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@Chillybear: free times are manmade so I'd just wash once to prep

They are color fast no need to split

I've only used and liked country save its dirt cheap off amazon

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.

I've never stripped and only plan to do so if I have stink issues

I don't use a deodorizer but do spray bac out on poopy dipes now that he eats solids.

1. How do I prep the diapers? Just one wash!

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

@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?

@Chillybear: I am not a good person to answer because I use flips & flats so I wash more inserts than shells I'd wash them all in one load though to prep!

1. I just did one wash with my FTs to prep
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.
3. I got Rockin Green as a shower gift and love it. I've never tried anything else
4. Cold rinse, hot wash with detergent, then cold extra rinse
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
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...