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UmmJsTL3 · 2024-09-15T17:15:23+00:00

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

MSLRT · 15/09/2024 19:43

UmmJsTL3 · 15/09/2024 19:11

@TheYearOfSmallThings yep exactly! I cannot fathom how someone can put it anywhere near their machine!

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Grow up! People like you who probably can’t be bothered to recycle. Don’t you care about the environment? If you use one washable wipe a day that’s 365 wipes less each year in a land fill.

anxioussister · 15/09/2024 19:42

how is it any different to reusable nappies? Quite apart from the fewer chemicals / environmental thing - Which I think are brilliant - I think that the texture on my reusable wipes meant they cleaned much more effectively than the disposable ones

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Aussieland · 15/09/2024 19:41

Swiftyvonlifty · 15/09/2024 18:44

Yeah I can't be doing with that either.

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

And fuck the planet…

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 15/09/2024 19:40

Sorry what? Have you not heard of a washing machine?

YellowphantGrey · 15/09/2024 19:40

UmmJsTL3 · 15/09/2024 19:10

@AutumnLeaves91 facial clothes I get and I do wash them over and over. But a shitty nappy or poo stained wipes? Just… no.

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You do know you don't leave the shit in the nappy don't you?! It goes down the toilet and the liner thrown away

Same with wipes, clean them off and pop them in the bucket for soaking before washing

Pre the 80s I'd say almost everyone was reusable nappies? I was born in the 80s and was in them and I used them for DS.

I find it more grim to see used nappies lying around and spilling out of nappy bins in public toilets or strewn across pavements because people have secure their bin bags in bins properly

Saves a fortune too, using reusable

isthismylifenow · 15/09/2024 19:39

TheYearOfSmallThings · 15/09/2024 19:30

It works the same as every other washing machine, and I do not like the idea. It goes against all the processes that absolutely must be followed in a care or medical environment, where chucking it all in a regular washing machine would not be considered sound.

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But your own healthy baby isn't an infection risk as Ill people admitted in hospitals may be.

These are completely different situations.

Admittedly if and when my cloth bummed babies did get a case of d&v the nappies were washed longer and hotter than normal. Or we used disposables to make it easier until it passed. So that infected poop was also going somewhere .... Into landfill. To me that is worse.

CindyBirdsong · 15/09/2024 19:39

I loved our washable nappies and wipes. They were so soft and fresh. We never had the problem of poo staining as we used a liner and the poo went down the loo. All clean and white bleached by sunshine.

Gigi58 · 15/09/2024 19:39

Scottishskifun · 15/09/2024 19:25

Nappies and wipes go on a wash most machines weigh loads and use the right amount of water. You don't need a hot wash they just go into a nappy bucket straight into a wash bag. You wash every day to 2 days 7-8 nappies a day and wipes. Wipes usually get a pre-soak in wet bucket.

Did you automatically throw away any baby clothes which had a nappy explosion on them..........

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Honestly, I can never remember an explosion on an item of clothing as the nappy would have caught the worst of it. Leaks on the edges of bodysuits, yes.

Ariela · 15/09/2024 19:38

UmmJsTL3 · 15/09/2024 18:21

@mumtoababygirl i was not aware of this. Awful.

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How do you know they're awful? You clearly haven't tried them. Soft fluffy (bamboo are best) excellent cleaning ability (one sheet of loo roll goes nowhere), and no bits left behind ( loo roll disintegrates.)

If you don't fancy dealing with poo just use them for wee. Not only good for the planet but good for your body too - so soft!

Porridgeislife · 15/09/2024 19:37

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 did and does the washing of our Cheeky Wipes and was surprised initially how easy it is. He’s actually the biggest fan out of two of us as they clean little bums faster and better than disposable wipes.

MagdaLenor · 15/09/2024 19:37

Utterknowitall · 15/09/2024 19:37

I don't think wipes existed when I was a baby. I expect my mum used a flannel. She definitely used to take a wrung out wet flannel in a tupperware beaker on days out, to wipe our chops with.

That's what my Mum did!

MagdaLenor · 15/09/2024 19:37

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 15/09/2024 19:35

Ok. So it obviously caused major health issues for everyone who had children longer than 40 years ago then, before disposable wipes and nappies became available?

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It's astonishing that the human race survived.

Utterknowitall · 15/09/2024 19:37

I don't think wipes existed when I was a baby. I expect my mum used a flannel. She definitely used to take a wrung out wet flannel in a tupperware beaker on days out, to wipe our chops with.

MagdaLenor · 15/09/2024 19:36

Scirocco · 15/09/2024 19:34

Personally, I'd burn the whole house down and start again. Better safe than sorry.

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😂

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 15/09/2024 19:35

TheYearOfSmallThings · 15/09/2024 19:30

It works the same as every other washing machine, and I do not like the idea. It goes against all the processes that absolutely must be followed in a care or medical environment, where chucking it all in a regular washing machine would not be considered sound.

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Ok. So it obviously caused major health issues for everyone who had children longer than 40 years ago then, before disposable wipes and nappies became available?

MagdaLenor · 15/09/2024 19:35

TheYearOfSmallThings · 15/09/2024 19:30

It works the same as every other washing machine, and I do not like the idea. It goes against all the processes that absolutely must be followed in a care or medical environment, where chucking it all in a regular washing machine would not be considered sound.

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You're at home. Not a care or medical environment. My husband is a biochemist. He did most of the laundry when ours were little, including the reusable cloths and wipes.

TheLette · 15/09/2024 19:35

OP, if you tried them you would instantly realise they are a significantly superior product for the task than disposable wipes. What I personally find is gross is using multiple crappy thin disposable wipes and getting baby shit on my hands in the process. Whereas with a reusable wipe, 1 or 2 wipes do the job better and with no mess on my hands.

Also how do you wash cleaning cloths, like the one you use for cleaning toilets and the floor etc? Or do you just throw them away?!

Scirocco · 15/09/2024 19:34

MagdaLenor · 15/09/2024 19:33

If someone vomits in your household, do you throw everything away? Towels, clothes, bedclothes?

Personally, I'd burn the whole house down and start again. Better safe than sorry.

afrikat · 15/09/2024 19:34

DeCaray · 15/09/2024 19:33

What so you think people used before baby wipes? 🙄

Exactly!

afrikat · 15/09/2024 19:34

OnYourTogs · 15/09/2024 18:59

We used reusable nappies. My husband did most of the laundry. It really wasn't a problem.

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Same here!

MagdaLenor · 15/09/2024 19:33

If someone vomits in your household, do you throw everything away? Towels, clothes, bedclothes?

DeCaray · 15/09/2024 19:33

What so you think people used before baby wipes? 🙄

Scirocco · 15/09/2024 19:33

What do you actually find gross about it?

People have used reusable nappies and cloths for far, far longer than we've had single-use disposable ones, and the disposable ones create a lot of waste.

There are ways to clean them hygienically, similar to how you would clean any other clothes or cloths that got waste on them. It's only poo and urine, after all.