Last week when I announced our “FEED YOUR STASH” Friday Giveaway for one Potty Scotty or Potty Patty Potty Training Doll, I had a feeling there would be some interested parties (or wait…maybe I should say “interested POTTIES!”)!
Seems I’m not the only one that didn’t have a clue about the Potty Training In One Day method.
Although I would have liked to try it out for myself, don’t any of you get the idea you’ll send your potty aged children my way to “experience” the fullness of potty training at the master’s hands. Nope! My kids have peed their own yellow rivers a time or two and the clean up isn’t so nice!
The winner gets ONE (1) Potty Scotty or Potty Patty Potty Training Doll! Each Potty Scotty or Potty Patty Potty Training Doll Deluxe Kit includes:
COMMENT #42 - JANIE N.
In response to the question, “How many kids have you potty trained? What system did you USE or think you’ll use?” Janie N. wrote:
“I have not begun to officially PT my 15 month old, but I did buy a little potty this week. I am not generally a “parent by a book” type of gal. Usually I just wing it, but if I had a book (that I didn’t have to buy) I would definitely use it. I did PT a bunch of daycare kids when I taught 2 year olds…it really wasn’t that bad, but each child is different!”
Congratulations Janie N. I know this will TRULY reduce the stressors of potty training your 15 month old. You’ll have to get back in touch with us and let us know how you liked the system! Please watch for my email requesting all the necessary information for shipping!
Today we’ll give ONE winner an opportunity to pick up some of our favorites from The Natural Baby Co. Established in 2004, this company is as home grown as the items they produce for babies and parents. Five years running, they have listened to the needs of their customers and have helped parents bring “friendlier” diaper accessory and cloth diaper products into their homes.
This week’s giveaway is for ONE (1) winner and he/she will receive a few goodies:
The rules on this giveaway are same as the last - you have up to two chances to enter!
AND THE QUESTION IS…
Do you wash your cloth diapers and diaper covers separate from your household laundry or do you throw it all in together?
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I wash them separately. I don’t think my husband would let me do otherwise, and frankly, I don’t think I want to, either.
I blogged at http://daydreamingofstamps.blogspot.com/2009/07/check-out-softclothbunz.html
I wash them separately. They usually need extra rinses, etc, so I like keeping the load small. Plus less icky!
I wash them separately because I use different detergent.
I wash them separately!
I wash them seperately.
I wash them separately.
I definately wash them seperately! I use a homemade detergent that is different from my homemade detergent I use on the family’s laundry, plus I do an extra rinse cycle. My dear husband would probably be grossed out if I did the diaper wash with his clothes!!
My blog page is:
http://all5callmemommy.livejournal.com/1535.html
I am obsessed with winning, I never win anything. If I keep trying everyweek, its gotta happen sometime right? LOL!
I do a separate load of diapers, covers, inserts, etc. Luckily, I get to wash 3 loads at once in a community laundry room, so I can get a lot done in a short time!
We wash diapers separately, since there’s a special “washing protocol” that doesn’t apply to anything else. Plus, having our clothes swished around in poopy water sounds gross. =)
I definitely wash them separately, although I’ve considered washing the covers in with the regular laundry (cold wash). Diapers are the only things I wash in hot water.
Like everyone else so far, we also wash our diapers separately from our clothes & stuff. However, I sometimes wash a peed-on diaper cover with our cloths if I missed it and it needs it.
I used to throw in my diapers with our lights… BUT now I have enough to do them on their own. So I just wash them by themselves. Tuesday Night and Saturday Afternoon!!
I wash cloth diapers with towels. DH doesn’t like the idea of putting diapers (or mama cloth or family cloth) in with our “regular” clothes.
I wash them seperately so that I can use the right amount of detergent and wash/rinse cycle which are different for cloth diapers and regular laundry.
I wash them separately. I only use hot water for diapers and I only use a tiny bit of detergent. Sometimes the covers get thrown in with regular clothes, though.
I wash them separately.
I wash all of my diapers and covers seperate from my normal laundry. I only do diaper laundry twice a week so that makes a pretty big load
i definitely wash them separately…my husband gets grossed out that we even use the same washing machine for the diapers as we do our clothes!
