EW EEWWWW!

AliciaS1411

I put about 25 diapers, pockets, AIOs, fitteds, and a couple of shells, out on the deck this morning to sun. I went out there just now to get some of them and turn the others and there we're small spiders all over the place! I killed 6 of them, shook some of them off the diapers, and squealed and screamed like a girl the entire time.

Now..do I stress about spiders being in the pockets and rewash all of them? Do I toss them in the dryer for 5 minutes and hope the heat kills anything alive, or do I just give them a thorough once over and put them away?

thehotheartline

That sucks!!!! EWWWW!!! I would have been squealing too!

I would have to wash them, but my fear of spiders is boarder line phobia, so really, my husband would have had to wash them when he got home. ;

gollywollypog

This happened to me last summer when I was pregnant with Emery and sunning some used dipes I had gotten on CL.

Only it was bug eggs.  Lots of tiny bug eggs all clustered up on my diapers and inserts. 

I rewashed.  sigh.

Into+the+Kitty

Oh my effing god. I'm only slightly exaggerating when I say that I would probably sell those diapers and never touch them again.

Irrational, yes, but I seriously am terrified of spiders.  

AliciaS1411

Into+the+Kitty:

Oh my effing god. I'm only slightly exaggerating when I say that I would probably sell those diapers and never touch them again.

Irrational, yes, but I seriously am terrified of spiders.  

LOL this is after 3 days of no washes and these are all my favorite diapers! haha. I definitely can't sell. 

I am, however, going to rewash with a quarter cup of bleach. haha

unaveragejane

I would just run them through the dryer on the highest heat they can stand. I grew up using a clothesline, and finishing everything off in the dryer to kill any extra "guests" was always just part of the routine. It also helps to soften natural fibers back up.

littleredfish

Into+the+Kitty:

Oh my effing god. I'm only slightly exaggerating when I say that I would probably sell those diapers and never touch them again.

Irrational, yes, but I seriously am terrified of spiders.  

Not an over-reaaction at all. I'd burn them and start my stash over. And by burn them, I mean DH would burn them because I could not ever bring myself to touch them. Probably just touching them again would bring on goosebumps and the feeling of wanting to vomit.

I too have an overwhelming fear of spiders.

tjkdlhb

I may be in the minority here... but if I see a spider in the house I either take a piece of paper for it to crawl on and put it outside or just leave it alone.

I think I would be concerned on the diapers though that it may lay eggs.  So I would wash them again.

Earwigs however are another story.  Those b!tches die! 

TJ1979

littleredfish:

Into+the+Kitty:

Oh my effing god. I'm only slightly exaggerating when I say that I would probably sell those diapers and never touch them again.

Irrational, yes, but I seriously am terrified of spiders.  

Not an over-reaaction at all. I'd burn them and start my stash over. And by burn them, I mean DH would burn them because I could not ever bring myself to touch them. Probably just touching them again would bring on goosebumps and the feeling of wanting to vomit.

I too have an overwhelming fear of spiders.

Me too! I'm panicking and want to go wash all my dipes now after reading this. GL, I hope they all die, die, die!