Traveling with cloth diapers

This past week I was away from home.  This does not deter me from using cloth diapers.  I packed all the diapers up and headed to Maryland.  I was staying at my sister's house and she had tried cloth diapers before so she was familiar with them and knew what to expect.

Before I travel I wash all the dirty diapers so that they are all dry about an hour before I want to leave.  Then right before leaving I hand wash the last dirty diaper and hang it to dry.  This way I do not leave any dirty diapers behind.  While away I washed the diapers in my sister's washing machine.  I have never been anywhere with cloth that didn't have a washer.  My first time will be our camping trip this summer, which I intend to use flats and hand wash them.

At my sisters I did not have a diaper sprayer.  I had to dunk and swish.  I miss my sprayer every time I go without it.  It is not a necessity in diapering, but it sure does make cleaning them off much easier. The disadvantage to cloth diapering on the go is the space they use.  I am fortunate to have this nice suitcase.  I was able to fit Charlotte, Owen's, and my clothes in it, plus the cloth diapers.  I also had the diaper bag with diapers in it for on the road.  While driving the diapers were stuffed with a flat and a hemp doubler.  Using microfiber increases the chance of compression leaks, not to mention microfiber is thicker than a flat and hemp doubler.

I am a die-hard cloth addict.  I do not think I could ever use a disposable diaper again.  Going on vacation definitely does not mean disposables have to be used.  Traveling with cloth is just as easy as using disposables,