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Hello all,
Maybe everyone already knows this but I just figured it out so I thought I'd share. For those out there that line dry your diapers then put them in the dryer for a few minutes to soften them up, try doing it the other way around. If you put them in the dry for 10min when they're wet and then hang them they are just as soft as if they had been in the dry the whole time, and they dry much faster.
Not exactly a ground breaking discovery, but it made me happy.
Anybody else have a great tip to share? About diapering, parenting, or life in general?
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| I wondered about that cuz I haven't found that putting them in last softens them up much. |
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| That is a great tip! I had heard that before and I'm definintely going to try it. Thanks! |
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great tip! I hang almost all of my clothes on the line. I have a clothes line in my laundry room and just hang everything to dry but i really miss having nice soft towels so i'll definately have to try that. I had tried putting them in after but that didn't help at all.
I have a whitening tip that my mother in law told me about. She found out by accident once and then did it all the time. She would hang her diapers out on the line when it snowed. Let them get the snow all on them and bring them in awhile later. She said she would basically just stand them in the corner for awhile. She wouldn't try to bend them or put them into the dryer right away because she was worried that the fibers might break from being frozen. So just wait until they thaw out a little. She said for some reason the snow really seemed to whiten them. |
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| hey..i forgot about another tip that my husband actually found..not sure if other people already know this one or not. Put a DRY towel in with your wet diapers (or other clothes) and it absorbs the moisture and drys your clothes faster. I tried it the other day and found it worked great!!!! |
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I'll try the dry towel trick next time I fully dry my diapers in the dryer.
In the meanwhile, I've been putting them in the dryer for 10-20 minutes and then hanging them out to dry. They dry faster, get the whitening power of the sun and come out softer. Yay! |
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| I line my diaper pail with an old pillowcase or old cotton laundry bag, and just throw it all in the wash. I was so sick of wiping poop smears from the pail! I wish I had thought of this two years ago. |
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| After I rinse out my pails, I squirt them with vinegar (in a spray bottle). It has some anti-bac powers without being as harsh or as hard on the environment as a bleach. Although I've never had terribly stinky pails, I think this also can help keep the plastic from getting stinky. |
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where's my reply!! I sent it. but don't see it, here I'll send it again, sorry if you see two posts from me.
first off, I have a long history of cloth diapering with motherease, and I do not use any recommended routine, and I think my personal laundry style is what makes my diapers never end up stinky (like my sisters, and others)
first off, I do not separate diapers from the rest of the laundry (no separate hamper, no pail, and absolutely nothing that is totally sealed like plastic) I treat a diaper the same as I would any article of clothing or bedding, or towels. I also do not have more than 6 diapers per load.
I believe too many diapers causes the rinse cycle to get concentrated with urine.
my sister traded me some prefolds and they smelled alful when baby peed in them. I didn't do any special treatment to get smell out, I just put them in the wash with other clothing as frequently as possible and with mainly other clothing and hopefully only a few or less diapers, after about a month the smell was gone, next time I am thinking about seeing if the sun can get the smell out since it works great on poop stains |
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| my reply is in the wrong post!!! It is suppose to be on the issue of routine and smelly diapers!! whats going on with the forum? |
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| my reply is in the wrong post!!! It is suppose to be on the issue of routine and smelly diapers!! whats going on with the forum? |
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| Great tip about the pillowcase. I couldn't bring my self to spend on a diaper pail liner. That is a great alternate solution. Unfortunately, with a front loader you still need to load the diapers by hand since you can't just pour them in like with a top loader. |
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I have only had a front-loader while diapering, and after a few loads of loading by hand I bought (and then made) some pail liners so that I didn't have to load the diapers in by hand. With a bag (any kind of bag; I use mesh, but a pillowcase would be the side thing), you can at least lift only the sides and maybe the bottom, which is way less yucky. I used to just toss my mesh bag into the washer and let the diapers come out, but had problems with diapers or wipes getting stuck, so now tip out the bag into the washer. I do use several smaller pails rather than one large one, so maybe that helps in being able to get the bag in through the opening. Now that I have a North-American front-loader rather than a European one, that front hole seems vast and I think I almost could just put my pail in and dump out!
Not related, but another thing I thought of today: save a ton of money and make your own baby food. Cook, blend, freeze. Thaw what you want, when you want it. Ice cube trays are great, and so are the 4-oz gladware-type containers once babe is eating more. |
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