Ice all over... but mom called it jelly

Well I was going to wait till tomorrow to tackle my first real blog post. But maybe it is the fact that the dryer is still drying my pjs (you'll know why soon), or the fact that my husband is off at an Elder Board meeting, but I have my laptop on and really just want to start (I trust I can find something to say tomorrow if I want). 

So here’s what happened. All 4 hampers in the house are full as of last night. So this morning I know that laundry is on the agenda (or gender if you ask my almost 4 year old) for today. Also on the agenda is a trip to the library for story time. I was so proud of myself I got the 1^st load of laundry in the wash before we left the house so it would be ready to move when we returned home. Well it was but I also had a hungry 5 month old to feed but figured let her fuss a little more and I’ll move this so that I can keep the laundry moving all day.

However, I was totally stumped when I opened up the washer and picked up the 1^st item of clothing and it was cover in this funny gel like substance. It took a few seconds (though really not long) to figure out that a diaper had gone through the wash. I have to say I’m surprised that it didn’t happen sooner (I made it almost 4 years). But that was in fact what happened though it was a pull up that my 4 year old accidently put in the hamper not the trash.

I had no idea what to do, but luckily I still had a crying baby upstairs to tend to so I sat down to feed her and opened up my laptop and googled “Diaper in the Washing Machine” Then to my rescue came a blog from someone with some experience in this area.

I then spent an hour shaking (outside) each piece of clothing from the top and bottom, then turning them inside out and shanking from the top and bottom and turning them back right side out. While in the meantime was running a rinse cycle in the washer before wiping out any gel that was left. Then I got to rewash the load and then dry it. Well everything turned out fine. But would you believe my back and arms are soar from all the shaking?

Well here how to list on dealing with the cleanup (took me about 1 ½ hours to do)

1.      Don’t scream… You’ll wake the baby (I stole that from the blog I read).

      2.      DON’T dry your clothes.

3.      Wear protective eye wear those little gel beads will fly EVERYWHERE.

4.      Shake clothes off outside.

5.      Shake items from the top than bottom, turn inside out and repeat, and turn them back right side out and give a final shake.

6.      Shake out your hair before you go back inside and brush off our clothes.

7.      Wipe out the washer after a rinse all the gel will be at the bottom and pretty messy.

8.      Wash and dry the load of clothes again.

9.      Change your clothes there are drying or already dry pieces of the diaper everywhere on your clothes too.

So this experience today is what made me start my blog. I can’t help but share these experiences and I’m glad that I am now able to laugh about this (that didn’t take long). I guess it isn't hard to laugh at when you hear this, "Daddy I got ice all over my clothes when a pull up went in the washer, but mom called it jelly... yeah that's what she said." From the mouth of my 4 year old I kid you not.