I wash them seperately, and line dry my diapers. However, I use Charlie Soap for ALL my laundry!
I wash them separately every time.
Throw it all in together. I do not wait for my diapers to add up, I just throw in a day’s worth with the load everyday. Never had any problems so far. When I strip them, I do them seperate with a special additive.
I wash them separately every time - they’re the only thing I wash in hot water!
I wash them separately and line dry.
I wash seperate. The thought of poo bits with my face wash cloths grosses me out. :)
I blogged about it here:
http://vonfrinkenhagen.blogspot.com/2009/07/weekly-giveaway-cloth-diaper-blog.html
I wash the diapers separately for the most part; I may throw in some other baby clothes every once in awhile.
I wash them seperately. I would be grossed out to do it together. Plus I use different detergent. I also have a long wash routine that would be wasteful with a bunch of other stuff in there. Soak on cold, wash on cold, wash on hot, double rinse.
I wash them separately although I’ve been thinking about throwing some of the baby clothes in with them to decrease those loads.
I plan to wash them separately.
Currently, I was the little one’s diapers with his clothes, but separate from our clothing. I’m hoping in the next week to start washing it completely separately, just for ease. I don’t like washing his clothes in the hot water and they don’t need so much rinsing.
I wash them seperatly since I use a “wet” diaper pail. This way I just dump the entire contents of the pail into the washer and spin out all the water before starting a wash cycle.
I wash diapers separately.
Separately!
Annnnnnnnnd I blogged! http://nodullmomentshere.blogspot.com/
Oh what a blessing it would be to win this week (my baby girl is scheduled to be born a week from today).
I wash my cloth diapers separately. I am still experimenting with how to get them the cleanest in my front loading washer. Which is great for the environment, but not for washing cloth diapers.
I wash my diapers separately from my clothes!
I wash our diapers separately. One because they have a special washing routine & two, because we wash them every other day, we have enough for their own load.
I wash them separately. I have a routine that I like to use with them :)
I wash them separately. I do a rinse cycle cold, a full cycle hot with detergent, and then another rinse cycle.
I wash them separately, so I can do a cold rinse before the hot wash. I also use a different detergent for the diapers than all of our clothing/linens.
I wash my diapers and wipes separately from my regular clothes. They use a different wash cycle than I use on my clothing, as well as different detergent.
The diapers get washed separately. They require different detergent and a different routine.
I always wash them separately. I wash three times: once on cold, once on warm and once on hot with an extra rinse.
I (haven’t started yet but) plan to primarily wash them separately. I imagine there will be enough that that won’t be a problem! I’ll probably throw other dirty baby clothes in too sometimes.
I plan to wash them seperately!
I wash it all separately. I use the same detergent on everything that gets washed in our house, but I rinse, wash, rinse the diapers and the clothes don’t need all of the extra rinsing.
Here’s the link to my blog- http://mattashleypittman.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-or-saturday-giveaway.html
I wash everything separately!
I expect we’ll wash separately, for all the many reasons others have already given!
I have just ordered my first stash of cloth diapers, but I plan to wash them separately from the rest of our laundry.
I only just started using cloth, but so far it seems more likely that I will continue to wash the diapers seperatley. My older sons training pants will most likely go in with the rest of his clothes.
I wash my diapers separately from my clothes. I don’t think I’ll ever wash them together.
I wash diapers/wipes/covers separately from everything else.
Well, when we just had gDiapers I would wash the (often) soaked cloth covers and pre-rinsed liners with my son’s clothes. Now we are using all cloth and I do wash them separately from our regular laundry but I wash my pockets, inserts, AIOs, fitteds and covers together two to three times a week.
Here is my blog post: http://mommyandpedsnurse.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-feed-your-stash-friday-at-cloth.html
I definitely wash them separately. We only use All in Ones and I don’t want the Velcro pulling on my other clothes. If I ever mixed, then I might put them in with towels.
I never, ever wash my cloth diapers and covers with anything else - not even the baby’s clothes! I doubt I will ever combine the two.
http://rjboully.blogspot.com/2009/07/feed-your-stash-friday.html
I wash them separately. Even the clean, new ones are washed by themselves.
