to throw baby's clothes away if soiled?

[inftup]

Putting in the washing machine seems gross!! DH says most people wash anything a baby has used but I can’t think this would come out clean?! We have an eco friendly machine that doesn’t go higher than 60 degrees and below 90 just makes me even more nervous about it.

Baby poonamis tend to be pretty easy to clean. We had a ton of them with my first. I think the only times I threw anything with either of my children was when potty training and we had a couple of very horrible poo accidents. As another poster said you might as well get used to it as children’s wiping ability remains iffy for a little while. They also have a habit of grass staining clothes and getting white board pen on stuff. I’ve become much more chilled about stains as mine have grown. I probably wouldn’t have been the parent sending a child into nursery with stained clothes with my first.

I've thrown away a couple of poonami baby clothes. Where it's just been soooo covered, I just thought "fuck that" and chucked it away.
One time I had my sons pooey pants come home from nursery after an accident. I didn't even open the bag they were tied up in - straight in the outside dustbin. Sometimes life is just too short for poo in a 50p pair of kids pants.

I don't think op is talking about every time they poo🙄it's the explosive ones that go up to their arm pits

I suppose someone with no money worries or care for the environment might do this but back in the real world give them a soak and a wash and carry on regardless

This. Early on there were a couple of items we had to cut off as the explosion was so bad, but generally Napisan was my best friend.

Bless you. I hated the breast fed explosion where did that bloody awful colour come from. I used to soak in a bucket with a lid with napisan. Would use Milton's these days. Chuck in washing machine on a rinse. Pull out to check. Then wash as normal. I used terries with all three. I'm still using as dusters 21 years on.

@inftup as a new Mom, do you know that the funny shape at the top of vests etc is so it's wide enough to pull DOWN the body in the event of a poo disaster, rather than cutting it or taking it over their head?

Op has clearly said she's worried about germs and her baby. She might be wrong in her worry, but berating her for, in her mind, putting her child's health first, isn't helpful.

Rinse in cold water, in the washing machine at 40, if the stain persists hang on the washing line until it's gone, the sun works wonders on poo and food stains. Nothing gross about putting them in the washing machine, that's its job!

The most effective way to get out biological stains well needs biological detergent and 60 degrees temperature. Not all biological detergents are created equal - I've done a lot of trial and error with this and my favorite is Ariel colour which I think has better results than Bold or Surf etc.

A lot of cotton stuff doesn't shrink in a hot wash but would do in a tumble dryer. It's more a tumble dryer that shrinks - not everything though but pure cotton is quite tolerent of a high temperature WASH.

For babies or people with allergies, I'd then do a second wash with Fairy or non-bio detergent on a short cycle and possibly another rinse if it's very detergenty.

I have tried everything and found cold water hand wash with imperial leather soap (the beige one) be the most effective. Then a dettol wash and the stains will be completely gone.

Stains aren't harmful. Just wash them and use stain remover 🤷🏻‍♀️ We've become so wasteful as a society and it's just not sustainable.

I'd add this is a good way of keeping whites white if you wash them separately - sheets towels and so on. A 60 degree wash with bio detergent works really well

This pains me as much as the people on here insisting they change their beds every other day and towels after one use. I just assume their joking or stupid because no one can care about the environment and the planet so little they'd actually do that surely.

I put on the rinse setting first (to clear the bulk of the grossness) then a proper wash with the rest of the baby clothes. I’ve only ever had two items that the poo stains remained in and I did bin those. You sound like you’ve got a lot though? Maybe you need stronger detergent?

YABU and wasteful. I used cloth nappies and wipes with my babies 17 years ago. The same nappies even got reused for second baby (I did treat him to a few new ones as well though!). Soaked them before washing in the machine and they came out clean. There was the odd one with stains that wouldn’t shift but they were just that- stains. Not actually harbouring bacteria. In much the same way that I have a few pairs of pants that I only wear during my period because they already bear slight stains from previous leaks. No one can see them, and the stains do not smell or carry bacteria.

Re the comment upthread about the photo of a baby poo stain that apparently looked like baby had been eating turmeric- there’s nothing unusual about that at all- that is the colour of bf baby poo. I’d have been unnerved if my babies had produced brown poo at that age!

I’d like to think so but someone upthread actually said ‘I don’t care about waste or the environment or whatever…’

The climate crisis is just ‘whatever’ to some people.

I just assume their joking or stupid because no one can care about the environment and the planet so little they'd actually do that surely.

@DidyouNO is this a serious question? There are millions of people who do not care at all about the environment and the planet as well as many who don't believe global warming is something man can do anything about or control not to mention those who just don't see the point in acting in an environmentally conscious way while China and countries with huge carbon outputs do nothing.

I'm shocked that you are so naive to ask this with your little 'surely" at the end. Wake up.

I soak them in Napisan in a bucket and then put them through a 40C wash - I don’t bother with 60C.

The stains do not mean there is bacteria left on. I’m also quite hygiene aware, and both my children have been totally fine with that. In fact my eldest was never ill until she went to nursery at 1, so it didn’t harm her in any way.

You don't say.

A stain does not equal "bacteria". And anyway, not all bacteria are harmful. I suggest you don;t start googling about the millions/billions of bacteria you have in/on you. So wasteful to be throwing stuff away that could be cleaned and reused multiple times.

Top tip- soak soiled clothing in cold water and rub some non bio detergent into the stain. Pop in the washing machine and the stain will be no more! Do not let thr stain dry into the clothing as this can be harder to get out. I only figured this out on my third child 😀but as PP have said, the sun will bleach stains out also

The stain won't do any harm. I used to use the shower head in the bath to rinse away the 'bits' then leave soaking in the bath overnight, followed by into the washing machine. I also didn't believe in dressing up babies daily, just the nappy, vest, and baby grow. Cheap as chips and much less hassle to mind and clean.

Presumably you dont shit yourself daily?

No, you dont throw them away. You rinse off the worst of it, chuck it in a bucket of napisan to soak then bung in the machine. We pretty much always had a bucket on the go! Dry in the sun, disinfects and stain goes away.

This sounds like new mum worries, don't worry, we have all been there.
Keep the clothes, baby wears when in the house and after a few more washed the stain will soften or disappear. dry it out in the sunshine and the stain disappears almost every time.

Don't throw away everything, you'll run out Babies are filthy!

Also baby poo before solids is soluable, it just melts away in the machine and drains away. It's not dirty or dangerous, it's fine.

Pre-soaking is your friend, then hanging them out to dry in the sun (it has a bleaching effect)

Good luck