Washing

What do you wash your nappies with?
I've been washing them in Liquid eco but they seem to need stripping after only a few month use so am wondering what other people are using.

I use ecostore powder and Dettol rinse with every wash. I have never had to strip Sam's nappies.

I use Eco Store powder every wash and Dettol in the rinse once a week. The only times I've stripped Leo's nappies was when he had a bacterial infection and then before selling.

Thats all good to know...I made the rookie mistake of washing in and enzyme based powder

The powder shouldn't make any difference I wouldn't have thought. Why don't you try adding a wee bit more to your wash. Are you washing in cold?

I always found with cold washes the nappies seemed to need stripping more, so I always washed on a 60-70 degree heat.

Others use the Canesten or Dettol rinse in the wash and swear by it as well. It gets the smell out and helps keep the bacteria away.

I just use our regular washing powder (currently persil sensitive) on a cold cycle. About once a month I put them through a hot cycle if they get a bit smelly.

We just got a new washing machine with a sanitation setting and I haven't had a smelly nappy since using this cycle.

Genie wrote: Would lux flakes be bad to use for washing mcn's? Neither mcn's or ecostore powder were really around last time I had a baby!

oooh yeah, a big no no!!

I just use persil sensitive and dettol wash in every load and wash in cold water and dry in the sun, we have no drier. I wash all the kids clothes and nappies together.

first wrote: I just stripped my nappies yesterday and today has been amazing! No leaks, and they can stay on forever. I am so happy.

Yay!!! I'm so happy for you!!

sally belly wrote: I've just switched to using the Ecostore powder (it's great & a box lasts such a long time). How much do you put in with a load of nappies? I realise it's quite concentrated compared to other brands... I've been using literally half a teaspoon for a wash with 5 nappies & inserts - sound ok?

It depends on how full my load is. If I have a full load then I use one scoop, if half a load I use half a scoop, if I'm only washing a couple of nappies (like I do now that Leo is day trained) then I just give the nappies a cold rinse first and then put them in the wash with kids clothes so that I do a full load at once.

When Leo was in nappies full time I think about 5-6 nappies would be a half load - so half a scoop of powder.