how do you clean your poo naps?
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Topic: how do you clean your poo naps?
Posted By: BaAsKa
Subject: how do you clean your poo naps?
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 8:14pm
Im wondering if i clean my nappies the long way around!
When Astin does a poo (still in the runny stage) i rinse it under the hot water in the laundry sink then throw it in the machine with eco powder on a hot wash then when its finished i scrub it with sunlight soap (as there is usually a stain) then i throw it back through the machine. How do you do yours??? |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 8:28pm
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i never use hot water on mine, it can set the stains. i rinse it then throw in bucket (dry pail) then when i wash them i do a rinse then a heavy duty wash - usually warm - with a double rinse and i use persil. then they dry in the sun, which usually gets rid of all stains. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 8:32pm
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i havnt really been using my nappy bucket as i tend to wash the nappies as soon as they are used!
unfortunately i cant use persil cos Astin had a bad bum reaction when i used it
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 8:33pm
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thats why i do a double rinse, to make sure there is no powder residue... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 8:42pm
oh hehe
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 8:44pm
Pretty much the same here, although I only warm wash about once a week. If it's a sunny day and the nappies are going to be out on the line all day I reckon the sunlight does the same thing. And we use Next Generation or Ecostore. ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
GandT wrote:Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 8:45pm
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I didn't bother rinsing runny ones, mostly cause I wash every day. Just chuck it in the bucket until the load goes on, cold wash (we don't have hot water connected to our machine), eco powder/liquid, double rinse, hang outside. -------------  |
Posted By: AN E
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 9:10pm
After she has gone to bed at night I run a rinse cycle (cold) for the dirty nappys and inserts, then chuck the rest in for a warm wash + extra rinse, using ecostore. The sunshine does the rest in getting the stains out  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 7:48am
| Mostly I just throw it in the nappy bucket and do a rinse cycle with just the nappies (cold water) and then throw in all the other clothes and wash as normal with ecostore. Never have any stains now and I never do a warm or hot wash because our tap is busted but it doesn't seem to matter a bit. Every now and then (like once or twice a month) I might put a little bit of whitener in as well. |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 8:43am
I am throwing them all into a bucket and then when I go to do a wash I rinse the runny poos (still yellowy stuff) and then doa hot wash. I have stopped using ecostore as everything was getting a swampy smell. I then hang out in the sun to get the stains out. If it is a wet day I throw in the drier and try not to look at the stains 
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Posted By: buzimumto3boys
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 9:45am
I also use a dry pail and pop mine in a cold wash. If its needed I put in the oxygen whitener? to remove any stains... then into the sun - when we get some 
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Posted By: pesky
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 12:29pm
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scuse my ignorance - what's a dry pail? ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 12:42pm
| Just a bucket without any water or anything for the nappies to soak in |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 1:44pm
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I rinse pooey naps in cold water, then dry pail everything until I wash (1-2 days). Pre-rinse, cold or warm wash with ecostore and dettol fresh in the rinse cycle. If I cant dry them on the line, they go inside on the clothes rack, if there are any stains I put those ones under the window and the stains come out still - it doesn't need to be sun, just light. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 2:04pm
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this is a good excuse to buy more nappies! lol because iv had to move Astin into mediums! already! and so far i only have 7 of them so im having to throw them straight into the drier so i can reuse the same day! (the inserts dont seem to dry all that fast but the nappies do).
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 7:46pm
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I put it straight into the machine and do a rince and spin then dry pail it until they all get washed. When I wash them its ion cold water with a double rince and I use eco store powder. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 8:52pm
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I also put them straight in the machine on a cold rinse (runny poo and all) then a warm wash with Ecostore powder and a little Dettol hygenic rinse. If the insert is slightly stained I just make sure I put it in the sun for a few hours and the stain magically disappears ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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