Cloth diapering is full of weird names, labels, and acronyms, but maybe one of the weirdest is “cloth diaper stew.” If you’re a beginner to cloth diapering and hear this term, you might panic thinking you have to boil your diapers with onions or something crazy. Rest assured that is not the case. I’ve put …
It’s probably coincidence, but I’ve had a bunch of people ask about part-time cloth lately, right when I find myself with a daytime-potty-trained toddler and only nighttime bedwetting pants to wash. In both cases (part-time cloth or potty training your youngest/only child) you’ll have very few cloth diapers to wash and probably wonder if can …
I first heard the word Zorb used by Crystal Burton, the owner of Tree Hugger Cloth Pads, which is my personal favorite brand of cloth pads. But it wasn’t until writing about fabric choices for this website that I came to realize that my absolute favorite night time fitted cloth diapers, which I often refer …
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Let’s be real, no one wants to touch poop. Yes, cloth diapers are healthier for baby, better for the environment, and cost way less than disposables, but for some, the threat of having to touch poop is a deal breaker. Luckily, there are many cloth diaper accessories available to eliminate the chance you’ll stick your …
Why Do my Cloth Diapers Smell? If I had a dollar for every time someone said to me, “My cloth diapers stink, how do fix it?” I’d be able to retire early. While there can many root causes, cloth diapers stink because because they are still dirty, and the only way to fix them is …
Whether it’s a day at the local splash pad, swimming lessons, or a family holiday at the beach, swim diapers get lots of use year round for most little ones. But what if you don’t have a swim diaper? Can you just use a cloth diaper cover as a makeshift swim diaper? Not really; but …
Yes, in general terms cloth diapers can go in the dryer, but on a medium-heat setting or lower. With that said, there are some other considerations to make before you pop that whole cloth diaper load into the machine. More specifically, any cloth diapers and/or wetbags containing waterproofing, elastic, or Velcro (also called hook and …
Nope. For some reason, it’s often recommended to new parents to use disposables for the first few weeks as meconium will just ruin their cloth diapers. Funny enough, this is usually advice from parents who haven’t used cloth in the first few days themselves. The truth is that meconium washes out of cloth diapers easily. …
Yes, it can. Vaseline is a brand name of petroleum jelly. According to the Vaseline website, “Vaseline® Jelly is made of 100% pure petroleum Jelly which is a blend of mineral oils and waxes.” While Vaseline’s Original product is made of 100 per cent petroleum jelly, their Jelly Baby product is made of 99.96 per …
Calgon is a laundry product used to soften water. It’s also marketed as an anti-limescale product, which is attractive because hard water can lead to limescale buildup on the heating element inside of washing machines. Modern day Calgon contains the active ingredients polycarbonate and zeolite (the very original version contained sodium hexametaphosphate, a phosphate). Detergent actually has …
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