So there I was changing the stinkiest, stickiest (yes, stickiest) post-chili poopy diaper ever. Cooper, as usual was attempting the alligator death roll. I somehow managed to fold the diaper quickly enough so that he didn't get an ankle or worse, a whole leg covered. I wiped him clean and then put his diaper on while he stood up. I never thought I'd be so good at putting a
Duo Fab Fitted and
cover on a standing baby. But I've had to adapt. But of course, as is the case with
cloth diapers, I still had one more task to do...I had to get the poo off of the diaper and into the toilet. This was no "log" and the old "flick, roll, plop," routine was not going to work. This was going to involve some "peeling, plucking and wiping." While I was dumping the diaper, I suddenly thought of diaper sprayers and how handy one would have come in right then. In case you've never heard of them,
diaper sprayers are little hoses with high-power spray nozzles that attach to your toilet pump. They pump clean water from your pipes, through the hose and can be used to spray the solid waste off of cloth diapers and into the toilet--the same job I do with a piece of toilet paper. Apparently, they are quite easy to install and work really well. But then, I wonder, how do you carry the dripping diaper back to your diaper pail? Do the wet diapers smell more or less than dry? These are things I don't know the answers to because I don't have a diaper sprayer. Cooper is my third and final baby and he's already 15 months old. We will not be investing in a
diaper sprayer at this point, though I really like the idea and by some of the reviews I've read, some parents swear by them. If you use a diaper sprayer, tell us about it. Was it easy to install? What do you do with the wet diapers--do you leave your diaper pail in the bathroom? Would you recommend a sprayer to your friends considering cloth-diapering their babies?
I originally was not going to buy one; we don’t plan to have another child and I thought it would be better to save the money at this point. But once my husband learned there was such a thing, he decided we HAD to have one!
I installed mine all by myself…it was daunting to me at first…I was going to ask my dad to do it for me but I thought i would try to learn a lil bit about plumbing…10 min later it was installed no leaks or issues….It is one of the things that have kept me using cloth it is a life saver we love our diaper sprayer! my mom is still intimidated when it comes to changing poopy diapers….but shes going to end up having to do it someday when im not there so she’ll learn!
I would not be so enthusiastic about cloth diapering if I didn’t have one! I got mine about a month in, and it makes all the difference in the world! lol The day it came I was going to wait for my husband to hook it up when he got home, but then DD had the grossest poop EVER and so I went ahead and attempted it myself. It was super-duper easy to install. It cleans so much more of the poop off. And after I spray, I just roll up the diaper and wring it out. DD’s bedroom is right next door, so I just pop around the corner and toss it in the pail, and then I wash my hands (though I do have a hanging bag that I could start keeping in the bathroom). It is the coolest thing, essential for our family, worth the cost, and I absolutely recommend getting one to my friends that are considering cloth.
I don’t have one as I’m just expecting my first, but it sounds like a super idea to me! I might also keep the pail in the bathroom.
The sprayer was easy to install (for my husband). I bought the sprayer, and while I did like it for the most part, eventually I succumbed to using a flushable liner. The sprayer still came in handy when the liner would bunch or whatnot, but I think in the end the liners were more useful.
My main issue with the sprayer was that in order for the spray to be strong enough to get the toughest stuff off, it was so strong that there was a fair amount of splatter. (Ick!) I suppose if you have an apparatus that you can use to shield the splatter, it would be great, but we didn’t. I’m picturing using something like a Home Depot bucket with the bottom cut out, setting it on the toilet bowl, then spraying within. But then you have to clean the bucket…
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