https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:31:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-starting-solids-and-poop-oh-my#post-1510643 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:23:36 +0000 jetsa 1510643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: we have a sprayer but I was under the impression we didn't need to do anything until the poo changed consistency completely. Am I wrong? It's been working fine for a month or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-starting-solids-and-poop-oh-my#post-1501880 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:27:00 +0000 Weagle 1501880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: That's exactly what I do. At that age we were washing every other day and never had any problems with smell or leaking. Even now we wash every 3 days and still don't have a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-starting-solids-and-poop-oh-my#post-1501856 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:20:46 +0000 Chillybear 1501856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: When you swish to you then just put them in a wet bag wet until its laundry day? (for us thats every 2 days) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-starting-solids-and-poop-oh-my#post-1501782 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:58:07 +0000 Weagle 1501782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just swish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-starting-solids-and-poop-oh-my#post-1501527 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:13:31 +0000 autumnlove 1501527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use liners but I can't flush because our plumbing sucks. I fold them up and stick in the Diaper Genie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-starting-solids-and-poop-oh-my#post-1501526 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:11:57 +0000 blackbird 1501526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like paper lines! I just put the whole thing in the toilet :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-starting-solids-and-poop-oh-my#post-1501365 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:34:18 +0000 Chillybear 1501365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been cloth diapering our daughter with BG freetimes for the last 3+ months and so far its been easy peasy as she's been breast fed so we just throw everything in the washer. However now we're starting to introduce solids mainly just once a day and we've started with a tablespoon or so of rice cereal, bananas, carrots, etc. So my question is how to i treat this transitional poop? It still has the consistency of EBF poop so i'm not sure swishing or spraying or using a spatula would really be effective. Can it still just go in the washing machine until we're doing solids more times a day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1100108 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 03:12:40 +0000 MrsRoo 1100108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. I just did one wash with my FTs to prep<br /> 2. I never split my colors and haven't seen any evidence of bleeding colors. I have 24 diapers and washed them all together when I prepped them. Now we wash every other day or third day, so I only maybe need to wash about 18 diapers at a time.<br /> 3. I got Rockin Green as a shower gift and love it. I've never tried anything else<br /> 4. Cold rinse, hot wash with detergent, then cold extra rinse<br /> 5. I got ammonia stink once and used 1/4 cup bleach to strip my diapers. Now I use a bleach wash once a month and haven't had the stink come back<br /> 6. Someone got us a pack of little yellow deodorizer discs from BRU that I use on the lid of the can, but I don't really think they are necessary... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1099964 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 22:42:41 +0000 skibobrown 1099964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I washed 2-3 times without the pre-wash that I do when they've actually been soiled. I did one wash initially with only the dark-colored ones and a white insert to test how color-fast they were. None of them bled at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1099962 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 22:40:46 +0000 immabeetoo 1099962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: I am not a good person to answer because I use flips &amp; flats so I wash more inserts than shells :) I'd wash them all in one load though to prep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1097602 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:16:23 +0000 Boheme 1097602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: I'd probably split your stash in half for prepping. And you have the same number as me and I wash every other day :) I love our BGs! I think you will like them a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1097585 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:13:24 +0000 meredithNYC 1097585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: We only have 18 diapers (we didn't start until LO was older and thus, using far fewer diapers each day) and prepping/washing them all at once is fine. With your stash you might want to split it up? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1097571 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:11:03 +0000 Chillybear 1097571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: @meredithNYC: @scg00387: You guys are awesome!!</p> <p>One more question: How many diapers can you put in a prep load? how many in a wash load? