Diaper Sprayer?

averysn

Ok, so I am a first time mom and my husband and I have decided to cloth diaper.  I have a good collection going already and the last thing I was needing to buy was a diaper sprayer.  I have been planning to buy the bumgenius sprayer, but with soooooo many things to buy for our little one I am trying to save money wherever possible.  So my question is if diaper sprayers are really necessary and if not what do you do as an alternative while cleaning?  I am a major germ freak and the idea of just putting a diaper full of poop in the washing machine freaks me out!  But at the same time we live in a little 1950's cottage so I don't have a sink to wash the diapers out in besides my kitchen sink ... and that freaks me out too!  So ... please give me all your ideas and opinions!!!

tokenhoser

You don't need a sprayer until you start solids, so you can put it off for a few months. I would have quit without mine, though. My baby still has terrible lumpy liquid poos that are just nasty to deal with without a sprayer.

Get over it with the newborn poos. You'll be changing every 2 hours or less. You don't need another step. Wash a load and you'll see that everything comes out great. You can get rid of any stains by sun drying.

bugandbibs

You won't need a diaper sprayer until your LO starts solid food.  That is at least 6 months away.  Sometimes sprayers come up on sites like babysteals.com or craigslist.  Keep your eye out during the next few months, and you can get one for less.

EBF/EFF poo is water soluable and doesn't need to be removed before putting your diapers in the wash.

Other alternatives to a sprayer are: disposable liners, scraping the poo with a spatula, dunk and swish in the toilet, etc... 

cadgirl

We thought we'd be a sprayer kind of family... but as it turns out, our procrastination has really paid off because we realized that we don't really mind the dunk and swish method.  It's really not that bad!