to throw baby's clothes away if soiled?

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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.

Well seeing as my kids clothes rarely have a ‘serious amount of poo’ on them like I said, I doubt I’m contributing to them not being able to live in a habitable place but go off!

I used to bung the nappies in with the regular wash, I just added a scoop of Napisan and they came out fine. Any laundry sanitiser will do though.

Thank you this is literally my point😂

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I love that one. 🤣

OP, of course you wash the clothes. Sluice any solids off under the cold tap (outdoor tap if you have one and would prefer). Soak in Napisan, Miltons or Vanish overnight or for a couple of hours. Then chuck into the washing machine with the next load using a good biological laundry detergent (plus laundry cleanser if desired).

Hang outside in direct sunif you have an outdoor area. If you don't then dry indoors on a clothes horse positioned in as much sunlight as possible.

I only threw stuff out when DD2 and DD3 had worn massive holes in the seats of things, which they both did because both were bum-shufflers. 🙄

Unless the clothes are literally unsalvageable of course it's a massive waste to throw things out rather than washing them.

Baby's clothes don't stay clean, a few marks on a babygro is hardly the end of the world.

DS had impressive poonamis once a week. Everything was rinsed off and popped in the machine with a scoop of napisan. Nothing was ever stained and I don't recall ever throwing anything anyway.

But then when our cat was trapped in our bedroom all day and did a massive shit on the duvet, we replaced the duvet, but the cover was rinsed and washed - still have it 12 years or so later, again no stains, and the cat beds go in the machine as well.

lazy townie Me wake up? 😂. Everyone should care and stating that 'millions of people don't' isn't the best argument to also allow you to not care.

'It's only one plastic bag, said 6 million people'

Ridiculous attitude to have.

I would.

Just wait until you have a potty training toddler. If I threw away every pair of pants/leggings my youngest horror of a DC had pooed in, I’d be bankrupt! 😩

Do you have OCD?

My ds had medical issues, he vomited and produced leaky poonamis numerous times every day. I'd easily fill a load with just his stuff in a day or day and a half.

A rinse under running water, stain remover on the item, bio detergent then wash at the correct temperature for the garment was perfectly fine.

If there were indelible stains that nothing would get out at all then I'd just use it for "at home".

I didn’t put any words in her mouth or overstate anything. I’m going with what she said, as I have illustrated. You have no actual response to that, but feel compelled to keep going. That’s certainly typical of MN. As is you being antagonistic and then claiming someone else is.

You tagged me and I have responded. So, the dogged person is definitely you. I’m going to stop responding now, though. Zero interest in feeding whatever is wrong with you.

Rinse off any residue then wash. Line drying in sunlight removes most stains. For bacteria concerns( which are killed by bio washing powder and hot water anyway) there are antibac additivrs for washing machines. Bear in mind you will have food stains in near future and outdoor dirt from crawling outside. You cannot chuck out outfits each time.

Jesus wept. No wonder the world is on fire.

Rinse by hand then wash as normal (& I would do the same for anyone'a clothes in the same situation)

Vanish in the wash or squirt with Tesco stain remover

Sun will help get any stubborn stains out

The amount babies poo it would be incredibly wasteful and bad for the environment to just chuck them away!

Sun gets most stains out then they are good as new. It’s magical.

Worse than that, @Sugarfree23 - once dsis and I no longer needed the terry nappies, mum kept them and used them as washing up cloths! I think the last one gave up the ghost when I was a teenager.

I honestly can't understand someone throwing away perfectly good clothes because they have been soiled or stained - it is so wasteful of the planet's resources!!

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Dry poo stained stuff in the sun, the stains will fade.

You're going to be throwing away a lot of clothes otherwise, that sounds incredibly wasteful!

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius same, Terry nappies that I had worn lasted decades as tea towels!

I have on occasion peeled poo covered clothes off a baby and directly into a bin. I've also cut vests off a baby with scissors.

But only for extremely soiled clothes where the whole middle section is completely covered. Otherwise I just rinse the worst off and stick in washing machine. They usually come out clean.

Huge poo explosion all over, I throw it in the bin. Bit of poo that's come out the side or leaked at the too of the nappy? Rinse and chuck in the washing machine.

I think I've probably thrown out about 10 items each child so 20 which I don't think is too bad

I wash everything on 40 with normal eco friendly detergent on a quick wash. No rinsing. Might use napisan if particularly soiled. Never had to throw any baby clothes away and they never stained, it always came out. We also wash 🤷‍♀️
We are all still alive.

if you have a poonamy then immediately put the pink stuff on the poo after rinsing the item in cold water, then wash asap if you can or leave in the water to soak.

if there is food stuff on baby clothing then use a cool wash to get out food stains (cook in food stains/blood on a hot wash) and if its anything else a hot wash to get rid of stains.

If when you get the item out of the machine the stain hasn't come out - don't tumble dry, soak immediately and try again with stain remover.

as other pp said, use a bucket, get a bucket for soaking clothing.