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Nappies in the kitchen bin

170 replies

MountCrumpit · 26/12/2017 17:43

Over the course of Christmas we've visited, and been visited by my sister and her family. My DN is 2 and obviously in nappies.
Both at hers, and ours, I've noticed a pile of soiled (varying degrees) nappies going into the kitchen bin and staying there for however long it takes the bin to get full.

Now I'm a bit weird about bins, never put anything wet in them, taken out every day etc... But I find keeping soiled nappies inside the house, in the kitchen bin, repulsive!
AIBU? Would I quickly get over it if I had kids if my own?

OP posts:
RavingRoo · 27/12/2017 02:11

Dirty Nappies should always go in the main bin / bag outside. No two ways about it. Everything else is just grim and I’m balking at some of the posters who would use their kitchen bin like this.

babymouse · 27/12/2017 02:17

Better in a bin with a lid than a pile of nappies in a bag by the back door (looking at you BIL/SIL)!

(They also also change their kid's in the front room for everyone's olfactory enjoyment) 🤢

OtterInDisgrace · 27/12/2017 02:24

Think yourself lucky. My neighbours chuck theirs in their garden where they sit along with the dog shit and bin bags for MONTHS until they can be arsed to have a clear out.

notangelinajolie · 27/12/2017 02:32

I don't even have a kitchen bin so soiled nappies and kitchen bins in the same sentence is making me feel positively sick. You need to tell her to put her nappies in a nappy bag which then goes in the outside bin. Urgh! Disgusting woman, her own kitchen must stink Shock And no - having your own kids does not desensitise you to basic good hygiene practice.

SparkleFizz · 27/12/2017 02:43

We put wet nappies in the kitchen bin, but soiled nappies go straight into the wheelie bin.
I can’t stand the smell if a soiled nappy is sitting in the kitchen bin. Emptying the kitchen bin daily wouldn’t be often enough for me if it had soiled nappies in it.

Bowerbird5 · 27/12/2017 02:45

Urk!
Ask her to stop doing it. Buy some nappy bags and give them to her tomorrow. They should go outside. Stinky nappies in kitchen bin is a big no no!

Lucylululu · 27/12/2017 03:11

Hmm because everything else in the kitchen bin is delightful...

silkybear · 27/12/2017 03:23

my wheelie bin is down two flights of concrete steps in the garden and its currently about 1 degree and they are covered in ice. I have a just turned 2 year old and a 9 wk old newborn both in nappies. would love to see some of these posters struggle to take 10-15 nappies out there a day with 2 babies in tow, or leave them unsupervised, instead of using an indoor bin and empty it daily Confused

PollyBanana · 27/12/2017 04:47

I can't believe people put soiled nappies in the kitchen bin!
You don't put your own poop in there, do you?

If you don't want to go outside, have a designated indoor bin for nappies just not the kitchen one

ItsChristmoose · 27/12/2017 07:06

I wonder why people don't put their own poop in bags in the kitchen bin.....oh yeah! Because were toilet trained so it's unnecessary. Hmm

Such a good argument there.

howthelightgetsin · 27/12/2017 07:11

All nappies go in the kitchen bin here Blush

It’s the bin that is emptied the most often - probably every other day.

I’m not trapping outside every time I change a nappy! And nor am I buying a specific bin.

howthelightgetsin · 27/12/2017 07:11

You don't put your own poop in there, do you?

I don’t think you’re allowed to flush nappies down the toilet..?

Amatree · 27/12/2017 07:16

I find it vile too OP and would have to say something if someone did that in my house. We have a sangenic nappy bin by the changing table which is emptied frequently and perfectly designed to be hygienic and smell-free. The thought of a human poo in the kitchen makes me want to vomit!

Rainatnight · 27/12/2017 07:17

Nope, would never put dirty nappies into kitchen bin. Wouldn't it just really smell? We have an outdoor nappy bin directly under DD's bedroom window, and all nappies get dropped into there. (She's first floor, bin is ground floor, before anyone asks if you can smell it from her room). Might occasionally put a wee nappy into bathroom bin if I'm knackered.

But the main issue, whatever a bunch of random MN-ers do, is that she should ask what you want done in your home.

Amatree · 27/12/2017 07:18

When at other people's houses we take dirty nappies straight out to the black bin.

StepAwayFromGoogle · 27/12/2017 08:19

Eh? If nappies are wrapped in nappy bags I.e. you can't smell them, what's the issue with them going in the kitchen bin? They aren't going to jump out, unravel themselves and start smearing shit around your kitchen.

SparkleFizz · 27/12/2017 08:22

Soiled nappies still smell when they’re wrapped in a nappy bag.

meandmytinfoilhat · 27/12/2017 08:30

I put my sons nappies in the kitchen bin. I lived in a flat when I had him and couldn't have went downstairs to the main bin every time I needed to change his nappy.

If you don't want your sister to do that then say or have a smaller bin nearby to put them in so they can be taken straight outside.

Fffion · 27/12/2017 08:34

You should have told her where you needed her to put the nappies. As you have said, you knew DN was in nappies, so clearly she had a disposal need. Good hospitality from you would have meant that she wouldn’t have to make the wrong decision.

MichaelFabricantsHair · 27/12/2017 08:38

I wouldn't put an adult's (or even dog/cat) shit directly into my kitchen bin, bag or no bag; just because it's come from a child doesn't make it any less smelly or change the fact it's shit and should ideally be flushed down the toilet. If it couldn't be flicked off the nappy into the toilet then it went straight outside.

But I'm not remotely bothered what other people put in their kitchen bins, the bin police I am not Grin

TheDowagerCuntess · 27/12/2017 09:10

It's a bit grim having human poo hanging around in a kitchen. There's a reason we have sewers...

TheDowagerCuntess · 27/12/2017 09:12

People do become utterly desensitised to their own offspring's shit.

You will get people arguing that it's perfectly acceptable to change a baby's nappy on the kitchen table, using the family silver - and if you have a problem with it, you're upright.

SkaPunkPrincess · 27/12/2017 09:13

I only put dried scented flower petals and potpourri in all the bins in my home. anything else gets immediately wrapped and bagged up and taken in the car to the dump. then I sanitize the area and take a shower.

Anything else is just completely disgusting and i feel sick at the thought of someone doing anything less.

otherdoor · 27/12/2017 09:26

*I only put dried scented flower petals and potpourri in all the bins in my home. anything else gets immediately wrapped and bagged up and taken in the car to the dump. then I sanitize the area and take a shower.

Anything else is just completely disgusting and i feel sick at the thought of someone doing anything less.*

Grin

At other people's houses I always ask them what I should do with nappies.

In my own house, I can't think of anything worse than leaving them in the porch/outside front door! How disgusting for visitors! That's far worse than putting them in the kitchen bin IMO.

FluffyWuffy100 · 27/12/2017 09:35

I can’t get too upset about a soiled nappy, tied securely in a nappy sack, put in a lidded kitchen bin lined with a bin bag that gets taken out to the wheelie bin regularly.