Illnesses: Infant, BumGenius

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Laundering Prefolds and Bumgenius Cloth Diapers

I am using cloth diaper and I am very happy with how it is going thus far. My daughter is 3 weeks old and exclusively breast fed. I am using the prefolds and covers so far - and I can't get the yellow poop stains out without using bleach. I am worried about using something this harsh on fabric that is going right next to my baby's skin. Also, when she gets a little bigger, we were planning on switching to the bumgenius pocket diapers. The company recommends against using bleach on their products. So I am looking for other options on...

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Mentally Ill Father

To make a very long story short, the father of my 5 month old daughter has a...

Allergies

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Allergic to Disposable Diapers?

Our daughter has broken out about 6 times in the past 8 months with severe welts. This started when she was in cloth diapers and then later in disposable diapers. We contributed the first couple of breakouts to lavendar. The first time was when I used Essential Lavendar oil in her wipe solution and the second time when I put lavendar lotion on her. (It took the second time to figure out the connection!) Then in the past week, she has broken out 3 more times. At first we thought it was us changing our dryer sheet brand to Bounce. We...