Monday, July 07, 2008

Cloth diapering update


So I have been using cloth diapers on Phoebe almost exclusively and it is going really well. As I mentioned in a previous post, I use the Bum Genius brand and although I have not tried others and thus can't do a proper comparison, I have to say that I think they are great. They are the new "3.0" version, which I think means they have some improvements over past versions. The closures are Velcro, which really helps when I am trying to diaper a squirmy baby. And they are one-size-fits all, so I can adjust them as she gets bigger. I wash them every night and they are ready to go the next day. I have experimented around with a lot of different wash cycles and have found the best system is to wash them in cold with a small amount of natural detergent and some oxi clean, and then run them again in warm with no additional soap but with another small oxi clean scoop, and then a final extra rinse in cold just to make sure all the soap is out. I then dry them on low in the dryer. I don't know why I am writing any of this in my blog...I am sure that everyone must just find this SO fascinating...but maybe it's helpful to those readers out there who are considering cloth diapers! Feel free to send any questions my way and I'll do my best to answer based on my very limited experiment.

1 comments:

Courtney said...

Hi Sara - Thanks for the update! I'm considering using these for TwoBux, so its good to have some research already done. And, I would have asked about the wash cycle, so I'm glad to know! :)