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Buildup causing cloth diapers to leak?
Posted by Julie on 8/20/2012 to
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Ive been using cloth diapers for over a year now and Ive had my share of leaks. At first, when a diaper leaks, I want to blame the diaper, but Ive discovered that the diaper is not always to blame. During this time, I have discovered four main reasons for leaking that have nothing to do with the quality of the diaper you are using:
fit, absorbency, clothing, and buildup.
If youve been reading The
Cloth Diaper Blog
regularly, then you have already seen my posts on how the improper fit and absorbency of your babys diaper plus the wrong clothing can cause leaks. Today, I want to address what I feel is one of the biggest things that causes leakage in your cloth diapersbuildup!
happens when residue from things such as fabric softener or detergent make their way into your diapers and lower the diapers ability to absorb. Ive I know of four things that cause buildup in my cloth diapers:
1.Detergent residue
2.Fabric softener
3.Heavy rash creams
Most of these things can be avoided, though trying to avoid number 4 would defeat the purpose of a diaperHa habut well get to that :-D
Detergent Residue
There are two things you can do to avoid detergent residues. First of all, you want to use only ½ the recommended amount of detergent in a top loading washing machine and ¼ the recommended amount of detergent in a high efficiency washing machine. Also, add a rinse without detergent before your wash. If you feel its necessary, add one after your wash as well. You can never have too much water when it comes to washing diapers. The more water used when washing them, the lower the chances are of buildup blocking absorbency.
Second of all, the type of detergent you use is important. You want to use a
natural detergent
that has no enzymes, phosphates, or other harsh chemicals in it because those things will cling to the absorbent fibers of your diapers and begin to repel moisture rather than absorb it over time.
Fabric Softener
When coupled with diapers with synthetic fibers such as fleece or microfiber, fabric softener will cause the diapers to repel moisture. I know its tempting to want your diapers super soft, but Ive found that stiffer diapers will be much more absorbentin fact all of my diapers get more and more absorbent with lots of use. If you want soft diapers, you can add a little vinegar to the wash or use natural fabric softeners (my all natural detergent has a soy based fabric softener) to keep your diapers soft without ruining their absorbency. Another great way to keep diapers soft and to reduce drying time is to use
wool dryer balls
. Theyre a wonderful, all natural alternative to fabric softeners.
Rash Creams
It is prudent to avoid rash creams when using cloth diapers because they also cause build up in the fibers and repel moisture. Most of the time, this shouldnt be a problem since mothers with cloth-diapered babies generally report little to no incidence of rashes. For the first year of my daughters life, I was one of these mothers. I never had a problem with rashes and thus never even considered using rash cream.
However, there are some cases when rashes are unavoidable and thus using rash creams becomes necessary, even for cloth diapered babies. When my little girl got Hand Foot and Mouth disease, she got a nasty, reoccurring yeast rash that took us months to get rid of and we found it necessary to use creams on her sensitive little bum.
Ive found a couple of ways to use rash creams successfully with cloth diapers.
1.Line your diapers with either a flannel baby wipe, or a biodegradable paper liner. This protects the diaper from the cream that your babys skin needs. If you do this with cloth liners it might be best to wash them in a load separate from the rest of your cloth diapers.
2.Light creams (creamy rather than oily) seem to cause much less problems with buildup. If using a rash balm such as Desitin, for instance, choose the creamy Desitin rather than the classic, greasy kind.
cloth diaper friendly rash creams
such as
Grandma Els
or the
Grovia Magic Stick
(which is what we use and I love it!). Just make sure your cloth diaper brand wont lose its warranty if used with these creams. If youre not sure, then be safe and use a liner. But, honestly, I havent noticed any extra buildup on my diapers since using the Grovia Magic Stick regularly.
The last culprit of buildup on cloth diapers is urine. Over time urine residue can build up in your diapers even without the use of fabric softeners, harsh detergents, or rash creams. This buildup is more likely to occur if you have a high efficiency washer than if you have a top loader because HE machines simply dont produce enough water to rinse all of the urine out of the diapers thoroughly. Most of it is washed out so you may not notice any smells or repelling for weeks or even months, but eventually the diapers will start to smell even when cleanwhich is when you know it is time to strip them. I love my HE machine but once my daughter passed the breast milk only stage, her diapers began to stink with urine buildup and I found myself stripping them once every month or two. Eventually I found that I could avoid urine buildup in my diapers by not only adding a rinse before and after washing them, but by adding extra water to my HE washer. I just add a couple of gallons of water to the detergent dispenser in my wash. Some people add a wet towel to their load of diapers which tricks the washing machine into using more water. Either way, the trick to avoiding this buildup of urine is to use as much water as possible.
