April 2014 Moms

Fluffed!

So we took the pludge and started cloth diapering. Today is day one. I am so over disposable diapers!! Any advice for a newly fluffed butt would be appreciated or let's see some baby fluff!

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April 8, 2014 9lb 6oz 21 inches

Re: Fluffed!

  • I need to jump in now too!! I think you may have inspired me. I don't know why I'm so intimidated. I have everything I need. I think its the poop!! Haha!
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  • The poop scares me too. So we got some disposable liners to help with that. What really intimidates me is washing the diapers. Some websites make it seem so complicated!

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    April 8, 2014 9lb 6oz 21 inches

  • I hate the liners, they are useless. Get yourself a sprayer or a spatula and you'll be just fine. I promise.
  • We love adding BG fleece liners in our Moraki diapers. The poo falls off into the toilet no scrapping or spraying needed. We do choose to spray with shout but that's just cause I don't want to risk stains. I love my fresh clean cloth diapers. Tide and oxyclean in hot water works for us. Welcome to cloth!
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  • All proud of himself for pulling the bottom ones off the shelf. We have entered the get into everything, take it a part and climbing. Eh.
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  • Poop really isn't a big deal. It sounds more intimidating than it actually is. After you do it a couple times it truly is nbd. We have been CDing for 9 months now with no major issues so I am happy with the decision to CD. Get a sprayer or make one. DH bought stuff to make a sprayer and never did, so I just plop the ploppable poop in the toilet and rinse the diaper with the ulility sink in the basement (which has a really hard water pressure) if I need to, then throw it in a wetbag I have next to the sink. Pretty easy.
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    edited January 2015
    Katy0525 said:

    The poop scares me too. So we got some disposable liners to help with that. What really intimidates me is washing the diapers. Some websites make it seem so complicated!

    How you wash your diapers depends a lot on how hard your water is and the type of machine you have. We have a front loader. My water is pretty hard. We have a softener but it's still hard after being softened. All I do is throw 2-3 days worth of diapers in the washer and do a rinse, then I add my detergent (I use original Tide up to line 2 on the scoop) and do a regular wash set with an extra rinse at the end. I've never not had a diaper get clean. :)

    ETA I have a top loader, not front. My brain stopped working earlier I guess.
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  • We have a front loader washing machine.  We do a short cold wash with no detergent, followed by a hot wash with extra rinse with a scoop of detergent.  We also use Tide.  DS was cloth diapered until he potty trained just before age 3.  DD is also CD'd.  We've had no problems with this washing method.
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  • Thanks everyone!!

    @CalinAZ‌ I actually joined that group yesterday! They have tons of information

    I would love the extra help with washing CDs. I have a kenmore 3.4 top loader.

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    April 8, 2014 9lb 6oz 21 inches

  • @Katy0525 - do you know whether or not you have hard or soft water?
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  • Yes, we have hard water.

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    April 8, 2014 9lb 6oz 21 inches

  • I've cloth diapered both kids. DS1 potty trained at 2.5yo and the poop was never a big deal. His never seemed to get to the ploppable stage, and I didn't want a sprayer (sounded like a mess) so I just swished them in the toilet until the poop was off. I used to think that was a really gross way to do things and I'd never do it that way, but trying to use a spatula to scrape poop off ended up being a way bigger pain for me.
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