Dealing with mount washmore

Ahh, mount washmore. I love using cloth nappies, I really do, but there are days, when even I am a bit over dealing with the mountain of washing my children produce.  These days, I only have one in nappies, and I suspect it won’t be long until she’s out of them, but mount washmore hasn’t shrunk at all, nappies or not children produce lots of washing.

Folding mount washmore

It’s not the washing that gets me, it’s not even the drying (actually, on a warm, breezy day, I love hanging it out on the line). It’s the folding and putting away that can get me down.  When it comes to cloth nappies, it’s the stuffing or snapping in of the inserts into the shell that can be a real pain.  It’s the mount washmore of clean dry washing that needs sorting, folding and stuffing.

 

Folding flat nappies

Flat nappies are different, I don’t usually bother pre-folding them into nappy shapes, I just fold and stack them.  Folding square flat fabric is easy, so I don’t mind it (unlike folding fitted sheets, I can never get that right).

Stuffing pocket nappies

If I’m busy complaining about stuffing cloth nappies, then the obvious answer would be to not bother stuffing them at all, instead I should just leave them un-stuffed until I need them, throw mount washmore onto the shelves under the change table, and just deal with it when I need it. I do that from time to time, but it’s great just being able to grab a nappy ready to go, and there is something quite satisfying about a pile of nappies ready to go, or is that just me?

The future

The thing with having kids is, that whether you use cloth nappies or not, there’s always a mount washmore to deal with.  Of course as they get older, you can get them to help.  In the meantime I’m just going to get on with finishing my pile of folding and stuffing, and then sit back feeling good with myself.

How do you deal with your mount washmore?