Most of my large family — I'm the oldest of seven kids — accepts the fact that I use cloth diapers, but one of my sisters in particular, just can't wrap her brain around the idea of putting
poopy diapers in the washing machine.
Not exact matches
It's a drowning hazard and the modern
washing machine has gotten so good, there's no need to dunk or let the
diaper sit
in poopy water.
And for everyone who has already bought regular swim
diapers for the summer, don't despair — my good friend showed me that they actually survive SEVERAL
washes in the washmachine and make it through the dryer as well — so far I have used the same pack of swim
diapers for both of my sons all summer and still have 5 unused ones — though I wouldn't do that with
poopy ones!
Pees are more hit or miss, depending on how attentive we are, so he does wear
diapers, but it's really great not having
poopy ones — both for us, since we
wash at home, and for him, since he doesn't have to sit
in his own excrement.
I used to pre-
wash the
poopy diapers in the beginning, but now after all poop is scraped off, I throw it
in the
diaper bin &
wash as per usual.
If the
diaper was
poopy, rinse it out
in the toilet before
washing in the sink.
That is why many people are surprised to find that at some stage, usually
in the middle of the night, you will change a disgusting
poopy diaper and then not bother to
wash your hands.
ALSO, if you
wash your
diapers in hot water, that gets rid of
poopies... and if you are STILL worried about poop, I say, run a cycle with no clothes, just bleach, then
wash a load of white towels with bleach.
I use 3 - 4 wipes on a
poopy diaper, quickly rinse them out, and squeeze out the water, then throw
in my pail to
wash later.
All this said,
washing **** of it isn't fun, so if you know you are changing a
poopy one, I put I dry cloth wipe or flat
diaper underneath baby just
in case.
When babies are strictly breastfed, the
poopy diapers can go straight
in the
wash.