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I've been cloth diapering for over a year now and have never had repelling issues of any sort. I strip them periodically and actually did so just last week. This morning I put a freshly laundered pocket diaper on my 2 year old daughter and within a few minutes noticed a pool of fluid at her feet,,,,it was pee! At first I thought perhaps I had left a gap in the legs or something of that nature, but then when I took the diaper off there was still pee pooled in it. I poured that out in the toilet and the diaper was still 100% dry....it's like it's been Scotch-guarded or something :( There are only 2 things that have been relatively different prior to our last wash. 1) My youngest daughter who is 6 mths old has had a relentless yeast rash so we've been using a yeast cream as well as a zinc oxide ointment over top of that per dr. instructions to keep the yeast cream from rubbing off. I have been using flannel liners inside the diapers to protect them. And 2) I used grapefruit seed extract in my last wash to kill yeast spores. So, I'm wondering what has caused this issue as I know it's one of those things because it just happened BAM overnight! I am questioning the fact that I washed my flannel liners along with the diapers and that perhaps some of the diaper cream residue redeposited on my diapers???? Any suggestions? And should I NOT wash the liners with my diapers?
Rhonda~ Apostolic Christian wife to Randall and Momma to 9 wonderful blessings!
Yes, if you washed the liners with the diapers the cream got deposited on your diapers and that is why the diapers are repelling. When I use liners with creams that are not cloth diaper safe, I hand wash/scrub them with original Dawn separate from my diapers, then rinse the heck out of them...then i can wash as normal in the machine with the rest of my diaperr laundry. You will need to strip all the diapers with Dawn now, and maybe give them a hand wash first as well, using your fingers to scrub in the Dawn into the lining of the pockets. Here's a good guide to stripping, scroll down to read specifically about treating diapers that have been exposed to diaper creams: http://www.pinstripesandpolkadots.com/detergentbasics.htm#Stripping Diapers