Where do you stick your dirty cloth diapers? You know they need to be washed within a day or two, but they need to be stored somewhere in the meantime. Here are some simple no-nonsense cloth diaper pail ideas.
Cloth Diaper Pail Ideas
If you’ve heard about wet vs dry bags for dirty cloth diapers – forget it! There’s no need to dump dirty nappies into a bag or pail filled with water. Not with modern-day washing machines.
When you remove a wet diaper from your baby, you’ll drop it unto a trash can.
We cloth diaper mamas like to call our diaper “trash cans” something more snazzy, but it’s really just a trash can. With one major difference… you won’t be tossing anything away.
The key to a good diaper pail is a flip or swing top lid.
Your want to purchase, or reuse an existing trash can, a garbage pail with a good lid. You want to be able to drop a diaper into the top and have the lid close itself. This will make life a whole lot easier, and will reduce odors.
Remember, you’ll have one hand on baby, and another hand to drop your dirty diaper into your pail.
Since your diapers are NOT going into the trash, but into your washing machine, I recommend a reusable (washable) pail liner. Most have elastic tops to easily secure to your trash can. You can toss them into the wash right along with your cloth diapers.
What about the poop?
You don’t want to simply throw solid waste into your cloth diaper pail. It should be flushed down your toilet. However, when changing a diaper you can’t abandon your baby on the changing table to dispose of poo.
You’ll need a poop bucket.
I picked up a few small buckets at my local Dollar Tree. After changing a soiled diaper I drop it into this bucket. It serves as a holding station for that diaper until I can secure a clean diaper on my baby and get her to a safe location before taking care of it.
After baby is re-diapered and placed in a safe location, carry the poop bucket to the bathroom, dump the solids and return that diaper to your diaper pail with all the other dirty diapers.
You can then wash out your poop pail in your bathtub if need be and return it to its spot next to your changing table.
SNAZZY EXTRAS
You can purchase sprays for your dirty diapers that minimize odors. I bought 2 bottles 4 years ago, that I have maybe use ONCE.
Wash your diapers every day or two (like you should) and there won’t be any problem with odors. In fact we’ve had LESS smelly diaper pail problems since we switched to cloth. Mostly because with disposable diapers the trash can would fill up and sit for a full week in a battle of wills before my husband or I broke down and emptied the trash bag.
With my cloth diaper pail, I’m committed to keeping my investment in good working order, and diligently empty the pail to wash our diaper stash often.
