Keeping all the CDs organized

If I don't have some sort of system organized then stuff just gets put anywhere... so at 8 months pregnant I got myself to Home Depot, bought some peg board, had them cut it for me, had hubbie paint it for me, then went back to Home Depot for the appropriate clips, the dollar store for the baskets and hit my labels so my hubbie could keep it all sorted. And presto one small part of my crazy world is organized. It isn't a perfect system, but it works pretty well and it is easy enough to adjust when necessary (like when I bought the goodmama diapers, and had to move the all-in-one diapers into the desk being used as a diaper table).

Call me crazy...

Call me crazy but we went camping for close to a week with cloth diapers. Why? When my hubbie and I returned last year from a 3 week visit to his family/friends in Germany (using disposables) we decided NO MORE. We figured we were either committed to CD or not. So we'd have to find a way to make it work on vacations. Since then we go everywhere with our CDs. Yes, it takes a bit more luggage space and planning. But we feel the effort is worth it in the long run.

The key to CD while travelling is a great zippered wet bag (mine is from Good Mama). From my experience the tie bags just don't cut it on smell reduction. And I will admit on this trip to Alberta we did have to keep the wet bag outside the tent - as it got pretty hot and stuffy inside that tent.

We had been camping with our CDs before - but just a day or two so washing on site wasn't necessary. But when considering this trip I knew it would mean having to wash diapers in a public laundry facility. The campground we were staying at had a laundromat. I picked a time during the day, when most people were at the beach. And YES, I found it empty.

Now I wasn't able to follow my normal washing routine, so there were a few stains. But it was good enough a wash for a few days camping (and then everything got rewashed as soon as we got home). We also decided to use disposable liners and wipes for this trip to make getting rid of messes a little easier on the go.

The other key is remembering to bring a laundry line to hang between some trees (I forgot this, but thankfully my father-in-law helped out with some rope). Yes, I could have dried them at the laundromat, but that would have cost me more change that I didn't have. Plus I really love to sun dry my diapers. And in Alberta, with their nice dry heat, they were dry in a couple of hours.

I'll be honest I don't know how I would handle a situation where there was no laundry facilities either at the campground or in the local town. Hand washing CDs might just be the line I can't cross. But never say never!!!