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

[UmmJsTL3]

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

It wouldn't appeal to me, either - that's why I didn't do it. Family wash was completely separate from nappy and wiping cloths. Any poo on the nappy liner was dropped straight in the loo and then nappies and wiping cloths went into a bucket of Napisan. They were all then washed separately on a very hot wash. No tummy bugs or nasty infections in our friendship group while ours were in nappies.

Dear me, I swear people get more dense by the day. Cloth nappies and wipes have been around for eons, as have bodily fluids. No, just use disposable plastic nappies though because what's a few extra tonnes into landfill? The nappies are more toxic than their contents. What sort of planet are you wanting your child to live on @UmmJsTL3? Will they thank you for adding to the stress it is already under just because you couldn't cope with a few dirty cloths?

I use them for wees. No bog roll crisis at ours during the pandemic

Nappies and wipes go on a wash most machines weigh loads and use the right amount of water. You don't need a hot wash they just go into a nappy bucket straight into a wash bag. You wash every day to 2 days 7-8 nappies a day and wipes. Wipes usually get a pre-soak in wet bucket.

Did you automatically throw away any baby clothes which had a nappy explosion on them..........

What do you think everyone did before disposable nappies became popular? Have you never heard of terry nappies?!

This will blow your mind. When I was a baby the terry nappies were put in a pale and soaked until The Nappy Man came. He would take the dirty ones away and drop off clean ones. He would then launder the dirty ones. So, the nappies were communal, essentially.
There are nappy services I think in big cities that still do this now.

The dc are 25 and 21. Washable nappies, washable wipes from birth. Dh did more than his fair share of the washing.
As adults we use flannels to wash and dry bums. Stored and washed same way as the nappies once were.
It’s not a new concept.
Disposable nappies and wipes are an invention the environment could have done without!

I said family washing machine and that is what I meant. It is the same machine and I just don't like the idea of shitty cloths in one wash, pillows and facecloths in the next.

I know. What an extraordinary approach, with everything we know now.

Does your washing machine not work very well?

So what dis you do when potty training or a baby poo explosion???? Did you throw away every single piece of clothing.......

The machine doesn't remain dirty after a wash. Is that what worries you? Put your hand in, put your face in and smell - it's perfectly clean.
You can always run an empty wash with soda crystals every so often.

It works the same as every other washing machine, and I do not like the idea. It goes against all the processes that absolutely must be followed in a care or medical environment, where chucking it all in a regular washing machine would not be considered sound.

Washed all our reusable nappies in the washing machine, all very happy and healthy!

What do you actually find gross about it?

People have used reusable nappies and cloths for far, far longer than we've had single-use disposable ones, and the disposable ones create a lot of waste.

There are ways to clean them hygienically, similar to how you would clean any other clothes or cloths that got waste on them. It's only poo and urine, after all.

What so you think people used before baby wipes? 🙄

If someone vomits in your household, do you throw everything away? Towels, clothes, bedclothes?

Same here!

Personally, I'd burn the whole house down and start again. Better safe than sorry.

Exactly!

OP, if you tried them you would instantly realise they are a significantly superior product for the task than disposable wipes. What I personally find is gross is using multiple crappy thin disposable wipes and getting baby shit on my hands in the process. Whereas with a reusable wipe, 1 or 2 wipes do the job better and with no mess on my hands.

Also how do you wash cleaning cloths, like the one you use for cleaning toilets and the floor etc? Or do you just throw them away?!

You're at home. Not a care or medical environment. My husband is a biochemist. He did most of the laundry when ours were little, including the reusable cloths and wipes.

Ok. So it obviously caused major health issues for everyone who had children longer than 40 years ago then, before disposable wipes and nappies became available?

😂

I don't think wipes existed when I was a baby. I expect my mum used a flannel. She definitely used to take a wrung out wet flannel in a tupperware beaker on days out, to wipe our chops with.

It's astonishing that the human race survived.