Wee-Be-Gone!

Cloth diaper laundry day was something that I both really hated and really loved.  I hated it because I could not stand the overwhelming smell of pee coming out of the diaper pail liner when I tossed the diapers into the washing machine.  On the other hand, I loved that there were a few hours in between start of laundry to the next dirty diaper where I did not have to hold my breath when walking into my washroom just to avoid the smell of pee.  I came across the Weehuggers Wee-Be-Gone patch when I was shopping on the Caterpillar Baby web site.  It claimed to be able to absorb the ammonia-like gas presents in cloth diapers; it is also washable and infinitely reusable.  I was curious about how this product works so I check out the Weehuggers web site, and interesting enough the product is not mentioned in their web site!  I read the reviews in Caterpillar Baby which are really positive, so I went ahead and ordered two large patches to give the product a try.

The patches arrived looking just like the way it was shown on the web site; there was no fancy wrappings which was good since they ended up in the garbage anyway.  I placed one patch into my half-full diaper pail liner (I do not have a pail; I just toss the liner on the washroom floor) to see what's going to happen.  Amazing enough, the pee smell significantly reduced in just 20 minutes or so.  I washed the patch together with my diapers the next day, and I put my second patch in the bottom of my second pail liner.  When I walked into the washroom the next morning, I could smell really strong pee stink again.  I was a little confused as the patch was working just fine yesterday.  I went to the Caterpillar Baby web site again for more instructions and found this right in the description of the product: "For best results in diaper pails, sew or otherwise attach patch to the top of the liner."  So I carefully dig through my dirty diapers to retrieve the patch and placed it at the top of the line, and whoa the pee stink was gone in less than half an hour!  Since then I sewed my patches to the top of my liners, like so:

Weehuggers also make wet bags and laundry bags with the Wee-Be-Gone patch built inside it.  The wet bag has two compartments: a smaller one for clean diapers, wipes, and other supplies, and the larger one for soiled diapers.  It is a hobo-style bag with a non-adjustable strap and it is fairly generous in size; it is great for day care or even an overnight trip.

I can see myself taking this bag to swim or to the gym to hold dirty outfits as the Wee-Be-Gone patch "will also help to eliminate stink from gym clothes (perspiration), wet bathing suits (fungi), or even decomposing garbage" according to its product description.  I did not purchase the laundry bag, but according to the picture it also has a handle which is quite convention for carrying or hanging up.

Overall, I am very happy with my patches and wet bags.  I found that these patch and wet bag tend to run out of stock fairly often; if you find a place that carries it make sure you get enough of them!