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Nathan had a "first" this month.... his first real bowel movement. Why does this matter you ask? Because we use cloth diapers and some cloth wipes in our house. So I am intimately aware of Nathan's bowel habits. But We (meaning me) love our diapers.
I mainly use Bum Genius Organic diapers. I was not so interested in the fact that they are made with organic cotton as I was in the fact that you do not have to stuff them with liners and yet they dry quickly. We have the kind with snaps and they are great.
Up until this week cloth diapers have really been no big deal, breast milk fed only babies have liquidy excrement so I just through all the diapers into the wash and don't have to touch anything.



But now with our more solid developments I am having to rinse them in the toilet for the first time. I have a designated pair of kitchen gloves in the bathroom for this purpose. And this is making my love for cloth diapers waiver alittle. We are going to continue to use them, I just need to figure out a solution that is less gross.

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  1. JillMarch 22, 2010 at 7:46 PM

    http://www.babyearth.com/bumgenius-diaper-sprayer.html

    I've heard good things, though obviously have no experience....

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  2. ValMarch 23, 2010 at 12:44 PM

    I picked up the BumGenius diaper sprayer (which is apparently much better than the FuzziBunz one according to our local diaper shop owner, because it is metal) and I finally installed it less than an hour ago. I'll have to let you know how it goes. Solid, gross, nasty poops have been driving me nuts for a long time now, but I've been hesitant to man-up the $45 for one of these things. I was using toilet paper to wipe poop off our diapers, and after going through probably a dozen or more rolls I decided that it was time to stop killing trees and instead use up our precious water.. Hah. One thing or another, right?

    So I'll let you know when I finally get a poopy diaper to clean up. And trust me, that'll be within the next 24 hours for sure. This morning when I came into Auggie's room he said "poopf" and sure enough he had poop in his diaper... Now if I could get him to predict it before it comes..

    Btw, my mom used to use a spoon that she kept the bathroom.

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  3. AnneMarch 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    I love our bum genius spayer! Definitely worth the money.

    Alex recently has started eating solids more regularly too...and yeah, breast milk only poop is so much nicer. I had almost forgotten that baby poop can STINK! Not anymore...it is obvious now when someone needs his diaper changed.

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