That you just wash the baby clothes

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I'm in a fb group about babies of an age similar to mine and there are a lot of mums in the US.

A post popped up about nappy leaks/poo explosion/poonamis and the US mums are saying they throw out entire outfits weekly?!?

Now, this is my second child so I'm no stranger to a horrific code brown, but am I being silly I find this incredibly wasteful?

Sure it's hideous, but don't you just crack on with it?

When I said I just scrap/recoil/soak where necessary/loadsa stain remover/wash/job done I was basically a minority.

I know some blow outs are bad but aibu thinking it's just plain frivolous?

I've thrown out vests. Usually the ones that have started to get holes or have stains that would end up going in the bin anyway. Other clothes I've cleaned up and soaked to get rid of the stain.

@JAMMFYesPlease oh yes I'd throw out a vest that was past it's prime etc but they're talking jumpers, trousers, dresses, photos of which show that they're easily saved (and tbh not that bad in a lot of cases).

That is madness.

Admittedly I carry scissors in my nappy bag as previously I have had to cut ds out of his vest when he was caked and we were away from decent wash facilities. But throwing out clothes weekly is just crazy!

Well the US is the most consumerist country in the world, so yes over there its just throw out and buy a new one. Of course its wasteful but that is the free 1st world for you.

No I brought cheap baby clothes so they were expendable. 3 pairs of joggers for less than a tenner or second hand charity shop.
If you buy designer gear more fool you. Mind not US so maybe different but some poo explosions not worth the hassle

@NoNoCharlieRascal again that makes sense and I've been there too, but wouldn't do it at home etc

I think I would Block people displaying poo soaked clothes anyway so problem solved. You have wierd friends

they're talking jumpers, trousers, dresses, photos of which show that they're easily saved

Oh No! That is just wasteful. It has to be beyond salvageable (where the stain is on the outside) for me to throw out if not an old vest. I think I've don't it once with some white leggings. Could not get the stain out no matter what I did!

Yanbu what a waste. I don't remember throwing out any poosplosion clothes. I thoroughly cleaned then and used stain remover.

Not all children leaky poo the same way. The youngest never had a true nappy explosion so nothing was thrown out. The eldest lost quite a few outfits to the poo.

In my experience, some people in the US really are that wasteful. While others lived through the Depression or were raised by people who did and would never dream of doing anything like that.

I was watching Teen Mom and one of the girls cut her daughters baby grow when she did a poopnami and threw it away and I thought that was crazy all it needed was a rinse and some vanish and it would have been fine!

@mybreastsarentbest see I think that's why I ask aibu because husband comes from a family that didn't have much growing up and my parents were alive during the war, so one experienced rationing till he was 10 or so?

I remember thinking I felt terribly "British" on an all inclusive in America in the way we treated buffets etc but it seems to be dying out now in the Uk too.

How many poo leaks are these people having? Do they need to change nappy brands or something? Poo shouldn’t be leaking out that frequently! Maybe I have been lucky, but the worst I’ve ever experienced was DS rolling around mid nappy chage and managing to get his vest tails covered. And that was a one off. He has projectile poo’d on me more than once (also during nappy changes), but I just washed my trousers.

Baby poo doesn’t really stain anyway does it? We use cloth nappies and none of them have become stained, so I can’t imagine how clothes might end up stained beyond salvage.

If it's a large patch on the vest I try to salvage it. If the vest is completely saturated (up to arm holes etc), then I nappy bag it up and bin it. Never the outside outfit though.

I agree with pp who said it's usually a bad nappy fitting. I usually took it as a sign I needed to go up a size.

I found it did stain badly about 50% of the time, that kind of fluorescent yellow poo is the worse culprit (not sure if that's just my kids!)

I've whizzed vests after a shit storm yesterday. Just CBA with the washing/ soaking nonsense.

Not full ensembles though.

Sounds like quite a few. I've got a heavy wetter myself and she normally has a stealth pooh in the early hours. Despite sizing up and trying other brands her pj's have still been washed a few times this week.

I always did my best to clean any clothes with stains,it is wasteful to just throw them away. Ds had reflux so I always had clothes soaking in Vanish

Not everyone has the time or inclination to wash heavily soiled clothes everyday. It’s just something some parents do and not just for parents. Example: One of my friends mums would throw out her and her sister’s period soaked underwear and just buy them new ones as she had MS and could barely hold the house together sometimes.

You pick your battles rightZ

And not just for babies

I don't really understand the poo staining- I'm no stranger to a Code Brown Pooplosion, but none of DD's stuff has been stained, even the white stuff!

Is this a lovely surprise I have waiting on me when it comes to weaning, or is it a difference due to BF/ FF? I keep reading about all these stained clothes and I need to know!

I've had my 3 children in the US and I don't know anyone who would throw away whole outfits in these circumstances. I suspect it might be the demographic of the group you are on. I think we've all throw a vest or onesie out that was past saving/too disgusting but as a matter of routine, I've never heard of this.

Ooooh they have borax over there too. Great stain remover, —and makes good slime too—

I threw out a vest that Ds had to be cut out of for the first time on Monday. Not bad considering he's 12 months old. Those teething poos are pretty epic!

I've had three DC here and I've thrown out two outfits so far that were completely poo soaked.

It's the FB group you are in. They probably lied through their teeth about throwing out clothes. It's a status symbol in some of these communities to never touch poop.