the lessons I've learned

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I wish this was the scene from my line drying experience yesterday. unfortunately my backyard is not as cool, nor is it as sunny. (what a dream it would be to live right there and have that clothesline!) the on and off rainy weather has forced me to line dry my diapers on a drying rack in my basement bathroom.

lesson number one: line drying outside on your clothesline is way better than drying in your basement on a drying rack. especially since the wooden drying rack left funny little brown stains where it was hung over the bar. and not to mention they're still not dry.

real lesson number one: wring out the wet diapers better!! I didn't wring them out too well and the dry time is reflecting that. after the spin cycle in my washing machine they will line dry in like twenty minutes. it's been nine hours now and some of the thicker flats are still pretty wet.

the overall process of washing my diapers went better than expected. it wasn't hard and it definitely took less time than doing it in my machine. the kicker is that it's all hands-on time. still not hard, though.

lesson number two: don't be afraid to handwash diapers when necessary.