All Natural Diapers
If you use diapers made with all natural fibers, you may not notice any problems of buildup at all. Generally, diapers with microfiber cores are the ones that are prone to stinky residue that repels moisture. However, even with natural fibers, a good washing routine is still necessary to keep their levels of absorbency hight.
If you have read all four parts in this series and applied these principles to your cloth diaper routine and leaking is still a problem for you, then Id say that youre probably at the point where you can look for a different diaper brand or style. There are definitely a few cloth diapers out there that simply dont work for my daughter, and thats okay. On the rare occasion that I find a diaper that leaks or wont fit properly despite my best efforts, I can sell it online or trade it in to a cloth diaper retailer and recoup much of the cost of the diaper. Not all cloth diapers work for everyone. Thats why Im so thankful that there are so many options out there. Youre bound to find a system that works for your baby and his or her special needs.
I've been using a wet pail and wanted to share my technique for keeping the diapers clean, it's been working very well for me. Use a 5 gallon bucket with a *screw top attachment. (*The screw top is important if you have toddlers or pets) Fill the bucket with 6 inches to spare from the brim, with COLD water. (Hot water in my brain = germs) Add 1/4 cup hydrogen peroxide Add 1/4 cup asopropyl alcohol Add 1/4 cup plant based biodegradable all purpose cleaner, such as Simple Green If y
Bonnie W.
Wow! Thanks for the info about the creamy ointments vs. the oily ones!
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Elevenses - Holtby wants to dump Germany for England; Arsenal in the dark
Published: 29 Sep 2010 - 10:46:50
After the 'Arteta for England' debacle finished with the mother of all anticlimaxes, out pops another foreigner hoping to switch allegiances and don three lions on his chest.
Lewis Holtby, current captain of Germany's under 21 side, admitted on TalkSport yesterday that he would be open to the idea of ditching the old enemy in favour of a spot in Fabio Capello's squad.
The half-English, half-German youngster said: "I would definitely listen to [Fabio Capello]. There is always a chance for a conversation.
"England and Germany own 50% of my heart and I really love both countries and I pay respect to all of them and especially to a great guy like Capello - he's a legend in the sport of football."
Holtby, who is an avid Everton fan, added: "That's the decision of the high guys of the English Football Association. There's a lot of British talent and a lot of really good footballers in England.
"I haven't spoken to anyone, no one has phoned me."
No one from the FA has phoned him? The guy is young, extremely talented, wants to play for us and actually has a decent proportion of English blood. What else does he need?!
Stuart Pearce needs to jump on the next budget flight to Mainz and beg him to ditch the Germans. If he doesn't, then we'll all probably be watching Holtby rip us apart at Euro 2012.
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In other news, Arsenal's game against Partizan Belgrade was almost cancelled last night as massive power cuts hit the stadium.
Floodlights kept going out and electricity in the players' dressing even went down.
And the source of all the information? Not Sky Sports, not the beeb and not UEFA.
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17 Crochet Christmas Ornaments: Snowflakes
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Crochet Christmas ornaments are so much fun to make around the holidays. Snow is what makes you think the holidays are just around the corner. Here, you can find a beautiful collection of 17 crochet snowflake patterns to decorate hearth and home.
Snow inspires creativity. Whether you use snow to make a snowman, have a snowball fight, build an igloo, or make snow angels, your creative mind is at work. Of course, in the crafting world, you can make crochet Christmas ornaments in the shape of snowflakes. Once you crochet your snowflake you can embellish it in any way. You can add glitter to make it sparkle, you can add beads, you can turn it into a pin or even earrings, depending on what size you make it. Here are some of our favorite crochet Christmas ornaments!
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We just love these crochet Christmas ornaments inspired by one of nature's greatest works of art. While they look similar from far away, each snowflake has a goregous, unique pattern, just like these crochet creations. Some of these patterns feature small details like hearts or smaller snowflakes within the designs, which just adds to the beauty of these free crochet patterns.
