HELP ME can't get rid of the stinkies!

mandalin114

I have major barnyard issues. DD's diapers smell TERRIBLE in the morning. First I thought it was the pockets I was using, so I switched to fitteds and wool for overnight. Still smelly. I thought I wasn's using enough detergent (BG) so I used more and ran load through a few extra rinses. Still smelly. Then I thought maybe it was the detergent so I switched to dropps, two packets to 12-15 diapers. Still stinky!

 Finally I stripped my entire stash with blue dawn and rinsed about a million times. I do not use any fabric softener or dryer sheets. I do however wash DD's regular clothes with dreft and our laundry with ALL.

Since the stripping, the smell has been better but her diapers still stink when she wakes up in the morning. We have "regular" water possibly very faint hard water so I just got Calgon.

 Any other ideas? I am so frustrated!

:hands cookies to anyone who made it through that whole post:

hispenguin

I get the stinkies with our pockets. I have to add 1/4 cup of bleach to the hot wash once a month to keep it under control.

Aloe0l

We're battling this issue too.  I think I'm going to try bleach as well (at least for our pockets).  I am not sure if you can use bleach on prefolds - though, I don't see why not so long as you rinse them enough after. 

Anyone?

pixy_stix

So it's just in your overnight diapers?

mandalin114

yes its mostly in my overnights...

momofmanyinthemitten

I boil the inserts from my pockets when they start to stink. I have bleached my overnight fitteds, but  they smell after 2 uses, so I don't have any suggestions for those.

pixy_stix

It might just be the baby pee smell and nothing to do with the diapers.  Have you tried using something that hasn't previously smelled and seeing what it does?

kacelle

DD's overnight diapers smell really awful in the mornings, but it isn't the diapers themselves.  The diapers smell clean when we put them on her, but her pee just smells gross.  I don't notice it when I'm changing every two hours during the day, but her overnight diaper (we use pockets stuffed with hemp and MF) hold a lot of pee.