https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:17:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/3#post-1882568 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:45:55 +0000 BSB 1882568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use cloth menstrual pads now but I don't know if I could go that far to replace my toilet paper. </p> <p>I would consider a bidet. I've used one when I was in France. </p> <p>I would have to see how the bidet works and how clean I feel before I could get rid of toilet paper.</p> <p>ETA: Hmm, interesting bidet add-on attachment. Not bad for $36. </p> <p>The other question is... if you use this product, will it spray water all over your bathroom? I would hope not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/3#post-1882424 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:40:25 +0000 ShootingStar 1882424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I use the wet wipes for the same reason. Must be SUPER clean when you have hemorrhoids :meh: :bummed: . And when we were on our honeymoon in St. Lucia we took a whole tour of the island and one of the public bathrooms in this tiny village said not to flush the TP and all the girls on the tour were horrified. It smelled pretty bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/3#post-1881762 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:29:21 +0000 IRunForFun 1881762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chastenet: My issue wouldn't be with the proximity of my hand to my poopy butt, it would be with having to store cloths with poop on them somewhere until we could do a load of laundry. </p> <p>We live in an apartment building and have access to the shared washing machine 2 days per week. </p> <p>My husband seriously poops 3 or 4 times a day. And it's messy. There is no way I would be storing that many dirty cloths somewhere until we could do the wash! I can not even imagine the smell. Yuck. </p> <p>Also, I highly doubt our neighbor upstairs would appreciate us putting cloths with our poop on them into the shared machine. </p> <p>I guess theoretically I wouldn't have an issue with a bidet plus cloths for drying since the cloths wouldn't have skidmarks on them... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/3#post-1881759 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:28:30 +0000 Arden 1881759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Haha, yeah.<br /> I did live in one place without running water and we just always took the trash out daily so it didn't get too bad. But yeah, I wouldn't get rid of TP if I didn't have running water. No way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/3#post-1881748 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:22:32 +0000 blackbird 1881748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Oh yeah no, my friend was like...living in a thatch floored hut that summer. There were no bidets, just trash cans for used TP. </p> <p>I would probably just keep a towel near the toilet like I do near the shower and it would just be my butt towel. Have it embroidered to say "butt" so nobody uses it on their face :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/3#post-1881733 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:14:58 +0000 Arden 1881733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Well in most of the places I lived people used a bidet to clean and tp just to dry off, so it didn't smell. I can see using cloth wipes to dry off - it wouldn't smell or be gross to launder so if it made a significant impact on the environment I'd be willing to do that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/3#post-1881728 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:12:17 +0000 blackbird 1881728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: yes! My friend said in Guatemala, you had to put the poopy toilet paper in a can because of the plumbing and she said it just smelled SO BAD in the summer. Now that seems really unappealing to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881725 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:10:52 +0000 Arden 1881725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess one of the reasons this doesn't bother me is because I'm used to not being able to flush toilet paper. In a lot of the world, the plumbing can't handle paper so you throw toilet paper into a trash can in the bathroom or use a bidet. I lived in those kind of countries for all my teenage years.</p> <p>I don't think it's all that big of a deal to use a bidet, and yes, they get you quite clean. Cleaner than TP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881715 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:06:08 +0000 blackbird 1881715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would be cool with a bidet. I don't 100% understand how it works but it sounds appealing to me. I have seen them in fancy hotels but never used one! I actually buy those wet wipes to use on myself because i find toilet paper irritating after #2, esp with hemrroids. I like to be super super clean. With cloth wipes, my issue would be like the diaper pail. A little poop residue over time adds up to a big smell on cloth diapers. And adult poop smells a lot worse than toddler poop, IMO. </p> <p>I really can't with the mama cloth, though. My period grosses me out so bad. I want tampons. It's just so damn heavy with my endo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881702 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:59:42 +0000 avivoca 1881702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: Thanks for sharing your washable pads experience! I tried one of mine once (it's a pantyliner thickness) and it's definitely bunchy. I'll have to try it again on a lighter day to see