Diaper Diva!!!

Stripping Diapers is not as fun as it sounds. Those diapers can get pretty nasty on ya. How do you know if you need to strip your diapers? Are you waking up in the morning to a baby who seems to pee pure ammonia, is your little one suffering from a "redness" or "rash" in that area? Then you may need a diaper stripping day!!! ( I try to make it sound fun ) Thank goodness I did all the trial and error and can relay the proper procedure. Hooray!

The Supplies Needed

So, all you need to use is probably under your sink, and in a drawer. Dawn Original Dishsoap, A plastic/wodden spoon, and rubber gloves. The gloves aren't for what you would think, we are gonna be elbow deep in some boiling hot water.

pans for water

• Gather all diapers, and separate individual parts as necessary. 
• Fill pots with warm water and set on stove to boil.
• Pour 1 tablespoon of Dawn Original Dish Soap into empty sink.
• Fill sink with boiling hot water, (not all the way, you are going to put diapers in there.)
• Let the diapers/inserts (separately) soak for about 20-30 mins.

Sink Soaking

After your diapers have soaked for a bit, they should be somewhat warm to touch, put on your rubber gloves and get ready for a workout. Here you are going to want to apply friction to your diapers/inserts. Kind of like rubbing your hands together, but with a diaper/insert in between. Individually work each piece and set aside. This is where I drain out my water that I soaked my diapers in. Move everything to the washing machine. We are going to have to check our settings here to ensure maximum removal of detergents/products from diapers.

Temperature Controls

This is where I ran into MAJOR issues with stripping. If you do not have a warm rinse cycle, prepare to boil more water. (fun, fun) So, you have moved all items from the sink soaking and placed them into your washing machine. Set the washer to the lowest possible water setting, DO NOT add additional soap. Here you want to start a wash cycle with HOT wash and WARM rinse. You will need to rinse until the water is no longer "sudsy". If you do not have a warm rinse, you can make one. Allow the wash cycle to complete, when you hear the sound of the rinse cycle, add your boiling water. NOTE: you will be running a "rinse" cycle several times to get the non-sudsy water you need. Which looks like this.....

Clean Rinse

I line dry, well I usually do, but in the midwest weather isn't always permitting. So the dryer is also fine. Just be sure that when you ran your last rinse cycle there were NO SUDS in the water. (there will be agitation suds, but those should dissipate upon turning the cycle off.) Don't let your washer fool you....

Finished Product

The finished product will be a clean fresh diaper that will no longer repel the liquid, or smell like ammonia. You may also notice a decrease in "rash" or "redness" if this was also a problem. Now you are ready to diaper like a pro!!!