Pooping in CD overnight - HELP!

FutureMrsCaesar

I'm new to this, and for the most part things are going great, but twice my 12 mo old has pooped overnight in our pockets.  Its uncommon for him to poop at night but it does happen every once in a while.  Anyway, I have the HARDEST time getting a faint poop smell out of those diapers.  I rinse very well when he wakes up with the diaper sprayer, I spray lots of bac-out on them, and wash within one day.  And still stinky.  And its just the pocket diaper that the poop was in contact with, the inserts seem to be fine.  Does anyone else have this problem?  I tried soaking in 7th Gen Oxy Clean for like 5 hours then rewashing with detergent, and still a faint smell.  I'll try sunning them tomorrow, conditions aren't favorable for it today.  I really only want to use bleach as a last resort.  What can I do? 

meep13

Since it's not common for him to poop at night I wonder if he's pooping right before he goes to bed?  I've noticed since we started using cloth I often won't notice when DS poops because I can't smell it like we could when he was in disposables.  Maybe start checking right when he goes to bed to make sure he hasn't pooped??

  I'm new to this so I don't have any suggestions about getting the smell out! Sorry!

FutureMrsCaesar

Both times I think that it was after I put him to bed but before he fell asleep.  I agree that it doesn't give off much odor (at first) so I'm not sure exactly what to do.  I don't really want to go in and take his diaper off to check it after he falls asleep every night.

Tarta

I feel like I had this happen too sometimes not even with a nap time poop. I never really found a great solution. Sunning helped. Honestly, I just kept them in rotation and after awhile the problem seemed to resolve itself after a few washes. It's not my ideal scenario, but I couldn't always afford to keep them out of rotation until I got them smelling sunny fresh. Never seemed to cause a problem on LO, and I knew they weren't still "dirty" exactly.

LottaLattes

Baking soda in your prerinse and vinegar in your final wash.  Makes everything smell lovely again

sometimesalwayschaotic

What kind of soap are you using?  If they still stink you might want to try using more soap.  When I spray my diapers I make sure to get as poo off as I possible can.  I also know that if you're using a diaper cream that isn't cloth diaper safe it can really make the diapers smell bad (especially desitin).  

enjoylife

No true solution from me....but you can put a fleece liner in to help catch the poop and keep it off the lining of your pockets.  We do this since LO is a round the clock pooper so we usually put one of the non cd safe creams on at night since he sleeps 10-12 hours.  

FutureMrsCaesar

LottaLattes:

Baking soda in your prerinse and vinegar in your final wash.  Makes everything smell lovely again

Thanks, I'll try that!  How much baking soda/vinegar do you recommend?  I've been thinking about trying vinegar now that I'm pretty sure we don't have hard water.

For detergent I've been using Nellies, and I use 1 T, which I *think* should be enough because everything else smells fine.

PeonyPumps

hheyderh:

What kind of soap are you using?  If they still stink you might want to try using more soap.  When I spray my diapers I make sure to get as poo off as I possible can.  I also know that if you're using a diaper cream that isn't cloth diaper safe it can really make the diapers smell bad (especially desitin).  

This exactly for me. I find the more detergent I use, the less stink I have.