Is there a difference?

dee1369

After a lot of thought, I've decided that I will be weaning DD to formula for when I return to work.

Will this make a difference in the wash routine for my dipes? Or is it just for solids?

Hulahoop1234

I always swished.  Just a warning, formula poop smells AWFUL and the consistency is gross.  I wish my boobs didn't stop working, if only for my CD's!

Lilrdmandy

I don't know from personal experience but I hear you might want to invest in a sprayer b/c formula poop doesn't wash away as easily in the wash as BF poop, it also smells terrible!

dee1369

Hulahoop1234:

I always swished.  Just a warning, formula poop smells AWFUL and the consistency is gross.  I wish my boobs didn't stop working, if only for my CD's!

I am aware of those things, although not happy about them!

I will probably invest in a sprayer then. And maybe break out the liners DH made me buy. 

mrs.jlsprouse

I never had a problem.  FF poop is just as water soluble as BF poop. Until LO starts solids there is no need to dunk.

Hulahoop1234

dee1369:

Hulahoop1234:

I always swished.  Just a warning, formula poop smells AWFUL and the consistency is gross.  I wish my boobs didn't stop working, if only for my CD's!

I am aware of those things, although not happy about them!

I will probably invest in a sprayer then. And maybe break out the liners DH made me buy. 

A sprayer would definitely help.  Can you maybe get your DC provider to swish the poopy diapers while your LO is there so you don't have to deal with 8 hour old poops? With the liners we found that they just bunched up towards the middle of the diaper, which is apparently a common issue.  They also clung to DS' genitals and bum the second he peed, causing rashes, so we stopped using them.

dee1369

Hopefully my mom will be providing DC for most of the time so she'll do whatever I ask of her, but that won't be until 3 months after I go back to work (she needs to work until June to get her pension).

We haven't figured out DC for the 3 intervening months yet (eek!), since we have such strange schedules and it's hard to lock us into a set schedule of times and days.

JenGK

DS was FF (stinkin' boobs letting me down) and we never dunked, plopped, or swished.  Everything just went in the washer until he started solids, and we never had an issue.

Dr.Loretta

DD was EFF, and we didn't do anything differently from EBFing. The poo will still be water soluble.

dee1369

Thanks guys! I have an old washing machine so I get tons of extra water in my loads so hopefully we'll be just fine!

Nikki1007

DD was supplemented with preemie formula for awhile (that is some nasty stuff), but i didn't do anything different then when she was ebf after she was off the formula.

cdep1

We use Similac Sensitive and her poop doesn't really smell. Sometimes, unless I hear it, I can't even tell she pooped. Hmmm. It did reek when we were BF and FF. I've only ever sprayed one diaper.