washing cloth naps

When they are soiled, I grab whatever is affected by the soiling (ie sometimes just the liner) and put it face-down in a bucket part-full of water until I get around to washing. Then I just lift out everything and put it in the machine. Most of the time everything falls off into the bucket and I flush all that into the toilet. If it's still quite mucky though I'll put it through on a half-wash rinse cycle by itself first.

Then I just add my regular washing to the load. I used to wash the clothies separately but it doesn't seem to make any difference. (I always split my washing into lights/darks so I've never put the nappies in with navies/blues.) All the wet ones just go straight in like that. The whole lot gets a full cold cycle (I have no hot tap) with double rinse, and I use persil.

we do the same as Nikki then heavy duty wash cycle with naps and clothes.

I've started adding a couple of drops of Tea Tree oil to get rid of the poop smell (now that she is FINALLY going normally it STINKS! )

I soak my cloth flats in napisan and then put them in the machine every morning with the baby clothes and half the detergent. My covers and pockets don't get soaked, they go in as-is. I use the Johnsons liners tho, so that takes care of the 'solids'.

Aimee do you think I am "harming" my (pooey) nappies by leaving them in water until later the same day when I deal with the washing? (See my post above for details)

This is taken directly from the care instructions... " regularly soaking nappies in buckets is not recommended as it will soak the yuck right into the nappies. It is ok to soak for short periods"

ahhh thanks aimee!

I soak mine (fuzzis) in napisan. i make a bucket up at the beginning of the day and wash all at night. I know the instructions say not to, but I found the pee smell was overwhelming! I had tried washing with vinegar, baking soda, hot washes, but honestly nothing worked like the napisan! I rinse the pooey nappies befiore putting them in the bucket though.

I think so too Nikki... pre-October I was in a house with two laundry taps and did wash in hot. But I hear the alternative for people like me with no hot water to their washing machine is to soak the nappies in hot water before washing, from time to time. Anyone do this?