Cloth Diaper Update

I am planning on posting a huge review on our cloth diapering experience when Aliyah turns one, but we have made a few changes recently that have made things much easier and I wanted to share!

1. We Changed Detergents

we LOVE rockin green

Some serious rashes/burns started to pop up on my sweet baby's bottom. (one of the reasons we chose cloth diapers was because your baby doesn't get diaper rash) I was so confused and was sure I was doing something wrong. Am I not changing her often enough? Am I using the diaper wrong? We use baby washcloths and water for wipes, so I knew it wasn't the wipes.

I could not figure out for the life of me what we were doing wrong and almost threw in the towel all together.... until I read the cloth diaper detergent chart

Our detergent was almost out and we needed to order more. We had been using Charlie's Soap, but I was curious about the detergent chart. The section for Charlie's Soap warns that some parents have reported burns on their babies - ahhhhhhhhh!!! Aliyah has shown no other signs of having sensitive skin. I felt so terrible - why hadn't I thought about the detergent before?

I stripped the diapers (a deep clean with bleach and dawn dish soap - I will explain that in more detail later) - no burns - then I made sure I was using the correct measurements explained on the Charlie's Soap website for sensitive skin - but the burns came back. I threw all the diapers back in the wash for another deep clean and then used our new detergent: Rockin' Green: Bare Naked Babies (unscented). TIP: If your little one is really sensitive, try their Soft Rock. We threw Charlie's Soap away and now have a smooth baby bottom again - Thank goodness!!

2. We Added More Diapers

Aliyah in her new bumGenius diaper

we LOVE the bumGenius 4.0 one-size diapers (snaps) that we bought during a seconds sale - we wish we had more of these!! They did not come with an insert so we have been using the same inserts we bought for our gDiapers and they have been working wonderfully!

We still use our gDiapers but the bumGenius are definitely preferred. Having more diapers to choose from has made the life of cloth diapering that much easier.

3. We Went Back to Using Disposables at Night

the Inzers hanging out in our jammies

This happened when Aliyah was getting burns on her bum. We would use the disposables at night so that we could use a diaper rash cream (you cannot use any creams with cloth - but you really shouldn't have to). We have stuck with this routine, even though we don't need to use the cream anymore - it just works for us.