To rewash dd's clothes at 60?

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I have stayed up late to wait for the washing to finish which was all 7 month old DD's clothes. After it was finished I noticed that my DP had turned the washing machine down at 30. The wash included a very poo covered vest. I usually wash her clothes at 50. AIBU to rewash all the clothes at 50, particularly as there was a pooey vest in the wash? Very annoyed at DP for turning the washing machine down. So tired that I have lost all sense of perspective.

Sunshine will bleach out stains even if it's raining or cloudy. But that is stain removal, not antibacterial drying.

Wow, I am surprised at all the lengths everyone goes to for decontamination.

Surely a bit of leaked poo from a healthy infant doesn't warrant those sorts of measures?

Diarrhoea or vomit you should wash hot and take care over - because they are body fluids from people that are ill, and you are trying to avoid spreading it. I would also take especial care with, say, dog or cat poo, and might soak that in napisan or bleach or something.

But hysteria over poo from a child that you are just having to deal with because they aren't potty trained is a bit OTT surely? They aren't incontinent because they are ill, it's completely different.

I used cloth nappies for about 5 years (2 DC). I just tipped the poo down the toilet, rinsed any obvious bits off the nappies with a jet of cold water, put the nappies in a lidded bucket until I cam to wash them. Washed my hands with soap and water. No need for soaking or antibacterial sprays or anything of that kind.

30 is fine, unless she has a tummy bug. I washed washable nappies at 30 most of the time and they were always clean.
Hang on the line in the sun to get rid of any stains. Sunlight will kill germs too.

I had DC in washable nappies and worked full time...
I did soak in Napisan (as others have said has been around forever ) or, if I could get any, environmentally friendly nappy soak. I still have Napisan for upset tummies/sicky/grim things etc - rarely used but handy to have.

Nappies I used to rinse in machine in the morning before leaving, wash (with other things) on as soon as I got home. (I hang stuff on the line outside overnight (odd like that) but also you could put it on an airer -or tumble when you get up)
When she was out of nappies I'd fill the machine in the morning, powder in and everything and then turn it on as soon as I got home...load was finished by the time dinner had been eaten and tidied up. If I was super keen I would get another load on then before bed. Then, with less washing, I moved onto Sunday being main laundry day (she has a noon activity so can't go anywhere until late afternoon anyway).
I generally wash everything in together at 40 -pants, socks, teatowels, do the odd 50 for whites. And a frequent yearly 90 deg service wash for the machine.
I don't have antibac sprays, no hand santisier etc.
(After prepping raw meat, especially chicken I do sometimes give the work top, board and knife a wipe with milton but more cos of campylobacter and salmonella. Most of the real nasties come from soil - things like B. cerus, C. perfringens, E.coli 157 - and a lot of those can't be killed or made safe by cooking...so you should be just as concerned by veg/salad prep.)

Anyway we are never sick - upset tummies. In fact my DCs are never sick full stop...DD1 often complains it isn't fair in 10yrs of school has only had a few days off sick...DD2 in school 4 yrs a bit more but cos she had chicken pox when school age....

I would have binned it or washed at 95 degrees.
Your partner sounds like a tedious control freak.

I would have chucked the vest in the bin tbh.

I feel like I've stepped into a different world when I open these threads! I'm not fazed by a poo stain, and would also do a 30 or 40 wash. I'm also a bit of a bore and worry about wasting water and resources so no, wouldn't rewash.

Christ. If I chucked every poo covered item of clothing away it would cost a fortune (and be a waste of nice clothes). My baby is 7 months and still does huge explosive poos!

If I had thrown the vest away every time one of mine had leaked poo onto it I would have thrown all of their baby vests out.

I didn't do that. I rinsed the poo out so that it was just a stain and no solids, sometimes soaked it for a bit, and then just washed everything on 40. It was always fine, and after almost 20 years of parenting we are all still here, clean and health.

