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From: cb@hlwpc.UUCP (Carl Blesch)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Diaper service vs disposals. Which is better?
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 13:02:07 EST
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> It's getting close to the time our baby will be born and I am debating
> whether or not to use a diaper service or the disposal type diapers.

I have another suggestion.  Buy two dozen cloth diapers and wash 'em
yourself.  That's the cheapest.  And it's quite easy -- I don't know
why more parents don't do it.  Are they really THAT put off by baby doo?

Here's the procedure I use.  Fill a diaper pail half full of water and
a handful of Dreft (a P&G product made up of detergent and borax).
When baby doo-doos, rinse the bulk of the mess off (you don't have to scrub!)
and throw the diaper in the pail.  When the pail is full, throw it in
the washer and spin the load.  At this point, you can:
(1) run it thru a normal wash cycle with a half cup of bleach, then
another wash cycle with a half-cup of Dreft.  Then 60 minutes in the
dryer and they're ready to go again.
OR
(2) fill the washer with just plain hot water, let the diapers soak
overnight, spin them out the next morning, and do a wash cycle with
Dreft.  Dry and use.

Method one is better for babies who stain badly.  In both cases, everything
is hot water, normal cycle.  Hot wash, hot rinse, hot dry.  No fancy
programming, like warm wash, cold rinse, gentle cycle, etc.

Carl Blesch