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  • Writer's pictureKaty Marshall Baxter

Day 3

Forecast: high of 77, low of 48 degrees, sunny and breezy. Clouds are looking wispy so I’m hoping that means we’ll get rain later this week.


Today‘s #flatschallenge2021 prompt: my local diaper resource is...


Our local diaper resources so far have been second hand purchases on FB marketplace, and Green Mountain Diapers https://www.greenmountaindiapers.com/ #greenmountaindiapers. There are other local resources for diapers, providing families disposable and/or cloth at no charge, who are always accepting donations. Perhaps the most local source for cloth diapers is recycled t-shirts, towel, and jersey sheet sets from your own home, none of which I have an abundance of.


When I decided to cloth diaper I first did some research and decided I wanted to use flats and wool. I turned first to FB marketplace and Craigslist. I found just what I was looking for on FB marketplace, and drove an hour to pick up a neatly folded stash of diapers, free of stains, and beautiful pre-lanolized and felted wool covers. The wool covers were in great condition, and still had the original tags in the bag. For those of you unfamiliar with wool diaper covers, wool is naturally water resistant when lanolized (lanolin is a natural oil produced by sheep and procured from raw wool fiber), and more so when felted. Brand new covers need to be lanolized and gently felted a little to break them in and get them really ready for use. The mom I got them from had cloth diapered 8 kids, and found flats and wool to be her favorite, so it seemed like a good choice, and I haven’t regretted it.

Everything in our second hand stash had originally come from Green Mountain Diapers. GMD is a Brattleboro, Vermont company that sells locally and internationally. I bought our muslin cloth wipes from GMD, and I don’t know if it’s just that we also live in Vermont, but the shipping is extremely fast, like next day or two. Their website is an amazing resource for information about cloth diapering as well, which was very helpful when I first started looking into cloth; there are so many options and combinations it can make you dizzy. The upside of this is that there’s an option for every lifestyle.


The Caledonia Community Diaper Bank is a local organization that helps get (disposable) diapers, wipes, adult product, to families who need them. They have several locations where diapers can be picked up. H.O.P.E. Vermont is a non profit locally in Lyndonville, VT that provides basic services to the community. One of these services is working in collaboration with the Caledonia Community Diaper Bank. Anyone in the community can call 802-626-3328 to get clean new diapers. https://www.hopevermont.com/diaper-bank

According to a 2018 article in VTDigger, diapers can be found through the St. Johnsbury Health Department as well. https://www.google.com/amp/s/vtdigger.org/2018/03/08/northeast-kingdom-diaper-bank-change-better/amp/



Diaper washing status: 7 freshly washed flats and muslin wipes hanging on the clothes line. Dirty flats soaking. 2 wool covers washed and drying in the shade. Babe has pooed on the potty, so I am still washing only pee diapers. Laundry water used to water the flower garden.



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