Does anyone wash their diaper stuff with household stuff? I ALWAYS definitely do the first rinse diaper stuff only, but then for the wash/extra rinse, I MAY throw in a dirty dish towel. Is that gross?
I wash them separately. I do a presoak for a couple of hours before the wash and I use vinegar in the final rinse. I wouldn’t really want to do that with all my laundry.
Here’s my post about the contest and a review of GroBaby diaper.
http://stacybee.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/i-like-this-one/
I wash my diapers and covers separate from household laundry.
I wash them together with my baby’s laundry, but separate from the rest of the family’s laundry. I want all Snapdragon’s stuff together. I find it works well because his best clothes which I heart the most are always clean and ready to go because I do dirty diaper laundry every other day, except when I do it every day.
i blogged your giveaway at http://fentonslee.blogspot.com/2009/07/selfish-saturday.html
I wash them separtaly so I from household landry because I use differnt detergent for the diapers.
I wash them separately!!!!
I plan to wash them separately.
Mostly separately. Occasionly I’ll toss in some of my toddler’s dirty clothes.
definitely separately. i have enough fluffy wash that it would be impractical to wash it all together, and i use dryer sheets with my other clothes so i wouldnt want to contaminate my fluffies!
I wash separately.
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http://crunchymommashay.blogspot.com/2009/07/feed-your-stash-fridays.html
I wash them separately.
Do you wash your cloth diapers and diaper covers separate from your household laundry or do you throw it all in together?…
My little baby I plan to cloth diaper won’t be here until October. As of now, I’m planning on doing them separately, however! Great giveaway!
I most definitely was them separately. I love fabric softened clothes and thats a big No No with cloth diapers.
If something ends up in the wetbag from traveling, it goes in together, otherwise, it’s all separate. I think we’ve ended up with a onesie or two and a washcloth or bib occasionally, but usually it’s easy to separate or we ‘fight the goo’ and go digging for the items that don’t go in the diaper load!
I usually wash diaper every 2-3 days, so I generally have a full load. When I don’t, I throw in baby clothes, towels, or sheets or my husband’s running clothes since all have a strict “no additive” policy.
i wash them separately.
I wash them separately. The dipes get a different wash than everything else. So even if I didn’t think it was gross- I couldn’t
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I wash them separately.
I wash them separately with different soap, hotter water and an extra rinse.
I haven’t started washing cds yet as baby girl is due any day. I plan on washing them separately though.
I always wash them separately. Some things just shouldn’t combine with my nicer clothes… yeah. This might be a little silly, once in a while I also run the washer empty on hot with bleach just to clean out everything completely.
Blog post: http://bradandalison.brainfuzz.net/2009/07/feed-your-stash-friday.html
I usually wash them separately, but I’ve been known to toss some towels or receiving blankets in with ,y dipes once in a while.
I wash them separately because I use a different type of soap and there is enough of them to fill the wash.
Now that my son is thre, potty trained for a year now, and just wearing an x-large hh to bed, I rinse everything in the AM seperately, and then it gets washed with everything else. I can’t see wasting the water and detergent of washing it by itself!
I wash the cloth diapers in one wash and I throw the diaper covers in with my daughters clothes. But I make sure that when I wash the diaper covers I don’s wash anything else with velcro in it because i did that once and it snagged the diaper covers.
Baby isn’t here yet - due in September … but I am planning to wash them separately
http://jeffandkibbie.blogspot.com/2009/07/feed-your-stash-friday-cloth-diapering.html
I wash diapers and wipes with swimsuits and lactation pads. The rest of the household laundry is washed seprately.
I usually wash separately however on occasion I have thrown some in the regular laundry!
here is my blog post:
http://corybeccafamily.blogspot.com/2009/07/tiny-bubbles.html
i wash my diapers with the baby’s washcloths and the cloths I use to wipe her face after meals. I feel like everything gets UBER clean on my super super hot diaper wash so I like throwing in those cloths, too.
As for my laundry, I use a different detergent (my cloth diaper detergent is sacred :) so our clothes, etc. get washed separately.
i blogged here!
http://monkeys-on-the-bed.blogspot.com/2009/07/super-saturday-steals_18.html
First I do a hot, diapers-only wash with extra rinse. Since those only fill the machine half full, when the hot wash is done I add clothes, towels, whatever on top and do that full load on cold.
