FYI, poop in the wash

oh-zysbaby · May 2010

So, this is not to convince anyone they should be wiping their asses with cloth, just some information that I certainly didn't have when I started this cloth diaper stuff.

When you wash cloth diapers, you usually do a cold wash first with no detergent, then a hot wash with detergent. Once, after the cold wash, I went in and checked them to see what just the water with no soap did to the poop.

It was gone. All of it. Not a trace of poop. It's water soluble, folks.

jCamsquared · May 2010

I had someone who CDs tell me their washer started smelling like poop so now they wash it all off before doing the laundry. I feel like they must have screwed something up because I have never heard anyone else say that who CDs!

Que*Sera*Sera · May 2010

Well, until it's chunky and there are remnants of food that are even recognizable. then it gets stuck in the washer and you have to dig it out.

weelass24 · May 2010

*glares jealously at everyone with a washer/dryer at home*

Que*Sera*Sera · May 2010

weelass24:
*glares jealously at everyone with a washer/dryer at home*

HOW DO YOU LIVE WITHOUT A WASHER/DRYER AT HOME, WOMAN?!??!!

oh-zysbaby · May 2010

Que*Sera*Sera:
Well, until it's chunky and there are remnants of food that are even recognizable. then it gets stuck in the washer and you have to dig it out.

I have never, ever had this happen. Ever. I wonder if it depends on your washer?

And Wee, that is a VERY good reason for not using cloth diapers. Can you imagine? Yuk. I wonder what people would think if you hauled your dirty diapers to a laundromat.

Do you have to go to a laundromat, or is there a scary laundry room in the basement? LMAO. If you had any idea how I envision your life.

oh-zysbaby · May 2010

Que*Sera*Sera:
weelass24:
*glares jealously at everyone with a washer/dryer at home*
HOW DO YOU LIVE WITHOUT A WASHER/DRYER AT HOME, WOMAN?!??!!

::giggles at QSS::

Lots of people don't have washers and dryers, honey.

leslie13510 · May 2010

Que*Sera*Sera:

weelass24:
*glares jealously at everyone with a washer/dryer at home*

HOW DO YOU LIVE WITHOUT A WASHER/DRYER AT HOME, WOMAN?!??!!

This! I couldn't do it and we don't even cloth diaper! I managed it when I lived in an apartment before we had kids, but there's no way I could juggle 2 kids and all my laundry at a laundromat, or even a community laundry room in a complex. Well, I'm sure I *could* but I don't even want to think about how difficult that would be.

heather_09_15_07 · May 2010

I can't even imagine what my water bill would be if I did all that. Or how full my septic would get.

oh-zysbaby · May 2010

oh-zysbaby:
Que*Sera*Sera:
weelass24:
*glares jealously at everyone with a washer/dryer at home*
HOW DO YOU LIVE WITHOUT A WASHER/DRYER AT HOME, WOMAN?!??!!
::giggles at QSS::
Lots of people don't have washers and dryers, honey.

This is not to say I would WANT to do it, just that lots of people manage.

giaM28 · May 2010

Que*Sera*Sera:
Well, until it's chunky and there are remnants of food that are even recognizable. then it gets stuck in the washer and you have to dig it out.

Ick!

i have a half a bath a few steps away from the washer/dryer i will definitly be flushing.

how does everyone 'store' their dirty diapers until laundry day? soak or dry?

JenniferJaneC · May 2010

My husband and I count the following as the happiest days of our lives:

1. Day we met.

2. Day we got married.

3. Day Jack was born.

4. Day we got a washer and dryer of our own and stopped going to the laundromat.

armandos_girl · May 2010

Que*Sera*Sera:
Well, until it's chunky and there are remnants of food that are even recognizable. then it gets stuck in the washer and you have to dig it out.

But isn't this why you're supposed to shake what you can out of the CD and into the toilet?

weelass24 · May 2010

Que*Sera*Sera:

weelass24:
*glares jealously at everyone with a washer/dryer at home*

HOW DO YOU LIVE WITHOUT A WASHER/DRYER AT HOME, WOMAN?!??!!

LMAO!!!!

Disposable diapers, duh!!!

Oisin has such a HUGE wardrobe, we only do laundry every 2 weeks and still have enough onesies. I bet most people here do't go 2 days.

oh-zysbaby · May 2010

heather_09_15_07:
I can't even imagine what my water bill would be if I did all that. Or how full my septic would get.

I have a front loader and haven't seen a difference. Or at least DH hasn't mentioned one. Of course, septic is another story.

MamaPeanut · May 2010

I can't wait for the day when we can do in-home laundry! sigh...

MrsShrek1028 · May 2010

armandos_girl:
Que*Sera*Sera:
Well, until it's chunky and there are remnants of food that are even recognizable. then it gets stuck in the washer and you have to dig it out.
But isn't this why you're supposed to shake what you can out of the CD and into the toilet?

thats what i do. well actually i scrape the poop out into the toilet.

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