Episode #025: Making the Switch to Cloth Napkins

I grew up in a paper napkin household. My childhood friends all grew up in paper napkin households. And to this day I cannot think of a family (aside from my own) that I know personally that uses cloth napkins on an everyday basis.

Because of this, I had no clue how to incorporate cloth napkins into my family’s daily life as an adult. I started considering a switch to cloth napkins when I was dipping my toe into the zero waste lifestyle waters.

But I had questions…

How do you remove stains?
Do you have to wash them every single night?
Do you have to iron them every week?
Do people also let their small messy kids use cloth napkins?
How does it all work?

I still don’t know exactly how others do it, but I know how we do it – if you are currently in the stage where you’re curious about making the switch to cloth napkins but aren’t sure how, then I hope this episode is a helpful resource to get you started.