https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:51:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2840101 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:44:49 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2840101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both. We're bottle feeding and go through a million cups and dishes a day so there are often a couple things in the sink but then they go in the dishwasher. I get irritated when people put too much in the sink because I can't wash it when it's overloaded anyway, or even rinse for the dishwasher. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2840024 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 05:09:01 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2840024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both. </p> <p>If it needs to soak, put it in the sink. Otherwise, put it on the counter. We need the sink clear to empty other items and to get water. We have water filtration. If I wasn't so anal about how the dishwasher was loaded, I would want DH to do that, but I usually end up redoing his work, so that everything fits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2840006 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:56:28 +0000 Corduroy 2840006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Counter. I hate dirty dishes in the sink. DH prefers them in the sink and it’s his chore so I do what he wants. But if there are a bunch of dishes covered in yucky water I will not help out. It just feels like an incubator. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839979 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:00:34 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2839979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing in sink or counter. Rinsed and into dishwasher immediately. Anything else does not make sense to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839972 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:41:06 +0000 Hypatia 2839972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted sink, but the correct answer is put them in the dishwasher. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839970 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:37:57 +0000 josina 2839970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Next to the sink...<br /> Typically I rinse items right away and then put them in the dishwasher. If it's full I'll rinse items and stack next to the sink. I guess I like the sink clear so I can rinse any items out without just putting all the gunk on the already-rinsed dishes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839967 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:09:26 +0000 Mrsbells 2839967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: it depends. There are benefits to both ways. Putting it in the sink means you can soak it so it is easier to wash later. But since you only have 1 sink that means you have no Sino space left to rinse things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839960 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:30:30 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2839960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now with a LO that likes to test the limits of his reach dirty dishes should go directly in the sink. Those dishes should be scraped clean prior to going in there AND you better dare not turn on the water and make them icky. The drying rack is reserved for clean dishes. We have a dishwasher, but we only use it once or twice a year when have a lot of people over and are using our ceramic plates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839958 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:27:33 +0000 DesertDreams88 2839958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>dishwasher all the time. sink if the dishwasher is running. I try to run it at night before bed and unload in the morning within an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839949 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:07:40 +0000 KT326 2839949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have very little counter space but a pretty large sink so dishes go in there. We have an over the sink drying rack (no dishwasher). The only time the dishes go on the counter are when we are getting ready to wash them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839935 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:47:19 +0000 lindseykaye 2839935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In this case, I would rinse dirty dishes right away and neatly stack them inside the sink ready for filling the sink with hot soapy water for washing. I'm of the school that you clean off the food/rinse a dish right away, which to me means they stay in the sink, otherwise you're getting the counter all wet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839934 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:41:10 +0000 Twolittlemen 2839934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBucky: ditto, but reverse because our dishwasher is on the left </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839933 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:39:27 +0000 MrsBucky 2839933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a drying rack to the left of the sink. I prefer dishes to the right of the sink (above the dishwasher) so I can have the sink clear for washing things and everything flows right to left, dirty to clean. But it doesn’t bother me when things are put in the sink unless it’s so full I have to take things out to wash anything. It does make me twitchy when dirty things get left on the clean side though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839927 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:18:55 +0000 skinnycow 2839927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put them in the sink. It makes the counter look cluttered if they're on the counter.</p> <p>My husband drives me nuts by not washing food off dishes before putting them in the sink. He just places them in there with everything still on the plate... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839924 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:10:26 +0000 snowjewelz 2839924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything IN THE SINKKKKKKKKK </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839919 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:55:15 +0000 HappyBaker 2839919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: #goals ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839917 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:54:10 +0000 HappyBaker 2839917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So interesting and this is already eye opening haha. I like them IN the sink and get stabby about them being left on the counter next to it. We do have a dishwasher so they just go in the sink until we either wash them or the dishwasher is done. I totally see your point though @Sams Mom, but for some reason it bothers me more the other way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839916 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:52:29 +0000 erinbaderin 2839916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little of both. I hate having a sink full of dirty dishes, and I don’t like having dishes in the sink if I need to, like, drain the pasta, but I also don’t like a pile of dishes beside the sink. Basically I just always wash the dishes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839914 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:50:03 +0000 Sams Mom 2839914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In your situation I would put them next to the sink. I take care of the dishes at our house so it drives me absolutely bat shit crazy when he piles dirty dishes in the sink just to clear them off the counter... Then he proceeds to dump old milk out of sippy cups into the sink, or cuts the tops off of strawberries into the sink ontop of everything... Then freaking leaves it!</p> <p>I'm not stabby about this at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839911 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:46:21 +0000 JennyPenny 2839911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to put the dishes in the sink, but my DH (who does the dishes) prefers them on the counter. Something about not liking all the dishes below getting wet while he's washing. I don't get it, but it's his chore so whatever. As long as he does them soon after the meals and I have counter space again when I need it, I don't push it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839910 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:46:02 +0000 merriment 2839910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends:<br /> If I have a dishwasher, they'll go in the sink (or just in the dishwasher).<br /> Without a dishwasher, they go on the counter so the sink is clear for dish washing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-sink-related-important-poll#post-2839909 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:43:45 +0000 HappyBaker 2839909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Codeitall's poll made me think of another question that drives me INSANE about my own DH. We have a single, deep kitchen sink. There's a drying rack on the counter to the right of the sink. </p> <p>Would you put dirty dishes IN THE SINK or on the counter next to it? </p>