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Traveling with Cloth Diapers suggestions

TakYelgifTakYelgif
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We use BG's AIO we have rarely traveled with DS and the few times we have we have used the 7th generation diapers.  i want to get away from doing that and just bring along his BG's.

Any Suggestions for making it easier?

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Re: Traveling with Cloth Diapers suggestions

  • b&r2006b&r2006
    Where are you traveling? Is there something in particular that makes it hard for you to travel with CDs? We take our PFs for the 6 hour drive to see DH's family, and we wash while we're there (I don't have enough to make it home and sleep after a long weekend without washing). I bring my large wetbagso I can dump the small wetbag from our diaper bag while we're on the road if we need to make lots of changes, and we bring our laundry soap.
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  • TakYelgifTakYelgif

    That is the problem we are going to see family and when I asked about washing DS diapers if we needed to do that they said no. my family is not pro-cloth diapering and has basically made fun of DH and I for our efforts when it comes to cloth diapering.

    I would have to pack all 26 of his BG's to make it through the entire trip I am willing to do that but find it to be a PITA.

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  • b&r2006b&r2006

    Yeah, that makes it hard! That's part of why I insist on traveling with our CDs- to prove MIL wrong. She kept asking "but won't you want sposies when you travel? you don't really want to bring CDs, do you? are you sure?"

    You could always hand wash (in a utility sink, maybe?  or perhaps just in the bathroom sink, as you can wash it out afterward for them), or you could diappear for a few hours to a laundromat, if there will be one nearby. You might want to consider a few cheap PFs (used, perhaps) for backup in case you run out/ can't hand wash. Good luck!

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  • MrsAHoffmanMrsAHoffman

    The only time we've travelled since DD has been born, we used disposables. We had just moved, I was 8 weeks pp, and I was stressed out enough with all of that. On top of it, we were house sitting for my MIL's friend and I didn't want to just wash CDs without first asking.?

    Well...

    Apparently DD is not a Huggies bottom baby and no joke, every single time she pooped with about 2 exceptions, she blew out of the diapers. They were not too big, they just stink. So I ended up doing poopy laundry anyways. Go figure.

    I am thinking about CDing the next time we visit next weekend.

    Is there a laundromat close by that you could use??

    Could you alternate between BGs and the disposables? That way you could space out the laundry if you need to?

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  • TakYelgifTakYelgif
    Thanks it is good to hear I am not the only one with family like this, I was considering G-Diapers for traveling as well but wasn't happy with all the complaints regarding leaks etc.
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  • renee143renee143 member
    i've used a laundomat/hotel laundry a few times. ?the first time, i rinsed in the sink myself. ?never again. ?now i just do a cold wash with detergent and a hot wash with less detergent. ?if you dump in from your wetbag, no one even knows what you're doing.
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  • Temp76535187505890Temp76535187505890
    To prove to your family that they are being unreasonable and that you are committed to cloth diapering just tell them that you'll need 3 hours out of your visit to go to the laundromat to do diapers since they arent willing to let you use their machine.  If they value your time and visit then maybe they'll relent and let you use their machine?
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  • GladToBeMrs.SRSGladToBeMrs.SRS member

    Wow -- they won't let you use their washing machine?  Honestly, I don't know that there is anyone (family, anyway) I'd bother to travel to visit if they weren't considerate enough to let me use something so basic as a washing machine (assuming, of course, that theyhave one). 

     

    If I were stuck in your situation, I'd do as the PP's said -- go find a laundromat for a few hours.  I'd let the family keep my child, bring a good cup of coffee, a magazine, and perhaps my laptop, and go do laundry. 

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