Bumgenius Help
I am having all kinds of issues/questions regarding my bumgenius (OS and AIO), so I'm gonna get them all out at once!
They're ALL stinky (like ammonia at least, maybe poopy - even right after they're washed). I had gotten a really good washing routine down (I have always used RnG) but since RnG had their recall, and I the replacement Hard Rock formula, things seem to have gotten worse. I cold rinse poopy dipes. Complete cold wash all diapers w/ about 1 T Hard Rock, then hot wash w/ two rinses and about 1 T Hard Rock - I almost always let this soak, sometimes overnight. I also haven't been able to sun for about the same amount of time... they seemed to smell so much less when I was sunning them, but it's been raining like crazy, so no sun. Could that cause the stink? Or more likely the detergent?
On my OS dipes... will I ever be able to adjust the rise snaps back down again??? They've been completely unsnapped for as long as I can remember. Are they really going to fit him for close to 15 more lbs? He only wears them at night, so maybe when I don't need to stuff them w/ as much? (two AFFF inserts and sometimes a thristies hemp insert) Or are they just not going to fit forever? What do I use after he outgrows them?
Okay... so I hate snaps, so we use aplix. Um... what do you do when baby learns to undo the diapers???
I really LOVE bg and wanna get things back on track! Any help is greatly appreciated!
Re: Bumgenius Help
What kind of smell is it?
As for the size, DD wore them until potty training at 2.5. By then she was about 35 lbs and we had no issues. Except for nightime. We used AMP fitteds for night with the insert and AFFF hemp inserts, but even those stopped working and we resorted to pampers.
Have you tried adding vinegar to the first rinse for the ammonia smell?
If they smell poopy you need more detergent, they aren't getting clean enough.
I found what worked great with BGs was adding a tbsp of bleach every other wash. Not the most EFF thing in the world, but it really helped with the poop smell.
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the poopy smell (esp when they're just cleaned) makes me think you need to use more detergent... but then the ammonia sounds like build up... so maybe do some hot water stripping and then wash with more soap?
i have the same problem with my OS diapers though, and like you, i only use them overnight. i have mine super stuffed so i think that's the problem... as for what to do when baby can take diaper off... i guess you'll just have to put a pair of shorts/pants on over the diaper lol. we're going to have the same issues haha.
i would try tide before you give up on cloth. you might just need a different detergent instead.
I turn my BG AIOs inside out to wash them. (I also rinse all of my diapers out before they go in the diaper pail.) I feel like the MF soaker gets cleaner that way. When they've gotten stinky in the past I do a strip with RLR and then add bleach to the load as well (1/4 cup for my top-loader).
I know it's not the most EF answer, but maybe RnG just isn't the right detergent for you. I've read some that love it and some that feel it doesn't get the diapers clean enough. Maybe try Tide or another detergent?
I know there's people out there that are tired of hearing me say this but.......try Tide. Seriously, try it. I was skeptical at first but after I tried what seemed like everything to get poopy and/or ammonia smells gone I just had to try anything that might work. I wasn't going to give up on my cloth!!
Here's what I had tried so you don't think I didn't try everything......vinegar in the first rinse, vinegar as the softener, vinegar soaks overnight, oxyclean soaks overnight, bleach (which helped at first but didn't solve the problem) in the first rinse, bleach in the main wash, Dawn stripping and I think that might be it.
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