Little Squirt, poo scraping, or flushable liners - which to choose?
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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...
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!!! 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.
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 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'!
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
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
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.
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
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??
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 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).
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Little Squirt, poo scraping, or flushable liners - which to choose?
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!!!!
Now, if he would do the nappy change after the poo, I am sure he would always remember!!
It is great.
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