Anyone cloth diaper their baby while at wdw?

[Colinsmom]

Every diapering website I've read says 1 tablespoon and no more, though I was using like half a capful of Sun when I first had DD, and I had buildup issues. Our water is fairly hard (although better than at our last house). We don't have a front-loader, though. That does change things, but I'm not sure how. If you use more detergent, do you do an extra rinse at the end of the load or something?

I do two full wash cycles. First one with detergent, and the second one without detergent (but sometimes with Calgon water softener, which helps rinse out any excess detergent). I know what most of the websites say, but I've also been cloth diapering for 4 years between two kids, and know that there's no way that such a small amount of detergent would get their dipes clean in the water that we have.

 

[crunchymomma]

Okay...so, I'm really glad that you posted this. And I'm sorry to hijack your thread, but my CD's smell. I can't stand the smell...it's not a urine-y smell...just kind of gives ds a smell that isn't his sweet smell, you know?

I pre-wash in cold, hot wash with Sun Detergent and dry in the dryer. I do put baking soda in with the pre-wash as well. Any recommendations? I use Tide Coldwater with all of my other wash, so I only buy the Sun for this purpose. It was recommended on some of the cd'ing boards I read initially. Do you think that's it?

As far as WDW...sposies all the way for me. It is a vacation and I do not enjoy cd'ing overall...sorry to say! It's not that it's that hard or gross...I just would rather not bring all that stuff on vacation. Just a personal preference.

My wash routine is cold wash with 1 tspn of oxyclean. Hot wash with minimal sun detergent and vinegar with a touch of biokleen in the fabric softener release and a cold rinse. I have a he washer and actually use sun and vinegar/biokleen for ALL of my laundry.

If you use regular fabric softener, it might be causing a smell problem. Try stripping them in the dishwasher. HTH