Do you rinse off the poo?

[~Raven~]

A lot of people don't rinse of poo from their bub if they are exclusively breastfed as it dissolves in the water anyway.
I think you'd still need to do a pre rinse though to be sure the nappies are being washed on clean water.

I've always rinsed poo off before dry pailing.

[Trish]

I have a little squirt too, but am STILL waiting for DP to attach it. For the moment I am using the laundry tap and tub. I rinse all pooey nappies off before dry pailing them. No way could I just leave them covered in crap sitting in the bucket. But that's just me. I also wash my nappies every second day. I hate having to wait that long too, but there is not enough to do a load every day of just nappies.

[Liz]

I leave newborn poo on the nappy.. nothing to rinse off really! I do a prewash cycle in the machine. Comes up fine

I have a little squirt which we use for DS's if we haven't used a flushable liner. I find I make so much mess with the little squirt coz it's too powerful LOL. I can't turn it down at the tap either coz then the loo takes forever to fill up.

[suse]

We use a little squirt (and turn down the pressure a bit, it doesn't bother me that the loo takes ages to fill), and rinse both pooey and wet nappies before 'damp-pailing'. (Drypailing really)

I only have a prewash on the longest cycle on my machine so I don't bother with one and very rarely have stains. When I do they tend to come straight out in the sun.

[Melody7]

Well, it seems people do a bit of both. My DS's poos are becoming a bit heavier (as he only goes every 2 days or so), so I'm going to keep squirting.

Liz, if you don't want to turn the tap down because it effects your toilet, you can unscrew the "on/off" knob on the little squirt. If it's looser, I think the pressure is a little less. Worth a go perhaps

[Snacks]

We scrape here. I use the "poo stick" (retired wooden spoon) if its sloppy or just toilet paper if its more solid. Then straight in the pail. I find it smells more if the nappy is wet. The washing machine is really efficient and gets it all off without a trace. Then the sunlight bleaches them white (ish) again. All good.

[Melody7]

Yes, I love sunlight! I've never soaked my nappies - the sun just bleaches any stains away after a short time - I've heard this is because the poo stains are UV unstable