Cloth Diaper Check In (May)

[Bluedaisy]

It's been forever since we've talked fluff butts.  How's it going ladies?

Has anyone tried the Funk Rocks detergent? I've read good things about it but it's sooo expensive I've been hesitant.

We're headed on vacation next week and won't have laundry access so we're doing disposables for two weeks.  I have REALLY mixed feelings about this.  On one hand it will be nice to have two weeks off from diaper laundry but we've always had such bad luck with disposables I'm not looking forward to using them.

One ore question: ladies doing a cake smash are you going to use one of your cloth diapers or just use a disposable for that so the cake doesn't stain? Would the cake stain?  Ugh FTM alert over here.

Oh and PSA allaboutclothdiapers.com is giving away an applecheeks starter kit for mothers day.

[belle0720]

Things are going great here! Grovia AIOs are my favorite and we use their ONEs for overnight. I also have hybrids for when my ILs are with G because MIL basically refuses to put AIOs on properly (she puts them on so loose they're like pull-ups). I also just bought a couple of blueberry with side snaps since I love our grovia side snaps so much, so we'll see how those work out for us.

We were on vacation this weekend and our luggage didn't make it on our flight so we had to go buy a pack of disposables until we got our luggage the next day. I was amazed at how much more petite G looks without a cloth diaper on, which is weird because I feel like our AIOs are so trim!

I've never heard of Funk Rocks detergent. We used powdered Tide and it works great for us. 10 months in and no stink or stains in our diapers and G has never even had a diaper rash, yay!

[dogmama22]

We love Tide here too. I just agreed to be a tester for Allen's for the CD group that I help with and I'm not looking forward to it. We've only tried one other detergent and we had stains left and right and MH couldn't stand that.
I used sposies for a week or so this winter because I was overwhelmed with life. I felt guilty the whole time for wasting the money and the trash (not a judgement on anyone else, just my own issues). We used Huggies and the new Kroger simple truth diapers and had good luck though.
I don't care about stains much and take every opportunity to show off his fluff, so we'll use fluff for the cake smash. I actually just ordered a custom diaper for the occasion. I would say red, purple, pink may stain, but everything else should be ok. I have good luck with Biz for food stains on clothes.
We use GlowBug, Sunbaby, Applecheeks, Smart Bottoms, Best Bottoms, GroVia, BG - I really like them all and just chase fun prints/ colors at this point
::runs to allaboutclothdiapers:: I have one AC that I really like.

[dogmama22]

May 2, 2016 14:13:31 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

FFMC? I have pretty much given up cloth diapering. Not because I don't love it, but just for convenience.

[dogmama22]

And just to AW: this will be the fabric for our birthday diaper!!

[Bluedaisy]

@jemomma, there are times that if it weren't for the cost I'd be tempted to quit.

dogmama22, the nellies has worked great for me so far but I've read that the Funk Rocks really helps with keeping amonia down.

[Bluedaisy]

OMG that's fabulous do you make them yourself dogmama22,?

[Bluedaisy]

dogmama22, never mind I just reread ...

[dogmama22]

May 2, 2016 22:04:07 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

@jemomma, there are times that if it weren't for the cost I'd be tempted to quit.

dogmama22, the nellies has worked great for me so far but I've read that the Funk Rocks really helps with keeping amonia down.

That's reassuring. I've never had ammonia and never had to strip or anything (except preloved dipes) :/

[dogmama22]

May 2, 2016 22:06:52 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

May 2, 2016 14:13:31 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

FFMC? I have pretty much given up cloth diapering. Not because I don't love it, but just for convenience.

Yeahhhhhh me too. Solid foods came and I said ew no.

Liners FTW!

[dogmama22]

May 2, 2016 22:11:15 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

I'm also lazy AF dogmama22,

Just harassing you . It's not for everyone. I'm just cheap!

[dogmama22]

Can I ask you 700 questions about using Nellie's Bluedaisy?

[Bluedaisy]

Absolutely dogmama22,!

[dogmama22]

May 2, 2016 22:26:34 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

Absolutely dogmama22,!

Ok here goes:
Do you know how hard your water is?
What kind of washer do you have?
Which cycles do you use?
How much detergent in each cycle?
How often do you strip or bleach and how?

[Bluedaisy]

1. Sorry no idea, just regular old city water with no softeners etc.
2. A newer front load
3. Run a quick wash with extra rinse, no spin and then a heavy duty cycle with an extra rinse
4. One tablespoon in each cycle (so 30ml for a whole load of diapers)
5. Haven't done either and I've been cloth diapering about eight months

[dogmama22]

May 2, 2016 22:32:58 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

1. Sorry no idea, just regular old city water with no softeners etc.
2. A newer front load
3. Run a quick wash with extra rinse, no spin and then a heavy duty cycle with an extra rinse
4. One tablespoon in each cycle (so 30ml for a whole load of diapers)
5. Haven't done either and I've been cloth diapering about eight months

Do you have ammonia issues right now? If so, when and how strong?

[Bluedaisy]

dogmama22, I don't really have any issues (no rashes anyways) but I find his morning diapers are fairly strong smelling and the closet where I keep the diapers gets a little smelly by laundry day (I only wash diapers twice a week).

[carolyngrace]

It's going ok for us. We use cloth approx 75% of the time. Washing them takes a couple days because we put it off, forget them in the washer, have to re-wash etc. plus we don't bother when we travel. So... I like it but not love.

[dogmama22]

May 3, 2016 6:28:13 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

It's going ok for us. We use cloth approx 75% of the time. Washing them takes a couple days because we put it off, forget them in the washer, have to re-wash etc. plus we don't bother when we travel. So... I like it but not love.

75% is still really good! Did you ever get to the bottom of your stink issues?

[carolyngrace]

May 3, 2016 6:37:45 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

May 3, 2016 6:28:13 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

It's going ok for us. We use cloth approx 75% of the time. Washing them takes a couple days because we put it off, forget them in the washer, have to re-wash etc. plus we don't bother when we travel. So... I like it but not love.

75% is still really good! Did you ever get to the bottom of your stink issues?

Yes I just washed them a few extra times and it's been better! Also adding fleece liners helped with diaper rash so that was good.

[purple]

It's going pretty well. H and I both enjoy using cloth and the laundry isn't too bad. We use disposables at night because she wees a lot and when her cloth nappy was sufficiently boosted to last all night, it was really uncomfortable for her. I'm happy that we're significantly reducing cost and environmental impact by using cloth most of the time!

We use pocket nappies, and they're great for us.

I actually find solids poo easier to deal with because it's solid! No more poo leaks suits me down to the ground.

Bluedaisy, all the Rockin' Green detergents are well spoken of over here, but usually very expensive and hard to get hold of. We're beginning to get some ammonia smell so I've done a few extra rinses and will do for the next few washes. Hopefully that will be sufficient!

[paintdadanta]

Geez, I've been super MIA lately. We're still doing cloth here and I've been slowly converting all my Hike it Baby people just by answering questions. We love it even DH. We've been using mostly Blueberry but all their styles and couple other brands and WAHMs.

As for washing we use powdered Tide:

Do you know how hard your water is? Smack dab in the middle
What kind of washer do you have? LG HE front loader
Which cycles do you use? One cotton cold wash cycle, then cotton with hot water, heavy soil, extra rinse
How much detergent in each cycle? Line 2, second wash only
How often do you strip or bleach and how? Never had to yet

[dogmama22]

So many fun prints paintdadanta!

[paintdadanta]

May 4, 2016 20:08:56 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

So many fun prints paintdadanta!

That's what got me hooked on the Blueberry train!