Super Easy Guide-How to Wash Cloth Diaper

WASHING YOUR CLOTH DIAPERS:

It is actually MUCH easier than all these know-it-all mom blogs make it out to be, as demonstrated in my simple 1 minute video guide below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnlU2EKuAVY

I'm sure you have come across a hundred blogs and websites declaring the "proper" way to wash your cloth diapers. There is sooooo much overwhelming information out there that if you get swept up in, could completely discourage you from cloth diapering all together. Well, i'm here to tell you that it's really not as hard as those mom snobs make it out to be!

So, here is my simple routine.

Remember, it's just laundry! You do laundry everyday. It's not rocket science. It's diaper science.

Heres how I wash my clothes diapers:

I use a re-useable diaper laundry bag placed in a trash can.

Toss all my diapers straight into the laundry bag (without taking liners out of the diaper, because I mean who wants to separate poopy/urinated on liners from their diapers)

Then I take the entire bag of dirty diapers and toss it in the washer WITH the laundry bag too!

If you have a small re-usable dirty diaper bag you take with you when you leave the house, then throw that in too.

Now for the wash---

PRE-WASH: To remove the baby butt by-products (poo) before washing everything in that poo-y mess. 

Prewash SUPER sized load, HOT water, HEAVY duty wash with 1/2 c. laundry detergent.

TIDE ORIGINAL POWDER without those weird breezy scents is the way to go. It is still the best and no it does not ruin your diapers or make them irritate your baby's skin (that's what a double rinse is for).

NORMAL-WASH:

After pre-washing your diapers HOT water, HEAVY duty wash, SUPER cycle, with a cup of TIDE original powder detergent. Use the 2ND RINSE option. (That means there is a double rinse that happens to wash away any extra detergent to ensure nothing is left to irritate baby's little butt.

DRYING:

When putting your diapers in the dryer, this is when you would take the liners out of the diapers so they can dry more evenly. Often times, the washer will naturally separate the two, but whatever it doesn't just do it yourself before drying them. 

Dry on DELICATE DRY for the maximum amount of time (my dryer calls it the MORE DRY time). 

FOLDING:

Now, with a big mound of diapers on your bed, RE-STUFF the diapers with their liners, fold them, and put them away in your baby's adorable diaper drawer. 

I toss them all back in the now clean diaper laundry bag to carry them upstairs and put away, but you could always use a laundry basket if you want. 

TIP: Keep an extra diaper laundry bag so that when one is in the wash, you have another one to line your laundry pail (trash can) with. 

(for the record- my $9 trash can works just as well as those expensive $50 diaper pails)

Bumgenius Diaper Review

Asher is rocking the Bumgenius OS in Clementine

Finding which brand of cloth diapers you like is comparable to trying to pick a bottle of sake from a Japanese restaurant- they all seem like they would be the same, but they are definitely not.

One of my favorite diapers so far has been Bumgenius brand.

Now, for the first 6-8 weeks of my baby's life, I thought the Bumgenius diapers were too wide in the crotch area, leaving my little man looking bow legged. 

I ended up using disposable diapers the first 4-6 weeks, partially because I was disabled from birth and unable to walk for that time, let alone do laundry, but the other reason was because baby was so small and the cloth diapers looked too bulky and uncomfortable so I waited until he grew a little bit.

They do have newborn cloths but those are pointless since the kid will only fit in them for the first couple months.

I opted for OS (one size fits all) diapers that could be adjusted as baby grows and used the entire duration of his little diapering life.

The Bumgenius ended up being one of my favorite brands due to their absorbability, the inserts that snap larger or smaller as needed, and because they're easy to snap on and off during the middle of the night when you want to disturb the babe as little as possible. Some moms choose to put in extra liners and leave their baby in a wet diaper all night, but that just doesn't sit well with me. I know I wouldn't want to wear a pissy diaper all night so I change him and Bumgenuius makes that easy and manageable.

I use the Bumgenius pocket diapers as well as the AIO (all in one) diapers.

The AIO is awesome because there's no stuffing or changing liners involved.

S0, here's a recap:

PROS:                                               CONS:

Absorbent                                           Too bulky for newborns

Easy to change                                  

Adjustable sized liners

Adjustable snaps to go big/small

Cute colors!