Working full time and CDing ?

shannoncorrin

Do any of you work full time and cd? My husband doesn't think it's possible. I'm going to be going back to work 46 weeks after delivery.

eshee8198

I do. I drop my daughter off at daycare at 8 am, and I get home at 7 pm. I haven't had any issues with it, and my daughter is 9 months old. What works for me is having a large enough stash that I can let my dipes wash run overnight, then pop it in the dryer in the morning, and still have enough to send to daycare (I send 5 per day, with some emergency extras in her diaper bag). I maybe do diaper wash two or three times a week, and definitely before I've run out of clean ones and it's critical. 

shannoncorrin

Stupid mobile, that's 4 to 6 weeks after delivery. Also, I should mention I work 12 hr days, so I have 4 days off per week, and I work 3 days.

eshee8198

shannoncorrin:

Stupid mobile, that's 4 to 6 weeks after delivery. Also, I should mention I work 12 hr days, so I have 4 days off per week, and I work 3 days.

It should be easy then! 

Honestly, I think it's completely manageable. Especially if you can wash on your days off!

sarenu1

Yes, I go three days before I wash. And have enough diapers for the 4th day, so that I can let my covers air dry.

At the toddler stage, that's about 5 to 6 diapers per day, plus an overnight.

Just make sure to have newborn diapers. At 4 weeks your little one may not fit in one size.

Honestly, I'd me more concerned about your sleep, than diapers. My daughter had me up every 2 hours until 9 weeks. I would have been a zombie if I went back to work at 6 weeks.

boogerbearoriginal

I do! We have been CDing from the get-go, although I didn't go back until 11wks, so he wasn't pooping non-stop and we were using fewer diapers.

I would throw in a load when I got home, and by dinner time it was ready for drying. And either stuff later when watching TV or the next evening. I never found it took that much extra time out of my day. And the first 4m+ we used prefolds so no stuffing at all.

It helps I have a nice big stash that I can go over 3 days, although I wash every other day, between washing. This meant I never felt pressured by laundry and I think that buffer helped me not feel stressed. So I could let them sit in the dryer until I had time to stuff. 

nanabanana06

I CD'd as a full time working single mother. I would come home from work and do my dipes. By morning they were dry and I would stuff and send a few to daycare. It wasn't hard at all.

robyn2201

Another full time working mom here. I do laundry every 3 day due to less time. This does mean needing a bigger stash. But the positive side, is that my diapers will be used less often, and in better condition when it comes time to sell them. It's completely do able. It takes 30 seconds to throw it into the wash. Another 30 seconds to throw them in the dryer. And about 5-10 min to stuff.

brevans02

Yep - I work about 50-60 hours per week. I wash every other day right now (baby is 9 weeks old) and send 7-8 diapers to daycare each day, just to be on the safe side.

DiannaVB

I work full time too. I wash every other day and it's totally doable. It really only takes a few minutes to dump them in the wash. I also use a drying rack indoors so they just hang there until I'm ready to stuff so no worries about weather outside.

littleredfish

Yep. I work 2 jobs, DH is military so his schedule is all over the place. We just find a schedule that works for us and sometimes it's a little all over the place. sometimes I go 1, 2, or even 3 days between washes, it depends on what the next few days look like. We found a daycare that will CD so I need to spray diapers when I get home. It's all manageable; there's usually a way to make time, and you'll find it as you go.

haileyq

sarenu1:

Yes, I go three days before I wash. And have enough diapers for the 4th day, so that I can let my covers air dry. At the toddler stage, that's about 5 to 6 diapers per day, plus an overnight. Just make sure to have newborn diapers. At 4 weeks your little one may not fit in one size. Honestly, I'd me more concerned about your sleep, than diapers. My daughter had me up every 2 hours until 9 weeks. I would have been a zombie if I went back to work at 6 weeks.

This! I work 3 12's a week (usually more as I pick up shifts here and there) and wash EOD without problems. My husband works 6 days/70 hours a week and we manage the laundry no problem! It always seems worse than it is.