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1097427 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:47:08 +0000 Boheme 1097427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. How do I prep the diapers? Just one wash! </p> <p>2. Should i split into two loads - light and dark? Sassy, Ribbit, Albert, and Moonbeam tend to bleed a little the first few washes. I put them together and washed them like 3 times apart from the rest of my stash. </p> <p>3. Whats your favorite detergent (bonus points if i can find it in target or supermarket)? Surprisingly, Tide Ultra powder. You will find a lot of Tide users out there! </p> <p>4. What's your typical washing routine when you have a load of dirty diapers? I have an HE washer. My wash routine - 1.5 tbsp of Tide. I set it to bulky/large load setting, heavy soil, medium spin with a cold pre-wash, hot wash, and two cold rinses. Sounds complicated but it takes like 5 seconds to hit the buttons and its only one cycle :) </p> <p>5. How do I know if i need to strip the diapers? How do I strip them? and how often? I do a sanitizing wash with 1/4 cup bleach once a month as recommended by Cotton Babies. I've never had stink issues so I've never had to strip, but if I did I'd do it with multiple hot washes. Some people say to use Dawn, but I don't want to mess up my washer. </p> <p>6. Do you use any type of deodorizer whether is be a spray or a disk in the diaper pail? My son is EBF so we've never had any kind of smell. I store his dipes in a Planet Wise large hanging wetbag and wash every other day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1097426 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:47:05 +0000 meredithNYC 1097426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the 4.0 style, but this is what I did:</p> <p>1. Prepped just once - regular hot wash with an extra rinse.</p> <p>2. No need to split the load.</p> <p>3. I use Rockin' Green, which I order off of Amazon.</p> <p>4. I do a cold pre-soak, a hot wash and an extra rinse. My washer is a HE top loader.</p> <p>5. I have used the blue Dawn method of stripping in the past, but I have started to use Funk Rock during the pre-soak every so often. It seems to be doing the job alright. </p> <p>6. We use a little Arm n' Hammer disc in the trash can that we use as a pail and then we use Bac Out on the pooped on diapers. Amazingly, we've never had smell issues in LO's room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1097392 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:40:48 +0000 immabeetoo 1097392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: free times are manmade so I'd just wash once to prep</p> <p>They are color fast no need to split</p> <p>I've only used and liked country save its dirt cheap off amazon</p> <p>I do warm rinse cold wash cold rinse. If you have a HE lots recommend to put in a soaked towel for the wash so it uses more water.</p> <p>I've never stripped and only plan to do so if I have stink issues</p> <p>I don't use a deodorizer but do spray bac out on poopy dipes now that he eats solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd-users-bg-fts-prepping-diapers-and-wash-routine#post-1097358 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:32:15 +0000 Chillybear 1097358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So after our shower this past weekend I completed my stash of bum genius free times and have accumulated 32 diapers over the past 7ish months. Baby is due in 3 weeks and i'd like to get them prepped even though we wont be using them for a few weeks after she's born. We have a a HE top loader and plenty of space in the basement or out back to do drying racks. So here are my questions and feel free to link any posts or blogs that would help me answer these questions</p> <p>1. How do I prep the diapers?<br /> 2. Should i split into two loads - light and dark? or are they pretty color fast<br /> 3. Whats your favorite detergent (bonus points if i can find it in target or supermarket)?<br /> 4. What's your typical washing routine when you have a load of dirty diapers?<br /> 5. How do I know if i need to strip the diapers? How do I strip them? and how often?<br /> 6. Do you use any type of deodorizer whether is be a spray or a disk in the diaper pail?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for teaching this newbee what to do!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711884 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:40:52 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 711884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: Because they are scared of poop!! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711856 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:35:05 +0000 meredithNYC 711856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll be honest, the poop contact for us is significantly higher than it was with disposables but yes, there is contact either way. As others have said, you really do get used to it, as gross as that may sound to you at this point. I always say that after years of having a dog in the city and having to scoop up her poop several times a day I am fairly immune to the nastiness of dealing with my baby's.