My Secret to Soft, Wonderful-Smelling Diapers

I've been in a bit of a diaper battle of late.

I ran out of my Planet Detergent and since I can either only get it online or when my husband goes to Virginia on training I had to settle for Seventh Generation detergent instead.

I really am not thrilled with the stuff.

It seems I either end up with diapers that are still dirty or clean diapers that irritate my sons skin and are stiff with detergent residue. I've also had to strip my diapers twice since starting to use it.

But, while I'm waiting for the return of the Planet, it seems that's all I can really find.

In a moment of hurry and with an overwhelming amount of laundry to be done (both regular and diaper) I decided to try something new.

I went ahead and did a water only pre-rinse on my diapers as usual, but threw in a load of regular load of light colors on top. I used the Seventh Generation detergent and laundered as usual.

I threw it all in the drier and everything came out smelling fresh and clean and softer than usual (which was an added bonus).

I like this new system. It saves me time, trips into the basement and some energy. I think that even when my Planet gets here I'll continue to just wash it all together!