https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:41:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapering-with-shared-laundry-room#post-648699 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:13:18 +0000 Foodnerd81 648699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsClownfish: Is this a shared laundry that you already use? Like, do you know if there is often a wait, do people leave stuff in for a long time, will people take your stuff out if you don't get there right away?</p> <p>I'm just thinking of my own shared laundry, where people, including a family with a baby or toddler, sometimes leave there stuff in the washer for a while and I have to take it out to put mine in (I wait a good half hour after I know the washer stopped). Honestly, I'd feel a little icky if I had to take their diapers out, but I feel like that's the only time people would even know what's in your laundry. And it would be really annoying for you to have a basket of dirty diapers and be sitting there waiting for a machine to open up. Otherwise it just sounds like an added hassle for you, but not one that you couldn't work around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapering-with-shared-laundry-room#post-648498 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:45:27 +0000 Arden 648498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@red_seattle: "Look, I have a baby. Even if we use disposable diapers, between blowouts, leaks, and just plain accidents, there would still be tons of little kid pee, poo, and vomit/spit-up in the machine. I don't think the diapers really add that much more."</p> <p>THIS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapering-with-shared-laundry-room#post-648424 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:57:05 +0000 sarac 648424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, I wouldn't. It seems a little much to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapering-with-shared-laundry-room#post-647429 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:49:18 +0000 red_seattle 647429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did for about 6 months. We rinsed the dirty diapers with a sprayer, even though EBF baby poo is water soluble-- but other than that, we didn't do anything particularly special that you wouldn't normally do with cloth diapers. And we would've sprayed them first anyway. We didn't have any issues or complaints from neighbors. That said, I always had a response in the back of my mind just in case: "Look, I have a baby. Even if we use disposable diapers, between blowouts, leaks, and just plain accidents, there would still be tons of little kid pee, poo, and vomit/spit-up in the machine. I don't think the diapers really add that much more." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapering-with-shared-laundry-room#post-647423 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:41:30 +0000 twinmama 647423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't done this, but overheard a conversation at our local cloth diaper store with a couple planning to do it. The store clerk mentioned making sure to do a rinse at home (in the sink or toilet I guess?)before putting the soiled diapers in the communal machine, and doing an extra rinse after your wash too, but thats pretty normal for CDs. And that you may have to strip your diapers more often if the detergents others are using are not very clean rinsing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapering-with-shared-laundry-room#post-636950 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:16:21 +0000 MrsClownfish 636950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This has probably been covered but I could not find any specific thread. </p> <p>Does anyone have any experience with cloth diapering in an apartment setting with shared laundry? What is the protocol? Would neighbors complain that you wash diapers in the machines? </p>