We've been low on clean cloth diapers for a few days now. For normal people this is not a problem; you just wash your diapers and then shove them in the drier. But Greta and I are freaks, you see. We use our drier only under extreme duress.
At the beginning, we had some breathing room. The weather forecast was not favourable. (See graphic below.) Given our tendency to procrastinate and our desire not to have Max-reachable racks full of damp diapers decorating our living room for days on end we chose to put off diaper laundry and wait for a sunnier, drier day to dry our diapers.
This picture has dominated frequent weather forecasts. Source: Environment Canada |
Now, we're desperate. We washed the diapers a couple days ago. But the forecasters' predictions were actually correct for those days and we've had nothing but rain. The drying diapers are still damp.
In our desperation we've found several diapers we never knew we had. We've managed to survive by combining these emergency reserve diapers with liberal (and risky) use of children's underwear. Next I plan to use teatowels with safety pins. Then perhaps paper towels and scotch tape. Once those things run out.... (sigh) I guess we'll use the bloody drier.
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