Comments on: 3 ways to ward off cloth diaper frustration

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:50:36 +0000

We are having the same problem Britt described. My daughter gets a flare up after a BM – it actually seems to burn her skin. We have been dealing with rash since the summer time – yeast, then staph – and it’s ALMOST gone. This is different, though, a separate issue. I wouldn’t worry so much about it, except that when we were in sposies during the staph infection, the burn from the BM cleared up very quickly. In the cloth, it hangs around. (We use BG Organics or prefolds with Flips, by the way. She’s sensitive to fleece.).

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:31:21 +0000

I’d use the recommended amount on the Ecover bottle. I don’t know how much time you want to spend on stains that won’t be seen but you could spot treat with Oxi-clean.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:24:46 +0000

Thanks for your help! I’ve got another couple questions for you One: I bought some Sustainablebabyish organic bamboo fleece fitteds and knit wool covers. Their site recommends Ecover. I’ve only used it a couple times and haven’t had any issues but I’m not sure how much I should be using. Two: My guy decided to poop right after waking up before I could get his diaper changed. Needless to say his pee soaked diaper didn’t hold up well to the poo and it sent all over the inside of my NEW wool cover. Now the cover has a yellow-ish stain. Anything I can do besides sun it to get the stain out? Thanks!

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:34:43 +0000

I use Crisco with my cloth diapers, doesn’t seem to affect them.

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:27:48 +0000

I would either do a vinegar soak (search for instructions on the blog) or soak in Rockin Green Hard Rock.

By: Summer

Summer — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:22:27 +0000

I’m relatively new to CD but we use ECOS (from COSTCO or a local health food store) with a couple of tbsp of baking soda and vinegar. We have been washing the diapers this way with every wash and have only had one load that stank – we rewashed and they were fine. My issue is in the morning. My son’s wet diapers STINK in the morning. I’ve read a lot of suggestions but haven’t found anything that works. We’re using a prefold with a hemp liner and a Thirsties Duo cover. Any ideas?

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:12:05 +0000

I would NOT use Crisco with cloth diapers. If the rash is a yeast rash you will need to kill the yeast in the cloth diapers or reinfection will continue to recur. Also I would address the diet to prevent future rashes.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:16:11 +0000

My sons pharmacist recommended the crisco, only he said to mix it with equal portion of an over-the-counter anti-fungal cream. (like lamisil) it worked GREAT with the disposables. i’ve only been CDing for a very short time and i was wondering if the crisco would interfere with the cloth diaper absorbancy??

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:15:10 +0000

Kerri, I feel your pain as we are entering into this as well. Have you tried an overnight soak in Rockin Green? Or even a 2hr vinegar soak?

By: Kerri

Kerri — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:58:42 +0000

Please help me. I am determined to use cloth diapers but am having a terrible smell problem. Currently, I use Fuzzibunz and Rumparooz. I do have some leaking problems but am willing to work with it but I can’t stand the smell of my son’s diapers when he pees. It is a cross between garbage and cabbage. I rinse in cold, wash in hot, and rinse again a couple of times in cold. I have used Charlie’s, Rocking Green, Mt. Green, and biokleen and have had no luck. I have also rinsed, rinsed, rinsed, used baking soda, and tea tree oil. They have no smell when I pull them out of the washer or after they have dried but after he pees…yuck! In addition he seems to have a continuous rash that seemed to disappear after I used a disposable the other day. Any suggestions? I am getting desperate.