I JUST got into cloth diapering and got them in the mail on Friday! I ordered a starter kit of GroBabies from kellyscloset and used them on Sat and Sun. So far I’m still learning what to do with them…so I hope I learn from everyone else’s post. Hope I win the soap!!!
I wash them separately!
my blog post at
http://momof3dolls.blogspot.com/2009/07/feed-your-stash-friday.html
I wash the CD seperately every other day! I don’t have a large stash yet so I have to wash all the time!
Separately, all the time!
I was my diapers seperatley from all the other laundry. It took em a while to get over having “poop in the washer” when I first started cloth diapering, but there is NO WAY I will have “poop on my clothes” !!!!!
I wash separately. I have, on occasion, thrown a bib or burp cloth in while washing at my in-laws, but generally just diapers.
I generally wash all diapers seperatly. Occasionally, I will miss a wet cover and throw it in with another load.
I do a separate load of diapers every couple days, but if I’m washing whites & have only peed diapers I will throw them in with the whites.
I was separately, though I will add baby dirty baby stuff to the diapers. (Just not diapers to the rest of our laundry.)
Separately when I have the time. When I get too busy, I just throw everything together and hope my mother-in-law never finds out!
Separately ALWAYS! We use 7th gen. detergent on our cloths and can’t use that on the little one’s diapers so they get there own wash and double rinse then dry in the sun.
I wash them separately with baby safe detergent.
Always separate- we don’t wash clothes in hot water.
The diapers and covers go in the laundry like a dream. I wash them separately from other loads. I love how easy cloth diapers are to wash and want them to all come out ready to use at the same time, so they all go in together. Other loads consist of washing clothes, towels, and bedding for my husband, myself, and our 3 month old.
Seperate. :D
I wash separately in Planet detergent.
I wash separately :)
I wash them separately. I only have 7 diapers so I wash every evening and my baby wears a disposable overnight. I would love to try Tiny Bubbles, and I could definitely use a new diaper! And you can never have enough wetbags!
I wash them separately. I probably would wash urine only diapers in with the rest (shhh, don’t tell my husband!), but I think pooey diapers and clothes are a definite no! :)
I wash them separately. Sometimes I might throw in our underwear and socks with them. But mostly I do the diapers and diaper covers in one wash and other laundry in another.
Definitely separate! I am pretty anal about sorting laundry. Towels and linens together, work clothes, lights, darks, and then diapers. Please don’t mix. lol. I do use the same detergent for all though.
I wash separately!!
I blogged! http://hamiltonfamilyof4.blogspot.com/2009/07/feed.html
I definitely wash seperately!
Most of the time I wash my diapers separate.
I do occasionally throw one or two in with the regular wash if they are only pee diapers. I do not throw in any poopy diapers with the regular wash.
I wash my prefolds separately and my covers with our regular laundry, unless they are poopy or super stinky.
I do my diaper laundry separately - using tide original.
I love grobabys and would love to try tiny bubbles since tide just started giving dd a rash!!
For the most part, I wash them separately in Charlie’s Soap. (But would definitely be willing to try some free Tiny Bubbles!) However, if I have enough room in the load I also throw in a few lights. I rinse the diapers pretty thoroughly with a toilet sprayer attachment before they even get rinsed in the washer. So it really doesn’t bother me to wash the diapers with regular laundry.
I wash them separately!!!
I blogged about it here! http://joannaadams.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/feed-your-stash-with-the-new-gro-baby-system/
Great giveaway!!!!
I definitely wash my diapers and covers separately! I use a different detergent for our clothes anyway, so I hate to risk damaging the diapers.
And here’s my blog entry! http://chadandmelody.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-entry.html
I wash them seperately!
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Blogged!
http://newmommyrant.blogspot.com/2009/07/weekly-feed-your-stash-giveaway-cloth.html
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I wash separately, although I have thrown diaper covers in with a load of baby clothes when I desperately need more clean ones.
I wash them separately to keep the ickiness separate, but I also use dye-free detergent for them.
I wash them seperately for two reason….I use a different detergent on my diapers and I do an eatra rinse cycle before and after I wash them!
