Washing when you only have a few?

[Shelle]

I'm just wondering - as I have only just started my MCN collection, I won't have anywhere near a full washing load for a while. So is it ok to wash nappies with other clothes?

I'm sorry if this is a really dumb question!

[stellaj]

I usually do a rinse first and then top up the load with other things. Nappies do pill alot so usually I stick to topping them up with towels, sheets etc

[Beanie]

I wash with clothes, towels, whatever. I try to wash DS's nappies every day now because we had trouble with the fabrics disintegrating and I thought it was due to sitting soaked in wee for a few days at a time.

Now both nappies and clothes come out smelling like roses, way better than the nappies used to when it was a full load and they had been dry pailing for 2 days. I have no qualms about washing clothes and nappies together. They get a good prewash and then a full cycle.

It's not a dumb question though, since I think many others wouldn't like doing it.

[Fi Kiwi]

Yep - we do a load of nappies every night. We put on all the nappies and bibs and on for a rinse, and then we load up everything else. Teatowels, kids clothes and thats usually a load for 2 small kids.
We dont have any sicknesses - we had a dose of gastro in the hosue recently, and the kids didn't catch it at all, so I'm confident our washing regime and line drying kills all the bugs.

[Shelle]

Excellent. Thanks for the tips!

[mazadaz]

yep, just be careful of your water temp depending on what nappies you are putting in as too hot can be bad for things like elastic and some PUL

mary

[Possum]

Ditto what the others said.
I tend to avoid washing fleecy cottons (like tracksuit material) in with nappies because it seems to pill onto the hemp terry, etc. Doesn't affect the use, I just don't like navy blue pills on my lovely hemp naps! LOL!

[MichelleP]

We only do night time nappies now so I generally wash them when I do sheets or towels.

[johT]

im too anal about my nappies (and pilling/lint) so i just do a smaller load with less water

[Obsi]

since we only use night nappies I often do a load of a couple of nappies and clothes. Teatowels are the only thing I don't wash with nappies. And I wash in cold, and since 1/2 the normal amount of laundry liquid works for cleaning nappies, I now use less in every load.