Preparing  For Use

* Pre-wash is required! 

Pre-wash the cloth diapers & inserts (3-time) before use.  Wash with reduced amount of detergent. You may dry your Cloth Diapers in the dryer, or outside on a clothesline.  Wait until diapers are completely cool before stretching, pulling on, or stuffing diapers or you can ruin your elastics.  Brightly colored night time diapers should be washed seperately the first time because some of the outer fleeces do bleed for the first wash.  Washing brightly colored laminated diapers in extremely hot or boiling water may cause these diapers to bleed as well.  Generally, this is a guideline for international customers as their washing water tends to be much hotter than what is used in the the USA. 

Storing your Dirty Cloth Diapers

We recomend you store your diapers using in a dry pail until wash day. The "wet pail" method has been shown to be a drowning hazard for young children so we only use and recommend the "dry pail" method. All you need is a trash can, diaper pail or wet bag or a combination. We recommend using a pail liner inside of a diaper pail or kitchen size trash can.  Even if your favorite retailer does not carry pail liners they will be able to special order one for you. Simply dump any solid poop into the toilet and put into the diaper pail where they will wait until wash day.  Using a diaper sprayer attached to the commode can help spray any stuck on poop off the toilet. Remember that those liquid breastfed poops don't need to come off the diaper. They are extremely water soluble and will wash right off in the washer.

Washing your Cloth Diapers

Washing your cloth diapers is very easy.  First, fold back your laundry tabs. This ensures that you won't find the dreaded "diaper snake" after you wash your diapers.  Take care the first few times to match up the hook and loop carefully until your diaper tabs "learn" where to fold easily.   Next pull out the inserts. Finally throw it all in the washing machine. Choose the water level that will completely cover all your diapers and use a reduced amount of detergent. You can use a second rinse to ensure all of the detergent is rinsed out. Please dry your diapers in the dryer or outside on a clothesline.

Important !

Avoid using Free and Clear, softener, baby detergent or cold proceessed (natural) soap based laundry detergents. These can leave a residue that builds up over time causing stinky dipes!  A heavy smell of urine after your baby pees is an indication that your diapers need to be rinsed more completely.

• If your Cloth Diapers get a stain, simply lay them out in the sun, and the sun will bleach away your stains naturally!
• The waterproof material used to make Cloth Diapers was made for for the medical industry. Don't be afraid to toss them in your home dryer!