last thursday, during the Labour’s Day holiday, i went to shop for what i call my cloth diaper care set. after reading miabambina‘s entry on washing cloth diapers for the hundredth time, i finally realized that if i’m going to be serious in cloth diapering, i should have my care set so that whenever i wanted to do strip washing or "vinegaring" or "baking soda-ing" my cloth diapers, i would have all the necessary things ready.
before this, i only have a diaper bin for my used diapers and Pureen HAD for washing.
this is the bin i use
bought from Servay Hypermarket Penampang for RM12.90. bought this bin during my 1st week of cloth diapering.
and this is the Pureen HAD
also bought from Servay for RM19.65. ok let me tell you a story. this detergent is actually located at the 1st flr of Servay, y’know, at the baby’s section. so we went up, take a box of Pureen HAD, paid for it and then went to the ground floor to continue doing some shopping. when we were at the counter to pay for the ground floor stuff, i left the Pureen in the trolley coz it has already been paid for kan… and since we didnt buy much, jnr didnt wait for me to finish paying, he pushed the trolley back to the trolley station which is located at the entrance of the hypermarket. after i’m done, i didnt wait for jnr, i just carry all the stuff to the car. a little while later, i saw jnr on his way to the car. i didnt see him carrying anything, i wondered if the box of detergent can fit in his pocket. when he finally get to the car, asked him where the detergent is? guess what? he didnt noticed that i had left it in the trolley! he rushed back to the trolley station but nope, the trolley has been taken. he even asked the counter but nope, nobody has left anything there either. 
so… what to do laa.. he had to go back upstairs and purchase another box of Pureen HAD! kesian kan?
ok, back to my care set story.
1. Sunlight diswashing liquid from Giant CityMall.
this is very useful especially if you want to do stripwashing. there are a few different types of Sunlight but i chose this one because of the colorit’s like fluorescent green/yellow i thought it is going to glow in the dark – turn out i does not.
2. Baking Soda also from Giant CityMall.
ok, i dont know if this is the right a baking soda to use but this is the only one that has the word SODA on it – so i figured this must be the one. this one is good if you wanted to soak your soiled diaper to remove stain and odor.
3. Dettol from Giant CityMall
this is a multipurpose dettol – good for disinfecting your diapers. according to miabambina, it is also a good idea to add a cap full of dettol in your (diaper) wash. and i have done that for 3 days now and my cloth diapers smells so good and clean!
4. Soft-Bristled Tooth Brush from Giant CityMall
the keyword here is SOFT. i chose the cheapest one.
5. Distilled Vinegar RM6.90 from Tong Hing Supermarket KK.
i couldn’t find distilled vinegar in Giant so we went to Tong Hing. Luckily Sandra has a photo of the distilled vinegar she used in her blog so i know how it looks like. BTW, Sandra & Miabambina is the same person ya. Miabambina is the name of her online store.
After Tong Hing, i went to Home & Garden and bought a small pink basket to keep all my care set stuff. here’s how it looked like – at first.
the empty space bothers me so much i decided that i should put the Pureen HAD in there BUT the big box of Pureen HAD coudn’t possibly fit in there. in the evening, we went to Karamunsing to buy some computer stuff so i went to one of the shops there, i think the name of the shop is Kolombong Trading, the one near Kid’s Avenue tu, and bought an air-tight container.
when i get home, i poured all the detergent into the container. i bought the one with a green lid on purpose to match the green scoop of the Pureen detergent.
just nice, kan?
so now, this is how my basket of cloth diaper care set looks like…
even this makes me sooo happy. and content – for now…