#i'm gonna tag this as unsanitary ment 0

[babylooneytunes]

recently yall have been talking about cloth nappies and I've been considering them- problem is, i don't really know where to start. any tips for how to clean em and so on?

oh i'd definetely reccomend cloth over disposables (if you're considering between the two), considering y'know how they save money, and are more eco friendly and all that. but there's a billion articles about that as is, i won't parrot those.for cleaning them, i find just throwing everything in with your normal laundry is pretty easy. i do see people advise against using fabric conditioner with cloth diapers, for the sheer fact it can make them less "absorbent", but this was talking about the actual diaper itself, not the inserts, and the diaper's not supposed to be absorbent anyways, it's the insert that does that. so i use fabric softener (idk if that's the same thing haha) on my laundry, and use detergent, and just throw em in with the rest of the washing!if you don't do like your household's washing or stuff, then there's always the option of sinkwashing 'em! although it's the less preffered one, it's pretty hard to be caught if you sinkwash stuff. i'm so used to waking up at like 5am to wash things (not just cloth diapers just all sorts of stuff) and then havin them dry throughout the day. there's a few articles you can find online if you google how to handwash clothes!also, drying them! i find what works for me drying my diapers and inserts is once they're out of the wash, i lay the inserts flat along my windowsill, which is easy enough that no one really sees them from the outside. i hang my diapers up on a clotheshanger by the wings, so the front bit is sorta just hanging down, and i just pop that onto my closet door's handle. now i've got a fan set up there if i want to turn it on and speed up the process but-!what i've found is cloth diapers AND inserts dry super quickly! when i got my inserts i remember soakin em in water to get an idea of how they worked n stuff and thinking they'd take forever to dry, nope! when they come out of the washing machine, they're only partly damp, and ergo, if you've got a good sunny day ahead, you can windowdry em in a matter of hours! ditto with the diapers themselves, i think because they have water-repellent outsides, they just don't really soak it in much. so you can totes get away with drying them like secretly! or if you do like live away from parents, line drying everything like a normal person would works aswell aha;;; i'm so used to assuming everyone else is hiding stuff constantly from their parents like me, whoops!also, since it's like on the topic of starting, i guess i'll throw out there: the "cheap" cloth diapers on ebay are super great for starting off! or- or really for general use, not just for starting. i've found my first two diapers i got, i got from a seller called "globeselling100". they were super great! the items were tracked, and arrived literally like 40 days earlier than expected, remembering that they're coming from china, that's amazing imo! their diaps are really good quality as well.also, i find those charcoal bamboo inserts from ebay work quite fine, but i'm not at the point where i'm actively using them yet so i can't speak fully for them. i have seen people say better about other types of inserts, i'm not as well versed in that i'm afraid! i've seen people say about microfleece inserts, which i've seen on a few websites, so there's those aswell. i think really you have to take a shot in the dark with inserts, eck.oh- oh also! for carrying cloth diapers around and stuff, if you plan on wearing like out of the house n stuff, you probably wanna invest in a "wet bag" (not the coolest name for them, gonna be honest aha;;;). wet bags are just waterproof bags for storing wet diapers and inserts in. NOW i don't know if the ones on ebay are big enough for adult diapers and stuff, but i think you could probably fit em into there! definetely inserts atleast. and there are ways to fold cloth diapers when they're wet that has it folded so only the waterproof outside is showing, so the actual wet stuff is contained. you could probably just get away with like a plastic bag and a tub though for putting icky stuff in. wet bags don't cost a lot though, it's really your choice. i can't speak on them either, as i'm still waiting on mine in the post.OH MAN also sorry i just remembered something! sorry this post is so disorganized, it's like 6am and i just woke up after a super short sleep, heh;;if you plan on using cloth diapers, you'll probably wanna invest in plastic pants aswell! although cloth diapers are pretty good at absorbing stuff with inserts, you never know when leaks will happen, and plastic pants are good at stopping that. i find haian plastic pants on ebay are the cheapest and nicest, and also discreetest. they aren't noisy, and i mean they seem to do the job! i've read a lot of good amazon reviews about them.^ you can get away without using plastic pants, but it's worth having them incase, it depends on the person's choice. if your inserts are absorbent enough and draws enough moisture away from the diaper itself, then leaks shouldn't be an issue.right, i think i've covered most things there? i hope that's been of some help, anon! if you wanna ask any more questions, or talk, feel free to shoot me another anon or im me through tumblr messager! i'm perfectly happy to answer more questions about cloth diapers. hope i was some help! ^^