Little Squirt, poo scraping, or flushable liners - which to choose?

Hi there

I'm tossing up my options here. I'd like to keep the costs down because of the whole MCN thing working out cheaper, but if I go with flushable liners (which will be more convenient, especially for DP!), how much does that work out per change?

The other options are to fit a Little Squirt to our upstairs toilet, which we were leaning towards, but how much better is that than just scraping away (bearing in mind that formed poos are a long way off, from memory DD was over six months before this happened last time).

The other thing is we are in a two story house and while the changing stuff is upstairs where the Little Squirt will be, maybe it would be easier to use liners and then not have to worry? I guess we could get two Little Squirts, two nappy bins... :think:

Thoughts? Suggestions? Reality check? :D

We've only used cloth since DS was just over 6 months, but we've always just scraped. I looked into flushable liners but they were reasonably expensive. The first lot I bought without looking and it turned out they weren't flushable - what's the point??! DS had an allergy to them anyway so we ditched them. A friend swears by her Little Squirt for non-solid baby poo.

DH put a LS on our loo and I loved it! He made it himself with bits from Bunnings cost about $35. It's still on there actually even though both are tt'd and I use it to clean the bath!!! :rofl: I would definitely go with either 1 or 2 of them especially as liners can leak anyway and you might end up scraping which I hated!!!!

Liners do nothing in the way of catching non solid poo... If that sways you ;)
I just scrape. BF poos I rinse and chuck in the bucket for the washing machine to deal with later XD

I have a LS and its great! With DS1 I shook the poo into ths loo & rinsed in the laundry sink and I prefer the LS - its great to rinse the bf poo out too so its been getting use since we bought it and now I use it to rinse the potty. I use flushable liners at childcare and when we're out so I'm in favour of them too but I could do without them & just LS when we get home.

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Our LS is awesome - and also great for cleaning potties, vomit buckets etc - so many uses other than pooey nappies :rofl:

If you want some flushable liners I have a whole role I can send you if you want to try them for no expense?

I have tried all three and am back to scraping now!

I did invest in the LS but found it didn't work on our toilet. The water pressure was abysmal and I could not get any poo off at all so ended up having to scrape anyway. I think the pressure problem related to our house, we are upstairs in a warehouse apartment. I don't notice any problem with water pressure in any other taps but our toilet water pressure is terrible so the LS is a failure.

So, I have resigned to scrape. I do like using the liners, (really like avoiding scraping as my girls never seem to manage solid poos) but can't seem to get to the shop easily to get them when we run low. We are out at the moment and I am coping without. I don't mind the cost with DD2 at this age (18 months) as she doesn't tend to need to many changes a day so I can get away with using fewer liners. I can sometimes predict which nappy change will need the liner too so I can save it for the poo of the day. I do find that Murphy's law leads to DH doing the nappy change just before her poo and he never remembers to use a liner :rolleyes: Now, if he would do the nappy change after the poo, I am sure he would always remember!!

Scraping hasn't been too bad. I can't believe how ok I have become about 'handling poo'!

I couldn't have imagined not having a Little Squirt! Like Tanstar, we got all the bits from Bunnings for about $40 and made one :) It is great.

We've been using MCNs for over 2 years and have only just fitted a LS in the last few weeks - wish I'd done it months ago!

We tried the liners but thought they were to scratchie on DD bum. Now I use them to wipe the bath down to stop the ring from forming :rofl:

As mentioned in another thread I used the flat nappies for the first week or so so was able to rinse/soak these nappies prior to washing which helped with that newborn tar poo.

BM poo was easy - sticky but easy. We have a hand held bath thingy and so use our finger to make the water harder to wash down sloppy poops .... but then we also have a septic tank so ALL our water goes to the same place, not sure if you're allowed to do that when you are on town connections :dunno:

You could also just rinse the BM poop under the tap in the laundry?

Once they get a bit thicker you might want a scraper - we've always just "flicked off" or picked off with a little toilet paper.

HTH,

Nae x x

I've been doing cloth for a long time. I rarely use liners (and only use cloth ones) and I don't have a LS.
I do have a poo spoon though.

Disposable liners seemed an unnecessary expense, seeing as I was going to the effort of reusable stuff, and I figured I bought nappies that felt nice on their bums, so why would I put something between them? Nappies are designed to catch the poo :dunno:

Only downside to the ls is if you get the angle wrong it sprays off the nappy all over the place lol. Dh ended up being the nappy rinser cos he could keep it in the loo!! We tried to adjust the pressure but I always managed to squirt poo water everywhere :/

Flushable liners are very papery and I agree, go against the idea of cloth on their bums. If it was more cloth like, like the flushable wet wipes are, I'd prob consider them again. We'll prob just do ls again.

Flushable wet wipes?? Really?? Where??!! I used and rewashed Chux for the first 9 months because the thought of wasting so many wipes (as well as putting all those chemicals on DS's bum) didn't sit well with me.