Waiting to cloth diaper my first child in a few weeks. Plan on washing it them separately from family laundry… unless of course there is nasty poopy, spit-up baby clothes to toss in the load.
My baby won’t be here until September so I haven’t washed any diapers yet but I plan to wash them seperately.
I blogged about this contest here: http://www.easyecoliving.org/2009/07/cloth-diaper-blog-giveaway.html
I wash them separate. There are always enough diapers after two days to do a load. Plus poo with other non-poo cloths doesn’t seem right.
Definitely separately! I use partial load settings to try to be less wasteful but my diapers get a whole different treatment!
I’ll do a cold rinse seperately, then throw in the babies clothing. That way I’m not doing an entire load just for diapers all the time.
Separately. I don’t think I could do it together in good conscience.
Seperately - I want to keep my baby’s messes away from the rest of our clothes. Plus I wash a full load of cloth diapers each time, there would not be any extra room for anything else to be washed along with them.
I wash separately!
Separately!
Separately.
We wash diapers separately, even though I use Charlie’s Soap for all of our laundry. The diapers usually fill up a whole load and need a different routine.
Usually I’ll wash the diapers separately, but if there’s a particularly large load of the baby’s dirty clothes (heavy wetter = changing sheets and PJs daily) I’ll toss them in together.
Separately of course! Although I like some of the ideas about throwing the babies clothes in for the second wash. Sounds like a good time & energy saver.
I wash them seperately because I am hand washing them right now, I don’t have enough of them to do a full load.
I am expecting my first child in February and am planning to CD. I think that I will wash them separately from the other clothes.
Definitely separately. Although after an initial rinse (sometimes two) I will occasionally throw in some towels or something. I figure after they’ve been rinsed, its not much different from regular dirty laundry :)
I blogged about the giveaway!
http://ourfullnest.blogspot.com/2009/07/ive-recently-become-obsessed-with.html
I wash my daughter’s diapers separately from all of our other laundry.
I blogged about the contest
http://sheeatscrayons.blogspot.com/2009/07/diaper-giveaway.html
I wash the diapers separately and the covers with the other laundry.
I wash my BGs separately because I want them to stay nice longer. I rinse my prefolds and wash clothes in cold and then add bath towels to the wash that way we always have clean towels and I run the washer and dryer less!
I was all diapers, covers, inserts together in one load, but separate from other laundry. Mentally I can’t imagine washing diapers with my son’s other clothes. And I use different detergent for our clothes.
I wash the diapers seperately from the rest of the laundry. We had enough to fill a whole load before I pared down and now, I just prefer to do it that way.
It really depends on the day. If I am in a real rush I will do it, but I try not to. I wash my inserts separately from the fleece and then sometimes I will do a separate wash for the covers. I try not to put anything in the dryer.
I have found the detergent from Trader Joes works great and I also use Oxy Brite which is fantastic for my husband’s shirts too!
Our cloth diapers are washed separately from the rest of our household clothes. I wash a full load at a time however, and there would not be room for dirty clothes even if I wanted to combine them!
Thanks for your great giveaway and informative blog! :)
I wash diapers seperately from the rest of our laundry too.
I wash them seperately as well, Unless I have just a few pee ones that I will rinse out first then toss in the washer with whatever I am doing. I hate for them to pile up for a week or a couple days, gets to stinky in there and I think it makes it harder to get the stink out.
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I wash my cloth diapers in a separate cycle from regular clothes. It seems more sanitary that way! :)
I wash them separately. :)
I have always washed them separately, although the lazy part of me has recently been trying to figure out which other laundry type they are closest to! I figure, my older boys’ clothes are pretty gross anyway, why not just wash them with diapers!
I wash everything seperately. It is easier for me. In fact I wash each member of my family’s laundry seperately. I have 6 children so this has solved the problem of sorting for me.
I most definitely wash them separately. Sometimes I even wash my covers and dipes separately sometimes depending on how many I have.
I almost always wash them separately. Mixing the dish towels with diapers just seems sort of “icky.” Occasionally one or two just wet diapers ends up in with the bath towels or something. :)
I wash our CDs separately, but only because I wash so many, there’s not room for much more and still have an effective load. We have 26 diapers, so we don’t have to wash too often.
We wash them separately
I wash separate.
