Help with My Stinky Bgs!

I would order some of the bumgenius spray, and use that on every diaper before you stick them in the pail. The smell is VERY common with these diapers, and I never had a problem once I started using the spray.
Good Luck!!

J.:

contact Ellen at BellyBum Boutique.. ###-###-####.. or go in and talk to her.. the store is at 4347 N. Lincoln ave... she knows probably everything there is to know about cloth diapering... what she doesn't know she knows where to find out.

P., RLC, IBCLC
Breastfeeding and Parenting Solutions

Hi,

I also use BG and have had that problem. We have hard water but a water softener. I do a pre-rinse of all the poopies in cold water. Then I do a hot wash with 1/4 scoop of Charlie's soap. Then two cold rinses. About once a month or so (and more often if they start to get stinky) I add about 3/4 cup of bleach to the hot wash (I always use the extra large setting). I let it agitate for few minutes then I stop the cycle and let it soak for an hour or so. Then I finish it with two cold rinses and do one more hot wash with no soap and a cold rinse to get the bleach out. This seems to help with the smell although they tend to have a little lingering bleach odor for the next use. I get my diapers from Mom's Milk Boutique (www.momsmilkboutique.com) and that was the advice I got from the owner. She also suggested make sure you go no more than 48 hours without washing dirty ones. They sell a bumGenius odor removing solution but I haven't tried it. Good luck.

Here's the deal with the smell: you need to strip the diapers with Dawn. You have a build up of detergent, so when the pee hits the diaper, look out world! Never use vinegar or baking soda with these diapers, it will just make it worse.

Go buy some original Dawn. Soak the diapers in some dawn, with very hot water, until the water is no longer hot. Then put the diapers in the washer and do three hot washes with no soap. I actually hand-washed my diapers, rubbing a little bit of Dawn into each one, then letting them soak.

BG recommends throwing a little bleach in once a month too.

Also, DO NOT USE BACOUT on BG --it will just make the situation worse and they will start to leak.

I agree...the dawn detergent will work! Good Luck!

Hi, J.! I also used cloth diapers. First I did rinse cycle with baking soda or borax, and then wash cycle in hot water. Hope that helps you!
S.

I'm not sure if it is the same issue, but I use BG 2.0s with my 16 mo daughter and had an problem with her diapers smelling of pee when they came out of the dryer. The lady I purchased these from suggested I was using too much detergent. I use Purex Free & Clear and I only needed to use 1 Tbsp for each load. She had me run the diapers through a full hot wash a couple of time to get rid of the excess detergent that had built up in them, and since then they've been fine. You could contact Sarah at pinstripesandpolkadots.com and she'll be able to tell you more. Good luck and thanks for using cloth :O)

I use BG's exclusively for about a year. My two-year-old uses them for bed and nap-time and my 7 month-old uses them all of the time. I have never had this problem myself, but we don't use water-softener. I have been told in the past that this is common with those who do. My friends who had this problem did use the spray and had good results. They also found that they weren't washing them as often as is recommended. We always make sure that no diapers are left in the pail for longer than 48 hours.

My advice its to pre-treat with a little BacOut before washing. We use a combination of BGs and Thirsties and before tossing them in the pail I squirt a little of the BacOut on them and have never had an odor problem. If you are not familiar, the product is made by BioKleen, an environmentally friendly, safe-to-use on diapers, no-chemical company whose products are widely available on the internet. I believe drugstore.com has it at a reasonable price, though I buy it in bulk from babyworks.com.
Good luck!

I haven't used cloth diapers yet, but I have done lots of research.

I know many cloth diapering moms say to use vinager, but Borax is a no-no. Could you try washing in hot water, no soap, and with vinager? Then wash in hot water with soap? You could also try running a cycle with vinager with nothing in your machine. The smell may be in your washer as well (just a possibility).

Have you tried Charlie's soap? This laundry soap was recommended to me by the eco-friendly moms on TheBump.com. Here are some links that might help you get some better answers (since I'm not a pro yet) :)

The eco-friendly family board on thebump.com:
http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/4493296/ShowFor...

Jillian's Drawers website for laundry soap:
http://www.jilliansdrawers.com/products/clothdiapers/natu...

Sunshine Diapers website for laundry soap:
http://www.sunshinediapers.com/WebStore/index.php?main_pa...

A blog by a Cloth Diapering mom - she is very knowledgeable and has great tips!
http://babyrabies.com/

Hi J.,

I also use the Bum Genius 3.0 and love them! Here's how I wash my diapers:

1. A cold rinse with several drops of Tea Tree Oil (a natural antibacterial -- this really helps get out the smell).
2. The longest, hottest wash with 1/4 to 1/2 the usual amount of gentle (I use Seventh Generation) free-and-clear liquid detergent.
3. An extra rinse (or a few).
4. Dry the diapers in the dryer.

Occasionally I will add some Ecover eco-friendly color-safe bleach.

I also use cloth wipes with a solution of water, baby soap, olive oil, and a few drops tea tree oil (see www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/homemade-baby-wipes-recip... for the recipe).

All that being said, the diapers smell like pee when my daughter has peed. But they smell fresh and clean after washing.

Best of luck,
R.

stripping them with RLR worked for me when nothing else did.