soak or not to soak, cloth nappie

[jabuti]

hi! my dd is on cloth nappies during the day and disposable for bed time.

im getting so many different opinions whether i need to soak in sanitizer or not. im soaking at the moment, but should i?

It's entirely up to you. I never have, mainly 'cos I can't work out how you move a net full of driping nappies from nappy bin to washing machine without getting yucky water all over the floor. But then, I am particularly messy.

I've never soaked mine. I think if yuou wash fairly regularly and sluice off as much poo as possible you can avoid smells and stains.

I do soak as I found the smell didn't go with just washing. I use fluffles and they are renowned for being smelly. Also the bucket stunk after a few hours.

I have never found a need to soak mine and wouldn't want buckets of stinky water hanging around anyway. I sometimes use a spoonful of sanitiser in the washing machine if my nappies look/smell like they need it.

thank you for the replies. i havent had problems with smell, the ones im using are not stinky and my bucket has a lid. my main concern was about bacterias... can it cause any harm to babies if there are bacterias left?

roskva, i drain the bucket on our tub before bringing it to the washing machine, and then transfer the whole content in a very quick way into the machine

washing machine kills bacteria - the detergent makes them explode
(am not kidding)

no soaking for me

I don't think there is any concern over the bacteria. Best thing is to do a cold rinse in the machine before doing the normal wash. When babies get older and their wees really smell of amonia then it can be useful to soak them then but other than that I wouldn't bother - I've always dry pailed.

excellent, soaking is out then.

do they actually explode mrsbadger?

and i read few sites talking about dry pailing. what does this term mean? english is not my first language and i couldnt find it in the dictionary.

good tip about soaking being more useful when they get bigger with smellier pee!

the detergent makes their membrane 'skin' rupture and their insides leak out... so more or less exploding [grn].

'Pail' is just another word for bucket, so 'dry pailing' means putting them in a bucket without adding water.

yuckieeeeee.

i was looking up 'dry pail' no wonder couldnt find the meaning!!!

thank you

lol at the image that exploding bacteria brings to mind