Cloth Diapering
Rule breaking
I researched the h*ll out of CD'ing before we started. I've always followed the rules based on the best practice posted by manufacturers. I never, ever wash my microfiber/synthetics with my cottons/natural fibers. I pre-wash/rinse, and extra rinse at the end of my wash cycle. I use CD safe detergent. I never use regular rash cream. My covers have never seen the inside of a dryer.
I'm getting tired of this strict regime. Today, I'm washing my synthetics with my nautral fibers because I read that the world will not stop turning if I do this.
So, do you break the "rules"?
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Re: Rule breaking
I always wash all my diapers together, regardless of material.
I DO use a CD safe detergent and rash cream, and always will.
A couple of my diapers take a long time to dry, so if they aren't dry by the time all the others on the rack are; I will toss them in the dryer for a bit so I can stuff and put them all away at the same time.
As for wash routine, I do the pre-rinse and 2 rinses at the end..but not because they are 'rules' but because that's how they get clean..
All my diapers get washed together. I don't have enough of either one kind to do a whole load and I'm not going to waste the resources to do half-loads of diapers every week.
And I dry my BG Elementals, because I don't have a big enough stash to wait for them to dry on their own in my humid climate.
I wash everything together.
w/ whatever 'free and clear' soap we have.
and sometimes we dry, sometime we line dry.
And...nothing has gone wrong yet.
Once natural fibers are prepped, I wash everything together. I mostly line dry then do a fluff on low, but I see no harm in putting PUL in the dryer on low sometimes (esp. with my AIOs).
I am careful about rash cream and detergent, but largely bc DS has sensitive skin. Even on our regular clothes, we usually use "5 star" CD detergent or sometimes All F&C, but baby gets gentle stuff.
DS born 8/2010 - preliminary stages of SN int'l adoption - fur mama to 2 shelter dogs; cloth diapering, babywearing, EBFing mama
I wash synthetic with natural with baby clothes. I use not the greatest detergent (A&H Sensitive). I throw pockets in the dryer all the time (usually on low while I do one last rinse with Ecover).
The only rules I think I haven't broken are using dryer sheets and prepping naturals and synthetics together (which honestly is how I interpreted that - you need to prep natural fabrics separately, but once prepped you're fine to wash them together).
No problems so far.
Apparently I missed the part where you are supposed to separate natural and synthetics. I had no clue until about a month ago. I prepped naturals and synthetics together. I haven't had any repelling yet.