Preparing your Drybees Cloth Diapers for use

Diapers - Please pre-wash your Drybees cloth diapers before use. Wash your diaper in hot water with the manufactured recommended amount of detergent. You may dry your Drybees cloth diapers in the dryer on high, or outside on a clothesline.
Hemp Inserts - Hemp inserts arrive to you full of the natural oils present in the plant. These oils can cause your inserts to repel liquid so they must be primed before use. Please wash all hemp inserts separate from any other diapering items. Wash and dry them 3 times on hot with the manufacturer's recommend amount of detergent. Hemp inserts can be dried on high in your dryer or outside on a clothesline.
Microfiber Inserts - Microfiber inserts should be pre-washed on hot with  the manufacturer's recommended amount of detergent. Please dry your microfiber inserts on low in your dryer or outside on a clothesline.

Storing your Dirty Drybees Cloth Diapers

You can choose to use a wet pail or dry pail to store your dirty diapers until wash day. The wet pail method has been shown to be a drowning hazard for young children so we only use and recommend the dry pail method. All you need is a trash can, diaper pail or wet bag or a combination. We use a Wahmies wetbag inside of a diaper pail. Simply dump any solid poop into the toilet and through the diaper pail where they will wait until wash day! Using a diaper sprayer attached to the commode can help spray any stuck on poop off the toilet. Remember that those liquid breastfed poops don't need to come off the diaper. They are extremely water soluble and will wash right off in the washer.

Washing your Drybees Cloth Diapers

Washing your Drybees cloth diapers is very easy! First, fold back your laundry tabs. This ensures that you won't find the dreaded diaper snake after you wash your diapers. Next pull out the inserts. Finally throw it all in the washing machine! Choose the water level that will completely cover all your diapers and use the manufacturer's recommended amount of detergent. You can use a second rinse to ensure all of the detergent is rinsed out. Please dry your diapers in the dryer or outside on a clothesline.

Tips and Tricks

• Avoid using Free and Clear, baby detergent or cold proceessed (natural) soap based laundry detergents. These can leave a residue that builds up over time causing stinky dipes!
• If your Drybees Cloth Diapers get a stain, simply lay them out in the sun, and the sun will bleach away your stains naturally!
• The waterproof material used to make Drybees Cloth Diapers was made to be put in the autoclave for the medical industry. Don't be afraid to toss them in your home dryer!

*Also remember there is no hard and fast rules for cloth diaper washing. What might work for you may not work for others. The water in your area plays an important role in diaper/laundry washing.