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Original poster

to have put shitty clothes straight into the washing machine??

38 replies

doublecakeplease · 19/10/2012 08:29

Mentioned to Mum that DS (9 months) had leaked spectacularly from his nappy whilst bouncing about in his walker. Her immediate answer was 'well that's you with a sink full of laundry then...'

I was a bit Hmm about it - I'd peeled them off him and chucked them straight in the washer - Mum was disgusted - said I should have washed them by hand in the sink and then soaked them at least overnight - am I now Queen of slatterns??

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MyLastDuchess · 19/10/2012 08:31

Nah, washing machines these days can handle it. It's not like in our parents' day when they had to soak all the nappies etc.

IvorHughJackolantern · 19/10/2012 08:31

I usually wash the excess poo off in the bath then vanish the stain then chuck 'em in the machine. Although in the past when DS has had exploding diahorreah twenty times in a day (he seems to be prone to tummy bugs Hmm) I've just thrown them straight in.

strawberrypenguin · 19/10/2012 08:33

Nope, straight in the washing machine is what I do to!

MrsKeithRichards · 19/10/2012 08:33

Nah yanbu.

That's what washing machines are for.

It might be a generation thing, my mother can't get over me not soaking my nappies. It's enough having a bin full of dirty nappies without them being wet as well!

Shutupanddrive · 19/10/2012 08:33

I usually rinse the poo off in the bath too then chuck it in machine before it has a chance to dry, same with sick!

Original poster
doublecakeplease · 19/10/2012 08:36

Oh thanks buggery - I was having sleep deprived visions of being told 'you're a dirty bitch - go forth and bleach your poor washing machine...' ;)

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BertieBotts · 19/10/2012 08:36

I did washing machine when DS was tiny too. Now he's older and does real poo, if there are any accidents I find it better to chuck the soiled stuff in, run through a rinse and spin and then put the rest of the load in and wash normally. Otherwise everything tends to come out with a slight eau de wee.

Bunbaker · 19/10/2012 08:36

I would have rinsed the worst off by hand before chucking in the washing machine. Imagine all those bits of poo sticking to all the other clothes in the washer - ewww!

VerySmallSqueak · 19/10/2012 08:37

Depends on the quantities.If there's a lot I would probably rinse under the bath taps or scrape off.

SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 19/10/2012 08:37

Yep, straight in the washing machine here, on a hot wash.

RillaBlythe · 19/10/2012 08:37

You might have to pick the chunks out of the rubber seal.

Iggly · 19/10/2012 08:38

YANBU although anything solid I remove first - in the same way you would for food...

valiumredhead · 19/10/2012 08:39

I always hand wash anything like that first then into the machine.

SilverCharm · 19/10/2012 08:40

As long as no solids there, I would have put it in the machine too. If there were chunks, they should have been removed first.

valiumredhead · 19/10/2012 08:40

You might have to pick the chunks out of the rubber seal

^^that's why! Grin I was trying to find a polite way of saying it!

ValiumQueen · 19/10/2012 08:42

I have a poo bucket that I wash stuff out in first, and pour contents down the loo. I use washable nappies though, so am in a routine with it. Same with vomit.

HorraceTheOtter · 19/10/2012 08:43

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KelperRose · 19/10/2012 08:50

err no one hand wash baby poop clothes these days?

wash off/rinse off the worst of the offending shit.

Then sick it in the wahing machine

That is why they were invented .........to wash dirty clothes

CelineMcBean · 19/10/2012 08:51

Remove solids then round on a rinse cycle. Occasionally chuck in some disinfectant if particularly bad. Then add rest of laundry and wash on normal cycle as hot as clothes will allow. This is not the time to be washing at 30 degrees.

Do make sure you give your pipes a good flush every so often on a very hot wash. I have been known to add thin bleach, disinfectant or white vinegar to the monthly machine clean.

Works fine for nappies and now toddler accidents

valiumredhead · 19/10/2012 08:52

It never bothered me tbh,I can think of much worse things you have to do as a parent.

KelperRose · 19/10/2012 08:52

stick in not sick it in ..............although I would be sick at the site of random watery poo

Cahoots · 19/10/2012 08:55

I second whatcelinemacbean says.

poocatcherchampion · 19/10/2012 08:55

Those of you who rinse in the bath - doesn't that mean you then have to clean the bath??

MrsReiver · 19/10/2012 08:57

YANBU, I have a son with encopresis and at the height of it shitty pants went straight in the washing machine. I'd do an extra rinse before drying and chuck white vinegar in an empty cycle once a month to flush the pipes.

sparkle12mar08 · 19/10/2012 08:59

Honestly if pooey clothes are really, really bad I just bin them. But then I've never bought pricey clothes for the boys, most are already second hand from charity shops and NCT sales, or are dirt cheap Tescos own etc. Life is too short to be hand washing and rinsing a pooey £1 baby grow or vest. Trousers and tops I'll deal with as the vest or grow had usually taken the brunt.

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