Hi everyone! :)
I decided to post a little note this evening while I'm waiting on my diaper laundry to finish washing. :) (Isn't it so much fun??) I know it may sound crazy, but I truly enjoy doing diaper laundry. It's always a good feeling to put a freshly laundered dipe on my sweet little boy's tush. I hope that you will/do enjoy doing diaper laundry as much as I do!
Recently, I bought two new dipes for my son, and realized how much of an addiction cloth diapering can be! One has cute multi-colored circles, and the other is a red Spiderman webbing print! Our initial reason to cloth diaper was saving money, saving the environment, and of course, they are CUTE! I, however, did not anticipate how much I would love shopping for cloth diapers (and of you have to get a cute pair of BabyLegs sometimes to match!!) so I have to constantly remind myself that though I would love to purchase every cute diaper out there, I won't be saving any money if I do. I do a lot of "window shopping" with diapers, and drool over their cuteness, but alas, I end up closing my browsing window and buying trigger finger, and telling myself I don't need to buy another lot of diapers. I will buy one or two and then wait another several months. Before I bought these last two, I hadn't bought any impulse diapers since before Christmas last year. It. Is. Addictive. :D
What kind of cloth do you put on your baby? Do you have a variety, or do you prefer a certain kind?
I hope you have a lot of happy little baby tushies in cloth!! :) So sweet!
Hi everyone! Welcome to Cloth Diapering 101! Because of my love of cloth diapering, it was suggested to me that I start a cloth diapering blog so that other mamas could follow me and learn all about my cloth diapering experiences. Feel free to ask questions, and make your own suggestions, and I will try to educate you the best that I can in what is the world of cloth diapering! Enjoy!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Overcoming Build-Up
Hello, everyone! It has been several months since I have posted! I apologize. Sometimes life gets in the way. I hope you are all well. :)
The last few months have proved to be a little bit of a cloth diapering challenge for us, but we stuck it out and have come out on top. After my last post, we fought with an ongoing ammonia problem with our diapers, and discovered it was a problem with our washing machine. We had a high-efficiency front loader, and it just wasn't getting our diapers clean enough (i.e. wasn't getting enough water to clean them well enough). After a lot of trips to my mom's to do diaper laundry, we decided to swap our front loader for a top load, and we have been much happier doing diaper laundry!
Do any of you mamas have stories to share about any problems with cleaning your diapers? Build-up from detergent/fighting with the dreaded ammonia or barnyard smell? What kinds of methods did you try?
I felt like we tried everything under the sun to get our diapers clean. I first tried stripped with various methods (Dawn, Bac-Out, RLR, etc.) I even used bleach. When I realized that our front loader was part of our problem, it became easier to figure things out. I boiled inserts several times, and changed our washing routine a little bit, and I have much less problems with build-up. We have EXTREMELY hard water where we live, so I have to boil inserts every few washes to keep the hard water build-up out of our diapers. It is a little more work, but totally worth it to keep my sweet boy in fluff.
Do any of you have special names for your diapers? We usually just say cloth, but I find myself calling it fluff quite often. I know some people even call them nappies. Whatever you call them, they're sweet. :) Take care, guys! I promise I will post again soon! I am afraid that I am terrible at keeping up with blogs, but I do try my best to post when I'm not busy. This summer has proved to be terribly busy so far!
Keep your cloth fun!! Happy diapering, mamas!
The last few months have proved to be a little bit of a cloth diapering challenge for us, but we stuck it out and have come out on top. After my last post, we fought with an ongoing ammonia problem with our diapers, and discovered it was a problem with our washing machine. We had a high-efficiency front loader, and it just wasn't getting our diapers clean enough (i.e. wasn't getting enough water to clean them well enough). After a lot of trips to my mom's to do diaper laundry, we decided to swap our front loader for a top load, and we have been much happier doing diaper laundry!
Do any of you mamas have stories to share about any problems with cleaning your diapers? Build-up from detergent/fighting with the dreaded ammonia or barnyard smell? What kinds of methods did you try?
I felt like we tried everything under the sun to get our diapers clean. I first tried stripped with various methods (Dawn, Bac-Out, RLR, etc.) I even used bleach. When I realized that our front loader was part of our problem, it became easier to figure things out. I boiled inserts several times, and changed our washing routine a little bit, and I have much less problems with build-up. We have EXTREMELY hard water where we live, so I have to boil inserts every few washes to keep the hard water build-up out of our diapers. It is a little more work, but totally worth it to keep my sweet boy in fluff.
Do any of you have special names for your diapers? We usually just say cloth, but I find myself calling it fluff quite often. I know some people even call them nappies. Whatever you call them, they're sweet. :) Take care, guys! I promise I will post again soon! I am afraid that I am terrible at keeping up with blogs, but I do try my best to post when I'm not busy. This summer has proved to be terribly busy so far!
Keep your cloth fun!! Happy diapering, mamas!
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