Reusable Nappies

[DahliaRose3]

Hi 👋

I would love some help with a query regarding reusable nappies. We have decided on using these nappies with the washable inserts, and have looked into this - videos, online info etc.

The one thing we can’t seem to find much info on is how to dispose of the poop. I saw one video where someone just stuck their hand in the toilet bowl (no glove) and swirled it around - def not for me and seems very unhygienic. Others say to use a spatula to dispose of the poop into the toilet bowl.

What is the best way to get rid of the poop - relatively easily and cleanly, especially when we are out and about.

I would be really grateful for your help.

Thanks!

We just used to flip it inside out, hold it by the non-pooey waist band, shake out any solid lumps into the loo, then swirl the pooey bit around in the loo water until the worst was off, and finally dry pail it. If you keep hold of the waist band you don't get poo on your hands. We used pocket and AIO nappies.

Before weaning onto food, poo is water soluble so they can go straight in the washing machine.

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Once they’re weaning it becomes more solid and you can usually just tip it off.

We did a stretch-and-flick kind of movement, where the liner was kind of stretched out and then the poo detached itself and then flicked in the loo.

Also held it in the loo and then flushed it - the force of the water got off any remaining bits.

They used to sell disposable, flushable liners too. It caught it all and could be chucked down the loo, poo in tow..

Oh, when out and about I popped them into a wet bag and dealt with them once home.

Turn upside down above toilet and shake/pull/wiggle and lots fall off. Then hold by top flush toilet or use shower head from bath to rinse off. Failing that the disposable liners are good option.

We moved to disposables after weaning, because even changing her very frequently and putting cream on her didn’t stop the nappy rash. Before that a 15 minute wash in the washing machine without detergent before putting the nappies on a proper wash sorted out the poo very easily. When they’re on milk alone, it’s pretty wet poo anyway.

We use the little lamb nappies and they're very soft. After weaning the poo usually just peels off into the toilet (much easier when it's a bit more dry). When we're out we just put them in the wet bags and dispose of them at home. The nursery is great and they do it when he's there. We do a nappy wash roughly every 2 days/when the bin is full!

Before weaning - straight into the washing machine as soluble.

Once weaning - scrape or tip into the toilet, and/or hold the nappy under in the toilet bowl and flush the poo off - or use a disposable or fleece liner which the poo should just slide off.

As above, prior to weaning just wash, poo and all. Post weaning we used fleece liners, often the poo was ploppable, otherwise hold one end and flush in the toilet. When we were out/at nursery, just put the whole lot in a wet bag, once home the poo has usually hardened up enough to plop straight off into the loo.

There is no such thing as flushable liners, so they are a bit pointless as you have to bag them up and bin them.

If the poop won't shake off then you can use a square of toilet roll to help push it into the basin

For the first 6 months we just put them in the wash as breastfed poo washes out, if it stains just hang in the sun and the stains bleach out. From weaning at 6 months we used paper liners and flush them or throw them away. At night we use a fleece liner and they rarely poo af night but if they did then I used toilet paper to get most of then if it was still very dirty I held it in the flush of the toilet.

Contrary to a lot of blogs etc on this, both breast fed and formula poo is water soluble before weaning, not just breast fed. If mine ever did an absolutely massive one that was more 'formed', I'd give it a quick swish in the loo (hand didn't touch any water) to get the bulk off.

Once weaning, I held it by either end and
Swished it about in the loo and flushed the toilet a bit, sometimes used a bit of loo roll or a cloth wipe, once they are on mainly solid it's more formed and very easy to peel off.

Honestly it sounds worse than it is.

Before weaning and now when there's the occasional liquid one we hose off with the shower head in to the toilet, as the toilet isn't strong enough to dislodge the poo. But the majority of ones now DS is 1.5 are pretty solid so we can just tip it in to the toilet and then chuck the nappy in the bucket as normal.

Thanks for all the replies, this is super helpful.

My youngest has ploppable poos so I can just shake them off the fleece liner into the toilet. My older one never does ploppable poo so I hold the end of the liner and swish it in the toilet bowl or if absolutely have to, scrape with a knife. Slightly more ploppable if been sat in the wet bag for a bit. I give them the same food, I don’t know why it is so different!

We did elimination communication to avoid this situation once weaned (before then just straight in wash as BF). Getting poos on potty/toilet very straightforward once you start (they wee too often/we’re out too much to make it a completely nappy free zone pre 1).