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I had mentioned in my previous cloth diaper blog about making my own wet bags.
This is the video I used to Make my wet bags... I made a small travel bag and then translated the idea into a huge version and added a handle to hang on the bathroom door!
I had mentioned my husband installed a diaper sprayer that was cheap! It is actually a bidet sprayer. Here are some from Home Depot http://www.homedepot.com/s/bidet+sprayer?NCNI-5. you can find them at Lowe's and other hardware stores too. If you have a very handy husband you can even look up the make your own tutorials on YouTube and just buy the individual parts for cheap. We have moved and our sprayer was still easy to dismantle and put back in!
Note: I don't think they have the same one we use that was only $20 but these are still great alternatives. Especially since I just looked and BumGenius is selling theirs for about $60! You don't really need a sprayer if you want to cut that cost, if you don't mind really getting your hands "dirty" but they are nice. In fact now that I'm diapering a toddler I don't use it as much since he eats solid foods. It came in handy during the time he was exclusively breastfed and poo was... well you know....
I have no idea how it would work or staining issue with formula babies since I've never used formula. But maybe others have some insight. Probably guessing extra cold rinses and maybe sun bleaching would help.
And Thanks to my friend Lindsay she is sending me a her homemade Velcro AIO to try out... Who knows maybe I'll be impressed! We shall see! She also mention wool dryer balls. Going to check those out. I only used them for washing and drying pillows and blankets before never thought about tossing them in my dryer. Also since I mentioned I do dry my diapers in the dryer, I should have mentioned on low heat. They dry in one cycle still and fairly quickly.
To add a little life hack for you... I don't even always use my travel wet bag. I keep a couple of heavy duty plastic bags with a zipper on them in my diaper bag, it's the kind curtains come in when you by them. They work really great! Plus with two I have an extra one for dirty clothes if need be.
I wanted to explain why I chose one size pocket diapers with snaps. Again this was after a tone of research and thinking about common sense on what would work.
1) I only wanted to purchase diapers once, not every time he went up a size. Made more financial sense.
2) The pocket diapers have a moisture wicking lining with micro fiber inserts to best keep baby dry and hence prevent rashes and such. Plus they can be doubled up for longer wear or heavy wetters. I also figured being able to disassemble them would insure they got really clean!
3) Snaps for us meant as baby grows it's much harder for him to remove snaps rather than velcro. Toddlers can easily undo velcro on disposables so I'm sure they can do it on cloth too. I would prefer not to have finger paintings of poop on the walls. Plus I don't have any velco sticking to each other wearing out or drying them on a line only problem. We live where it is in the negatives during the winter so outdoor drying would mean frozen popsicle diapers.
I have heard that doing pre-folds and covers is a very cheap way to go as well. But, now this is just my opinion, you still have to re-purchase them as they grow in size. Plus there isn't a moisture wicking fabric between the soaked insert/diaper as with pockets therefore increasing diaper rash chances. This was the method most of our mothers and grandmothers used. But hey a little technical improvement isn't bad in our cloth world. Even my mom said she wished they had these kind back in the day. Especially when they used safety pins ;(
If you are interested in viewing my previous post on cloth diapers to get our whole picture... check it out
As always feel free to ask questions or comments. I would love to help others on this adventure!
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