Diapers Q&A
What brands of disposable diapers are available unscented?
Parent-to-be has picked up a pack of Pampers. Now: panic! I did not know that the modern diaper stank like hell. Really, those things reek; the smell's still on my hand. And that's just from the exterior wrapping! I can find obscure brands on-line claiming to be unscented, but is there anything I can pick up in a store that doesn't smell? Re. cloth: yeah, they're looking better and better all the time.
Public Comments
- Seventh Generation diapers are pretty stink-free in my opinion
- i use huggies baby love or snugglers
- Ya Pampers ya good diapers...but they are very heavily scented!!! My daughter uses...HUGGIES Supreme Gentle Care!!! They are good quality diaper, good priced, and they don't smell!!!!
- Hannifords (if you live in New England). Seventh Generation are too expensive for us.
- I totally agree. Disposables are foul! Seventh Generation is good. They are expensive, but I only use them when my baby is in the hourly day care. Let me use this opportunity to give a shout out to cloth diapers. If you haven't checked them out in, say, the last ten years, then you don't know what they're all about. These aren't your grandmother's diapers! I love cloth, and everyone I know who makes the big switch gets totally addicted! You should totally do it! I will never go back to disposable diapers--yuck! Check out the articles at the websites I posted--cloth diapering has come a long way in the last 20 years! Toilet dunking is a thing of the past, as are diaper pins.
- Huggies don't smell like Pampers do. Seventh Generation diapers might be another good brand.
- In my humble opinion, there is only one choice in this matter. That is cloth, cloth, cloth, cloth. The only real diaper is a cloth diaper. Cloth diapers are cheaper in the long run than disposables, true, there is a larger cost up front but each time you use those cloth diapers they become cheaper and cheaper until the are less than the disposables. Cloth diapers breathe where disposables won't. Even with wearing diaper covers over the cloth diapers, they breathe better. This means next to no diaper rashes. You just need to make sure that you change them right away. They are better for your baby's skin. Cloth diapers aren't that difficult to maintain. Under normal circumstances, for one child, you shouldn't have to do more than one or two loads of diapers a week. That really isn't that much when you think about how much better off your baby will be in the long run not to mention your wallet. Cloth diapers, when taken off your baby, should have any waste dumped into the toilet and flushed away, then they should be put in a diaper pail with water and white vinegar to cut down on the odor causing bacteria. Cloth diapers should be washed with a detergent just like your other laundry, don't use the kind that says "chemical free" because they leave a residue in the diapers. Make sure you use a 2nd rinse cycle. During the first rinse cycle put in a cup of white vinegar and let the 2nd cycle rinse it out. Cloth diapers should not be washed in bleach because bleach will break down the fibers in the diapers causing them to prematurely wear out and become nothing more than rags. Cloth diapers should not be washed or dryed with any kind of fabric softener because it leaves a coating on the fibers and makes them less absorbent. Cloth diapers can be dryed in the dryer but if you can, hang them in the sun, it is a natural bleach and helps get rid of stains and gives the diapers a very fresh clean fragrance. I use a drying rack instead of a clothes line to dry mine. That way I don't break my back reaching up to hang them up, I don't drop clothes pins and I don't hang myself on the clothes line. Yes, I say mine, I'm incontinent and have to wear diapers 24 / 7 due to a medical condition. I wear cloth diapers all the time. The only time I will wear disposables is on a long trip where it isn't easy to wash or store used cloth diapers. Give them a try, I think you will like them, today's cloth diapers are not your grandmother's diapers any more. There are so many different styles of diapers and diaper covers that are just as easy to use as disposables. Congratulation on the baby. Good luck.
- huggies is best
