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Stinky Diapers Are Gone: My Thoughts on Diaper Fresh

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So as many of you know, Layah is being rather stubborn about this potty training business. She knows how to use the potty, and actually often will use the potty when we put her there, but she won’t ever tell us when she needs to go, and like many children, she has no interest in pooping on the potty (seriously…I REALLY don’t get this…how is poop in your pants “not so bad”?).

So at various points on any given day, Layah might be wearing a diaper, training pants or even “big girl” underwear. And even on my own most disciplined days where I remember to take her potty very regularly, we’ll still have at least 2 things getting soiled. So all that is to say, the sun may be setting on the diaper days in our home, but we aren’t done yet. Boo.

I’m OVER the Stink

We primarily use cloth diapers in our home, but there was a period of almost 2 months where we just used disposables (shout out, Honest Company). You guys, I was just bummed that Layah didn’t want to potty train, and having to wash the cloth diapers just made me feel punished. This is silliness, but it’s where I was with dealing with it, and disposables I could at least throw out.

But the smell? The smell lingered, my friends! We don’t have a Whisper Diaper Pail, so dirty diapers just go in the regular trash. So when Diaper Fresh reached out to me about a spray they have that has gotten RAVE reviews for truly eliminating the foul odors in both cloth AND disposable diapers, I had a little heart-to-heart with myself, admitted that we aren’t done with diapering, and then agreed to check out the product. It sounded like the type of thing I like to tell others about (if it actually works!).

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It Works!!!!

And it TOTALLY works, you guys. I have spritzed it on cloth diapers that are headed into the cloth diaper bag to await laundry day (which happens every 3 days or so). I’m sure you can imagine how disgusting that bag can get, in terms of the smell. I’m not saying that it is totally odor-free by using Diaper Fresh, but the difference is HUGE.

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For those of you who use disposable diapers, you may be wondering why you would need to spray something you are putting in the trash. If you have an air-tight system that locks away odors, then keep doing your thing. For the rest of us who just toss them in the garbage can, then you KNOW why you need this. There are times when I have taken out the trash only 1/3 full because it contained such a gross smelling diaper that I couldn’t allow it to stay in the house. It only takes 2-3 squirts from diaper fresh and it’s like the odors just disappear.

The bad odors are not replaced with a different smell, so this is NOT an odor covering product. It is an odor neutralizing product, and there’s a big difference!

A Second Way to Use Diaper Fresh

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I did a little experimenting with using Diaper Fresh in the laundry, and I wanted to share my successful results with you! I was noticing that my cloth diapers were starting to have just a wee bit of the “funk” even after being fully washed. All my cloth diaper readers will know that means that it usually means you have to strip the diapers in the near future (a cumbersome process because it takes a long time). I decided on a whim to put 1 Tbsp of Diaper Fresh in the first wash for the diapers (my first wash is more like a rinse, with absolutely no detergent). Well guess what? There was absolutely NO smell after the entire wash routine was over. Diaper Fresh saved me quite a few hours worth of work by knocking out the problem. I would not hesitate to use it again on my cloth diapers and I would not hesitate to use it on any other load of stinky laundry.

A Third Way!

diaper fresh in the car

I have even used this product on my kids’ car seats, which stink after a while and are a HUMONGOUS pain to remove, wash, and re-install. Save me a ton of time and hassle, and it nips those “spilled milk” odors in the bud!

Diaper Fresh is just a fantastic all-around odor remover, and I very highly recommend it, even if your diapering days are nearly over like mine are (please Lord let that be true!). You can purchase it directly from the Diaper Fresh website, or you can also find it as an add-on item at Amazon (just $6.95! More than worth it!!!). Whatever stage of diapering (or not-diapering) you find yourself in, I would suggest adding this item to your next Amazon order, as it is a versatile product for so many household odors!

Truly Safe Odor Eliminator: PureAyre (GIVEAWAY!!!)

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I think most of us can agree that little babies are soft, snuggly, super cute and that they even smell great, right?

Well, they smell great most of the time.

But they can also produce some rather unfortunate smells. If you use disposable diapers, you have probably either spent a good deal of money on a diaper genie contraption to contain the smell, or you do battle with your diaper hamper to try to keep the smells at bay.

But before I get all smug on you as a cloth diaper user, I have to tell you that we aren’t immune to the smells, either! Our wet bags do help contain the smell, but they can only take so much before they start to smell, too. Trust me, I know.

So is the solution to just spray some air freshener in the baby’s room every day? I hope not! The chemicals in those products are highly questionable for us to be breathing in. We’ve actually banned them from our house, altogether, because we don’t like ingesting the chemicals, nor do we like adding them to the environment.

Lighting candles isn’t really a good alternative, as they aren’t a safe option when you have kids around, or when you are in the season of your life where you are very tired, and therefore, likely to forget that you lit one. What we’ve been doing, instead, is a combination of washing the diapers more frequently (which isn’t great, because then we are using even more water), or just dealing with the smell (which isn’t great for obvious reasons).

So I was excited to learn about a new product on the market called PureAyre Odor Eliminator for Baby. This is the only food-grade odor eliminator on the market, which means that it is the safest way to get rid of icky smells, all without compromising the safety and health of your child, yourself and even your pets. The product is enzyme-based and does not use chemical products or artificial fragrances.

And there’s another great feature that this product has: it can be used to remove stains! I really love when a product has multiple purposes. Our space for housing cleaning products is limited, so it is always a plus to me when one product can meet several needs. I have tried it as a stain remover, and yes, it works!

I also think this is a terrific product for anyone who suffers from allergies or asthma, as chemical-based air fresheners can cause breathing difficulty for these folks. This is a non-issue with PureAyre!

In addition to having an odor eliminator designed for dealing with all sorts of baby smells, PureAyre also has products designed for pets, dogs, marine life and the home. I will say that I have found the baby product to also work fine dealing with cat messes. I used it to clean up a hair ball, and it dealt with the smell and the mess all at the same time!

Buy it!: You can find your nearest retailer of PureArye here, or shop online! Product prices start at just $2.99!
Disclosure: I received complimentary products for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.