Thursday, December 17, 2009

Basic Instinct

I used to be very desperate to search for solutions on how to avoid stinky diaper or the worst to prevent mold from forming. Probably due to our hot and humid climate, mold is easily grown.

Encountered this problem and this problem and most of them started with stinky diapers or inserts. Even when they are freshly collected from the clothesline under the big hot sun. I seek for many solutions from forums and online surveys... tried so many ways and it improved but will comes back after a while...

STINKY SMELL
Eventually, I developed a routine on my way whereby whenever I got the dry diapers or inserts back into the room, I will smell them. Yes, smell them one by one and if any of them smell urine or strange, just throw them back to the laundry basket and wash again WITHOUT USING! Some will go into washing machine for only extra 1 time but some (especially inserts that my DD used before) keeps on repeatedly wash and dry and wash and dry...

I also realized I tend to use a particular part for the wetting on insert. I mean I always put the same part of insert into pocket diaper. To reduce the smell, now I'll turn them around. Don't quite sure why I was so determine to fix which side of inserts to get the most wetting but this really contribute to very smelly insert. Solution is wash more and more no matter with or without baking soda or vinegar... I prefer to wash them several times with just W-A-T-E-R.

MOLD
Another method my mum taught me to deal with mold is soak in a pail of BOILING HOT water, or better still, COOK THEM!!! She said that's the way how people "sterilise" baby's napkin for generations. Hmm... I used the first method as it could be a problem to get super big wok for all the inserts huh? LOL...

The result is actually turn out to be better even it doesn't promise you won't get the mold back later on. Well, only reserve this as the LAST RESORT if you think you already tried all other methods on getting rid of the mold and none was working. I was thinking to throw away all my stinky diapers and inserts.Therefore, I chose the Last Resort...


3 comments:

Mummy to Baby V said...

Some of boy's microfibre inserts have been used for almost 10 months, still clean and fresh, like his other hemp inserts.

I use 1/4 cap of Pureen H-A-D, prewash, wash on 60 degrees Celsius, 3 rinses, all by washing machine. Dry under hot sun. Store in open shelf in room.

Yes, always ensure diapers are very dry before storing and using.

For outgrown diapers, try storing in vacuum bags to prevent mildew problems. I posted a review at http://mummysreviews.com/2009/11/09/locknlock-smartbag/

Happy diapering! :)

Cheers,
Mummy to Baby V
MummysReviews.com

Peridot&Sapphire said...

thanks for sharing dear...

farhana said...

Yikes! That's one thing unpleasant about cloth diapers... It just goes to showthat cloh diapers reallydo require lots of tender loving care... I hope the other moms out tere won't be put off with such problems, the benefits of using CDs far outwiegh its disadvantages!

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