Washing pooey nappies

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Do you have to wash them at 60?

How much poo can you leave on them without causing horrific issues?

Can you wash them with normal washing, or is that unhygienic?

I'm a nappy newbie - can you tell

I wash mine at 40 using TotsBots magic potion. All poo is left on for time being as DS is EBF. I do a wash just for nappies overnight.

HTH! Will watch w interest what other people say though as I'm not sure what I'm doing either!

You can wash at 40 - I usually do do 60 though. Sometimes I do a nice boil wash to be sure
How old is your child? Baby (non-solid) poo can be left on no problem. Solid poo is better down the loo but I certainly don't scrape (a fleece liner is a godsend) and if I miss the odd one then there's no problem. The key is to do a pre-wash.
I wash with normal washing, although I don't have that much that goes in at 60 - I top up with towels or DH's work shirts most often. If I am on top of the game then I have enough nappies to make a full load, so I only top up if I need to wash fewer for some reason.

boogeek child isn't actually born yet I'm just obsessing about the wee things to avoid thinking about the larger issues (how the hell is that ever going to fit out of there IYSWIM).

Hoping to EBF though hich I think means "nicer" poo?

it's not so much a case of the poo being nicer so much as runnier

I do 50 (60 if lots of pooey ones), half measure of persil nonbio (all we have in the house) no prewash but don't wash with other laundry.
I do put wraps in with clothes though.

Not all have to be washed at 60... careful.. some brands don't like it either!

without wanting to sound like horrible scummy mummy, if you have a good modern washing machine, you will be surprised how much poo can be left on the nappy with no specially 'horrific issues'.

As above, pre-wash is key, if you know you've got a stinker in there. Then shove in towels or sheets etc to make a full load, if it isn't already...

It's much easier than it sounds - honest

I've taken to rinsing and draining first, then wash at 40 unlesss they're quite filthy. Sunshine cures many ills...

I dry pail (wet pailing too messy!) so I start off with a rinse cycle to get rid of any stuck on bits of poo followed by a 60C wash. I always seem to use too much detergent so I do an extra rinse at the end. 40c wash is totally fine too but I would do a 60C every now & then (or if you have a sick baby) just to really zap any bacteria. I use fleece liners which are great at collecting the poo & make it really easy to flush it away down the toilet. But don't stress about any stray bits that end up in the wash! But those stray bits do make me feel a bit ick so I do just wash the nappies alone. But it's OK to leave them for 2 days (erm sometimes longer...) so that you have a big enough load to justify running the machine. But wraps I often wash with regular laundry & I don't put dirty wraps in the nappy pail because they get kind of gross & stinky.

Have you been to the Nappy Lady's website? Tons of nappy advice! Also good advice on how to "strip" nappies by doing several hot washes with no detergent - a great thing to do sometimes.

Good luck!

Wow - some of you must have your washing machines on all the time!!

I think I can honestly say that in the year I have been using washables, I have only ever done a pre-rinse 6 or 7 times (When he 'misses' the liner and I can't pick the poo off with toilet paper so put the nappy in the machine smeared with it!). And I wash at 40 nearly all the time and only do a wash at 60 every month or so, just because I vaguely feel I ought to . I also only wash them when the 2 buckets get full - about 3 days or so, and it is a full load each time.

I thought the point of reuseables was to save me money and be environmentally sound - I figured that doing extra rinses all the time would kinda defeat the object - and luckily my machine has coped so far!! (And it's 12 years old....!)

Well, ds is only 6mo, Kirsty, so it's all pretty smeary stuff atm - imagine I will feel the need to rinse a lot less when everything gets a bit more solid. I do stick the less objectionable nappies in with normal laundry quite a lot.

I do a full nappy load (or fill it with towels) every 2 or 3 days - the pre-wash is part of the cycle and adds another 15 minutes or so, so it's not that environmentally heinous!

I do a nappy wash now every forth day when the bin is full, i do a cold rinse and then mainly a quick 40 cycle sometimes with an extra cold rinse at the end if i put in to much powder. I do a 60 wash every month or so too. Use fleece liners and also paper liners so there is only ever a bit of poo on the sides.

When she was EBF it all went in the wash with no problems.

Ahh, it sounds like your machines are much better than mine! . I don't have a pre-wash as such, only for the 90 wash (and lord knows when that was last used....) If I want to rinse first, I need to turn the machine to the last part of a normal wash, then remember they are in there and put the whole wash on again. And not leave it by mistake until the next morning when I wonder where all the clean nappies are....

Minicorrect - how do you manage to get the liners to stay put in the nappy? We've tried loads of different types, and they all get squashed and rolled up in the nappy so he poos all around them, with the yukky liner all folded up in the middle of his bum cheeks like some sort of bizarre thong-type thing....OK, probably TMI, sorry

I dont usually do a prewash unless nappies are really gross but i always do an extra rinse at the end to be sure all detergent it out, this is partly cos my washer is on last legs and doesnt always rinse properly. I use flushable liners and i usually wrap them around the booster so they dont scrunch up. I do a 40 if all or mainly wee ones but if i have a lot of poo or i dont go though too many nappies so havent emptied bucket for a while (sometimes DD doesnt need changing as much) i do a 60. Every couple of mths ill do a hot wash with no detergent and an extra rinse and spin just to make sure they are fresh.

I live abroad and have a cold water only washing machine.

I dry pail, quick wash, normal wash, extra rinse then hang in sun (or clouds) and stains disappear!

Nappies stay in good condition and are obviously clean.

In the UK I used to hot wash but actually I think the nappies are better off washed cold!