</p> <p>To answer your second question, I think most people don't even realize how far cloth diapering has come. I can't tell you how many people ask me, "So, are you worried about sticking LO with the pins?" I'm sure there are people out there who still use the old school pin method, but I haven't met them! We have Bum Genius 4.0s and they could not be easier. I also think people are just intimated by the washing and the inconvenience which, though slight, they imagine to be way worse. For what it's worth, it seems like cloth diapers are gaining in popularity pretty much everywhere, so you probably won't feel like a weirdo for long :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711762 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:03:36 +0000 ktgee04 711762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my husband and I come into just as much contact with poop with disposibles as we do with our CDs! And really you shouldn't really need to touch it at all; give it a quick spray into the toliet and be done with it. OR just those flushable inserts, that way you just throw that in the toliet and avoid the sprayer all together. </p> <p>As for the washer, as long as you do a halfway decent job cleaning the initial poop out, you shouldn't have any issues with the washer not being able to 'process' it. I know we never have. We were the first to CD in our group of friends too and a lot of people made comments about having to touch poop etc. and really it's just not true. Now a few more friends are jumping in and giving it a try. I'm sure yours will too! Good for you for being pioneers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711734 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:52:21 +0000 Mrsbells 711734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You will come in contact with poop regardless of whether you cloth diaper or not. It actually happens more with disposables since they leak and blow out much more than cloth. But we have a diaper sprayer so we spray off all the poop into the toilet first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711722 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:48:23 +0000 allison 711722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only time I've gotten poop on me was when I had LO in a disposable. It leaked up the back &amp; I didn't see it. I've never had a poop leak from my cloth fitteds (NB kissaluvs). As far as regular diaper changes, the poop contact is the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711701 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:39:57 +0000 swurlygurl 711701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poop is definitely a non-issue. I've even had to supplement 50% with formula, which makes poops sooo much worse, and it still gets perfectly clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711614 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:11:15 +0000 immabeetoo 711614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still ebf so no input on poop past this stage but let me tell you I come into wayyy more contact with poop in disposables. Blowouts every time we use them and he poops - such a gross mess in clothes. We've had no issues with poop in cloth or not coming clean from the washer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711544 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:54:05 +0000 jetsa 711544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: @pelikila: Yes exactly this, we've gotten some of the most ridiculous comments since we've decided. People still think of those Gerber clothes that you fold and pin. The most helpful thing for my DH has been buying some diapers so that my husband could see that they are pretty much the same as disposables. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711535 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:51:49 +0000 heffalump 711535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poop is going to happen no matter what. And poop is going to be in the washer no matter what. There will be blow outs and poop gets on their clothes, which in turn means it will go in the washer. Unless you are completely against it and dump poopy clothes.... but that would be a waste. </p> <p>We use a flushable liner for solid poo so I just have to lift the liner out and throw it in the toilet. No poo touching unless it's a huge one, but they're usually solid and easy to take out. </p> <p>I've never had an issue with poo being in my washing machine. LO is 20 months old and we've been using cloth since 2 weeks..... so I don't feel like it would ever be an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711519 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:47:36 +0000 Chillybear 711519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the responses!</p> <p>@pelikila: my answer was that most people esp a generation or two older than us have a stigma of what cloth diaper was like back in the day and arent aware of the new technologies </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711511 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:44:58 +0000 pelikila 711511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: Convenience and because they don't know what options are out there now compared with when they were a baby (exposure) is probably the majority of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711508 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:44:09 +0000 pelikila 711508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I second what @MerryC: said. You are going to deal with and "wash" poop one way or another. It's not like you plan to wash your diapers with your clothes.</p> <p>I also have an HE top loader and never had an issue with poop not getting clean. I didn't have to trick my washer with adding water or a wet towel but it all depends on your machine.</p> <p>I use the special washing machine cleaner tablet as needed and it's been no problem. I also agree that the kind of cloth safe detergent you use makes a difference as to how clean your diaper get as water is different from region to region and even sometimes from house to house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-cd-question-washing#post-711503 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:43:21 +0000 Chillybear 711503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of this is exactly what i told him... He just has to hear it from the experts!</p> <p>His other question i didnt know how to answer "If cloth diapering is so great and cheaper than disposables, why dont more people do it?" </p>