Everyone has a different setup for dealing with their “to-be-laundered” diapers.  I think when you’re new to cloth diapering, you may have to fiddle around until you find what works for you.  But an issue that is near and dear to all of our hearts is how to combat stink from the diaper pail.  Because that stuff can build up and take over FAST if we’re not careful!

My method is this:  We have a changing table set up in our half bath downstairs, where the vast majority of diapers are changed in this house.  This way the diaper sprayer is right there, a stink with warm water for cloth wipes is right there and the diaper pail is also right there.  But just because all of this is in a bathroom doesn’t mean I want it to stink any more than it has to.  In fact, I want it to stink LESS because that room doesn’t need help stinking, am I right?  When the weather is nice, I open the small window we have in there for ventilation, but I’ve noticed I can keep it smelling decent in there even with the window shut.

I purchased a cheap kitchen trash can at Walmart.  It’s a simple Rubbermaid-style 13 gallon trash can with a lid that has an opening that slides open and closed.  What I do is spray the inside and the lid with Lysol and then put in the pail liner.  I use the Wahmies brand and it fits perfectly.  The added bonus is the little hemp patch located inside the liner that you can drop some essential oil onto it to further control odors.  My local store didn’t have anything like that, so I purchased a Glade plug-in essential oil refill and I use that on the patch of fabric.  It works great!  The liner goes into the wash with the diapers so it’s super easy to take care of (and I don’t have to touch any dirty diapers!).

Between the closed pail, the Lysol on the can on laundry day, and the liner with the hemp patch, our bathroom has never smelled BETTER.

So what to do YOU do to combat diaper pail stink?  I love to hear everyone’s solutions!

Tags: diaper pail, pail liners, stink, Wahmies

As I said, we’re very new to this whole cloth diapering thing.  New, but EXCITED.  Or, actually, I am.  My husband is mildly interested.  But, considering Evie wore only ’sposies on Mother’s Day when it was his job to change her diapers all day, I’m guessing he has some catching up to do.  Then again, he might be more interested once we get more “convenient” diapers in our stash.

Yesterday, Evie spent the day in infant prefolds (folded with the “bikini twist fold”), a homemade fleece liner and prorap covers.  I thought it went pretty well.  We only had one pee leak early on in the day and I think that was because I hadn’t made sure that all of the prefold was tucked into the prorap.  Oops!  I also think I need to perfect my fastening technique.  I think I’ve been making it too tight for the little dear as she has, at times, seemed uncomfortable.  And, well, the prefolds aren’t as comfortable as they could be.  I think they could stand a few more washings.

We put her in a BG 3.0 for bedtime and that worked great.  Not even the barest hint of a leak all night long.  And she had a significant poop overnight that I wasn’t even aware of until I changed her diaper this morning.  Whoops!   But I don’t think she’d sat in it for too long, which is good.  I was impressed that the diaper held up as well as it had.  Just as impressed as I was Saturday night she wore a BG 3.0 to the drive-in and had an Epic Poop and it was easily contained.  Now that’s something even your average ’sposie has trouble with!

I did some laundry last night and washed the pail liner I’d purchased at Walmart with the diapers.  Unfortunately, it was a pretty cheap liner.  It bled blue dye on the microfiber inserts and some of the prefolds.  To top it off, a big hole tore open in the side during the wash cycle.  Ugh.  That’s what I get for being cheap.  So I went over to Diaper Swappers and got a Wahmies pail liner off of FSOT.  It’s what I should have done in the first place.

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In other news, I got an email this morning that gDiapers has released their new little g pants.  The new colors are Golly Molly Pink, Grasshopper Green and Goodnight Blue.  They look really cute, too!  Also, you get get flushable liners for 10% off for the next three days only.  That’s definitely a good stock up opportunity!

Tags: bumGenius, Diaper Swappers, Epic Poop, FSOT, gDiapers, little g, new, prefolds, prorap, sale, Wahmies