Easy Diaper Washing Routine

So if your using cloth diapers or thinking about it, you've likely learned that diaper laundry is this totally complicated thing of trial and error.  And so you saw this post.  And here we are. 

Diaper laundry can be easy or it can be all the crazy things you've heard.  If you want an easy routine you need 2 things.
1. Possibly a top load washing machine.  They clean better.  Sell the expensive HE with its gadgets, go to a second hand appliance store and buy an older washer.  But maybe with step 2, step one isn't necessary. 
2. Use natural fabric diapers, or minimal synthetics.  Don't use any MF (that includes zorb).  Skip the aio's and probably the pockets and ai2's.  Use Fitted's, prefolds, flats, wio's, and even HF's.  Buy or make diapers where layers are separated.  Cotton and hemp are your new best friends.  And use a regular laundry detergent so long as it doesn't have softeners (tide, gain, xtra). 

So how does my easy wash routine go?  Well I take the diapers out of my open diaper pail with no liner.  I throw it in the top loader with one thing of laundry detergent, some vinegar and some regular laundry to make a full load. It goes in hot on a regular cycle.  No extra rinses or anything.  Then into the dryer. 

My diapers are mostly cotton and hemp.  There is a few with poly fleece, CV, or Minky.  Such layers are minimal.  This makes them wash easy.  And so my diaper laundry routine is the exact same as my regular laundry.  This is how it should be, but it starts with your diaper choices.