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A cloth diapering mama is taking the Eco Sprout Soap Challenge!

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Guest Post by Bert
It’s not typical to find a man who knows about cloth diapering and takes a personal investment in it but the Internet chatter about the diaper detergent, Eco Sprout, is just that! Eco Sprout was created by a WAHD who was frustrated with his family’s diapers and pail liners smelling like ammonia even after a good washing. He also wanted to create a detergent that was cloth friendly and could also be used to wash his entire family’s laundry. For more on the story though you can go to their site.

Anyways, although I’ve been using a rather popular cloth diaper detergent I’ve been somewhat unhappy with the results I’ve gotten after washing my diapers. I could still smell the ammonia even after doing a long soak. When I needed another refill of my detergent I thought it would be a good idea to do some research and see what other cloth diapering parents were using. That’s when I found a few blog reviews on Eco Sprout. The raves about Eco Sprout were pretty convincing so I thought I’d give it a try.

I’m taking the Eco Sprout challenge and seeing if it really does work.

First things first, and I read this on a lot of reviews, you have to do a long hot soak with 3 tablespoons of the detergent. Eco Sprout recommends soaking your diapers in their detergent for at least two or three hours and if possible extending that to an overnight soak. I read one review where the cloth diapering mom hadn’t done the soak and she said that she quickly realized that it had to be done. The reason you need to do this is because you must get all of the detergent build up and minerals out of the diapers first if you want to maximize Eco Sprout’s effectiveness.
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I filled my washer with hot water at 2pm and then I allowed my washer to drain at 10:30pm.

The water was really dingy….gross.
After the 8 and a half hour soak, I had to run two hot water washes with cold rinses using NO detergent.

Dry as usual and you’re done! I did the smell test immediately after my diapers, liners, inserts, and wipes dried. Amazing. Fresh. Clean. No ammonia. Stay tuned for another update to hear if I’m still impressed with Eco Sprout.

Elizabeth (aka Bert) Anderson married her college sweetheart in 2005, and started her journey into motherhood in 2008 with the birth of her son.  She started blogging in 2009 as a way to keep track of her thoughts on being a first time mom, especially her struggle with postpartum depression, and as a way of reaching out to other moms who are struggling with the same things.  This June, Bert had another first in her motherhood travels – a little girl!  Even though she's newly a mother of two, Bert maintains that no matter how many children you have you will always be a “first time mom” because there's a first time for everything!  Visit her blog, at FTM. Bert is a contributor for She Thinks Media.

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I'm Julie, a former cloth diaper retailer who discovered a passion for the industry. Now, instead of selling cloth diapers, I advocate them and promote small businesses I love who sell and manufacture them.

I'm the wife of a fireman and mother of three. I have a daughter and identical twin sons.

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Comments

  1. JLJMommy says

    October 13, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    Anxious to hear if the ammonia stinkies stayed away. Battling stinkies at my house. Almost ready to quit cloth over it.

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  2. Anonymous says

    October 13, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    I use it and LOVE LOVE LOVE my Eco Sprout detergent. The “other” detergent was always giving me problems and then wanted me to buy an additive they made to use along with their detergent to fix the ammonia problem that the detergent should have already done. Crazy! So I tried Eco Sprout and have been using it for almost a year! Every now and then I will do a mini-soak or a super wash but no more stripping and my diapers are clean and no ammonia!

    Reply
  3. AshleyS says

    October 13, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    I use ecosprout and love it! And it lasts forever too! We have stinkies once and a while but usually I do an extra soak and some extra rinses or some bac-out and that does the trick!

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    October 13, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    I have loved using EcoSprout! Ammonia is gone gone gone, outta here!

    I will be honest we did have some repelling issues about 2-3 weeks after starting, so I did a RLR soak, and we have been good since. I think I have just done too many detergent switches recently to try and battle the ammonia, and needed the diapers good and clean.

    Reply
  5. Mamma (Meg), Pappa (Justin), Monkey (Baby Oliver) says

    October 18, 2011 at 5:04 pm

    I need to get some of this asap! My old Econobum organic cotton pre-folds are pretty stinky. I stopped using them when I switched to Thirsties and Bummis shells and inserts but it would be nice to have even more and use the pre-folds again. Can you only purchase this detergent on the site?

    I would love it if you checked out my blog. I just started but I think you may like some of my topics. I’m going to have an entire page for fluffy cloth diaper stuff soon! Let me know what you think. :)

    Crunchy Mamma of a Whole Grain Baby

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  6. The FTM says

    October 21, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    Ladies – I cannot tell you how impressed I am with Eco Sprout. I’m never going back!

    Reply

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