How do you USE your diaper sprayer? I get a fail.

blissfully_caffeinated · May 2011

I just installed my diaper sprayer yesterday and used it last night. I think I get a serious fail. I managed to spray poop water across half my bathroom. I didn't realise that the water was kind of bouncing off the diaper and spraying all over. Fail!

How do you use your sprayer? And how do you then get the wet diaper to the washer without dripping poop water all over the house? Luckily my bathroom was in need of a good cleaning anyway!

JenGK · May 2011

I fold the diaper in half, dirty side out. Then I hold at the top, with folded middle of the diaper close to the water. I hold the diaper sprayer close to the diaper and then spray downward at about a 45 degree angle. All of this is done while kneeling near the toilet.

We use hanging wet bags that I keep in the bathroom, so I just have the bag right by the toilet and drop the dirties in.

monkeyqueen · May 2011

I just hold the diaper low and spray downwards.

When I have to spray a diaper, I just take a small diaper pail in the bathroom and plop the diaper in there.

nicole0719 · May 2011

The angle of spraying is definately the key (and trying to make sure the diaper is "flat" if the diaper is all runpled the water will spray everywhere and you need to spray down at an angle. I also keep a wetbag in the bathroom as PP does. I still manage to spray water everywhere sometimes - I keep clorox wipes under the sink just in case and make sure I wash that bathroom often in case I miss some water. It's not perfect but N's diapers are super gross and Itried every other method and this works the best.

Copernicus08 · May 2011

JenGK:
I fold the diaper in half, dirty side out. Then I hold at the top, with folded middle of the diaper close to the water. I hold the diaper sprayer close to the diaper and then spray downward at about a 45 degree angle. All of this is done while kneeling near the toilet.
We use hanging wet bags that I keep in the bathroom, so I just have the bag right by the toilet and drop the dirties in.

This is exactly what we do, too. Wet bag or pail next to the toilet is key, and folding the diaper in half and holding the whole thing inside the bowl while spraying downward will keep you from spraying yourself and the bathroom. I think we all learned this the hard way when we first using the sprayer, lol.

ananas19 · May 2011

I hold the diaper as low in the bowl as I can, and making sure it is flat is definitely key.

I keep a medium wetbag in the bathroom. Since I wash every two days that's usually enough to hold the sprayed diapers until I throw them in the pail with the other diapers I'm washing.

blissfully_caffeinated · May 2011

I did absolutely none of those things. lol. I like the folding the diaper in half thing. I'll definitely pay more attention next time. I just held the diaper over the toilet (not in the bowl though) and sprayed at ~ 90 degrees. Next time I'll get it!