I wash them separately, mostly because I have more than enough diapers to fill a washing machine!! If I’m only washing a few though, I will opt to wash them with whatever else I have to save water and energy.
I wash them separately. I don’t really want my clothes in with the pee/poop that comes out of the diapers.
We also wash separately. The diapers have their own wash routine. Plus it’s good to have a little extra water to get them nice and clean!
I was diapers separate from the household laundry, but not from my daughter’s other laundry. I know my machine and detergent will get rid of all the pee/poop, but we use separate detergent just for the diapers and a full diaper pail can fill our washer nicely.
Separately because I cannot seem to ever get the smell out! Maybe I need to win the Tiny Bubbles seeing how I am out of $$ and ideas!!! :)
Dipes are washed separate. They have that certain distinct smell after they wash…not that it’s stinky..I just don’t want all our clothes smelling like them. Plus, they have a whole different cycle of washing.
I definitely wash my cloth diapers separately. I do one cycle of cold water and one of hot water, whereas I always wash our clothing in cold only.
We wash our diapers seperate from our regular laundry. Wash routines for each are completely different.
I wash my diapers, wipes, covers and wetbags separately from the other laundry. Since my dryer is fizzling out I definitely have to figure out inventive ways to hang dry those in my apartment. Not only that, but it’s a lot quicker to just toss all the dipes, etc into the washer rather than separating out laundry.
I posted on my blog:
http://helloalliebaby.blogspot.com/2009/07/win-feed-your-stash-friday-at-cloth.html
I wash them separately for a couple reasons. First, I don’t wash my other laundry on hot only warm/warm. Second, you shouldn’t use fabric softener and I use the liquid kind. Third I think if you do too much at once the diapers don’t come clean. And last but not least all the prewash and extra rinses would cost me a fortune if I did my other laundry as well!!
We wash diaper laundry (covers, dipes, and wetbags) separate. I do wash his fleece covers/longies/shorties with his regular baby laundry so they stay soft. Right now, we use Planet detergent.
I wash mine separately. I have a sensitive skinned baby and I use homemade laundry soap on the diapers….I also rinse, then rinse again with vinegar.
Hubby would kill me if I washed diapers with other clothes. Bad enough when I forget to take them out of the toilet……
I wash my daughter’s diapers separately from other laundry. I currently use Planet Detergent, but I’d love to try Tiny Bubbles.
I wash my son’s diapers separately than regular laundry, but I will wash wetbags and wipes with them.
I do a separate load…with 2 in cloth diapers, I have plenty of diapers to make it worth it!!
I’ve been ECing part time, but use cloth diapers sometimes, and other times I just put them under him. So a little tinkle or smudge, and BAM, I change him. So we still do have enough cloth diapers for a whole load pretty often.
I wash the covers separately with my delicate stuff or just wash them by hand, since I want them to stay nice. But the cloth diapers themselves are tough and I don’t care how they look, so I wash them all in one very hot wash.
When I started cloth diapering I washed clothes and the diapers together. Now I wash them separately. I only wash them separately because I rinse the diapers in cold first and then wash in hot. I don’t need to do that with our clothes :).
Didn’t work the first time, so I’m trying again:
Laa! Blog post!
http://crystaviel.livejournal.com/200540.html
I wash them separate. I don’t think I want baby pee & poo swishing around with our family’s clothes. Ewww!
I blogged at:
http://happilydomestic.blogspot.com/2009/07/give-away.html
Separately for the most part, sometimes they get tossed in with towels.
I wash them separately. I do a rinse before and after the wash with my diapers and my clothes don’t need that much washing. I also think my husband would die if I washed his clothes with the baby’s poopy diapers. :)
For our cloth diapers, we wash them separately. This has more to do with the process rather than the fact that they are diapers. We presoak the diapers in baking soda, to “neutralize” them. This keeps them soft and smelling good everytime! We do use the same detergent (Charlie’s Soap) and booster (Oxo Brite) for all of our laundry, though. I would love to try the Tiny Bubbles brand to see how it works!
I wash diapers and covers seperate from other household laundry on the prewash cycle first. Then sometimes I will throw in other items when I do the hot water wash after. Since I use dye and fragrance free detergent (and chlorine free bleach when nedded) for all of the family’s laundry I figure I might as well save myself a few extra loads of laundry.