I guess I am just such a slattern anyway.

I'm about to dig the poo stained vests out that DD1 wore in a month to put them on #2 LOL.

I also risk our lives every other night by cooking with meat and placing raw meat on surfaces that don't see much sanitizing beyond soap and water .

I would have binned it or washed at 95 degrees.
Your partner sounds like a tedious control freak.

You are throwing away perfectly good clothing and have a specific wash setting to clean others in and HE sounds like the control freak lol okay.

p.s. I adore the Grey Gardens women. Respect to your username.

I thought you were 60 and had rewashed your grown up daughter's clothes me too!

Yes re wash at 60, I do most of ours at 60 now, had a few infestations...say no more...60 kills bugs and germs and (eggs)

They do say this obsession with disinfectant may be linked to the increase in allergies.

I'm wondering what all these people boil-washing pooey vests do with their DC's pooey bottom.

Don't forget all, don't go to bed, leaving washing machine on, be safe x

Dh's aunty's tumble dryer caught fire. Fortunately she was awake. Nobody should be leaving washing machine, tumble dryer or dishwasher on when asleep.

Anyway yes op, I'd rewash the clothing at 60 degrees.

I tried only washing and tumble drying clothes when I was home and paying attention.

The resulting pile of dirty laundry was a stinking health hazard.

PannaDoll Yup. I just am not a fan of poo-stained clothes, baby poo or otherwise. ButI can't get hugely worked up about the issue.

Thanks

Why would people rewash unnecessarily? Modern detergents are designed to work at lower temperatures.

Check to see if the vests are still stained, and then maybe rewash or soak if needed. Just rewashing a bit hotter is a complete waste of time and money.

Sleep is way more important. No way I'd wash it again (but then I wash everything at 30). I tumble dry my stuff so any germs left over would be killed. Xx

Hand sanitizer is wierd, yes is sanitises the germs but they are still on your hand ( along with a load of gloop). Just wash the germs off with basic soap and water

Most reusable nappies now say don't soak in anything as it destroys waterproof liner, and wash at 40. Personally we washed at 60 but had a different brand which said that was ok.

We always wash and tumble dry and dishwasher on at night and When out . We all leave house by 8.30am ( half of us by 7am), and nobody is home until 7pm earliest. Usually we put dishwasher on after dinner around 9pm and its a 3hr cycle, and washing goes in before bed on a timer into washer dryer so turns on at 4am, washes, drys and is finishes by 7am when we can quickly fold and put away

Old gimmer here. Two DCs, no disposable nappies, and I never once washed a nappy...
As pp have said, solids went down loo, then they went into a bucket of Napisan and every morning I got them out, rinsed in several bowls of clean water, put the odd one that still had a few marks on it back into a fresh solution and left it until the next day.
Then they were just hung out to dry, or dried on a clothes horse in the winter. Hey presto, lovely white nappies ready to reuse..!
Two healthy adults are testimony to the fact that this was all that was required...

Bloody hell some of you lot are wasteful! Throw out a poo-stained vest?! What? So it ends up in landfill?!

Washing at 30 for most garments will be fine - if you're worried about this one vest, then as others have said, peg it out in the sun! Sunshine will not only kill any bacteria remaining but bleach out any stains - it is amazing!

I had a baby jumper out of the wash this week (washed at 40), knitted cotton and still with a bright orange mango stain on it. Thought it as done for, but whacked on the line for an afternoon and all trace of the stain is gone!

Redo it. I wash all of 8 month old DS clothes at 60 anyway.
Tbh if we end up with a manky best situation, I just chuck them away

I can't believe how wasteful some people are with just throwing away clothing when they can just wash it properly

Old gimmer here. Two DCs, no disposable nappies, and I never once washed a nappy...

Everything that you said in your post applies to me! And yes, two healthy children who grew into 30-something healthy adults were the result. I can't ever recall the utter horror over "The Horror That Is Poo" either.