One step closer to family cloth.

If you haven't yet been enlightened as to what family cloth is - let me be the first to tell you. 


Family cloth is not using toilet paper, but instead using scrap bits of cloth (or fancy schmancy specialized wipes) that are washed, dried, and reused. 


Since I cloth diaper, I am not unfamiliar with this concept.  Boy C's butt is wiped with wipes that previously wiped Girl C's butt.  And, I was gifted some used wipes from a friend, so another unrelated butt has been wiped with them before they wiped my kid's butt. 


I will admit, I do love a good moist wipe now and again after a good sit down, ya know?  And the fact that I already have tons of wipes in my possession makes it even more tempting. And I'd never have to worry about buying toilet paper ever again!  EVER!  But then I stop and think about when we have guests over and I think a few of them would object to this concept.  And when I say 'few' I probably mean 'all'.


So, at a play date today one mom commented that she has to buy toilet paper today since they are subsisting on napkins.  Well - not to be outdone, I told her that about 2 weeks ago, the bathroom upstairs (which gets little use) ran out of toilet paper.  Girl C has used that toilet numerous times and since there was no toilet paper, I just handed her a washcloth.  And here's where is just gets downright gross - I didn't bother to swap out the washcloth. 


I KNOW, I KNOW.


So, today, I did what I had to do and I put two rolls of TP in the bathroom and took the washcloth downstairs to be washed.  So, don't call CPS on me for neglecting to give my child toilet paper.