Cloth nappies and weaning

[Browniee]

I’ve recently started weaning and sadly saying farewell to those “easy” newborn milk poos! Up until now I’ve used fleece liners in nappies and thrown them all into the wash together.
We’re in a bit of an in between period as babies poos aren’t totally solid yet but they aren’t liquid either. So what do I do with the liner?! Should I use disposable liners for this period until the poo is more firm and can be flushed down the loo?

Advice greatly appreciated, as I’ve just gone to empty the washing machine and had to put them on another cycle as there was actual poo still on the nappy!! I’d put them on the same cycle with the same washing powder. Where am I going wrong?!

I used fleece liners (mostly to prevent staining) and then a disposible liner (I found some that had no plastics in them, are basically just like a piece of kitchen roll - you could probably just use that!) on top. I didn't use the disposable one all the time. Mine had a regular ish pooing pattern so I used them when I thought I'd need them.

That said, the problem might be that you aren't washing your nappies after the poo. I always gave mine a rinse in the sink to get off anything that needed to come off before they would go in the wash. Then dry pailed them until washing.

@mindutopia Ahh a regular pooing pattern sounds like the dream!
I’ve heard of people using the flush of the toilet to get rid of the poo - I assumed that was more for when poos become more solid, but maybe that’s the territory I’m in now!

You could try sluicing your liners in the toilet before putting them in the bucket to get the worst off?

I've not had much luck with fleece liners so we've always used the disposable ones. I've tried a few types but my favourites are Little Eartlets Ultra liners. They'll survive a couple of washes so I put wet only ones straight in the bucket with the nappies. Firm poo can be dropped into the toilet and then the liner in the bucket. Squishy ones are either binned or flushed along with the liner.

I did the flush thing - if the poo was too runny/squishy to drop off the fleece liner, I held the cleanest corner of the liner and held the soiled part in the flush to sluice off the worst of it and then dropped it in the dry pail inside the nappy. I wouldn't have to touch it as i would just lift out the mesh bag and put the whole bag in the drum of the machine (with the drawstring open of course). Cold pre-rinse and then the full cycle would do the rest.

This was the only time I used disposable liners. Once they learn to chew properly and are eating more I switched back to fleece. I think I stuck to using fleece at night though (it's been a while!). I sometimes used another fleece liner as an 'aid' for clearing liners in the toilet.

I used to hold the liner under the flush. Just don't drop it!

Use the flush to rinse fleece/ dip it into the loo. Or if you have a shower head within range rinse down the loo.

I never managed to use the flush, our modern house must have come with wimpy ecoflushes installed. My MIL kindly donated me a poo spoon to use for scraping it off. But we've always used fleece liners, I didn't get on with the disposable ones.