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Is it true I can wash my BG pockets without taking out the pockets and they will work themselves out? I saw that somewhere. I've been too afraid to try it, but it sure would be a time saver if it was true.
Update: I tried it and checked after the first rinse. About 70% had come out, the others were scrunched down in bottom.
I've heard you can do that too. I think it depends on the sort of washer you have. I'm curious what others have to say because I just picked up some BG pockets at the JBF sale for $5 each! Also got a few Sunbabies for like $4 a piece. I get into trouble every time I stray from prefolds but they were so cheap how could I not?! ;)
Every time I have put stuffed pockets in the wash (grr, I'm looking at you, DH...) they have NOT worked themselves out. And then when I find them in the dryer all half-washed and still wet, bunched up in the bottom of the pocket, I have to rewash them. Hate.
But the flap on my Sunbabies is so loose that I can literally just dump them out into the bin and then throw the cover in after it, no touching required--doesn't take more than one second, tops.
I read that on some blog about how this lady has never taken out the inserts and they've supposedly always come out in the wash.
Well, I can tell you that I always know when my husband is being lazy and did not take out the insert. Because the insert is still in there!!! I won't use the diaper till it's washed again. Ew!
I agree with those above.
The odd time I did not pull out the insert, they bunshed up in the bottom of the diaper. They never made it to the dryer, because I airdry my covers.
Yep, I'm with everyone else, with my normal pocket diapers like BumGenius/Fuzzi Bunz/Happy Heinys....the insert bunches up at the bottom of the pocket if I forget to take it out, gross. Definitely doesn't wash out. The only diapers I can leave the insert in with are my Smartipants and Sweet Pea
I never un-stuff! I do this with my FB also and a couple of WAHM pockets I have. Only a couple times have I had an insert stay in... If it does, I just remove the insert and throw the whole thing in the bin to be washed next time. Usually when I have a problem is if I have double stuffed... so one insert comes out and one stays in. DS is a HEAVY wetter and we have to really stuff those puppies good to get them absorbent enough!
You should give it a try though! I would NEVER use pockets if I had to un-stuff them every time! YUCK! haha
ETA: wow... i just went back and read that everyone else is not having the luck I am. That caught me off guard! Sorry ladies! I have a top-loader though... maybe that makes a difference??
I have a top loader to and I have never un-stuffed my pockets. They always work themselves out. Lucky I guess. I usually don't super stuff them, though, maybe that would change my luck.
I'm super thankful they always work out because I do not really want to remove an insert from a dirty dipe...why it scares me, I have no idea but it does.
I always unstuff right when I take the diaper off and stick it in the wetbag like that. I can definitely tell when dh has changed him...the insert is always bunched in the bottom of the diaper, and still smelly of course!
I have a top-loader and guess what, one diaper somehow got put in the baby laundry instead of diaper pail and it managed to unstuff itself in the regular wash :) I'm going to try it with my next load of diapers in 2 days and see what happens. I'll check them after the rinse, although I'm guessing they would un-stuff on the wash cycle rather than rinse.