I bought a few of these from the BRU and now i see that they want you to was each diaper 6 times separately and then prewash. Is that necessary?
859777
Nope. You should do 1 wash altogether to rinse them. If they were a natural fiber a lot of people would suggest the 6 washes but that's not fully necessary either. Natural fibers get more absorbent as you wash them so just doing the 1 wash and then using them is OK.
839093
Value pack should mean more than one diaper. The pads that go in the diaper are not included. I, personally, used women's maxi pads instead of the pads made for them. It is much cheaper and just as effective. You will want more than one diaper so you can wash in between.
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Hi, I do wash the diapers after each use, but if youre baby only pee and the cover isnt wet you can use it again. I love Alva diapers!! and I use them with charcoal bamboo inserts and they are just perfect!!!
1746653
I used cloth diapers from babies are us. But older babies produce more urine so you will have to get used to changing them as soon as they wet themselves.
1936261
If you cd full time, and want to wash no more than every other day, I would recommend starting with 18 on hand. I like 20-24 better, it gives more room for washing-that way you don't have to wait until the last diaper change of the night before washing. A baby should/needs to be changed at least every 2 hours during the day in any diaper-but especially with cd. This may vary with older children. If you have too many diapers it may encourage you to put off washing them to a third or fourth day which will allow for bacteria to grow and a lot of smell to build up in the diapers.
569730
Same way as clothes that get poop on them? Toss them or I would try to get as much off as possible, then hand wash in the tub (then sanitize the tub... Yuck!), then washing machine. I would always double up with a disposable and this when my boys didn't have a BM before we went to the pool for that reason. Just in case.
83565
Yes, I wash it in the same load as all my diapers then line dry it. It has held up fine and works great!
1342558
You'll need to prep them first. Wash in hot at least 3 times, drying between each time. That gets most of the natural oils out (that you need to keep away from your microfiber). The prepping can be done with other non-diaper laundry if you want. After that, you can wash them with the rest of your diapers and inserts just fine.
1540623
I wash it on the regular cycle on hot. But when it comes to rinse I add white vinegar. It takes the smell out and makes it more absorbent. If there's a lot of poopy diapers I'll do a second rinse with more vinegar.
1742580
If they soak in the toilet they will break apart when flushed. They are meant to be used once and then thrown away. If you were to try to use these more than once I wouldn't do so right after a diaper change and then use the same one, I don't see how they're washable though. I've accidentally washed them before and they come out broken apart usually.
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If you're using cloth diapers now and you feel the need to spray them out, this is good. If your baby makes a "clean" poop that just falls out and leaves little on the diaper, you won't really need this. In our house, we used it on maybe every other poopy diaper. It just helps the diapers come cleaner and the pale doesn't get as funky. We washed our diapers daily but I've heard some people did every other day and I think if you have diapers in a pail 2 days, you'll want to spray them. Regardless, if you decide to buy blueberries, you're gonna need it. :)
1349354
Depends some on size of pad, but they can use it more than once before needing washing. The urine spot shows up darker so you can tell when they've used it.
552751
We just put them through the washer on stain cycle twice before we started using them and that worked for us. To me they didn't seem like the cotton prefolds that required multiple washings before they were absorbent.
1559750
In the order that you asked, No, Yes, and No. When it came time to wash mine, I just put it in a large load washer at a laundromat.
788866
Wash them with baby-safe detergent as you would any new clothing item that will be touching baby's skin. Never use fabric softeners - it will cause them to be less absorbent. A helpful tip my mom gave me: when washing them after use, include up to three tablespoons of vinegar. I guess a tablespoon per 10 diapers would be adequate. It will neutralize the ammonium in the urine (uric acid) and keep them from building up a stink.
595280
No with 2 diapers you can put in washing machine every other day, these are well made
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I think there was a good deal of lint in the first 2 wash/dry cycles. I washed and dried them 4 times to prep them. I love them, they're my favorite diaper. I have 18 of these, 12 Econobum, and 18 BumGenius 4.0 pockets.