Do I need an open dry pail for diapers?

jw87 · August 2012

I can't decide on a dry pail/wet bag situation for storing dirty diapers at home. We have a diaper champ from previously using disposables with our first son, and had planned on just using a pillow case on the inside, but was told a normal trash can that lets air in is best... why? Also I was told a pillow case will get gross and that I need a wet bag that I can throw in the wash... can't I just wipe out the diaper champ if need be?

Educate me on why air needs to get to the diapers or what is best? I want to succeed at CDing without a stinky baby's room or diaper issues. Help!

diehld@uindy.edu · August 2012

the diapers need air... not to mold... you could use a pillow case but it could leak..

mason15 · August 2012

I'd think the seal on the diaper champ would hold in too much stink. We used (and will use this time) a regular small garbage pail with a pop up lid and a planet wise liner. We didn't use a liner for the longest time, but we ended up getting one b/c the garbage pail did get stinky. It was easier to just throw the liner in the wash.

jennyann28 · August 2012

We just use a large hanging wetbag. We keep it open all the time. No smells. No pail necessary.

Aurora_Borealis · August 2012

Air needs to get to the diapers for the same reason that sweaty gym clothes will stink more after 2 days if left zipped up in a duffel bag as opposed to just left on the floor.

A pail liner will prevent the wetness and odors from transferring to your pail. Plastics retain odors, so without a proper liner your pail could just end up stinking, especially if you live in an area where it gets hot in the summer. There was someone on this board a week or so ago with this problem.

I use a hanging wetbag as opposed to a pail because I don't have the floor space. Sometimes I leave it unzipped, sometimes I don't. Odors haven't been an issue so far, but I make sure I wash every other day.

ExcitedFTM · August 2012

We a got an aluminum pop up lid trash can from Walmart and a Planet Wise wet bag for inside. If we are washing our prefolds every other or every 2 days will this be ok? I wouldn't think cloth diapers would mold that fast? Sorry, guess I'm also curious.

lageorgiapaperie · August 2012

I have a garbage pail with a Kissa's pail liner (it was like $15 on Amazon). I recently started leaving the lid off the pail and the smell is so much better than when I kept it on.

jw87 · August 2012

Thanks everyone!

hispenguin · August 2012

jennyann28:
We just use a large hanging wetbag. We keep it open all the time. No smells. No pail necessary.

We use the same method at home. Even with toddler pee and poop we never have smell issues with an unzipped wetbag.

tjkdlhb · August 2012

Airflow helps the diapers dry a little so that they don't get stinky.

bethgrimaldi · August 2012

I bought a regular trash can from Wal-Mart with a cover and put a Planet Wise bag inside. We wash the liner bag everytime we wash the diapers (about every other day). I have two Planet Wise bags so that I can alternate them. Works great, no stink.

M&JE · August 2012

We spray off our dirty diapers and toss them in a wet bag. We keep the bag closed. No stink. No mold. I wash diapers every day though; not sure if we would have a problem if we went longer between washes.

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