To think surely other people must also think it’s gross to…

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use re useable wipes for a baby/toddler?? I get saving the planet etc etc but surely too far?!

That's just ridiculous, particularly with the wipes. Every single time you wipe your baby, the wipe gets thrown away?

@UmmJsTL3 not putting the faeces down the toilet is significantly more disgusting than a reusable wipe. I'm not sure I ever heard it, it is basic common sense, but then I guess there may be idiots who shit in the bin.

It has struck me however that if there are twits who put poo in the bin, it may explain one of the prevailing issues relating to potty training. If the tot sees the poo go into the loo, they make a tangible association. If, however, they see it remain in the nappy, they do not. Food for thought perhaps.

And yet we bag and bin dog poo.

I don't. I have an outside toilet and it gets flushed. I don't want my wheelie bin being all stank out in 30 degree temperatures by dog poo.

I dare say if I didn't have an outside toilet I would still flush it.

I don’t know any my age, except my friend who intended to but she also had a tough newborn period where it was no longer a priority unfortunately. I’m in my thirties, live in an affluent but still diverse area of Central London and socialise with many parents from a wide range of ages and backgrounds in the various baby groups I go to. A few of my old friends voted Green, as did some of my new friends I’ve met since becoming a mother. As any parents will know, nappy output (and feeding habits) dominates conversation an awful lot in the early days. Of course I won’t know about others I don’t know so well or where it hasn’t cropped up in conversation somehow.

It’s really great that so many on this thread use reusable, suggesting that far more do than I have experienced. I will definitely give it a go with my second baby. Hopefully they won’t be another pooing machine who also goes through several outfit changes a day with vomit to minimise laundry.

Have you never heard of a flannel?

I was thinking exactly that!

I'm quite old, but finding it hilarious how shocked people are at things that have been done for generations. Washing with a flannel indeed! The disgrace 😂

OP do you throw cleaning cloths away after one use, or underpants???
find it absolutely bizarre that you’d think it wasn’t possible to clean things.

I bought flushable cat litter, but apparently cat poo is full of nasties that mustn't be flushed.
All poo has to go somewhere of course, but the only reason it's less disgusting to flush it is the gallons of chemicals used to purify our drinking water.
As usual it's all a big compromise, but in regard to the OP, I don't know anybody who's become ill as a result of using washable wipes.

I say this politely but I personally don’t think they are like for like so I’m not sure why this comparison keeps being made.

Washing one’s face with a cloth and even underwear - which I don’t recall soiling since a very young child - is not the same as a disposable nappy or wipe which is sometimes initially covered in faeces before the cleaning process begins. Some nappies are easier to deal with than others (without going into too much detail), but poonamis as they’re known are pretty common too.

I understand they can both be cleaned but they aren’t really that comparable, in my opinion.

My husband was more than capable of taking Terry nappies out of the sterilising bucket and putting them in the washing machine and switching it on. Come to that, so was my Dad (born 1929) if he had to, which he did, but only occasionally. Switching on an appliance and sorting out the results at the end (washing machines, dishwashers) is hardly hard work. And it's also not "work for women". That's your own mindset.

If it's a lot, use toilet paper and flush. Then use the reusable wipes.
Every single nappy change are you using disposable wipes and a disposable nappy?

What makes you think that women have to wash them?

Yes, as are all the families I know personally with children my DC’s age which I mentioned above. I also mentioned how diverse the families are before anyone assumes I/we must all be uneducated/not give a hoot about the environment/[insert other assumption]. However, as I said in a post above, I am definitely going to try disposable nappies at least with my second. My first baby was quite difficult due to her health - specifically her digestive health.

How is it different to re-usable nappies or are they 'gross' too?

Some babies can be more tricky than others.
Did you mean to say that you're going to try reusables?.

Yes! I meant cloth ones! Oh dear - we had a tough night!

Been there! I hope it gets better. This isn't about creating extra work, but just habits which end up more sustainable, better for the baby- and cheaper!
Small steps. Think about maybe starting with the wipes, and moving on from there.

We use reusable wipes. They’re not much more work (I don’t think, you see… my HUSBAND does the cheeky wipe admin!), and the occasions we do use wet wipes (long haul travel) I end up cursing them as they are ineffective and leave my child with a sore bum.

They’re useful for all sorts around the house as well. Bought a second lot for household cleaning.

Must admit tho, if I still had children in nappies I would be washing it all on a hot wash.

40° would not be hot enough for me, and I wouldn't mix the contents of the wash either - just as I didn't back in the day

If you use bio washing powder it’s actually less effective at high temperatures.

I don't. Only non-bio

I am currently using reusables with my newborn, but both me and my husband have noticed they seem to have gone out of fashion a bit again.

When we had our other child almost 7 years ago, I had a few friends who used them and regularly met people at baby groups who were.

I think nowadays there are more (supposedly but actually not) compostible/green options for disposable nappies which is probably the reason, plus there is still a prevailing attitude as this thread shows that it is difficult and time consuming.
I don't even do this bucket malarkey people keep referring to. They go in a large wetbag. Then in machine once every 2/3 days.

Yes, absolutely - more premium nappy brands labelled as eco-friendly such as Kit & Kin seem very popular in my area.