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To think surely other people must also think it’s gross to…

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UmmJsTL3 · 15/09/2024 18:15

use re useable wipes for a baby/toddler?? I get saving the planet etc etc but surely too far?!

OP posts:
Ponderingwindow · 15/09/2024 18:52

Some of us are allergic to the disposable crap that other people are using on their babies every day. Knowing how badly it impacts me and others like me as an adult, I honestly can’t believe we as a society have decided it is ok to expose some of the most sensitive parts of a child’s body to these substances 24-7 for multiple years.

bluecomputerscreen · 15/09/2024 18:45

yabu
disposable wipes are gross.
the smell, the slimy way they push dirt around...

big fan of flannels and soap & water here

Swiftyvonlifty · 15/09/2024 18:44

Yeah I can't be doing with that either.

Disposable nappies, wipes, face wipes, anti bac wipes here.

Anotherparkingthread · 15/09/2024 18:42

Yabu op.

It's no different from spilling something something on your clothes or getting dirty underwear and then and then washing the item.

What about period pants or washable sanitary towels?

Do you throw all your underwear away after one use?

Baffling.

Slobberchops1 · 15/09/2024 18:41

It’s fine , they go in the wash . I don’t understand your issue

Marylou62 · 15/09/2024 18:40

Do you realise that reusable baby wipes are a new invention and my dcs (late 20s/early 30s) were all in terry nappies and I used flannels for cleaning up? If I was out it was a couple of wet flannels in a carrier bag which was then taken home for a soak in the bucket of napisan and washed on a hot wash..
My kids never got stomach bugs..

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 15/09/2024 18:39

It’s weird with people whose partners don’t take on their share of the load assumes that everyone’s partner is the same.

ButterAsADip · 15/09/2024 18:38

Rainallnight · 15/09/2024 18:28

I’m with you OP. And funny how many of these planet saving ideas end up generating more work for women. I’ve not yet seen the idea that has men washing shitty cloths.

We used cloth nappies and DH used the washing machine during that time no problem.

SouthLondonMum22 · 15/09/2024 18:38

Not for me but because I already have enough washing as it is. I’ve used baby wipes from birth.

AutumnLeaves91 · 15/09/2024 18:38

UmmJsTL3 · 15/09/2024 18:20

I just think it’s gross… we don’t do that as adults!!!

@UmmJsTL3 what about reusable facial cloths? Reusable/washable sanitary pads? Just saying actually, lots of adults do the same with similar products! :)

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 15/09/2024 18:36

Not that chucking some wipes in a washing machine is a massively onerous task. We’re not talking carting them down to the nearest stream to wash them, or using a mangle.

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 15/09/2024 18:35

Rainallnight · 15/09/2024 18:28

I’m with you OP. And funny how many of these planet saving ideas end up generating more work for women. I’ve not yet seen the idea that has men washing shitty cloths.

My husband washed the wipes too. Granted I probably did slightly more, as I was on maternity leave and he was at work, but on his 6 week paternity leave he did 90% of the nappies and 100% of the washing, and he even (gasps!) managed to wash reusable nappies and wipes in the evenings and at weekends when he was back at work.
And when I also went back to work, it was all split 50:50.

thefamous5 · 15/09/2024 18:35

We used them plus reusable nappies.

My husband took an equal share in washing.

Weirdly washing machines are very good these days

Ossoduro2 · 15/09/2024 18:35

I have a massive pile in a drawer in the kitchen and we use them for wiping hands and faces after dinner and then chuck them in the wash. They’re just a tiny flannel. Much more effective and cheaper than endless packs of baby wipes.

Dilbertian · 15/09/2024 18:34

Rainallnight · 15/09/2024 18:28

I’m with you OP. And funny how many of these planet saving ideas end up generating more work for women. I’ve not yet seen the idea that has men washing shitty cloths.

Dh know how to use the washing machine. He also did most of the pegging out when we used washable nappies.

midgetastic · 15/09/2024 18:32

Rainallnight · 15/09/2024 18:28

I’m with you OP. And funny how many of these planet saving ideas end up generating more work for women. I’ve not yet seen the idea that has men washing shitty cloths.

There is no rule as to who had to throw things in the washing machine

I find the men in my life more than capable

Howdull · 15/09/2024 18:32

Rainallnight · 15/09/2024 18:28

I’m with you OP. And funny how many of these planet saving ideas end up generating more work for women. I’ve not yet seen the idea that has men washing shitty cloths.

It's not necessarily more work i used to use flannels

purchase once
put in bucket of napisan
put in washing machine when 20 have been used.

Maray1967 · 15/09/2024 18:32

UmmJsTL3 · 15/09/2024 18:15

use re useable wipes for a baby/toddler?? I get saving the planet etc etc but surely too far?!

What on earth?!!!

OP, I used no wipes at all for face & hand washing. I used face cloths. I bought a pack of 4 and chucked the one I’d used that day into the washing machine. I even Kept them for DS2. I had no intention of using disposable wipes if not necessary.

fortheveryfirsttime · 15/09/2024 18:30

UmmJsTL3 · 15/09/2024 18:20

I just think it’s gross… we don’t do that as adults!!!

You sound like a 6 year old!

CaptainCabinetsTrappedInCabinets · 15/09/2024 18:29

Rainallnight · 15/09/2024 18:28

I’m with you OP. And funny how many of these planet saving ideas end up generating more work for women. I’ve not yet seen the idea that has men washing shitty cloths.

You know it's not compulsory right?

Rainallnight · 15/09/2024 18:28

I’m with you OP. And funny how many of these planet saving ideas end up generating more work for women. I’ve not yet seen the idea that has men washing shitty cloths.

CaptainCabinetsTrappedInCabinets · 15/09/2024 18:26

I used bamboo face cloths. If I wouldn't need 4000 a day now I'd still use them as "family cloth"

Really easy and way more effective. I used to take them out dry and have a wet bag with me to put them in after use. I used cloth nappies too.

You just rinse and sterilise them and wash on hot in the machine.

Daschund · 15/09/2024 18:25

I never used them (for young babies it was cooled boiled water and cotton wool and later wipes), but as I know how to wash I'd use them and reusable nappies if I had DC now

Clumsy12345 · 15/09/2024 18:25

I agree op but then i wouldn’t use reusable nappies either

ITriedToStopSwearingButICunt · 15/09/2024 18:23

How do you think people managed before wipes became common 30ish years ago?
Wipes are terrible for the environment.