OS nappies

honey

Hi,

Our daughter was b/fed too and I gave up using paper liners as I found them worse than useless! I used to just rinse poo off in cold water then put in dry pail bucket ready for main wash.

Now I use fleece liners, and as dawn rose said, dead easy to make. I got 2 metres for £4 from a fabric shop and just cut into strips.

I do sympathise with you because before they start solids it really is the hardest bit, but if you can persevere it gets so much easier and it's now second nature for us. Our LO is 15 months now so it's just a case of stretching the fleece, it plops into toilet, nappy and liner in bucket - job done.

honey x

Valli

I used to sluice them down the loo (ie flush the loo holding tightly on to the terry nappies) and then soak in cold water - boil wash no problems...

I am convinced that if all mums had to use washables toddlers would be potty trained earlier!

On the Flylady thread it is suggested that washing soda is used for the service wash and you could try this in with your usual detergent when you wash the nappes, too.

valk_scot

Valli wrote: »

I used to sluice them down the loo (ie flush the loo holding tightly on to the terry nappies) and then soak in cold water - boil wash no problems...

Lol...that's exactly what I used to do too, on the rare occassion I used a terry. It was a very good way of getting rid of the worst of the debris. After that a good soak got rid of the rest...you can get nappy buckets from Mothercare, with a lid...then once you have a machine loads worth you wash them.

saver_sam

I rinse mine out (had a nasty one this evening that missed most of the tissue! ughhh) shove it in the bucket of napisan/water then wash at 60 in machine on quickwash. This normally gets it out. If not back in bucket and next wash at 60 removes it.

flea72

Napisan isnt recommended for nappies that have elastic in them, nor is wet pailing, as it rots the elastic

tbh, the odd poo stain isnt that much to worry about - its not like the poo'd on bit is on show - cloth is all about the wrap you flash

no-one expects something that is poo'd and wee'd in, to stay looking pristine. whites go grey over time, naturally, so just accept its gonna happen. if you start getting into bleaching, boil washing, triple rinses, etc. then you would be better off using an eco disposable

radiohelen

Valli wrote: »

I used to sluice them down the loo (ie flush the loo holding tightly on to the terry nappies) and then soak in cold water - boil wash no problems...

I do this too... it's hilarious hanging on, hoping not to drop it down the loo!

Look - poo stains are a fact of life. Some poos are just unbelieveable, they stick like velcro and they stain!
I've never had a problem wet pailing my tots bots. They've not rotted away so far. Although I don't do it every time as he's 14 months and well into the poocake phase. Soak 'em in advance and wash the nappies on a long hot wash (60C). Sunlight can get some stains out. Others just disappear over time. This is one area where it's ok to be a slummy mummy! Remember - no-one is going to look inside your child's nappies to check for stains. The only person who knows they are there is you.
Wait till you get your little one onto weetabix... that doesn't come out properly either!
To get technical for a mo - the loop on the pile of tots bots is quite long, I also have motherease nappies and they have a much shorter pile and get much less stuff stuck in them. I tended to use the tots bots when I was confident he was just going to do a wee.
Don't give up and don't beat yourself up about the washing!

luckysprog

Have you tried vinegar in the rinse? or a cold rinse cycle before washing? Just chuck them in the machine and put it on rinse before you put detergent in. Wont do the machine any harm (while breastfed...) I never had any problems with mine staining but one of my friends could not get the yellow out ever... Different babies, different poo?

blueberrypie

As others have said, the fleece liners tend to be better than disposable liners for breastfed-baby-poo.

Also make sure that you run them through a cold rinse or a cold wash first, before washing on hot - it's the hot water that sets the stains, not the washing itself. I don't recommend wet-pailing - it's not good for the nappies, it's awkward to get the soaked nappies into the washing-machine, and in my experience a wet pail smells far worse than a dry one. But if you really want to soak, run the nappies through a cold wash in the evening and turn off the washing-machine before it goes onto the spin, then spin and run a hot or warm wash next morning.

Hope that helps :-)

MissTVWorlds

I b/f also and admit it was rather wet poo's until she started solids and I only used the throw away liners never had any problems, dropped most of it down the loo while receiving a quick rinse from the flush any left on it I would just run under the cold tap for a minute then through it into a lidded nappy bucket with sterilising solution until I had a full load.

Which I might add would some times be three days though I did have a lot of washable nappies! My only tip would be to change the water in the bucket that they are soaking in as other wise it smells after a day or two.

Then washed it on a 60 quickwash and hung on line I occasionly got the odd stain but found come the second wash it would be gone.

Keep at it you get the hang of it sooner or later and find what works best for you its just a matter of finding a routine that works best for you.

ktpie

When I started off using reusables I used to spend ages soaking the pooey nappies and scrubbing all the poo off, then I discovered that if I just shoved them in the washing machine as they were they came out fine.
I dry pail, it's a lot less faff. Don't worry about any discolouration, as soon as they get a sunny day drying on the line the stains will be gone.
The liners should let the liquid part of the poo through so that it can soak into the nappy, once you start weaning and the poos get more solid the liners will come into their own. At the moment they will just be catching a few bits.

Give it a chance to find out what works for you and get into a routine then it will all seem easy. Plus you will save loads of money on disposables!