Cleaning newborn baby poo

misspenny

oh the joys of baby poo ive got 7 week till baby no 2 gets here and the fun starts again, whn ds was tiny i laid him on his daddy fave arm chair with suade type cover and his nappy exploded managed to get it off with a suade and canvas shoe cleaner. cant remember what paper liners we had but were rubbish just diovled and then you had to scrape poo and soggy paper out of the nappy. im thinking of etting a big offcut of fleece (in bright unstainable pattern/colour) and making my own liners this time round. there a lot of these selling on ebay that women have made but more money saving to do your own

searching_me

the only thing that gets poo out of my 9 weeks clothes is vanish pre wash stain remover that stuff is a god send ... just spray it all over the poo and wash as normal .. great stuff x

Mrs._Irwin

I didn't bother with liners till DS was on solids.

I did rinse the lovely yellow nappies under the tap quickly, to get the worst out, before sticking them in the bucket (dry-pailing) and the main thing to remember is to use COLD water to rinse. Hot water will set the stain.

It's not advisable to boil shaped nappies or wraps, or anything made from bamboo. It's likely to ruin them.

mumto1_2

I use Popolini Cellulose Ultrabiodegradable Liners - they worked well even when my son was newborn, they are washable if only wet (up to 4 times) and can make good wipes as well if wet down.
I wet-pail the nappies with tea tree oil and wash every other day. Never put them in a dryer yet, I have the Micro Diddy Diaper - they are smooth on the inside and are easier to rinse off than the totsbots I got off the nursery nurse.
You can use lemon juice on the stains.

lil_me

Napisan and sunshine got ours clean, little marks don't matter as long as you know they are CLEAN, discolouring isn't dirty

Congratulations

Boodle

Using non-bio for baby's skin does make it a lot more difficult to get poop out! I used to dry-pail then wash with non-bio, spraying the more stubborn looking bits with vanish. Like the others have said, the sun seems to bleach them and the more stubborn ones pale with each subsequent wash. I still found that they do come impressively clean considering the stuff that comes out of their lovely little bottoms! :eek: I have given all of DD1's nappies a long hot wash with bio powder then another with non-bio to get them ready to use them on 3-month old DD. I have been using disposables on the baby while she is being solely breastfed for this very reason! :rolleyes:

Nicki

I haven't started using my reusables yet, so am speaking from theory only, but the latest advice is that it isn't actually necessary to use non-bio on baby's clothes, and they are no more likely to suffer a skin reaction to bio as non bio. I used non bio while my first two were little but switched to bio when they were about 4 or 5, but I'm planning on at least trying with bio with the new baby, as it so much better at getting stains out ime

Boodle

I did the same, Niki - started off continuing to use bio with DD1 but she began to rash terribly. Even once I had switched, if anyone wearing clothes washed in bio was in quite a bit of contact with her, her face would rash. I had to ask grandparents to switch to non-bio as they used to watch her once a week for a few hours when I went back to work for a while. That's why this time around, I used non-bio from the beginning - just in case

helyg

I would definitely second/third etc the sun for bleaching out stains, it works fantastically.

At the end of the day, stained doesn't mean dirty. As long as it has been washed properly it will be perfectly hygienic, and I very much doubt your baby will care that the nappy you are putting on him/her isn't pristine white... If anyone else cares suggest that they get the stains out while you put your feet up and have a cup of tea!

emmwri

Congratulations on your baby!
With the paper liners, don't bother until baby is on solids, then they are fantastic. I used Boots paper liners for both my babies, they are good. As someone said, don't fold them, put whole liner in the nappy and tuck the edges in once you've done nappy up. If yours are the tots bots with a fleece liner attached then just go with that, if not cut up a fleece or buy some fleece liners and use those. just bung them in the machine with the poo on and it will come off. As everyone has said, sun is the best for stains. Try washing one of your babies vests in bio washing powder and see if there is a reaction. I used non bio with DS1 until he was 18 months and he had no reaction when i changed to bio. DS2 has had his clothes washed in bio since birth with no rash except with Persil powder (but not Persil liquid strangely) though I usually use Ariel or cheapie liquid. But don't worry about the stains, all nappies get a bit stained, noone sees them anyway.

Did you make sure you washed the nappies at least 3 times before you bought them? It makes them more absorbent. Also, never use fabric conditioner as stops them being absorbent. What wraps do you use? I used Tots Bots wraps at first with DS1 and they weren't very good. I switched to Motherease Airflow wraps and they are completely bombproof. Never exploded onto clothes with these.

Good luck x