sun-bleached diapers

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Jessica's littles atop their laundry

On sunny days, I try to hang the diapers outside to dry…they get sun-bleached and smell so good when they come off the line.
-Jessica Telian in “The obligatory cloth diaper post”

diapers on the line at Jessica's house

diaper photo by Brooke Church

As for drying… the very best thing is hanging your diapers on the line to dry–the sun bleaches them and keeps them fresh and white.
-Ashleigh Baker in “Clothie Love” on ashleighbaker.net

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Hanging cloth diapers on the clothesline in ROY G BIV order is always sure to put a smile on my face.
Jessica White in “Cloth Diaper Laundry” on gretchenlouise.com

clean diapers

diapers on the line

Mom’s only exception to her rule was for diapers. She wanted them sunbleached, regardless of whether they had any chance of drying or not. Once or twice each week, no matter the temperature, no matter if the diapers froze stiff before I pinned them to the line, the diapers went out. When I went out again to pull the clothespins off and unbend the stiff pieces of cloth from the wire, all but the worst stains were gone. After clunking round and round in the dryer for awhile, eventually softening and drying, we had a stack of snowy white diapers to return to the shelf. If, “Dewbleaching works wonders,” according to Mrs. Rachel Lynde, sunbleaching works better than Clorox.
-Ruth Wiechmann in “Hanging Out the Washing Part Two” at ylcf.org

diapers on Ruth's line

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5 Comments

  1. So, I have to say I STILL love the color ordered diapers on the line. This is probably admitting another aspect of “OCD” but it is how I hang my clothes in the closet. 😉

  2. I don’t care for doing laundry, but there is something so satisfying about washing diapers (especially the nice crisp white prefolds) and hanging them out in a picturesque row on the clothesline! I also hang mine out every week or two on the line, even in winter here in Maine, and then finish drying them inside. The sun really helps get smells and stains out.