Washing the family's cloth??

SortaCrunchy · September 2012

We use:

1-2 CD/day for DS (pee only, from nap & bedtime)
Mama Cloth for me
Breast pads for me
Lots of CD for newbie DD

My question is, how do you wash all your family's cloth? It's tempting to just toss everything in together-- although that seems kinda yucky to me, especially washing breast pads along with everything else. I mean, everything gets *clean* in the wash but not necessarily disinfected. But I'm not sure how to break everything up if I wash it separately. Maybe just do the breast pads separately? (In with the regular clothes?) Or is it really OK to wash it all together?

FWIW, my wash routine is:

Cold wash cycle, no detergent
Hot wash, heavy cycle, detergent + extra rinse
*Maybe* one extra warm rinse
I also add a bit of bleach 1x/month

zaraceligon · September 2012

I wash my and DH together,all underwear for both in one load with soaks too,my baby laundry is separate in one load too,and cd in one load too,I actually do laundry 3 or 4 times a week,One day is for my and my DH,next day for my baby,next day for towels and kitchen towels and the cleaning towels.for the breast pads I washed by hand,that want that I use are wool with silk so no matter what has to be wash by hand.