 4 day trip w/out any access to laundry, I would either do disposables, or some sort of disposable/biodegradable liner, likes Flips or GroVia.

If you use PFs or flats, and want to be really dedicated, I suppose you could wash them by hand in camp, but I don't know if it would work as well with pockets...

noryang

epona3:

 I would either do disposables, or some sort of disposable/biodegradable liner, likes Flips or GroVia.

If you use PFs or flats, and want to be really dedicated, I suppose you could wash them by hand in camp, but I don't know if it would work as well with pockets...

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namara5532

It's doable.  If you don't have enough diapers for 4 days, you could always buy a couple dozen prefolds and a few covers to make your stash big enough.  We went on a 3 day trip to visit family, and we brought 36 prefolds and 6 covers.  We just kept a laundry bag in the trunk to fill with dirty diapers.  We were down to our last couple diapers and had to do laundry as soon as we got home, but it was worth it to not have to put money down for a bunch of disposables.  Plus, for your situation, you can use the prefolds later as pocket inserts, burp cloths, wash day diapers, etc.

trishinbanff

Thanks Ladies!

I have enough prefolds and covers to definitly last the trip.  I will bring a stash of disposibles and hide from hubby!

thanks for giving me the confidence to do it.

trish