I wash my diaper covers with my diapers every 2-3 days. No need to wash in my regular laundry. Plus I use different detergents for clothes than cloth diapers. With two in cloth diapers I rarely have less than a full load of diapers!
Do you wash your cloth diapers and diaper covers separate from your household laundry or do you throw it all in together?
When I first started CDing, I washed separately. But I was using different detergent for our clothes and diapers. Now, I switched to one detergent for all the laundry so it all goes into one load. I just do smaller loads w/more water to make sure everything gets clean/washed/rinsed.
The first cycle I wash them separately to make sure the poo/pee is off of them. The second cycle I’ll throw in odds and ends that need to be washed to try to conserve water.
I wash them separately on smallest wash setting :-)
I just started cloth diapering with our 6 week old and have been washing them seperately from all our other laundry!
By the way I am in LOVE with cloth diapers!
I wash our diapers separate because I use a different detergent for the diapers. Plus it would sort of gross me out to wash them with my clothes. :)
I wash them separately.
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I wash separately using county save. We have an HE washer so that helps to not waste to much water.
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We wash them seperately…different detergents, and well, just wouldn’t want to.
I wash our diapers separately from the rest of the laundry, but I do wash the cloth wipes and diapers together!!
The diapers that are just wet I wash with sheets/towels but the others get their own separate load.
I wash them separately because it’s just easier with all the pre-wash and hot wash shenanigans.
I have loved using cloth diapers since my second child was born. It is so easy. All my diapers use velcro and I am using the all in ones that grow with my little man. Again simple easy cheesey. I use a wetbag that velcros shut in my diaper bag to keep the stinky monsters away and have found that with a little TLC my diapers always look new coming out of the wash.
I look forward to trying a new soap to see how well it works on my hemp lined diapers.
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I wash separately for diapers and cloth wipes. But most of the time I throw my daughter’s covers in with her laundry.
ew! separately of course!
We wash them separately. Since I have two in diapers, there’s plenty enough dirty diapers to do a separate load!
I wash separately, but every now and then I will throw in a pair of shorts or a nightgown. I also put anyclothes that my older daughter might have an accident in with my diaper laundry. I also use different detergent for my diapers.
We wash them separately!
I wash my diaper and other peed on clothing separately from my own laundry.
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I most definitely wash them separately! The idea of mixing bodily wastes with the clothes I wear is grody!
Separately, although for some reason I’m completely okay with washing sheets/clothes/changing pads with pee and poo on them in the same wash as everything else.
I wash them separately. I don’t want the velcro tabs adhering to any clothes and I don’t want towels, etc. to get lint on my dipes.
always separate! makes life easier without wipes and inserts sticking to the velcro!
blogged!
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I have a separate load for diapers - it’s a sizable load & the only thing I wash on ‘Hot’
I always wash seperately! Washing my diapers uses a whole other system from my normal wash.
we wash ours separately - i never thought i was “allowed” to wash them together. people are already freaked out that we wash them in our own machine - to the point where we are working at camp this summer and had to switch to 7th generation because we couldn’t wash the diapers in the communal machines. they wanted separate machines let a lone separate wash
I wash them separately.
I’ll be washing them separately as I will use a separate detergent for them…use 7th generation now for my laundry but have read varying reports on its effectiveness long term on cloth diapers. Would love to try Tiny Bubbles
I wash them seperately. We only use Charlies in our home for the comfort of 1 other child but I do use a Stain wash setting on the washer. It makes it easier washing them seperate so I can pick out the covers to line dry and throw the inserts prefolds and cloth wipes in the dryer.
Wow. I wash separately, but admit I’ve been tempted a few times when we’re low on dipes to just toss them in with the regular clothes… But it kinda grosses me out a little.
I do both. It depeneds on what is dirty…I try to do a full load no matter what so that is my deciding factor. :)
I wash them in a special load.
I wash them separately.
I always was them separate.
We wash separately unless one accidently gets taken off and left inside of a pair of pantsggdgvbbbbyoooj fthhj, jjjjjjjjjjhffl
Eww Gross! I washed them together once and everything seemed to come out a bit poopy. Never again, I always wash the diapers seperate… plus they get an extra rinse and the pre-wash (essential)that my other clothes don’t get.
