dumb question

[lizamann]

Hello all. I've been lurking on this board for about a month, and have learned a whole lot from you super posters. My DD is 18 days old, and we've been CDing from the beginning with CPF's from a diaper service and my own covers.

The problem - the BF poops don't stay in the CPF, but tend to get caught in the cover (thankfully only had 1 blowout that escaped the cover.)

The question: is that the point of the cover? Are they supposed to get dirty? If so, where's the fun in that, especially since I'm not washing dipes anyway bc of the service?

[gravymommy3]

First off, have you tried using a snappi with the cpfs? That might help contain the flying poo. Second, the cover is there because if you did not have it, you would have damp/wet clothes. The cpfs get wet and you need a barrier between them and the "outside world" to keep the urine from wetting everything that comes in contact with the CPF.

Try a snappi and see if it does not cut down on the poop that escapes.

Good luck and congradulations on the new sprout.

[celfsh]

BF poop is so runny and often explosive (!) that some poop will inevitably get on your covers. That said, using a Snappi as opposed to just laying the CPF in the cover should help.

celeste
mom to olivia 9/25/02
http://homepage.mac.com/the_big_fish

[egoldber]

A snappi should definitely help. And I'm afraid that occasional poop on a cover is gonna happen. I still get it occasionally, even though we are LONG past the days of BF poops.

On the upside, a cover definitely does a better job of containing those wild poops than a disposable does! Better to wash a cover than try to peel a pooped on outfit off your little one!

HTH,

[sparkeze]

And your own clothes! I not only washed many poopy baby clothes but mine as well, since I was usually holding him when he pooped and it gets EVERYWHERE! That was in sposies of course. I've had a couple BF poop blowouts with fuzzi bunz but not with any other combo.