washing a duvet

Kimberley

If you spend £10 a time at the Laundrette wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a cheap new one from Argos that has one for £6.99? If you find it a struggle to wash at home.

whiteguineapig

could you just use the regular size washer at the launderette? i am pretty sure a single duvet would fit in , at the launderette i use it is £2.40 to use the regular machines

good_advice

Hiya
I put single duvets in our washing machine. Always have done and then line dry.

Single duvets fit in the machine like a load of washing.

theoretica

Does DD have to have a duvet? Sheet and blankets (fleece ones maybe?) would be easier to wash.

mrsdwhite

I have used sheets and blankets for her, which I am doing currently as her duvet is waiting to be washed.
I prefer her having a duvet, especially as her room doesn't hold any heat (very old building). I have washed it in the washing machine at home in the past but it's really not good for the machine to have duvets washed in them, even single ones as the weight of them when wet can damage them.
Kimberley, I don't want to spend £7 on duvets all the time, she can have accidents a few times a week when going through a wetting phase, even when we lift her for wees through the night!
I'm really trying to work out if it can be done well enough when washing it at home, probably in the bath for it to be rinsed well enough and wrung through well enough for it to dry.
Drying it isn't a problem as it dries quite quickly if enough water is removed.

Nicki

I used this when my DD had the same issue. We had two, one on, one in the wash. They are really good and keep the duvet completely clean and dry so you just need to wash the protector and your duvet cover when they have an accident which fits as one load in the machine.

http://www.snugnights.co.uk/productcart/pc/Allergon-Single-Duvet-Protector-107p35.htm

ravylesley

Can I just say as a former child bedwetter myself and having come from a family of bedwetters that it is less stressful all round for nightime nappies to be used.I have no idea how old your daughter is but I am pretty sure you can get the pull up nappies for older children and even adults.Some childrens brains take longer to mature to allow them to hold themselves during the night.I was seven when I stopped bedwetting and I wore nappies,yes it was humiliating and it also meant I couldn't sleep out at other friends houses overnight but it meant I wasn't scared to go to sleep

whitewing

why don't you buy a waterproof duvet cover?http://www.ageukincontinence.co.uk/incontinence-shop/incontinence-bed-and-chair-protection/duvets-and-duvet-protection.html?gclid=CLKUw-mA-r0CFZQZtAodVSAAsw

peachyprice

I've always washed mine in the washing machine.

Spendless

If your washing machine is big enough to get the duvet in then put it in. You are only using the launderette, I assume because they have washing machines with large enough drums to take it?

That's the only reason I take my duvets to the launderette, because I can't physically get it in my own WM.

Apologies, if I am missing something here.

Edit, I've just seen your post about the weight of a wet duvet potentially damaging the machine. Really? I have no idea, as I say, my WM drum isn't big enough, but is it going to be more than a full load of other clothes? You are likely to be washing just the duvet as one load I'm guessing?