12 – Leaky Pocket Diapers

Jan 9,2012 / By Maria / 2 Comments

This is the first mailbox Monday of 2012. On Monday, I publish a reader submitted question, and ask my readers to weigh in! I’ve only received one other submission, but I’d love to continue Mailbox Mondays into 2012. If you have a question, please send it in!

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.

Lindsey says:

In desperation I used Triple Cream on my baby and continued to cloth diaper her. I knew I shouldn’t but I did it anyway. Now they are leaking. I have stripped them so many times but still they leak. My prefolds are not affected, just my pockets with the fleece.

Thank you for your help!

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Mailbox Mondays Microfiber Washing

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 12/12/11 – Dingy Inserts

Dec 12,2011 / By Maria / 4 Comments

It’s cloth diaper advice time. On Monday, I publish a reader submitted question, and ask my readers to weigh in!

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.

Ashley says:

I use microfiber in most of my LO’s diapers, and they are starting to look a bit dingy and gross. I hang them outside 95% of the time and the other time they hang in the house. How can I get them to look better? Is bleach the only way?

Thanks,
Ashley

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Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 11/7/11 – Stinky Covers & Prefolds

Nov 7,2011 / By Maria / 13 Comments

Well, I finally got a Mailbox Mondays submission! If you need cloth diaper advice, submit your question. Each week, I answer a reader submitted question, and ask my readers to help 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.

I’m hoping to get some posts pre-written before the baby is born, so if there’s something you’ve been thinking about, please send it in!

Anne Marie says:

I love almost everything about cloth diapering EXCEPT for the frustrations I encounter in the laundry room! After 3 years of diapering I still cannot find a solution for the faint “diaper pail odor” that lingers in all of my PUL covers, and the ammonia smell I sometimes get in dirty/wet prefolds. I’ve tried diaper-approved detergents, I’ve tried long soaks, I’ve tried stripping and extra rinses and even sunning them for extended periods. I also make sure I condition my water because it’s really hard.

All I want is clean, fresh smelling diapers. Can you help?

Thanks
Anne Marie

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Cloth Diapering Mailbox Mondays Washing

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 10/17/11 – Environmental Impact of Cloth vs. Disposables

Oct 17,2011 / By Maria / 4 Comments

Monday means Mailbox Mondays, or time for cloth diaper advice. I answer a reader submitted question, and ask my readers to help 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.

Suki says:

I recently made homemade detergent for cloth diapers to try it out. I posted the results of the first wash on Facebook. One person said that disposables are more environmentally friendly than cloth diapers because in order to kill the bacterial, detergents need sulfates that are really bad for the environment and a really bad water/soil pollutant and at least disposables are biodegradable.

Say what? I have never read this anywhere but she’s one of those types of people who researches way deep into things. I’m not sure where she found her information or what detergent she’s basing it on. It seems like she thinks that detergents without sulfates (which I thought most cloth diaper detergents didn’t have but then again, maybe I’m thinking phosphates) doesn’t clean. I didn’t bother to ask what she thought of regular laundry detergent which tends to be worse environmentally.

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Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 10/10/11 – Convincing Others That Cloth is Awesome

Oct 10,2011 / By Maria / 8 Comments

The Mailbox Mondays feature is where I answer a reader submitted question, and ask my readers to help 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.

This week’s is sort of a multi-parter, but both of my askers (that’s probably not a word, is it?) already know that cloth rocks, they just need help convincing someone they love!

Dodie says:

Hello I am writing this to find a way for one of my daughters to know the savings and the reason that cloth is much better than disposables. Can you explain to me the difference in the diapers and what you need to know for a new mother?

Thank you

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Category : Washing

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays – 1/9/12 – Leaky Pocket Diapers

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 12/12/11 – Dingy Inserts

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 11/7/11 – Stinky Covers & Prefolds

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 10/17/11 – Environmental Impact of Cloth vs. Disposables

Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 10/10/11 – Convincing Others That Cloth is Awesome

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