If you can’t participate but you want to support the Flats & Handwashing Challenge, I urge you share about the Flats Challenge, diaper need, and accessibilty of modern cloth diapering.

Share articles about diaper need.
Share blog posts about cloth diapering.
Share the public stories being shared and written as part of the #FlatsChallenge.

You don’t need to participate to be a cloth diaper advocate.

You can also consider donating to your local diaper bank, or cloth diaper programs. 

Help me by sharing and promoting this event pre-event. If you would like to help me or have something to contribute, I love collaborating and supporting other bloggers/creators – email me, DM me, find me online.

If you identify as a blogger, vlogger, instagram parent, influencer, or you are a brand rep or ambassador – Please review the following guidelines.

– As per the FTC and transparency, please disclose all past and current brand relationships. This means if you received a product for free, I want to see a clear disclosure at the bottom of you IG post, the top of your blog, or wherever that says “I am a brand ambassador for ABC brand and was gifted the diaper covers” or “ABC brand gifted these covers in exchange for a review I wrote last year” 

– Do not seek out sponsorships or reviews for the intent of the challenge. I’m okay with you using products you currently have because of relationships but this challenge is not about you – it’s about cloth diaper need. 

Each day you must link back to the following: the rules post, Cloth Diaper Podcast, and also explain about the challenge. I realize that linking may be difficult on some Influencer channels. On Youtube, you can put it in your description. On Instagram, you can mention Cloth Diaper Podcast. On Facebook, you can put links in the description. On Twitter, please mention @SimplyMomBailey (I don’t have a specific Twitter account, just personal).

This isn’t a hard/fast rule, just a way to help people find as much information as possible if they are interested.

– The official hashtag is #FlatsChallenge or #FlatsChallenge2020

– You may use any official graphics for the challenge found on this site or on the group.

Each year this event sees an increasing amount of interest from stores and manufacturers who often offer discount codes and incentives for flats and covers.

If you are a company planning to offer any sort of special promotion or discount related to the challenge, or your company is blogging along, please email me beforehand to discuss opportunities.

I would be interested in giveaways during the challenge to support moral. I believe giveaways are a great way to get people into cloth diapering for the first time. Let’s talk about how we can shape a giveaway that supports somebody in their cloth diapering journey.

Please let your brand ambassadors know they can participate, but don’t make it make spammy. This isn’t about you. It’s about cloth diaper need and accessible, affordable, diapering options. 

And yes, you can participate too – as long as your information is not about you and your brand but about cloth diaper awareness. 

I’ll keep adding questions and answers as I get them. 

Can I use pocket cloth diapers? 
Yes, you can use the shell of a pocket cloth diaper to put flat diapers inside – leave the inserts for machine washing. 

Why can’t I use inserts or prefolds? 
Because they are more difficult to clean and less ideal for hand washing. Please stick with simple to clean products for this challenge. 

But I can hand wash ABC product just fine?
Is ABC product accessible and affordable to parents? Would you feel comfortable suggesting it to someone who needs to handwash full time? Email meto chat about options – I do think that many of us could hand wash 2 layer prefolds or pre flats during this challenge but I worry about affordability and accessibility. 

Can I use disposable diapers?
If you regularly use disposable diapers as part of your cloth diaper routine, then yes, please just swap your cloth for flats and handwashing. Disclose this. Talk about this. Talk about the finances.

If you can try to go all in cloth.

Can I use luxury flats?
Yes, please use your existing stash – just the way it is.  

Do I have to build a brand new stash? 
No. You can use whatever set up your currently have – you can repurpose things – you can buy new things. Consider the mission of this challenge in your stash decisions. What do you want to achieve/learn? 

What about potty training pants?
Sure…. I’m not sure how well they will wash up. But maybe you want to talk about that. Maybe you help shape some of the conversation about how we can support potty learning without relying on disposables and without a washing machine. 

I want to share my story but I’m not a blogger or creator?
Tell your story on your Facebook posts, in other Facebook groups, on TikTok, on your private Instagram – share and talk wherever you want, whenever you want. 

The Cloth Diaper Podcast does accept blog posts from guest contributors. I also would love to you to share your why on this page– send me an email. 

I know that I have made some of the rules and guidelines less strict. That might upset you. But I think in doing this we can make cloth diapering feel more attainable and welcoming. 

The last three years of the Flats & Handwashing challenge taught me that handwashing could be a great way to ease the financial burden of disposable diapers and diaper laundry. This could mean handwashing diapers once a month – handwashing every day – handwashing just weekend diapers – or any other sort of part time situation. Handwashing just the diapers used at home – after work and on the weekends – could mean mom gets to eat that month. 

I would urge you to try the challenge full time – but I don’t want you to get caught up in that and welcome you to just incorporate flats and handwashing into the cloth diaper lifestyle you are currently use.