to keep using vests with poo stains for DD?

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DD (17 months) had a poo explosion this morning. Couldn't face dealing with the tights so they've gone in the bin. The vest has been washed but still has unattractive brown stains around the legs. So AIBU to keep dressing her in this vest. No-one can see the stains when she's dressed. Feels wrong but surely it's okay if it's been washed.

YANBU.
I have two children and I have never thrown away a vest on account of poo discolouration before it was outgrown. Not made of money here! Use stain remover and hang it up in the window.

There's no way I could have afforded to replace every vest which was discoloured through staining. I soaked, stuck it through a hot wash and hung it on the line. If the stain was still there, it was still there. You can ewwww and worry about people seeing as much as you like. "They're cheap" is a meaningless statement. If you have a baby who is pooing and leaking on several vests a day and you only just have enough money to get through the month anyway, you can't be wasting cash on dozens of new vests every week.

Use it. If it's been washed it's fine. This is what my lovely bonkers mother would have called a clean dirty stain

Definitely keep using it!

Vanish Gold is your friend.

You don't need a whole scoop in a wash. You can make a tub last yonks. IME it gets everything pretty spotless.

bloody hell, I would still use it, that would cost a fortune to keep replacing poo-stained vests, especially as they'll grow out of them soon enough. I found Vanish got rid of most stains.

You need a bar of vanish soap, it works wonders and lasts for ages. Or dilute some bleach down in a spray bottle and spray some on til the stain lifts out then rinse and wash.

YANBU - it's just a stain on a part of clothing that is hidden under trousers or tights.

I look at it the same way as DD white socks. The soles get discoloured but the top part looks fine. So long as the part you can see is fine then no one will know.

I did stop buying white vests quite early on for this very reason. (well that and tomato based food stains)

Keep using it. The poo stains won't harm her, they're just not nice to look at. I always put a lovely stain free vest on if we go out but what's the harm in wearing a clean, stained one when they're not going to be seen by anyone? Keep them as spares.

Keep using - I wash pooey vests at a high temperature and most of the stain comes out.

Amazed at people who so easily say to toss it and buy more. Incredibly wasteful, and not everyone can afford to throw even cheap stuff away. It is stained, not dirty. The stain will fade through future washings, especially if it can be dried in the sun. Fine for at home, or at night if it's quite cold.

Keep using - but then I send my daughter to nursery in paint stained leggings because if I chucked every pair that got paint on I'd be spending a fortune & replacing them every week! (Bad slovenly mother)

Whenever DS has a pooplosion I put his poopy clothes into the empty bath and blast it with the shower head, cold and on full blast ASAP. Scrub with the stain remover ball that comes with Ariel (I think) and wash as usual. His clothes have never stained by doing this which is surprising really considering his vests have been more poo than fabric at times.

I do exactly the same if I accidentally bleed on anything. Again no stains.

Anyway, no YANBU. Vests are cheap yes, but they are not so cheap they are disposable if they go off colour. For many people at least. As long as they are clean its fine.

Steradent and sunshine.
And Yanbu

I'd wash it again first, having put stain spray on it (I think mine's called Shout). Then I'd use it whether it was still stained or not.

After the first few responses I was thinking I must be far more disgusting than I realised. Reassured that the majority of you would keep using them. I agree that vests are cheap but I can't bear the waste and money is too tight to replace things when it's not necessary.

have you not heard of the expression, Always wear clean underwear, you might get run over by a bus.

would you go out in poo stained knickers OP, then fair enough

Can you not just use them for night time under her pyjamas. No one's going to see them. I wouldn't throw because I used to do this, then forget to buy replacements, then wouldn't have enough in the drawer and would run out if I was behind on the washing, especially in this weather when it's hard to dry them.

I'd keep them for using in bed.

YANBU. Agree with others. drop it in Milton

If my baby was run over by a bus, the last thing on my mind would be whether their perfectly clean clothes had some stain discolouration on them. And no as adults we tend not to go out in poo stained clothes. But as adults most of us don't leak liquid excrement onto a bodysuit or babygro several times a day. And if we do, then really, the opinion of MN is the least of our problems.

HoraceCope

I don't expect the OP goes out wearing disposable underwear made of plastic containing gel/stuffing to absorb urine and contain excrement, either.

Does that mean her baby shouldn't wear nappies, either?

Bleach?

At the end of the day if someone somehow sees a stain on baby's vest, I'm sure they would assume it was a current stain anyway. Personally I don't think about other babies clothes stains in all that depth.

Showy, that made me laugh.