SweetPeas Cloth

Washing your DryBees Cloth Diapers

Washing your Drybees 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 warm water level that will completely cover all your diapers and use a reduced amount of detergent.   Using water that is too hot or boiling can weaken the bond of the laminate to your outer fabric.  You can use a second rinse to ensure all of the detergent is rinsed out. Please tumble dry on your diapers on the low setting of your dryer or outside on a clothesline.  Using a hot dryer can cause the lamination to stick together and pull apart.

Tips and Tricks

• Avoid using Free and Clear, baby detergent, detergents with optical brighteners, or cold processed (natural) soap based laundry detergents. These can leave a residue that builds up over time causing stinky dipers.  A heavy smell of urine after your baby pees is an indication that your diapers need to be rinsed more completely. If this happens use a full amount of detergent to wash away any residue and then do several additional rinses to remove all traces of detergent.
  • Avoid WAHM formulations as many of these are hand made in the home and the percentage of ingredients can vary widely. They also do not contain detergents to actually wash your diapers. Many also contain Borax which can destroy PUL. We can share with you this statistic from our customer service manager and confirmed by talking with other cloth diaper manufacturers "96% of all returns are from customers using Country Save, Charlie's, or one of the many new WAHM cloth diaper formulas" If you are looking for a specific recommendation, we have had great personal success with Tide, Arm & Hammer, and Gain. Additionally, we have not taken back any diapers for returns that have used these detergents. 
    
  • If your Drybees Cloth Diapers get a stain, simply lay them out in the sun, and the sun will bleach away your stains naturally!
  • Never use bleach or excessive chlorine on your diapers as this can weaken the bond of the laminate to the outer fabric.  While bleaching your diapers may work the first 20 times it is doing damage to your diapers and is not recommended.
  • If your diaper suddenly starts leaking then it is usually a.) you need more absorbency or b.) you need a better fit.   What fit good and was enough stuffing yesterday can change overnight as your baby grows and develops and may not work today.  If your insert is not wet at all then you need to re-evaluate your washing routine as your baby's urine is being blocked by residue left in the fabric.  Unless your diaper is leaking straight out the middle of the diaper it is not defective, it is a growing baby that needs adjustments in his diapering routine.

 

~~*Also remember there is no hard and fast rules for cloth diaper washing. What might work for you may not work for others. The water in your area plays an important role in diaper/laundry washing.*~~