Cloth Diapering

BumGenius - secret to washing?

Hi Ladies,

I only have one BG 4.0 Pocket right now, we are primarily using Thirsties Covers and prefolds.  I tested it this morning (have prepped it) and my daughter took that seriously and blew it out :)

Anywho, I washed it and the insert with my prefolds and the BG ended up needed to be washed twice and the insert came out stained.  I am using some bleach on it now, which may have been a mistake.   

Is there a secret to washing these so they don't stain like this?  I really want to use pockets, just ordered a few types today from Cloth Diaper Trader and Diaper Junction.  But I also don't want to have to wash them multiple times each as I hate wasting water as much as I hate making trash :)

Thanks to anyone who has insight. 

We are so thankful that our second daughter, Lillian Elizabeth "Lily", was born healthy and happy on February 11, 2013.  We love her to pieces.  

We lost our first daughter, Hannah Grace on May 4, 2011.  She was buried on May 14 during a beautiful service at my home church. We are grateful that if she could not be here with us, that she is healed and whole with the Lord. We look forward to the day when we will get to meet her. We love her so much.


Re: BumGenius - secret to washing?

  • Put it in the sun or a sunny window to dry. Or just let it wash out in subsequent washes. Stains do not equal dirty. If it smells clean, it is clean. Bleach is totally overkill.
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  • imageInto+the+Kitty:
    Put it in the sun or a sunny window to dry. Or just let it wash out in subsequent washes. Stains do not equal
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  • imageInto+the+Kitty:
    Put it in the sun or a sunny window to dry. Or just let it wash out in subsequent washes. Stains do not equal

    We are so thankful that our second daughter, Lillian Elizabeth "Lily", was born healthy and happy on February 11, 2013.  We love her to pieces.  

    We lost our first daughter, Hannah Grace on May 4, 2011.  She was buried on May 14 during a beautiful service at my home church. We are grateful that if she could not be here with us, that she is healed and whole with the Lord. We look forward to the day when we will get to meet her. We love her so much.


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  • Confession:  If it's otherwise clean, I don't mind stains.  Plenty of my prefolds are stained.  I guess I just roll with that :-/

    Like pps said, make sure you're washing correctly if there's an odor, and try setting the diapers out

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    We are so thankful that our second daughter, Lillian Elizabeth "Lily", was born healthy and happy on February 11, 2013.  We love her to pieces.  

    We lost our first daughter, Hannah Grace on May 4, 2011.  She was buried on May 14 during a beautiful service at my home church. We are grateful that if she could not be here with us, that she is healed and whole with the Lord. We look forward to the day when we will get to meet her. We love her so much.


  • Thanks everyone....I will not worry about the stains if everyone else's do that too and use the sun if needed :)  

    We are so thankful that our second daughter, Lillian Elizabeth "Lily", was born healthy and happy on February 11, 2013.  We love her to pieces.  

    We lost our first daughter, Hannah Grace on May 4, 2011.  She was buried on May 14 during a beautiful service at my home church. We are grateful that if she could not be here with us, that she is healed and whole with the Lord. We look forward to the day when we will get to meet her. We love her so much.


  • Fwiw, I have heard mixed success for that detergent as well, so may not hurt to try another variety to see if that makes any difference.   I have zero issues with the BG 4.0 washing clean both smell wise and staining.  We do use diaper liners th
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