Diaper sprayer really necessary?

niccole_15

Hi there,

I'm about to make the switch to CD's and wondering if the sprayer is a necessity?  I've watched a couple of YouTube videos where they are just using a "scraper" for the solids and washing it down the bathroom sink.  DS still has BM runny poo, but he is 6 months and is starting solids, so I expect that to change soon.

I'm going with the bumgenius 4.0 if that matters....

Any advice for the newbie is much appreciated!  Thanks! 

LMDenver

I actually don't use a sprayer I use a "dollar store spatula" but I don't mind scraping. It's really only one poo a day. Sometimes its ploppable sometimes its not. I just scrape as much as I can off and stick the rest in the wet bag. Works well for us! Hope this helps!

niccole_15

Thanks for the reply!

Are you rinsing the poopy diapers as well or just putting them into the wet bag once they've been scraped? 

Gilene2011

We scrap with a devoted spatula.  If we have a really nasty poo at home, I will slip the insert out and put the pocket poo side down to soak in the toilet for 5-10 minutes.  Then I scrap anything else off. 

If we are out I usually just roll anything up and deal with it at home (also for daycare diapers). 

LMDenver

For a while there I was just scraping the best I could and putting into the wetbag no rinsing. Now (a week or so) Ive starting scraping and then dunking "rinsing" in the toilet and then putting in wetbag. It does quite well. I like this better as I don't feel like so much poo is getting into washer. Works for me. :-)

 

LMDenver

LMDenver:

For a while there I was just scraping the best I could and putting into the wetbag no rinsing. Now (a week or so) Ive starting scraping and then dunking "rinsing" in the toilet and then putting in wetbag. It does quite well. I like this better as I don't feel like so much poo is getting into washer. Works for me. :-)

 

 Also to add - only dunking in toilet if its a really bad poop (messy)! :-)

niccole_15

Thanks ladies!  That helps a lot!  

kacelle

I thought it wasn't UNTIL DD started teething terribly.  She's had diarrhea for over a week and we had to order a sprayer with super-fast shipping.  No scraper was able to handle that job!

Temp200154562509288

Sprayers are so nice to have, but we've never committed to one. If I need to then I dunk and slosh.

LadyGolfer523

maybe it's just me, but I LOVE my sprayer.  I tried dunk and swish, but it just didn't work as well as the sprayer.  there is no going back now.

tokenhoser

LadyGolfer523:

maybe it's just me, but I LOVE my sprayer.  I tried dunk and swish, but it just didn't work as well as the sprayer.  there is no going back now.

I would have quit without mine.

My DS has been really slow to add solids to his diet (we've been at it for 6 months, and his poos are still very liquid most of the time, but with enough food bits the diaper must be cleaned off before it goes in the pail). With him, a sprayer is a total necessity.

veruca5839

LadyGolfer523:

maybe it's just me, but I LOVE my sprayer.  I tried dunk and swish, but it just didn't work as well as the sprayer.  there is no going back now.

Same here.  I also tried flushable liners and scraping, and nothing worked as well as my sprayer.  DD has gone through some bad poop phases, especially when she got her molars, and I don't know how I would have dealt with her diapers without the sprayer!

boogerbearoriginal

I couldn't ever commit to a sprayer so we've been scraping/swishing and it works just fine. I have a spatula that cost 0.59 and have got quite adept at scrapping the diaper clean.

What I do is first take out the insert, then put the diaper face down in the toilet, flip it over and use the spatula to scrap poop off. Wring it out and put into pail. Voila!

Honestly the poop thing really doesn't bother me at all. Vomit bothers me but poop is NBD. I think a sprayer is a nicety but not necessary.

LMDenver

Booger+Bear:

I couldn't ever commit to a sprayer so we've been scraping/swishing and it works just fine. I have a spatula that cost 0.59 and have got quite adept at scrapping the diaper clean.

What I do is first take out the insert, then put the diaper face down in the toilet, flip it over and use the spatula to scrap poop off. Wring it out and put into pail. Voila!

Honestly the poop thing really doesn't bother me at all. Vomit bothers me but poop is NBD. I think a sprayer is a nicety but not necessary.

This exactly! Poop doesn't bother me but vomit. eeeek!

AnnaMaria73

I love my sprayer! I did the Dunk and Swish for a while before putting the money out for a sprayer. I'm so glad i got the sprayer! It gets all the poop off most of DD's diapers! They aren't "necessary", but they are soooo nice to have

emolee84

we swished and dunked for almost 2 years before buying a sprayer.  and even then I only broke down and got one because we moved in with my dad to take care of him before he recently passed away and the sprayer was handy for cleaning off his things.

GibsonGirl620

Another vote for the sprayer!

It is not *necessary*, but worth every single penny of the ~$35 I spent on it. I'm not afraid of poop, but LOs poops smell AWFUL now so I'm glad to rinse every single chunk down the toilet. The last thing I want is that odor lingering in my house. Plus, I like that my CDs have stayed stain-free. 

It's a personal preference. You can always try without it and see how it goes. GL!

niccole_15

So those who are sprayer-devotees which one would you recommend?  I saw that the BumGenius one had some mixed reviews...

Megan.10.06

I love my BG one. 

It is very rare I have a ploppable with either boy - there was no way I was dunking forever.  I can't live without my sprayer! 

tokenhoser

I also have the BG one. It was a gift from my mom, who cloth diapered 3 kids before they invented sprayers. To me, the fact that she was so excited to buy it for me was a testament to how crappy dunking was. She remembered it all 30 years later.

HSartteach

After diapering for over 2 years, I have found I couldn't do it w/o my sprayer.  We were having an issue with the hook-up a few months ago and tried to scrape--it really, really sucked!  Maybe when LO was really small still, scraping might have been okay, but now it is not always plopable.  And, after sitting in the diaper all day from daycare, the sprayer is really helpful.

dosafyre

We were glad we didn't install a sprayer. We only scraped PB-poo for a couple months, once a day...no big deal. We had a dedicated cup and scraper set above the toilet. I tried dunk/swish a couple times first, and just made a mess :P

GHBEA

I was a devout scrapper, but with DD pooing more and another LO on the way I told DH we needed a sprayer.

Best choice I made for us. 

kacelle

The one I have is listed as the following on Amazon: "Cool-Craft Toilet Bidet Handle with ** BONUS ** Rockin' Green Laundry Detergent Sample".

veruca5839

We have a Sigma sprayer.  Super easy to install and use, never had any leaks or other problems with it.

acmayn01

I'm sure this will qualify as really ignorant, but which bathroom do you hook up the sprayer in? I'm just envisioning my guests being like, "what the heck is that....". Especially since my family isn't pro-CD anyway.

And is it ever an issue with your other children spraying each other, the walls, etc? I'm just trying to figure out the logistics here :-)