Smellie Nappies
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Topic: Smellie Nappies
Posted By: AnnC
Subject: Smellie Nappies
Date Posted: 01 October 2007 at 2:00pm
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I am finding that my MCN and inserts are starting to smell a bit of urine (that anomiea(sp??) smell) I don't use much washing powder (about 1/2 scoop full load)
So how do you get them smelling nice. Do you put anything in with the wash to deordourize them? ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
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Posted By: nicolaann
Date Posted: 01 October 2007 at 2:29pm
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One of Alex's nappies was smelly, so I just used detol (the in wash stuff) in the wash and now it smells good again. (I washed it again afterwards though, as I didnt want the detol to cause a rash)
I was going to get some tea tree oil as I heard that was good for keeping them smelling nice. Haven't tried it yet though. ------------- Nicky, Mum to Alex (5) & Sophie (3) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 01 October 2007 at 3:06pm
We use the Dettol rinse as well and the nappies smell great (like eucyluptus (sp?)). Sam has terrible exczema and it doesn't cause a rash at all and we don't rinse them again after using it I forgot to put it in a load the other day and they smelled horrible even after being on the line all day in the sun ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 01 October 2007 at 3:31pm
| I put white vinegar in our wash, cause it's cheap and still does the job of keeping our nappies nice n fresh. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 01 October 2007 at 3:48pm
Our nappies have been smelling real bad lately too which i think is from Astins thrush and i have been putting teatree oil in but i dont like the smell so i shall try the detol or white vinegar
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 02 October 2007 at 11:45am
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Sometimes naps get washing powder build up on them which seems to react with urine and cause a truly horrible smell.
So you need to strip them... to do this you do a hot wash with 1/2 a cup of vinegar and then a hot rinse with baking soda and then another rinse (of whatever temp) after that. I found I needed to do a strip once every few months when the nappies had been in use for quite a while. But my nappies were thrashed as I only had about 9 of them. HTH |
Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 02 October 2007 at 11:48am
I soaked mine yesterday in a bucket of hot water with vinegar & baking soda for about 2 hours and then just did a normal cold wash and the smell was gone
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