If
washing loads of diapers isn't your thing and you're not sold on conventional diapers, the hybrid may be your best option.
Make us your charity this year, and help provide the fees for a truck
load of diapers for infants in our community!
I added 1/4 cup of bleach to the wash (with a
full load of diapers) so my pads would be super clean after my postpartum bleeding ended.
You do more laundry more frequently anyway, so doing some extra
loads of diapers really doesn't even figure into the equation.
Seriously, just give me a butt -
load of diapers for my next baby, and a freezer full of meals and I will love everyone forever!
If you're cloth diapering one child full - time then you'll likely have enough for a whole
load of diaper laundry within 24 - 48 hours depending on their age, so why would you wait to wash them?
In the cold rinse step (before the hot soapy wash), we add a tablespoon of bleach for a
large load of diapers in our top - loading washer.
Up until this point we were fortunate enough to have
loads of diapers given to us by friends and family memebers as gifts, plus my precious... [Read More]
We'll only be staying three nights so I'll plan on doing one
load of diaper mid-visit and probably a half - load the night before we leave.
Pulling a
fresh load of diapers out of the washer or dryer just to be greeted with a funky smell is purely frustrating.
I have 4 covers in rotation with ~ 24 prefolds and usually by the time 2 of the covers are soiled, I have a full
load of diapers anyway.
The diapers still in the tub Fill tub with HOT (again cool if no power) water 1/2 way up, add in the full recommended amount of detergent for a med -
large load of diapers..
Up until this point we were fortunate enough to have
loads of diapers given to us by friends and family memebers as gifts, plus my precious inlaws would buy diapers everytime they went to a store that sold diapers.
I went down to twice a week bc that way I had a
full load of diapers and I only had to dunk / swish twice.
With 7, I do
a load of diapers once a day.
Eventually, though, I got tired of having to stuff pocket diapers after
every load of diaper laundry.
There were many opinions in the industry, but manufacturers didn't have a way to give truly exact advice because the amount of detergent needed for
a load of diapers varied by the detergent brand selected by the customer, their washing machine, and their water.
How much would you normally add to
a load of diapers?
I preferred to wash one
load of diapers, twice a week.
For one thing, I diapered because it was cheaper and it was just as easy for me to wash
a load of diapers as to schlep out and buy more.
Washed
a load of diapers everyday using dreft baby detergent.
I washed the inserts and wrap, just putting them into
a load of diapers I had going in that day.
I would personally estimate the amount of time it takes me to do
a load of diaper laundry at no more than 15 minutes total.
In terms of how much water I use, it obviously depends on how big
my load of diapers in.
In fact as a stay at home mom, when I did
the load of diapers I would $ 15 in glass (thats how much pampers cost) and at the end of the month we went to dinner.
We have two in cloth, so I had to wash two to three
loads of diapers a day in my bucket.
For a medium
load of diapers in a top loader OR a large load of diapers in an hE machine you would add in 1/4 cup of bleach to a trusted bleach dispenser
Take the amount you would use on a load of clothing the size of
your load of diapers, and use a tiny bit less.
My husband and I are in the habit of starting
a load of diapers every time our little one goes # 2, which is about every other day.
Plus they are easy to wash with
a load of diapers, they keep the smell inside, and they keep your diaper bag smelling fresh!
This allows you to go 3 - 4 days without washing
a load of diapers.