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I pop solid poos into the toilet, the thing is Matilda only started having solid poos this week... when we found her intolerance to milk was actually an allergy and stopped it alltogether in her diet. Jovie's been doing solid poos and we pop them in as well.
Otherwise we chuck nappies into a box by the front door or plastic bag by the front door & then take it out when we go to the car.
You can't get newborn breastfed poos off the disposable, so don't worry about it.
When I use disposables, which is probably 4-5x a week, if it's just wet I roll it up into the tapes & put it in the kitchen bin. If there is poo I shake or briefly (5 seconds) soak it off into the toilet, then roll it up & into the bin it goes.
The idea of throwing away urine is pretty disgusting too.
We got a nappy bin - but it takes normally rubbish bags, instead of those really expensive cassettes.
I got it off ebay, just liked it because we needed a bin in the room, and its got thicker walls so the smell doesn't escape so much into the room. We used to have a Saftey First one that needed cassettes, but we also just used normal supermarket bags, cos i can't believe people would actually pay almost $20 for a cassette refill thing.
We only used the scented bags on really bad poos, i find no 1s don't need it at all. We empty the bin every 2-3 days, and just wipe it with disinfectant/cleaner then to stop the smells really building up.
Anyway, the bin we;ve got is great, not sure of the name, but i'll look it up. I got it off ebay cos they are supposed to be like $100 new, but ours was like $15 from ebay, which is the same price as a normal bin from kmart. I find this one slightly easier (although doesn't contain the smell quite as well as the safety 1st), then my first one because its deisgned not to use cassettes, with the other one it was a bit of hassle getting it into the bin part.
I have to admit to not being a frequent poop flusher. Anyone who wants to police it is welcome to come and try get the poop out of the nappy and into the toilet! In the early days it was sooo liquid and now I think she eats too much fruit! The ones I can I do flush. But I only change her when she's dirty or if she's going to have a bath, so no just wet nappies. We use the nappy sacks (although I found a cheaper version at the Reject Shop ($2 for 100 bags) and take them straight to the wheelie bin.
If I lived in Melbourne I'd look into using the company that comes and picks up your disposable used nappies and recycles them. But I don't live in Melbourne and there isn't anyone who does it here.
Really? You can recycle them? That's interesting news.:
We use sposies at night. If they're just wet I put them in the normal rubbish. If they're pooey, it just flips into the toilet, then into a smelly bag and into the wheelie bin. It is pretty unhealthy to keep packages of poo in the bin... An easy way to spread diseases etc. But IKWYM about newborn poo. It is too difficult to get rid of.
I buy flushable liners that I use (when I remember LOL!) in Natty's cloth nappies. They are an option to use in sposies if you don't like the idea of scraping the poo into the toilet.
If they're wet I just chuck them straight in the bin and if they've got poo in them I put them in a plastic bag from the shop. I don't see the point in buying bags when coles will give them to me for free. If I see that I'm running low I just leave the green bags at home for a couple of shopping trips.
The gel in nappies is the same stuff that they use as a wettting agent in potting mix and sell in packages for your garden so you can re-use some of them that way. I've dug the gel from a couple of nappies into the garden - I figure I'm not growing root veges there so it's cheaper than buying it and makes less landfill. It would just seem foolish to me to throw something out and then buy the same thing later....
Wow, Dach, I didn't know that! That sounds like a great idea. We have some garden crystals on the go atm, but when they run out I might dig around in the nappies instead! Do you use the bits that aren't so wet? How does it work? (Or do you use the pooey ones as they have in-built fertiliser? Sorry. Bad joke. Yes - it was a joke.)
Amy, I just use the garden shears to cut the inside cover and dump out the wet crystals onto the garden - I use the wet part because it breaks up easily.
Thanks. I will definitely keep that little gem in my memory bank.
We have a nappy bin with lid and plastic bag in it *hang head in guilt*. The place that recycles them in Melbourne closed for maintenance in Oct 06- I wish they were still running because I would definately use them. I emailed them today to see when they might be back up and running-will keep you all posted!
I knew about the poo law sort-of, but I didn't expect them to make us all scrape it out of sposies. DD has only done a few solid poos. Normally they're like peanut butter. Stuck to nappy and her. I put all nappies into nappy sacks (got 500 for about $6) (4 fit into each bag) as they are biodegradable. DP wanted me to use ordinary plastic bags but they won't break down. I have never seen any mum in the parents rooms ever scrape poo out of nappies into the toilet. Everyone just rolls it up and pops it into the nappy bins. I'm starting cloth again soon, when we get new covers, and then all poo will go into the loo. But if its not solid, how can you get it out of sposies?
We bought a pedal-lid bin from Bunnings (about $20) and that keeps the smells under control - pop a bag in there and the #1's go straight in there, and the #2's go into a smelly bag and then into there. Empty it every day when the general rubbish goes out.
Wasn't aware of the law to scrap off the poo, not sure how that would work - I do flush my baby wipes though.
Most baby wipes aren't flushable (according to the packaging) so its taken me a while to work out how to juggle it to get the poo in the loo without dropping the wipes in. I only realised they weren't flushable after Mum asked me if they were & I said "I think so, but I'll check" 'cause they have a non-septic water recycle system, had a look and sure enough "Do not flush"
The only flushable ones I've seen are the Wiggles Toddler wipes.
Have only recently started to scrape poo from sposies, cos only recently did DS start doing any that were scrapeable. I keep a roll of cheap paper towel with my nappy bits and bobs and drop that in the loo for flushing next time an adult uses the loo. Reduces water for that nappy change.
For cloths I do the same where I can, but if it's too runny, it goes down the laundry sink...which is the same as the loo cos all that water goes to the same place.
I've been using the Reject shop bags, too, but it makes me uneasy cos it's non-biodegradable after non-biodegradable! I really to try to only use sposies at night, and now that I have some pocket nappies, I use them for going out instead.
Toying with the notion of getting the Moltex ones for night because that's only one nappy I have to pull apart to compost. I can deal with that!