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I've just made up a bunch of cloth wipes that are squares of terry and flannelette sewn together. I've now realised though that the reason I supposedly don't need to soak my MCN's is because they are made from 'modern anti-bacterial fabrics'... but then my wipes aren't. So does anyone know if I should be soaking the wipes in an antibacterial cleaner or something to keep them hygienic?
Nah. Even cotton nappies are dry pailed these days :) We have much better washing machines and much better washing powders these days.. no need for soaking, and the sun will get bacteria out of any fabric, I don't think it discriminates :)
We don't get much direct sun in our back yard- so as much as I love the sun as an antibacterial idea I'm not sure if it'll work for us.
I wouldn't have worried but my Dad made me feel terrible about the not soaking thing like I'll be giving my baby a disease! Hence why I checked up about not soaking the nappies... I really don't want to soak so I hope you're right! :lol:
I use a combo of terry flats and MCN, as well as cloth wipes. I don't soak anything! I personally don't think it's very hygenic to soak (think of all those yuckies floating around in water for however many days! Ew!), and I think all of my nappies come up brilliantly :D We don't get a huge amount of sun either.
I just dry-pail and launder my cloth wipes the same way I do with my MCN. They always come up clean and fresh-smelling. It's just poo - it washes out, the same way that food would. Every now and then I'll throw some Dettol sanitiser through the rinse cycle in my machine, just to kill any nasties, but I certainly don't do it every wash. Just think - when you go to the toilet, you only wash your hands with soap afterwards. You don't soak them in napisan and rinse them in bleach lol.
I have to agree with Janie too - the thought of soaking them and having all my wipes/nappies percolating in bacteria-laden water really isn't very appealing to me at all.