Several months ago I wrote a detailed blog on MODERN cloth diapering. Over the months I have been asked many questions by several interested momma's (or soon to be momma's). I always welcome any and all questions and find a lot of joy in talking about and sharing cloth diapering. It really is fun (I know, so hard to understand until you try it!)
Anyway, I thought I would give you and update about our adventures in cloth.
The last blog I wrote about cloth was before baby girl started eating solid foods. Since she was a 100% breastfed baby, and breastfed baby poo is water soluble, I just dumped all her diapers right into the washer and that was that. After waiting six months to feed her table foods (and boy we were really holding out at that point, she wanted it SO BAD!), we would no longer be able to just dump all of her diapers into the washer.
This is where things CAN get messy. The way of the past, and the way several mom's still do things, the way I did things for about 2 weeks after we introduced solids was to dunk and swish. In the toilet. Ew. Can't say that was very pleasant. However, there is now a better way!
We were blessed by my sister in law who sent us a diaper sprayer. It's a really simple invention that hooks up to your toilet and has a kitchen sink type sprayer and it just sprays everything off the diaper into the toilet and flush!
They run around $30-40 on average (worth every penny and more I tell you!) but you can google the instructions on making one yourself with just a few dollars of supplies from Home Depot. This looks like a great tutorial with pictures and everything. Much love for the diaper sprayer!
Another thing to consider when cloth diapering is detergent. Not all detergents work well with cloth diapers. Although many people swear by Tide, you can also buy special diaper detergents. We used just a costco brand detergent for several months in the beginning. It worked alright. Every so often it would build up in the diapers (we also have very hard water where we live) so we would get the "stinkies" and have to strip the diapers. (Stinkies in cloth diapers are usually caused by detergent build up in the diapers).
Anyway... we started using Rockin' Green Cloth Diaper and Laundry Detergent. This detergent is AWESOME. It comes in many delicious scents (monkey snacks, grape soda, cherry almond, etc). The scent only stays during the wash, then washes away so as to not irritate sensitive baby skin. YUM! The stinkies have gone away, though we do use some oxyclean in the wash to help. Everyone has a different method for washing diapers, but I'll include mine just for reference. It's all trial and error!
1 Cold wash no detergent
1 Hot wash with 3 TBSP of Rockin Green, 2 TBSP Oxyclean
That's it! With rockin green you don't even need an extra rinse at the end like a lot of detergents require.
Happy diapering!
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