Cloth wipe question!

mjheffne

I'm 24 weeks along and have registered for BG dipes. While cloth diapering was not a hard decision for me, the cloth vs. disposable wipe route is leaving me super confused! Obviously cloth wipes seem more convenient (you can just throw it all in the same wet bag and then toss it in the laundry,) but does that get messy with poo? Especially since I plan on using the diaper sprayer... would I just spray both the poopy diaper and the wipe? I'm just thinking back to the times I changed diapers at the daycare I worked at and sometimes there can be ALOT of poo involved, it just seems counter-productive and gross to me to put wipes with chunks of poo in the washer... does everything stain more? Maybe my questions are silly and maybe I'm over-analyzing the whole thing, but I could really use some help and clarification! Thanks! :-)

NaturalBlond

Well I have only dealt with BF poo so I can't speak for the time when we have to deal with solids poo, but it has been pretty easy to use cloth wipes. I have never sprayed them out, I just toss them in the wet bag and then wash with the dipes. I have never had a stained wipe. I have yet to see chunks of poo at this point. Ha. It's kinda watery and sticky, not chunky. I guess bottom line, cloth wipes have been super easy and cost effective, not to mention we are avoiding all the icky chemicals from disposable wipes. There isn't a single downside, IMO. Good luck.

Lennongirl

Exactly what PP said. With solid poop I'm not quite sure, but I guess you'd have to spray the wipe just like you would the diaper before throwing it in the pail.

veruca5839

Ditto pps.  Until you start solids you can just throw everything into your pail to go in the wash.  Once you start solids you'll have to deal with poop differently (either spray, scrape, etc into the toilet).  I try to get off as much as I can with the diaper so there isn't much to clean off with wipes.  It's not a big deal to spray wipes if you need to though.  It's really very easy.

dairygirl19

I have been onto solid food for almost 3 months now and it has never occurred to me to swish or rinse a wipe. I just throw it in the pail.

I try to wipe as much off with the diaper as I can and that helps.

Never been an issue in my wash machine either.

lylahlove

I only spray off my wipe if there's a lot of poop on it, and it's no big deal at all. I promise, I over thought the wipe thing just like you and was convinced it would be a giant pain, but it's really not

I do have to say that the thin circo wash cloths in the target baby section are the BEST wipes and super cheap  

hispenguin

DD is 11 mths old and is eating a lot of table food now, so her poop is very much like adult poop. It's not really that big of a deal. If there are "chunks" on the wipe I swish in the toilet. I try and wipe off most of the solids off with the diaper so this is very rarely an issue. Most of the time the poop gets plopped and the wipe goes right in the wet bag.