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How to wash backpack diaper bag

Step 1: Throw

After changing your otter, you can take care of the dirty diaper. Is there only pee? Perfect, do nothing. In the case of stools, however, you must THROW away the solids (stool and paper if you have used them) in the toilet. Yes, the protective paper also goes to the toilet (unless you have a septic tank), contrary to the indications of certain manufacturers on the packaging… To be able to affirm this, I did serious research, and I notably questioned a STEP and a plumber.
If traces remain on the diaper and/or the protective pants, rinse them in the shower. No traces? Do not do anything!

WARNING! If your baby is not diverse, do nothing. His stools are water-soluble, so take advantage. No need for protective paper. No smell (well, curdled milk). The stool just disappears into the machine when rinsing, it’s almost magic.

Step 2: Store
Once the first operation is finished. You can store your diaper “dry” in a bucket or waterproof bag while waiting for the time to wash. Yes, you read that right, dry! Above all, do not soak your diapers in water (even / especially by adding essential oils or disinfectants)!
By storing dry, you limit the proliferation of bacteria and therefore, the appearance of possible odors. If you store in a bucket or a bin, prefer plastic or stainless steel, which are easier to clean, or use a waterproof bag that you will slip into the bucket, as you would with your bin bag but in a washable version. I advise you to use a lid but never close the bucket tightly (risk of too much maceration).
Important reminder: essential oils are absolutely useless in your storage bucket. Finally, they will bring a smell, yes. But in any case, they will not disinfect the entire contents of your bucket.

Step 3: Rinse
This is the most important step in the process. The one that most cloth diaper users skip because they don’t know it or think it’s useless. And yet! It is through rinsing that you will avoid most odor problems.
When laundry day arrives, load your washing machine and start a rinsing program. What is a rinsing program? Basically, this is a short program, involving water intake, agitation, and WATER DISCHARGE. Water drainage is the key. It is thanks to this that you will not wash your diapers in the urine (or in the stools…).
Again, I draw your attention to the fact that a rewash is not a rinse. The vast majority of washing machines do not drain the water between the rewash cycle and the wash cycle, so, they do not drain urine. Rewashing, therefore, does not replace rinsing. Rewash ≠ rinse. It’s clear? And if your machine does not have a “rinse” program, an express cycle at 15 or 30 minutes, even at a low temperature, without detergent, will do the trick!

Step 4: Wash
Again, it’s very simple. After rinsing, a cycle at 40°C with detergent. A long cycle is better, but a normal cycle is good. And for laundry, ideally, it should not contain optical brighteners, fabric softeners, glycerin or vegetable oils. That’s the theory, huh, because reading a laundry label and understanding it is not necessarily obvious… We are going to say that you have to choose one of the least bad detergents. Powder if possible. For 10 years, I have tested some, and I can recommend the Cover (even the liquid one), the Copland from Coop, the “ecological” from Micros or the Potion from Potshots.
What does? Good question! Now half dose! When you wash your clothes that you wear every day, you can put half a dose of detergent. Because your clothes are not dirty! A bit wore out, but never really disgusting… On the other hand, we are talking about washing layers full of pee, which have been in contact with stool, and which waited a few days before being washed. Therefore, the maximum dose recommended by the detergent manufacturer, depending on the hardness of your water. The recommended doses are on the package or bottle of the detergent. Not putting in enough detergent leads to odor problems.

Step 5: Dry
Once the laundry is done, lay your diapers in the open air, in the sun if they are stained. By drying the fabric, the UV’s will make the stains disappear. In addition, drying in the open air does not require energy.

Yes, I know, sometimes the sun is lacking, as is the space to dry the diapers .. If you have a dryer, you can use it for inserts and absorbent parts (no PUL in the dryer, unless specified by the manufacturer!). This will soften them, and reduce the drying time. Try to use the lowest possible temperature.