How do you wash??
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Topic: How do you wash??
Posted By: myfullhouse
Subject: How do you wash??
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 8:50pm
Am interested to know how you ladies wash your nappies. I do a specific nappy load every 3 days at 60C (told DH I had to have a front loader that did hot washes if we were using MCNs  )
Do you do a dedicated nappy load or put them in with your other clothes etc?? ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 8:54pm
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I just put them in the normal wash and do a couple of extra rinses. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 9:14pm
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 10:19pm
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I do a spin cycle with rinse first just to make sure the bulk of the floaties are gone. Then throw in the other clothes and do a normal warm or cold wash with Ecostore washing powder and dettol sanitising laundry rinse.
Oh, and I probably wash nappies every 2 to 3 days. Depends on when the bucket gets full  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 9:05am
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All Leahs nappies and clothes go in together and I put some dettol rinse in the last cycle, when the new baby comes and is in cloth I will probably be doing just a nap wash one day, and clothes the next! Also I only wash in cold water, and do no extra rinses. -------------  
 
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Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 9:28am
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I have a front loader and I wash Rohann's nappies seperately on the longest wash that has a pre-wash (you are supposed to put powder in for that but I don't as I use it as a rinse cylce) built into the setting, and once this is finished I do another rinse. I use eco store powder with some dettol in wash stuff. And I used to wash everyday, but as she's got older and isn't going through the same quantity of nappies in a day I only wash every second day. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: kiwimonkeys
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 11:09am
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I do a rinse cycle of just naps first, then chuck in all the other clothes and do a full cold wash with an extra rinse at the end (its a setting on my machine :) ) and use ecostore powder. Use dettol prob once a week :D
------------- Trudie Mum to Max (18 May 05) and Ava (9 April 08) http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: kiwivic
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 11:54am
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I do a dedicated nappy wash every 1-2 days. I do a cold rinse cycle first, then a warm wash with Eco Store powder. Once a week I'll put Dettol in the fabric conditioner part and do an extra cold rinse at the end. ------------- 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 12:56pm
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The reason I ask is that as I wash my nappies on a 60C wash it takes about 2hrs so it's a pain to do it more often than every 2nd day (I do it every 3days now) but it means I need more nappies. I do 60C because that apparently kills any bacteria, I also put some tea tree oil in the prewash and do an 'intensive rinse'
I want move to pockets (or mainly pockets) but can't afford too many so am wondering whether to wash with clothes (or on a clothes cycle at 40C) as this only takes about an hour. I just don't want to leave any germs on the nappies and then Jack get a rash etc ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: kiwivic
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 2:57pm
None of the people I know personally who use pocket nappies wash at 60c, most people I know wash on cold or warm (40c). We've never had issues with rashes (other than whenever Leo gets sick in any way it always comes on in his poo/bottom  ).-------------
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Posted By: Faraway
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 4:26pm
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Do pretty much what everyone else on here does, except I wash nappies only about every 3/4 days (only do nappies only as that many days worth is a full load). I do the occasional hot wash (maybe once a month? and then only if K's had a stomach upset or something) but otherwise it is always in cold water.
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 4:32pm
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Front loader here as well, I do the full wash for the nappies and wash them seperately, our clothes mostly just go on a quick wash. Wash about every 3 days as I have quite a big stash of nappies. Wash at 40 degrees with ecostore, never use anything else and sometimes set to rinse+ (when I remember). I wash all our clothes on 40 degrees as well, washing in cold is still one of those things I haven't converted to doing since moving here, just doesn't seem right to wash anything in cold water. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 5:06pm
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I forgot to say that I wash at 40c and I don't have any probs with germs and rashes. Infact that's the funny thing since Rohann had a viral rash 4 weeks ago she's been having dreadful rash/excema issues (is now on antihistimine, as well as all the vaious creams and waiting to see paed/dermatologist) over most of her body (face and torso being worse), but her nappy area is perfect!!! Not a rash in sight - so 40c washes must work as ever since an allergic reaction to curash powder she can flare up in that area quite easily. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 2:05pm
This is good to know, as Im about to try MCN's on caden and I was actually wondering how everyone washed theirs!------------- |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 3:47pm
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I have just started washing Jack's with clothes etc at 40C. Will kep trying it for a few weeks and see if it works better for us ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: Alianasmummy
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 10:03pm
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I talked to my midwife about the hygiene side of washing nappies and clothes together with cold water, she told me that the sun sanitizes the fabric as well as removing stains... anyone else heard of this? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  tickers" /></a>
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 24 August 2008 at 1:56pm
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Alianasmummy, I have heard that about the sun as well. Pity though as we haven't seen the sun in months - well it has started to poke it's head out here at the moment, hopefully it sticks around ------------- Lindsey
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