Mama's Laundry Talk
Mama shares tips, insight and secrets of homemaking, good home cooking, and getting the laundry done.
Mama is proud to have this Cloth Diaper Care series sponsored by Cloth Diapers Rock: the unique cloth diaper matching service. Cloth diapers have made an enormous come back in the last several years. Moms are using cloth diapers to help the environment and especially to save money in their tight budgets. The negative …
I am so thrilled about the new series here at Mama’s Laundry Talk! The cloth diaper community has exploded in recent years and parents are looking for helpful cloth diaper information in one place. So over the next two weeks, I’ll have all of that diaper information in one series. The series starts on Monday, …
(I apologize for promising pictures. I don’t have any. Not one. I decided pics weren’t really needed.) It is inevitable at some point that you’ll need to strip your cloth diapers. So what is the most effective way to do that? If your diapers are soiled, go ahead and go through your normal washing regimen. …
No matter how fabulous one’s washing routine of cloth diapers may be, there comes a time when diapers must be “stripped.” 100% cotton cloth diapers and even bamboo diapers seem to rinse beautifully when washed. Their natural fibers are to thank for that clean rinse. It is the man-made, synthetic fibers that tend to hold …
I will admit that I just could not figure out why my BumGenius Diapers were leaking last summer. I had stripped them and the fit was still okay. So I couldn’t fathom what the problem was. Turns out, the elastic was shot and they looked like this: How could I not have noticed this? (I …
