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

But when babies have poo-namis or have accidents they get it all over their clothes. What about when kids (or anyone) have accidents? Should we be chucking them all away every time? That seems more wasteful.

Just use a 90 degree wash, it's fine!

@aussieland I just don't care that much to be absolutely honest.

Now, that's disgusting.

Some people do…. Even as adults. Some cultures it’s even the norm!!

Have you never heard of flannels? Muslin, dishcloths ? They alll get pretty dirty and yet…. There is this marvel called soap and water.

Exactly this. The number of people I’ve seen just wrap up a massive poo in a nappy and put it in the bin 🤢. I’m not sure people realise (or care?) that you’re supposed to put the solid poo down the toilet, even if you’re using disposables. All that shit sat in landfill.

Loved our Cheeky Wipes - so much better than disposable ones. If a poo was really bad I did most of the clean up with toilet roll and then just did the final skin wipe with the cloth, no need to get the cloth caked in poo.

The horror now is that we still have them and use them for face wipes for the kids' bathroom 😱

What really makes me cringe though is when people get the pack of wipes out after a mealtime at home - get a bloody flannel, you're near your own sink! Even the dishcloth would be better, so wasteful to use wipes!

After the first 6 months (when they’re on solids) the vast majority of the poo goes in the toilet anyway. Just like it should do if you’re using disposables, yeah? 😉

This is what it boils (no pun intended) down to for me. I had a tough postnatal period due to my daughter’s health that I wouldn’t wish on anyone.

Sorry, I misunderstood. Yes, that's right. Far better to use reusable ones.

Yup. Now that is disgusting.

Good points. Someone on another thread said that if disposable wipes had been around at the time of King Henry VIII, they'd still be around now. I suspect maybe further back than that.

If your bins are only collected every other week.

(Alternatively you could wash reusables)

Just because someone decides not to use disposable nappies and/or wipes, it doesn’t make them ‘dense’ and need pointing out that cloth nappies were once the norm. It also doesn’t mean we are feckless and don’t give a damn about the environment and the world our children will grow up in. Most people I know don’t use them, including my most ‘green’ friends and colleagues before life - especially with a newborn - is extremely busy. Surely, there’ll be people who say it’s a matter of them not caring enough or not prioritising something that’s important. My first baby had a very upset stomach for the entire time she was exclusively breastfed. We changed about twenty (small poo) nappies a day, including a few during the early hours. There was not a chance I would have used disposable nappies and wipes and added to an already pretty stressful period. I’m sure there will be many who use disposable nappies and wipes but, for instance, travel by plane a great deal (unnecessarily). Each to their own.

Why would you put dirty nappies in an empty bin and leave it for two weeks?

Yes, disposable nappies sitting for 2 weeks in a bin in the summer must really stink 🤢.

I personally find disposable wipes and nappies really gross. We get fortnightly waste collection here, which I think is fairly common so I'd have shitty wipes and nappies hanging around for a couple of weeks. When DS was in nappies I was doing a wash about twice a week so nothing was ever hanging around for too long
Also the concept of wrapping shit in layers of plastic and sending it off to landfill where it'll fester for hundreds of years is really disgusting!

Why wouldn’t they ‘say nothing’? Have you got a massive urge to tell people you use reusable wipes that you currently feel you have to suppress?

Yes, it’s convenience over caring about anything.

The “gross” thing is so juvenile. You’re cleaning up shit either way. If you’re using cloth nappies and wipes though, most of it is actually going in the toilet which is surely less “gross” considering that’s where it’s meant to go!

When a baby is under 6m, their poo is water soluble so removed easily by a short wash on their own and then you add baby clothes etc and do a full wash as normal. Over 6m you want to remove most solid lumps of poo, we soaked our wipes and then they could go in with the reusable nappies for their short initial wash and then bulk out the machine for the long wash.

No one is slinging a 2 year olds massive turd the washing machine with next weeks school uniforms!

So you washed poo garmets in your washing machine......also what did you do with potty training accidents?!

It goes on a separate wash using a specific nappy detergent and you do a weekly drum clean. You don't wash reusable nappies and wipes with your favourite t shirt just do a separate wash then rinse and spin (this is more to ensure all detergent is off the wipes/nappies so you don't get build up/against skin)

I'll tell you what's gross OP, throwing a plastic based nappy and wipes full of waste under the ground to rot(ish) for hundreds of years. Where do you think all the space for landfill comes from?

Washing a reusable nappy and wipe means the waste goes through the sewage system and doesn't destroy the ground.

Anyway OP I just wanted to confirm that you are not the only person who finds it gross!

But you can see why so many people say nothing and just quietly keep using wipes.

I think some people are taking the piss on this thread.

I used washable nappies and wipes on three children and my husband did/does nearly all the laundry.