If you don't soak, what do you do?

[MrsDoolittle]

Dd is 9 weeks old and producing lovely bright yellow poo in almost every nappy. So my question is this...If you don't soak your nappies, what do you do to get the stains out?
All suggestions appreciated, thankyou!

Use old rags as washable/disposable liners. Rag catches most of the mess, without anything getting thru to the nappy itself. Otherwise, wash with napisan in winter, hang in sun to dry and bleach in summer. Had plenty of stains from DD, but they have all disappeared with time.

I should add that the liners are part of the nappy!!!

MrsDoolittle - Even though the liners are included in there, I've been recommended to use fleece liners as well, just to be safe. Just buy a roll of polyester (must be polyester) fleece from a fabric shop and cut your own. That way it won't cost you much and you can bin them when they get worn and tatty.

Nappies that are still stained when they come out of the wash get hung out in direct sunlight, which conveniently enough is currently available free of charge in this location.

In the winter I just leave them stained -- it comes out eventually.

Yes, I was wondering whether to use another liner on top of the ones included. Anyone else got the rainbow totsbots?

I always use an additional liner - during the yellow bf stage, I used a fleece one and it never seemed to stain. But if it had I wouldn't have been bothered

We used stainned nappies - they are not dirty just staiined and at the end of the day does a few stains matter = no-one sees them!

got rainbow bots, unbleached bots and bumbles here and like cazzybabs I simply live with the stains. They used to look terrible until I worked out that Asda non-bio doesn't seem to clean them very well - I use soap flakes now and they come out much cleaner and the wraps have finally lost their yellow hue. I suppose Vanish & co will get rid of the stains, but why bother when they're only going to get pooed on straight away, anyway?!

Hi Mrs.D! I was paranoid about this in the beginning but just leave them stained now (like cazzybabs says). However, they seem to go every third wash (!?) and the sunlight helps alot. 10mins in the drier then out on the line. I've also found the following works for me - dry pail, spray shout on the stains just before going into the machine, sains non-bio liquid plus a scoop of Vanish Oxyclean, a few cap fulls of white vinegar in the conditioner tray. Sometimes I put the Vanish in as a prewash every 4-5 washes. HTH.

Thank you very much Karen.
I have started to use disposable liner on top of a fleece liner. Dd poos in every nappy and I will get fed up rinsing EVERY one. What do you reckon?

try it and see how it goes...

must admit I got fed up with rinsing them thoroughly too and realised quite quickly you didn't really have to. Sometimes I run them under the flush of the loo (you soon get the hang of it) and then give a little sqeeze to get most water out and then bung them in the [dry] bucket. I find that extra moisture in them is kind of like a soak in a sense and as long as you're washing every day or every other they don't smell that bad and the stain comes out a bit easier. Experiment and see what happens. And if you have a few days of stains you just don't like, use the chemicals and the sun..

Ours get stained even with soaking. I worry that it makes them seem less clean for other people - eg nursery carers - who might not like it.

Hang in the sunshine? not a great option if you live in a grey place like Manchester!

I'm interested that washing powder might make a difference, we use Ecover non-bio, maybe it's not strong enough?

Someone said (washing whites thread) that bio-detergents make a big difference in terms of getting things whiter -- I've decided to try it for other clothes! It might be worth a try, though i thought Ecover was pretty good.

Don't want to "rub it in" but it's almost 6 months now of solid use of tots/MEOS and I've never had a stain. They look a mess when I bung them in but every time come out crispy white. Out here we don't have a choice detergents but have to use what's in the market at the time - currently Persil Colour. For once, I seem to be doing something right!! Good luck.

Definitely don't recommmend bio powder,we did that twice with dd2's nappies and the poor thing had awful nappy rash.

our nappies are 4 years old and on their third baby, maybe stains are signs of honourable old age.

ok, can I retract my soap flakes suggestion? Ds has developed the most dreadful nappy rash.

As far as detergents are concerned, I need a bit of help. Bio/non bio powders are all new to me, don't really know what the difference is. My son has never had a rash yet using the Persil Color but then again, don't want to be using anything that COULD cause irritation. Just checked the packet again and apart from most it being in Arabic, nothing in the english section mentions bio or non bio. I have seen some Ariel in the market but that is also in basic packaging with no mention of bio/non bio etc. Which one SHOULD I be using??

Bio powder has enzymes in it to "eat" up the stains which are biological like grass/food/poo etc. Non bio uses other mysterious chemicals i know nothing about. Bio can cause skin irritation, non bio less likely. But bio cleans better by far. Bio also tends to have optical brighteners in it which will eventually bleach colours lighter.

If it's any help, non bio tends to have babies on the packaging and bio has older children or families

If you do have to use bio, then do another rinse after your wash is finished just to get the last of the powder residue out.

I've washed my nappies in bio to give them a little boost every time they start to look a bit sad and dull.

I think Persil colour is biological btw

Cheers Mudda

This is all very interseting stuff. I have my first bucket of 'dry pail' nappies - So I am going to give it a go with Persil non-bio and a scoop of oxi-clean. Should I add white vinegar too?
This will be interesting. Call me really boring, but if my colourful, new totsbots come out with stains I will be gutted.
BTW I didn't carry on with the disposanle liners as I decided the fleec was much nicer against dd bum!!

i had just the old fashion fold yourself nappies and i used to wash them at 90oC didn't have any stains. think they have to be 100% cotton though.

Soulfly - you can't do that with alot of modern nappies now because you would stuff the elastic. And probably the colours in the lovely rainbow totsbots!!

is it just me ? - my boys' nappies have gradually built up stains in the area where they we - not poo stains - it seems to be something to do with the long term exposure to urine. Sunlight doesn't bleach it out either.

So how did they come out Mrs D?!?!