I think the LS would be a good idea, but now I can't help but think of the amount of water it would use. And I definitely don't want poo water flying around my bathroom - ewww! If you use the LS, then the nappies are all wet - can you then 'dry pail' them or do you have to soak??

I have done all three.

Poo scraping is my least favourite, as my scraper (or poo sword, as it's called here) will never be completely clean, and I think it's gross.

Flushable liners my second least favourite. DD manages to get her poo half on-half-off the liner, or they hang out the side of the nappy, they're a PITA to cart around, and they're not great on her skin. Not really that expensive, I don't think, I paid $12 for a roll of 100, which you can cut in half to make 200.

DH built a DIY LS, only used a 7-speed hose nozzle for it. It was far and away the best option. It was out of action for a while while we moved though, and haven't quite got back into it yet - there's been a lot to set up, and we're in the formed poo era of DD's life (except on kiwifruit days) so it's not a big deal.

We also had a two storey house at the old place - changed upstairs, toilet downstairs. Found it easiest to just leave the pooey naps in a separate bucket and do them at the end of the day. Also, for the first 5 months of her life, DD was a twice a week kinda kid, so we didn't really have to think about it all that often.

I use flushable liners. About $20 for a roll of 250 I think? So what's that, like 10c a nappy change? Did I do that maths right? I'm a bit vague atm...

They don't seem to aggravate my kids' bums. And they mostly catch most of the poop - only if they have been really wriggly or if its a poosplosion does it go off the liner onto the nappy. Overall, very happy with them.

I have a LS. Love it. I have made fleece liners for nappies which makes it easy to keep squirted poo in the pan. Also use it for rinsing potty.


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I use Bamboo flushable liners, they are lovely and soft, $10 for a roll of 100. Unfortunately DD2 ALWAYS does very big poos and the liner never seems to catch it all so we also scrape a little.

Thanks for your input everyone. I've found a generic nappy squirter online for only $49 and I might just grab a few liner packs and some nappies on special while I'm there. ;)

Just one more question - what do you when you're out and about? Is it easier to use liners in the hope that at least most is caught and you can flush it when you change? I've got a wet bag to keep the soiled/wet nappies in, but I figure it might be better to get rid of as much as possible before we get home?

I have one pack of compostable liners that I will try as well (I got them relatively cheaply at a market recently, but I think the flushable ones are much more cost effective).

ooh the bamboo ones sound good! It would be so good to have a predictable pooer. I hated using the flushable liners for wet nappies LOL.

As for out and about it depends where I am and what type of poo it is. If I'm near a bathroom, and it's a nice solid one that can be shaken off, then I'll do that. But sometimes it just had to be bundled up in the nappy and dealt with at home. I know when I was preg with DD1, I was feeding DS still and his nappies were ALWAYS sloppy due to the colostrum he was drinking! LOL. They were LS nappies only :/ Even flushable liners didn't do the job with those ones.

I know it's not in line with the whole reusable idea, but nappy sacks are handy to have on hand if it's a particularly stinky bundle that you're stuck with for a long period (like being out all day on a hot day!!) cos they help hold in the stink a bit. I find the wetbags I have get a bit wiffy after a while.

It's nice to be in the breastfeeding poo stage... so easy LOL.

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I know when I was preg with DD1, I was feeding DS still and his nappies were ALWAYS sloppy due to the colostrum he was drinking! LOL. They were LS nappies only :/ Even flushable liners didn't do the job with those ones.

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I think my milk must be affecting DDs poos. Not much flickability happening here.

Trying to wash off nappies when i'm out just gets messy and i don't think the lines would hold much here, so i just wrap the nappy inwards and put it in the wet bag and take it as soon as i get home and clean off then.

With newborn poos, i would also just wait til i get home.- don't know how much liners would hold.

I don't use either, found the liners to move and miss the poo, a ls my kids would play with. I just turn the nappy upside down and the poo rolls off, even when ds had bm and sticky green reflux poo's. We use itti's and Holden's landing which are bamboo. It's rare for them to need a scrape or much of a rinse.

I never tried a LS, I scraped with NB runnier poos or rinsed and put in the tub for washing. I have to admit that the scraping wasn't all the thorough in the early days as we started using cloth at 2weeks old and I was in a daze! So we did a pre wash rinse cycle 1st then a regular wash. I used fleece liner right from the early days and I still use them today. I bought a huge roll on flushable liners but they feel so rough that I never used on ds's bottom. I used bamboo velour wipes too as we were going through to many back then too. Now I use disposable wipes and there is no need for scraping really. if ds does a poo in the cloth I can generally wipe his bottom and scrap up the poo with the wipe as they are soild poops. Besides I'm lucky enough that he wears 2 spossies in 24 hours and he poops when he gets up and he's in a spossie overnight. Then I usually put him in another spossie for his nap and he poops in that when he gets up again!

LS all the way. I don't know what I'd do with out it. DS has always had rather sloppy poos. Liners move every time. I used them for daycare but there was always heaps of poo on the nappy anyway so it was a waste of time. When out & about, I just wrap the poo in the nappy & LS it at home.