Diaper Stash & Wash Routine

It's been a while since I posted about our cloth diaper stash.  Since then, I've sold things that we didn't care for and purchased new ones! So, here's what we have now:
4 Perfect Size Medium FuzziBunz
4 One-Size FuzziBunz
1 One-Size BabyKicks 3G Bumboo
1 Medium Bumgenius All-in-One
7 One-Size Bumgenius 3.0
4 One-size Bumgenius 4.0 (snap)
4 One-Size Tweedlebugs
2 One-Size Happy Heinys (snap)
3 One-Size SmartiPants
3 Flip Diapers and 7 Stay Dry Flip Inserts
2 Econobum
12 Kawaii (our daycare diapers)
(There are a few diapers listed that are not pictured)

We keep our daycare diapers and extra inserts in this drawer.

We are using cloth wipes also. I was hesitant to try them but I love them! I still have over a case of disposable wipes that were given to me at my shower but I guess we'll use them for other things. We have flannel wipes and they clean so much bettter than disposable ones. We have a wipe solution, Punkin Booty Bits, that we keep in my peri-bottle and we just wet the wipes as we need them. Also in this drawer is a sample of CJ's BUTTer diaper ointment. If he ever gets a little red, this clears it right up. We also have some diaper liners that we use for daycare (more about those later) and two of our wetbags (Planet Wise-small and medium).

One of the main things that was so overwhelming to me when researching cloth diapers was the wash cycle. There's just so much information out there and I did not want to mess up the diapers. When it's time for a diaper change, we take the diaper off of him, fasten the laundry tabs (if it's a velcro diaper), remove the insert and throw it in the diaper pail. We just use a trash can with a lid and a pail liner. If it is a dirty diaper, we'll take it to the bathroom and shake the solids into the toilet and rinse it off if it needs it with a diaper sprayer.

We normally wash every two to three days. We just bring the full pail liner to the washer, dump everything in and throw in the pail liner to wash also. First, we just do a cold rinse with no detergent. Once that is done, I add the detergent. We use 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons of Rockin' Green, which is excellent for cloth diapers. Then run a hot wash cycle. After that cycle is complete, we do an extra cold rinse.

Once they're done washing, everything is hung on a drying rack. Usually they dry in the kitchen (because I wash at night), but I try to put them outside to dry at least once a week (on the weekends). The sun is great for sanitizing and bleaching cloth diapers. If there are any stains, the best way to get them out is to sun the diapers. It's amazing how well it works.

Once the diapers and inserts are all dry, I go ahead and stuff them all so they're ready to use again. Cloth diapers are so easy and I'd recommend them to anyone!