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My daughter has a horrible, out-of-the-blue diaper rash with an open sore, so has been naked when we're at home, and in a disposable when we're out. She's only going through about 2 cloth diapers a day. My son, who has always used disposables at night, is now in cloth in the hopes of night-time training to stay dry - well, retraining in his case. I rinse his diapers because they REEK, but after two days, I only have 6 or so diapers to wash. The smell, if I go any longer, bowls me over when I open the diaper pail! So, is it worth it for the environment to use cloth diapers in this case, when I'm washing so few?
One more thing, do you feel that your kds need clean PJ's every night? I find that they stink around the diaper area with my son, but are not necessarily dirty. We have lots of PJ"s so running out is not an issue, but I'm just curious. |
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I think it is indeed worth it. If you're using a top loader, obviously you can reduce the water level to something more suitable. If even that is still a big waste of water there are other options.
You could try running the diapers you do have through a quick rinse cycle to remove most of the urine inside. This would likely be more effective than a hand rinsing and could extend your time between washings to 3-4 days. I would go much past that but even that extra day or two could help get you enough diapers to wash on a low water level.
Another option would be to wash diapers with regular clothing or towels. Plenty of us do that with no issues, usually when our little ones only need diapers at night... Usually most people pre-rinse the diapers alone and then add clothing or towels. Usually whites or something similar, something that can take the hot water for example. Some even successfully wash them in warm or cold water if the diaper is fairly 'fresh'.
Running the diapers through a stripping might also help the extreme smell. It's fairly normal for an older child's diaper to stink a lot so there's no guarantee but it's worth a shot. They also won't necessarily be any more difficult to wash if you go 3 days instead of 2, so if you can put up with the smell when you open the pail, then it might worth trying to tough it out an extra day (especially if you're using so few diapers you likely don't need to open the pail all that often anyway).
HTH,
Karen. |
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On the topic of clean pyjamas, I also had this question. I put a clean sleeper on her every night, because I have the same issue, it just smells in the diaper area, but I couldn't image the smell after two nights in the same jammies. I was thinking of getting some two piece pyjamas, or even just some cottom pants from our local used baby clothes store and using the same shirt over again, and changing just the pants.
But I do like sleepers better. I also use a sleep bag for her, which I use every night and only wash once a week, and in a week it does smell, but not bad after each day. So maybe wearing the same pyjamas wouldn't cause the smell to build up too badly.
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| We switch pjs with baths, which is twice a week, but otherwise generally don't. There are morning, however, that the pjs, esp. fleece, I think, just stink, and if that happens, into the wash they go. |
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