Changing the Cloth Nappied Baby - What to do w/the poo?

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K, help a newbie out here!

So your cloth nappied baby does a poo. You've got her on her matt on the floor. You also have a nearly 3-year-old toddler. Do you just chuck the entire mess - liner and all - into the nappy bucket and rinse them later?

Or do you do it there and then?

Liners. This whole liner thing.

Let me see if I have this straight - some paper liners, you just flush it down the pan w/all the poo. Fleece ones you have to rinse and then wash.

Where hte hell do you rinse all that poo?

Boosters. I don't get it. You have the nappy, you have the liner, you have the wrap that goes over it.

What's with the booster?

HELP!

I use a flushable liner and flush liner and poo down the loo at some stage in the day. Sometimes I forget and leave by bathroom door for dh to tread in at bathtime - oops.

I am fairly new to the cloth nappy thing, but here is what I do.

NB DD is 7 months and her poos are generally fairly solid now, which does help.

She has fleece liners and I find that I only need to hold the liner over the toilet and the poo falls off. When she has had a less solid poo, I have held the liner in the toilet and flushed it (while holding onto the liner) and most poo came off.

I put a booster in overnight, as it will soak up more wee (I don't change her overnight).

What sort of nappies are you using?

the boosters are for soaking up more pee - some babies are heavier wetters than others. I only use a booster at night, during the day I use a fleece liner and occasionally a paper if the poos aren't all that solid....if there has been a loose poo on the fleece liner or even the nappy I hold them in the toilet and rinse them as I flush the toilet, then put them in the bucket
I try to do it just after changing the baby as it gets smelly otherwise ( although my older one is nearly 5 not 3, so bit easier)

I've only ever used the paper liners, but in the event that the poo was a bit more than the liner could manage I would always rinse the nappy down the loo. Yes, I did stick my hand in, up-and-down-up-and-down, till the nappy was not quite so orange or yellow anymore, then I'd stick it in the nappy bin.
Boosters, i don't know, never heard of them.
Hth

And wash my hands after

Rainbow bots and Motherease All in One.

I also have a 2.5 year old by the way.

the boosters with the MEAIO are really bulky, I hardly ever use them I use microfleece cloths from tescos cut to fit as boosters instead ( at night)

I also use Rainbow bots - DD looks very lovely in her pretty coloured nappies :)

I dry pail the nappies (ie leave them in the nappy bin until I get round to washing them rather than soaking them in anything).

Paper liner chuck in down the loo straightaway. Fleece liner hold in loo and flush, easier straightaway but hey your choice!
It is easier once weaning more solid. Also easier if you get in the habit of changing in the bathroom.

Boosters only required for overnight or extreme peeing babies, they go between nappy and wrap.

Are you all sorted out with nappies then? I never got an email from you. Let me know if you still want a look cos I am moving out of Edinburgh in a fortnight.

MEOS oops
rainbow tots are so cute! dd2 has just grown out of hers, so am thinking of buying some more...

I'm pretty chuffed about this and want to give it a go.

But just wondered what to do w/the pooey ones at the moment you need to do a change w/said toddler lurking round, ready to cause trouble.

Does your nappy pail fasten closed so toddler can't get into it?

yes, the 3 year old is the fun bit.
what I used to do was to stand by the loo trying to flick bits off into the water while DS tried to push past my legs and drop toys in. On one memorable occasion he succeeded with DD's adored toy doctor's bleeper.
then would give up and throw away re-usable fleece liner.
or would put it in washing machine on rinse cycle before washing whole thing.
disposable liners are the answer IMHO.

Boosters are for extra wee, some children just seem to produce more, or for going longer eg nighttime.

i have to hide nappy bucket from baby (16m( so I keep it in the tub with the shower curtain closed - she isn't able to climb in and explore but a 3 year old prob can

Paper liner usually catches most of the poo,but if the nappy is pretty bad,I tend to put it in a bucket of water to stand,so the poo comes out.(I keep a large wooden spoon specifically to mash them up a bit.)
Then pour pooey water down the loo,wring nappy out and dry pail it with others.

I deal with the nappy straight away (even if it means fending smallchildren off with my foot.)
Nothing more depressing then soiled bits of cloth everywhere....

I think we'll go w/paper liners for now and see how we get on. She's not on solids yet so they're still quite gooey at times.

I've got wraps en route for night. She's not as bad as her sister for heavy wees, but her sister also goes to bed w/a 'drink of water'.