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[Sleepyheaded_Mama]

Couple concerns I have re/this cloth diapering adventure I'm about to embark on:

1. In the interest of spending what money I have left in the best way possible, can I skip the diaper pail PUL liner(s) entirely? I know some do, but I don't know, honestly, how devoted to scrubbing out the pail I will actually be in practice. Do you really have to take it to the shower and wash it out every other day when you wash diapers? Or can you get by with monthly pail wash-outs, which is more likely what I'd end up doing?

2. I hate to admit it, but between work and 4 kids (two of which are boys who sometimes seem to think aiming in the general vicinity of the toilet is good enough, and one of whom is special needs and extremely demanding of time), my toilets tend to get pretty gross between scourings. The idea of dunking diapers in there kinda heebs me out. I know I don't need to worry about it until LO is past six months and eating things other than BM, but what is the strongest and most leak-proof diaper-sprayer out there for the most reasonable price?

[DevaMajka]

1. I don't have a pail liner. and I give my pail a quick swish with water (no scrubbing!) once a week or so, or if poo gets on the pail. Ds is 7 weeks old, and I haven't scrubbed it once. It smells fine though.

2. I learned this on DiaperSwappers- if you have a shower head attached to a hose (kwim?), you can just spray poo into a bucket, then dump it into the toilet. You don't have to worry about overspray that way.

[Llyra]

I myself would not try to do without the pail liner, especially in the early months when the poo is so soft. I would worry about stink in the pail, which we never had with a pail liner. But I've never tried it, so what do I know?

But as for the toilet-- I've been cloth diapering continuously for five years, and never dunked. Ever. Nor have I rinsed or sprayed. Sometimes it means I have to run a second wash cycle, when the dipes aren't quite clean after one. But it works just fine. Once the poop goes solid, I use a handful of toilet paper, or a wipe, to push off whatever comes loose easily, into the toilet. Then I just pail the diaper, and wash when the time comes.

[Sleepyheaded_Mama]

Originally Posted by DevaMajka

1. I don't have a pail liner. and I give my pail a quick swish with water (no scrubbing!) once a week or so, or if poo gets on the pail. Ds is 7 weeks old, and I haven't scrubbed it once. It smells fine though.

2. I learned this on DiaperSwappers- if you have a shower head attached to a hose (kwim?), you can just spray poo into a bucket, then dump it into the toilet. You don't have to worry about overspray that way.

I guess I could manage a weekly 'swishing out' of the pail, gosh that sounds so lazy, but you know how it is in real life!! There are a million things I have every intention of getting to that never actually happen. Like scrubbing the floors where they meet the walls because that's where all the dirt builds up when I mop, like, three times a year :.

And I don't have a shower head with a hose, but I am pretty sure they aren't expensive and love the idea of it being more multi-purpose than an actual diaper-sprayer! I already have a tall bucket just perfect for the purpose! But is a shower-sprayer going to be as powerful as a diaper-sprayer? I'm thinking to the not-so-distant past when DS was pottylearning, how smushed/caked-on his poo was to his cloth training pants. I'd try to hose it off in the sink, but of course chunks got stuck in the drain ::gag:: and the pressure wasn't always enough to get it all off and when I did laundry, I'd find poo chunks at the bottom of the washer after the wash was done ::gag gag gag:: and have to pick them out and re-wash everything.

[ExuberantDaffodil]

I never used a pail liner. I sprayed out the pail with a hose outside, maybe once a week. I also never dunked. I did like fleece diaper liners -- solids fell off really easily and I could wash and reuse -- but then again, I only cloth diapered my son after he turned one, so I don't know about exclusive breastmilk poo. I was considering those biodegradable/flushable rice paper liners this time around -- that way, most everything can just be flopped into the toilet and flushed. I simply can't stomach the thought of dunking and swishing -- and I keep a really clean toilet!

[DevaMajka]

Originally Posted by Sleepyheaded_Mama

I guess I could manage a weekly 'swishing out' of the pail, gosh that sounds so lazy,

I was being generous when I said once a week- it's been longer than that atm but it doesn't stink at all, and there's no poo on the pail, so...
I was having to rinse more often because of the pee smell, but I stopped putting the lid on airtight and haven't had any smell since.

As far as the sprayer, idk. I haven't rinsed any dipes, but my sprayer has a setting that's pretty powerful.

I never sprayed or dunked any cd's when ds1 was in dipes. I did what the pp did- dumped the big stuff (maybe used tp), then ran another wash if I had to.

[schreiberwriter]

no pail liner here! I squirt Bac-Out in it or shake some baking soda in it. I use an open pail.

As far as poo, I say wait until you get there and see what you think.

I was just thinking the other day that someone needs to clean my toilets. Not me. I have enough to do.