We wash our diapers and clothes in seperate loads. We use the same type of detergent (Charlie’s Soap) but we do them in seperate loads.
I rinse off the poopy diapers by hand then along with the other diapers do a rinse cycle before throwing my clothes in for a full cycle.
I wash all my sons cloth diapers and wipes separately from our main laundry. I like to make sure the diaper load is washed in diaper friendly soap, and I also do an extra wash sometimes.
It never even occurred to me to wash them with my regular laundry!
If I can get the nerve to start the system with my twins, I will wash them separately. I am sure multiples will easily generate enough laundry with cloth diapering for me to have to do a load every day!
I’ve always washed separately with diaper safe soap and an extra rinse at the beginning and end of the load
I wash seperate on Tuesday and Sunday with regular old tide and we have not had any problems so far.
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I wash together-but I do a rinse cycle on the dipes first. I wash every day, so they just don’t seem that icky, and otherwise the load would be too small.
I have yet to actually start cloth diapering. I am still building up my stash and have to order a pail and wet bags and all! I am so excited! I can say when we do actually start, I will be washing them seperately from the other laundry and also with a seperate detergent!
i definitely wash our diapers separately! i can’t imagine washing clothes with those icky dipes. ;) plus, our diapers get a much more high maintenance wash routine than our clothes do.
I wash my diaper covers with my other baby laundry, but only after I’ve pretreated them in a separate little bucket.
I blogged about this!
http://community.babycenter.com/journal/anneegirlmm/2227505/feed_your_stash_answer
all of the diapers/inserts and cloth wipes go into the wash alone…they are gross when soiled.
Our baby isn’t here yet but I plan on washing the diapers and wipes seperate from the rest of the wash.
I wash my diapers/inserts/diaper covers/diaper wipes separately from the other laundry. At the end of the day, I toss the contents of my wet bag (along with the wet bag, too!) into the washer and, just before going to bed, I toss everything into the dryer. This way I have clean dipes and wipes every morning…and by doing it a the end of the day, I have enough to justify a washerload. :-)
I wash my diapers separately from other laundry. The only exception would be fleece covers but I only have one and it doesn’t fit anymore.
I like to wash all of my diapers at the same time, separate from my other laundry because the process is different.
most of the time we wash diapers seperately, but on occasion will put other things together, usually on the second wash cycle
I wash all diapers and covers seperately from my other laundry.
separate! of course.
Separately! Diapers are the only load I wash on hot, in our house.
oh definately separate, wash them on hot, my husband would kill me if i washed anything with them.
Ummm, Seperate. Never thought it was even alright to wash them together with other laundry.
I blogged about it!
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I wash them seperate unless I only have a towel or baby blanket to throw in. I do an extra cold cycle with my diapers and then an extra rinse and I don’t need to do that with our clothes. Plus I have too much laundry with my family so it wouldn’t fit in the diaper load anyway.
I usually wash them separately because I do diaper laundry at night and regular laundry during the daytime, but sometimes i’ll put our kitchen wetbag stuff in with the diapers as well.
just started this cloth diapering thing, and ive been washing seperatly. it be nice to wash all together- then less laundry, but the daipers have a differnt washing routine then the rest of the clothes
I wash them separately most of the time. I put them in for a soak in cold water with a Downy ball full of vinegar. Once the soak is over I occasssionally will throw in some whites since I wash the cloth diapers very hot. Since I mostly line dry outside no one seems to even notice that the whites were washed with the clith diapers!
I wash them separately. I believe it is important to wash them in very hot water. Just seems kind of unthinkable to me to wash other clothing with dirty diapers, even if they have been rinsed or pre-soaked.
i wash them separately for 3 reasons:
1. fuzzibunz are sensitive to lint.
2. i always pre-soak them overnight
3. with 2 kids in diapers, there is very little room left in the washer for other clothes.
I wash separate. 1 cold wash with detergent (Tide), 1 hot wash with Tide, and an additional hot wash no detergent then dry on medium in the dryer.
http://clothdiaperreviewer.blogspot.com/2009/07/washing-my-diapers.html
My blog entry.
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