Easy & Convenient qdSpray Portable Cloth Diaper Sprayer (Review)

May 11,2015 / By Maria / 7 Comments

qdSpray Portable Cloth Diaper Sprayer Review

I purchased this item myself. I was not asked to write, nor was I compensated for this post, and all opinions are my own. Post contains affiliate links. I’ve heard so often that a diaper sprayer is a “must have” cloth diapering accessory. In fact, many families consider it a necessity, not a luxury. After 5.5 years of cloth diapering without one, I’ve finally tried a sprayer or more specifically, the qdSpray portable cloth diaper sprayer.

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Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 4/30/12 – Diaper Sprayers

Apr 30,2012 / By Maria / 6 Comments

If you have a cloth diaper question, have it answered in a Mailbox Mondays post, and get other Moms’ opinions too!

Questions don’t have to be cloth diaper related, just email maria at change-diapers.com with “Mailbox Mondays” in the subject, or fill out my contact form for readers, which you will always be able to find on my Contact Page.

Elsie says::

Hi there!
I’ve got a question for you…. I’ve been cloth diapering for 3 years now. My son does not want to give up his diapers any time soon apparently and we have another one on the way, so I’ve got to figure this out! haha We’ve had a diaper sprayer for a long time and I LOVE it. We recently moved and my husband informed me that there is “no way” the diaper sprayer will connect to the the toilet in the new house. I now avoid using my cloth diapers if I think my son is going to poop in it because the poop seriously does not come off by just swishing in the toilet. I am LOST without my diaper sprayer. Is there another option out there? Something with an alternative connection or something that connects to a faucet? Right now I’m looking into flushable liners because I figure that’s better than just not using the diaper. Thanks!

Hi Elsie, congratulations on the baby! My son is almost 3 and I’ve never used a sprayer. I just scrape off what I can and the rest goes in the washer, but I know lots of Mamas love their sprayers!

If the issue is a rigid supply line, you can replace those with flexible supply lines (the Diaper Sprayer brand comes with it’s own, as does the Potty Pail’s sprayer.)

If you want to avoid the toilet’s plumbing entirely, the mini shower can connect to your sink and comes with it’s own hose so you can reach the toilet to spray diapers. Alternately, you can buy a sprayer like this one (designed for doggie baths) that connects to your shower head, then spray into a 5-gallon bucket (or potty pail bucket.)

There’s also a new product called a cloth diaper butler that is designed to allow you to soak the diaper in the toilet, then it holds the diaper while you spray it. Even without a sprayer, soaking in the toilet would help loosen solids, so they would be more easily removed once you swished & flushed. I would love to hear back from you once you find something that works!

How do you handle poopy diapers?

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Video Demo of the Dunk & Swish (& Flush) Method

Feb 16,2011 / By Maria / 14 Comments

A few readers had asked for a video of my dunk and swish method. Since I love you guys, I obliged. I don’t like the sound of my voice, and I did my fair share of stammering since I was nervous! My New York friend says I have an accent, but I think she’s the one with the accent, hee hee!

If your baby is breastfed (or on very few solids) there is no need to rinse the diapers first, just throw them in the wash. I’ve heard that formula fed baby poop is the same, but I don’t have first hand experience with that.

When your baby is older, you can flip the solids into the toilet and flush; anything remaining is usually fine to go in the wash. However, in that in-between stage (or in my case, when baby has had a lot of fruit or juice!) diapers need a little extra help. If you don’t have a diaper sprayer, you can still dunk and swish without sticking your hands in gross water!

I almost forgot: I can’t take credit for this method, I am pretty sure it was one of my readers who suggested I try it, but I can’t for the life of me remember who!

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Cloth Diapering Diaper Sprayers

Foray into Solids

Dec 23,2009 / By Maria / 4 Comments

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My son has started a little bit of solid food so far. I bid a fond farewell to exclusively breastfed poop, which washes right out and does not need to be rinsed.

When babies are older, you can just flip solids into the potty and wash the diaper as usual.

However, if you have been through solids, whether your baby was cloth or disposable diapered, you will feel my pain here. Sweet potatoes go in and, well, sweet potatoes come out. Only with an even less pleasant consistency.

So what the heck do you do in that gross, in between stage? Well, I’ve heard of quite a few methods. Some people keep a scraper handy and scrape solids into the toilet and/or “dunk and swish” the diaper in the toilet. This makes me shudder for many reasons. One is because of the tablets I use in our toilet tanks to prevent the lovely stain at the water line that reappears hours after I’ve scrubbed the toilet. I don’t want that junk on my toilet! Not to mention putting my hand and his diaper in a cesspool of germs. YUCK! No offense to those who use this method, it’s not for me.

Some people use a diaper sprayer. It’s like a hand held bidet, looks like a hand held shower head kind of. You have to have a flexible hose on your toilet’s water line to attach it. You then hold the diaper in/over the toilet bowl and use the sprayer to blast the poo off.

This works for lots of people. They’re a little spendy, but if you google you can find instructions to make one with parts from a hardware store for about half as much.

I have a lot of concerns about this though. I believe it takes some practice to be able to spray without making a big mess. There is an interesting invention to get around this, but it wouldn’t fit in our tiny half bath.

Which brings me to my next concern. Whatever solution I use, it needs to be on the first floor, since that’s where I change most of my diapers. Our half bath is the bathroom we (including my 4-year old) use most, and the bathroom our guests use. So I am concerned about there being anything smelly, weird looking, or too tempting in there. By that I mean, I don’t want a curious preschool-age guest flooding my house in a “what’s this do” moment. Then there’s always the concern of it failing, since sprayers we have in sinks are not usually under constant pressure.

Which now leads me to my current arrangement. I have a utility sink in my laundry room.

The sink has a pull out sprayer.

It has normal water flow

That turns into a spray when you push the button on top.

We have kind of lame water pressure overall, but it seems to do OK.

Is spraying my dirties off in here gross? It’s not like we’ll be preparing food in here or anything, and doesn’t it all end up in the same place? *shrug* For now, It’s working! Of course this is with my son eating a tablespoon or two of food, when it gets even grosser, I’m sure I’ll have to do some pre-scraping, even if I continue to spray in here!

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Oh Poop

Nov 18,2009 / By Maria / 1 Comment

>Right now, poop on a cloth diaper ain’t no thang. Breastfed baby poo is water soluble, so you can just throw em in the washer. As baby gets older, you can just flip it in the potty & be on your way.

That in between stage is much more hazy. I have memories of peanut butter consistency poo in rainbows of colors. I’ll tell you, I am simply not interested in the ol dunk & swish method.

There are a couple brands of biodegradable/flushable/disposable diaper liners, some of which claim to be septic safe. Reviews for one brand even claim they can be washed a few times if they are just wet. In the end I’m not sure that solution is for me.

On the flip side, you can get a diaper sprayer that attches to your toilet & allows you to hose them in your toilet. There are downsides to that too, and some people have come up with really clever solutions. You can even find instructions for a homemade sprayer made with items you can find at your local home improvement store.

In the end, I think we will go with the bumgenius sprayer in our 1/2 bath, along with a large wet bag stored there as well. They are expensive though, so I’m not sure if we will manage to get one before we start solids!

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