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Although snowflakes are such a classic Christmas shape, you'll be surprised at how many different ways you can use them. Here are even more crochet snowflake patterns, each with its own one-of-a-kind beauty. Use them to decorate your tree, mantel, front door, and more.
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Are all of the "free" patterns here linked to someone else's pattern pages? It seems all the snowflakes belong to Snowcatcher.net - of which I am already aware and every other pattern is linked elsewhere as well. So, why do I need a membership to allfreecrochet.com?
For those of you that like to crochet snowflakes...make as many as you can of crocheted, knitted,tatted or paper and before Jan. 12, send them to Connecticut PTSA, 60 Connolly Parkway, Bldg. 12, Suite 103, hamden,CT 06514. These snowflakes will decorate a winter wonderland for the children at Sandy Hook Elementary School as they return to school in a new building. This request has been passed around, please do what you can with the talent you have and help make going back to school for these children a more wonderful experience than when they left school! This is not a joke, you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you need further verification...otherwise I hope you can send some snowflakes to Sandy Hook Connecticut. God's Blessings to all
Just beautiful! I love to crochet,and snowflakes are one of my favorites! They make the perfect background for my handmade silk flowers.Thank you for sharing.
I think these are some of the most beautiful snowflake patterns I have found. I have been making ornament covers lately and decided to try my hand with the snowflakes. I can hardly wait to get started.
Hi dmlaflamme, If you go to the page and highlight the text, then right click and you'll get a window that gives you the option to "copy". Do that, and then paste the text into a word document. You should be able print that document that way. Thanks!
Sorry I wanted to print the patterns for a snowflake. I wasted four pages of getting black ink and wasting my ink. I did not want 19 pages of black ink backgrounds. Maybe others have money to spend on ink cartrages I do not. i do not recommend this site for thst reason. Nice visual but unprintable for me. Is there a way I can print it without the black.
This is a good article, but I don't sit by my computer when I Crochet. I am unable to copy any of these to take the directions with me. I like the patterns, but am unable to use them in this form.
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text: 1Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371, USA 2Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA 3Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany 4Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany 5Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55099 Mainz, Germany 6ETH Zürich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Abstract. During the FROST-2 (FReezing Of duST) measurement campaign conducted at the Leipzig Aerosol Cloud Interaction Simulator (LACIS), we investigated changes in the ice nucleation properties of 300 nm Arizona Test Dust mineral particles following thermochemical processing by varying amounts and combinations of exposure to sulphuric acid vapour, ammonia gas, water vapour, and heat. The processed particles' heterogeneous ice nucleation properties were determined in both the water subsaturated and supersaturated humidity regimes at −30 °C and −25 °C using Colorado State University's continuous flow diffusion chamber. The amount of sulphuric acid coating material was estimated by an aerosol mass spectrometer and from CCN-derived hygroscopicity measurements. The condensation of sulphuric acid decreased the dust particles' ice nucleation ability in proportion to the amount of sulphuric acid added. Heating the coated particles in a thermodenuder at 250 °C – intended to evaporate the sulphuric acid coating – reduced their freezing ability even further. We attribute this behaviour to accelerated acid digestion of ice active surface sites by heat. Exposing sulphuric acid coated dust to ammonia gas produced particles with similarly poor freezing potential; however a portion of their ice nucleation ability could be restored after heating in the thermodenuder. In no case did any combination of thermochemical treatments increase the ice nucleation ability of the coated mineral dust particles compared to unprocessed dust. These first measurements of the effect of identical chemical processing of dust particles on their ice nucleation ability under both water subsaturated and mixed-phase supersaturated cloud conditions revealed that ice nucleation was more sensitive to all coating treatments in the water subsaturated regime. The results clearly indicate irreversible impairment of ice nucleation activity in both regimes after condensation of concentrated sulphuric acid. This implies that the sulphuric acid coating caused permanent chemical and/or physical modification of the ice active surface sites; the possible dissolution of the coating during droplet activation did not restore all immersion/condensation-freezing ability. Citation: Sullivan, R. C., Petters, M. D., DeMott, P. J., Kreidenweis, S. M., Wex, H., Niedermeier, D., Hartmann, S., Clauss, T., Stratmann, F., Reitz, P., Schneider, J., and Sierau, B.: Irreversible loss of ice nucleation active sites in mineral dust particles caused by sulphuric acid condensation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 11471-11487, doi:10.5194/acp-10-11471-2010, 2010. |


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