Diapers Q&A
Line Dry Cloth Diapers in an Apartment?
We are cloth diapering our newborn and I want to be able to sun-dry the diapers, to save on electricity and for the sun's antibacterial and antistaining properties. However, in our apartment's lease is actually a clause stating you cannot line dry clothes (diapers are mentioned) on our porch. Would it be as effective to air dry diapers by an open window? If I put the diapers by a west facing window in the late afternoon, would that be as effective as placing them outside, or do I need to resign myself to electric drying methods?
Public Comments
- that would be fine
- Throw them in the drier.
- Buy yourself one of those expaning wood racks for drying clothes and put it near the window where the sun can get to the diapers. It will work just fine, the only difference is you won't have the outdoor breeze blowing through them to help dry them, but you will benefit from the natural anti-bacterial properties as well as the natural bleaching properties of the sun. Congratulations for using cloth diapers, it is something I wish every mother would do for their children. I've always thought that it was the child's health and wellbeing that should come first, not convenience. Good luck.
- Drying by the light of a window indoors is not that effective. Outdoor drying is effective because of a combination of the direct sunlight and air circulation. Cloth diapers hold a lot of moisture even after running thru the spin cycle, so if you were drying indoors, you'd probably want to run a fan too which will drive up you electric bill too. But if the window is visible to the outdoors, your apartment management may say diapers in the windows are unsightly too. I'd just go with the electric dryer because you're gonna have your hands full with so much more because of your precious newborn
