Cloth Diaper Check In

[Bluedaisy]

A cloth diaper blog I follow posted this and I thought I'd share:



What do you think ladies? Is it true?

[Bluedaisy]

Also a friend of mine has recently gone back to cloth diapering (she used cloth with her first but was using disposable on her second, he's now ten months and she is going back to cloth).

She has some old cloth diapers that she wants to sell or donate but she said she didn't take great care of them when she started because she didn't know how. Any tips for her on how to get them back to a like new condition??

[Bluedaisy]

Where's all the fluffbutt ladies? carolyngrace are you still cloth diapering or did you decide to give it up?

ashbash any more cute fluffbutt pics to share?

@jemomma any advice on refurbishing since you've been at this a while?

[belle0720]

I saw this on fb the other day and it made me laugh!

Still loving our cloth over here. We've almost switched over to a mostly Grovia stash. I wish I had listened to advice in the beginning not to buy all of one brand. I mostly had BGs and I just don't like them as much as our Grovia so I've sold most of them.

I've had to start spraying diapers in the past couple of weeks since G is on solids now. It definitely makes CDing a little less 'fun' but it works!

Bluedaisy In what way did your friend mistreat her diapers? If there's buildup she can use mighty bubbles to 'reset' them. Do they have shot elastics, stains?

[belle0720]

Posted one of these on the fb page yesterday, but here's G in her Grovia Little Warriors for Mardi Gras.

[Bluedaisy]

@jemomma, SOOOO jealous that you have a Valentine fluff butt
belle0720, I LOVED your mardi gras pics...so cool

To answer the question she didn't know much about washing and she says that now they have a "barnyard" smell no matter how much she washes them.

[Bluedaisy]

@jemomma, ooh I don't know we're having a playdate today so I will suggest that...

[purple]

I haven't needed to strip wash yet, but hanging them on the washing line in the rain for a few days is meant to be extremely effective. I can testify that the sun is great for getting stains out.

[belle0720]

Bluedaisy I would recommend doing a load (clean diapers) with a pod of Mighty Bubbles and an extra rinse at the end. Then do a wash with detergent and bleach in the bleach dispenser. (1/4 cup for non HE and 1/8 cup for HE). Wash on warm setting and an extra rinse. The Mighty Bubbles should help remove any build up and the bleach will sanitize. And I assume she has a better detergent and wash routine figured out now? I've never had a problem with Tide Original Powder in my HE Toploader.

[ashbash]

Love the Valentines booty @jemomma! And the Mardi Gras belle0720 too cute

We have been good minus a few gnarly poops that were no fun and made me want to just toss the whole diaper

We took a break since he was on antibiotics for so long but are back in the swing of things now

AW pic

[carolyngrace]

I missed this too somehow!

We are still CDing, but pretty "casually"... So for example when we wash them we usually take a day off. This helps my sanity and baby's diaper rash stay at bay. Also sometimes I'll just put a disposable in the morning since he usually poops then.

Oh, and putting a fleece liner in has helped his diaper rash tremendously! It was so cheap and easy. Bought a big piece of fleece and cut it into strips.

[wegrowsheep]

Feb 11, 2016 11:25:34 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Bluedaisy, I totally missed this thread.

I actually haven't been doing this that long, M is my first cloth baby. As far as refurbishing goes, maybe try stripping or bleaching? wegrowsheep would probably know a lot more than I do.

Umm, other than a couple of hot washes, I got nothing.

[Bluedaisy]

Thanks for the suggestions ladies.

ashbash, we have the same colour BG!

[Bluedaisy]

Thanks for all of the suggestions ladies! I passed them on to my friend. Hopefully things will improve for her soon.

[paintdadanta]

I'm late too! Bluedaisy, I recently heard about Laundry Tarts Strip It for getting stink out. A lot of Lil Tulip customers swear by it but I haven't used it yet. Some brands can replace elastics easily too if they are dry rotted or relaxed.

We are still using cloth but I've begun noticing certain brands no longer fitting him well like RaR. Hoping it's a phase and will be good again soon.

[Bluedaisy]

PSA: All About Cloth Diapers and Kissing Blake are doing a diaper giveaway. I'm not sure if there are any HP fans on this thread but she totally made a "Marauders Map" diaper cover.

[dogmama22]

belle0720 I just sold a bunch of diapers and bought a different brand too. They worked fine when he was smaller, but they just weren't working for us.
We bought some GroVia, but the AIOs aren't my husband's favorite. The AI2 is fine though so I'll just be the one to use the AIO. I'm deciding on some Blueberry and Funky Fluff.
We have Valentines fluff, but I already posted it in HDBD!

[paintdadanta]

Feb 13, 2016 16:55:59 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

belle0720 I just sold a bunch of diapers and bought a different brand too. They worked fine when he was smaller, but they just weren't working for us.
We bought some GroVia, but the AIOs aren't my husband's favorite. The AI2 is fine though so I'll just be the one to use the AIO. I'm deciding on some Blueberry and Funky Fluff.
We have Valentines fluff, but I already posted it in HDBD!

We use alot of Blueberry and GroVia AI2s too!