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Wash your Fuzzi Bunz before using and after trying them on your baby for fit. Fuzzi Bunz must be washed after each use. Use a laundry basket, or diaper pail to store dirty Fuzzi Bunz and diapers until wash day. Some prefer to soak dirty diapers in a wet pail (**If you decide to do this your water should be changed daily**).
When removing a dirty Fuzzi Bunz from your baby shake, or knock any solid bowel movement out. You can rinse any residing BM off the cover if you would like, but this is not necessary. Pull the prefold or insert from the Fuzzi Bunz before storing. They can all be washed together.
It is not recommended that you let your dirty Fuzzi Bunz and prefolds / inserts sit too long before washing. Odors may set in.
On wash day, run the dirty Fuzzi Bunz and diapers in a cold soak or prewash. If you do not have a soak cycle, run them through a rinse cycle. If you have already soaked your diapers in a pail, spin out any remaining dirty water.
Wash your diapers in HOT water with a moderate amount of detergent (1/4 - 1/2 of the recommended dose). Over dosing on detergent produces build up and is the single most common cause of leaking problems. Use ONLY regular detergent. No pure soap products or mild detergents. Also, no bleach, softeners or whitening agents.
An additional rinse can be used for particularly soiled loads. Make sure that your diapers are rinsed clean. Any residue from poop, urine, detergent or vinegar can make your diapers stink!
Fuzzi Bunz should not stain. Some diaper rash ointments will stain and care should be taken when using such products if you want your Fuzzi Bunz to stay nice and stain free.
New Diapers? Before using any new diapers, wash the diapers at least 3 times with warm water (less than 50 degrees) if possible. This will get all chemical residues from the cloth manufacturing process out of the diaper and also helps to make the cloth fibers more absorbent.
DO's and DON'Ts
All Natural Cleaning Products - Why they don't work Natural soap products such as pure glycerine soap or cleaning agents made with citrus or other oils do not work for this reason. They may clean the fibers, but a slight oily film or "soap scum" is left on the fleece. When this happens it makes it very difficult for urine to get through the layer of fleece to the absorbent core in the middle of Fuzzi Bunz as you know oil and water do not mix. The result?? Either Fuzzi Bunz that leak or the fleece will stay wet next to the skin and not become dry as it should be.
Yes - thank goodness the problem can be fixed. You may have to repeat this process to get all of the residue off of your Fuzzi Bunz. This will work with the residue left on from too much detergent as well.
This is how the inventor of Fuzzi Bunz washes her Fuzzi Bunz
The Stink on Stinky Babies
One common problem experienced by all using cloth diapers is smell. Here are some common causes that can exacerbate the problem. You may not be experiencing problems with your current washing routine, but if you are here are some suggestions to combat the problem.
Waiting too long to wash: Do not allow soiled diapers to be stored dry for over 25 hours. If you store dirty diapers dry, you really need to wash every day; otherwise the stink will dry into the fibers and will be very difficult to wash out. If you are storing diapers in a wet pail, you can wait two or three days before washing, but you should change the water daily. You also must wash the poop off of the diapers before storing wet or dry.
Soaking in Poopy Water: Diapers need to be rinsed or knocked off before soaking. Soaking in dirty water is soaking the stink right in.
Unrolled Dirty Diapers: Make sure to loosen your diapers before putting them in the pale so the air or water can circulate.
Washer Overload: To get diapers as clean as they need to be do not overload your washer. No more than 24 diapers should be washed at a time.
Vinegar Rinses: Vinegar in the rinse cycle may be causing your diapers to stink. Vinegar and Urine are both acidic. If urine is being left in your diapers from improper cleaning, adding vinegar to the rinse might be contributing to their stinkiness. Try eliminating it from the rinse and see if the odor is eliminated.
Too Much Detergent: If detergent is not thoroughly rinsed out, it will hold onto stinky smells and will smell horrible when the baby wets. If the diapers have a heavy perfume smell out the dryer this should alert you to this problem. Your FB should have a faint clean smell or no smell at all once dry. We recommend only using 1/4-1/2 of the recommended laundry detergent for any washing.
Diaper Rash Ointments: Some diaper rash creams contain cod liver oil and could cause diapers to smell fishy. To remove soak in a strong detergent solution and scrub with a toothbrush.
Polyester Diapers and Covers: Polyester is famous for hanging onto stinky smells. Proper and complete cleansing of these products is essential to odor control.
Fabric Softeners: Yes they smell nice, but will leave a residue that is very hard to remove from your diapers and will interfere with proper functioning. This applies to both liquid and sheets.
Mild Detergents / Soap Products: Diapers are soiled with urine and excrement and NEED to be washed with a detergent that is strong enough to get the job done. Mild detergents like Dreft and Ivory Snow are not recommended for diapers. Fine baby clothing yes—diapers no.
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