My DD is 2 months old and I have been using cloth diapers for the past few weeks. Recently she has started STTN - our routine is try to feed her anywhere from 9-11 (changing her beforehand) then get her down and she wakes from 5-8. The past few nights her diapers have been so full that the second I walk into her room I can smell the pee, almost skunk like. I wrap her up in a swaddle blanket and then have a fleece blanket I put over the from about her belly button down, to hold her in even tighter and they aren't wet but have a smell to them. Even her sheet seems too too. I don't know if they actually do or if its just from her laying on them for a little so just the smell transfers or is I am just crazy and being paranoid. I would hate for this to mess up her sleeping through the night but I can't keep changing her every single morning and her bed stuff. Any suggestions? I use BG 4.0 inserts, and have the big insert thats folded down as far as it can go and did the newborn with it also at night. Should I try doing sposies at night? Wake her in the middle of the night to change her (I would HATE to have to do that, andtake the chance of her waking all the way- she doesn't like to fall back asleep). Any tips are welcome! Oh and they do notleak during the day, althought I change her pretty often, so I don't think its a repelling issue.
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Have you made sure you washed out the BG inserts really well? I know ours started stinking really bad when they had build up. I would suggest trying a natural fiber insert and see how that does. If not use a disposable.
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We use a hemp insert at night. LO is 20 months and they work great.
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In my experience (lo is 5 months) if you have stink, you have build up. We use BGs double stuffed through night and if I smell anything when I go in her room, I know I have an issue, I just did a big strip this week and this am no stink (she goes from 7am to 5am or so in same diaper). I alternate between keeping her in cloth and using a sposie, not sure what I prefer yet! I hope my build up issues don't come back anytime soon!
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We use disposables at night because our LO is a heavy wetter, and I didn't want to deal with the trial and error. That being said, I would suggest trying natural fibers at night (or all the time, but that may not be practical for you). They're easier to clean and therefore keep stink down.
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I had this problem, and narrowed it down to two issues.
I didn't have build-up, but my detergent was just not working very well. I don't think it was getting the diapers clean enough. I switched detergents (from Rockin Green to Tide), and that nasty morning smell problem has gotten SO much better!
Also, I find that the pee smell in diapers generally smells more when it's really warm? When she wears fleece pajamas and gets swaddled, it smells a lot worse than if she's just wearing light cotton pajamas. I don't think there's anything that can be done about that...
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@swurlygurl: What tide do you use? I am thinking about switching to a detergent that is easier to access so to speak than the current detergent I am ordering!
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@Beebug: Tide Ultra. I like it sooo much better than Rockin Green.
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