how I fare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881666 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:45:33 +0000 jedeve 1881666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Altough it does sound more comfortable than the single ply super jumbo pack of sandpaper mg husband bought. </p> <p>I have a bladder disorder and pee a lot so it just wouldn't work for me. </p> <p>I do use washable pads though. It's not gross at all. I use the party in my pants ones. They can be a little bunchy and I would imagine others are more comfortable. But they are super absorbent and not gross to wash at all. I just toss them in with my laundry. No soaking needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881433 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:47:00 +0000 Lindsay05 1881433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chastenet: I cloth diaper and I hate the poop part. And that is why we eventually potty train. For me, I cannot understand how not using toilet paper is anyway better than using a cloth wipe, environmentally speaking. I can see using a bidet better, but even then, i'm not sure about having a wet bum being a healthy situation. But that's just me!</p> <p>ETA: OP I am not judging your choices. I respect the idea this is just my own personal thought! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881399 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:31:03 +0000 loki 1881399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chastenet: i think for me the offputting part is putting it in with my regular laundry or having all that in my washing machine. also i never use hot water to wash but i guess i'd have to for it to be sanitary. and like a pp mentioned, i feel like the stains just never go away. and my husband would probably have to use like 10 large towels haha. you're right, it's definitely cultural. for some of us, we just can't imagine it any other way! but i'm sure lots of people all over the world can't imagine using tp either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881340 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:00:12 +0000 mediagirl 1881340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread has me dying at work. Thank you for the laugh. Hahaha.</p> <p>Cold.Dead.Hands.. Skid marks are bad enough to launder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881329 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:55:38 +0000 .twist. 1881329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chastenet: I don't think it's the "action" that is grossing people out. It's having to do a load of poop cloths. This is one of those things that may be great for you and not great for someone else. There is nothing wrong with that. The biggest thing here is people want to minimize their carbon footprint. Personally, I do that in many, many ways. But I am NOT willing to do a bunch of poop cloths (mine, DH's or any of my kids). To each their own, they say. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881322 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:53:07 +0000 sarac 1881322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would LOVE to have a bidet, and cloth just to dry off. LOVE. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881318 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:51:23 +0000 Chastenet 1881318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty surprised by the overwhelmingly negative reaction to this suggestion...I guess I don't see what the big deal is?</p> <p>Using cloth to wipe is not that different from using a piece of paper. It certainly provides as much of a barrier between poo and hand. Yes, you would have to clean them, but I imagine it would work like cloth diapering. You could have a pail for the cloth wipes next to your toilet, when it's full, you dump it into the washing machine and wash on high temp. I don't know what this business is about having to scrape cloth wipes? I have cloth diapered for 2+ years now and never scraped a wipe (or a diaper for that matter, I have a diaper sprayer that is actually a bidet sprayer I found on amazon). </p> <p>I guess my point is - yes poop is gross, but cleaning it with paper is really just as gross as cleaning it with cloth. It's not really more hygienic to use paper as opposed to a bidet to clean with water and then a cloth wipe to dry. I think the disgust displayed here is really more cultural - that's what people are used to so that's the only conceivable option...But in reality tp is not the norm in many, many places around the world. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881312 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:49:14 +0000 alohaorchid 1881312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cold. Dead. Hands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881292 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:41:34 +0000 Anagram 1881292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can get bidets that use warm water (if you have it hooked up to hot water). I really want one of the Toto washlets--it's a seat/lid/bidet thing you add to an existing toilet. It has warm or cold water/it spray in different areas and different strengths depending on where you want it (like it has front spray, back spray or spraying both at one), and it dries you too. And heats the seat if you want it! And lifts the lid on command so you don't have to touch the seat.</p> <p>So clean!</p> <p>To those that have never used a bidet---I think you get very clean, generally speaking. I had one the summer I lived in Argentina--but most people that use bidets also use paper, just less.</p> <p>And...not to be gross.....but if you've ever wiped "clean", but then the next time you wipes still found some leftover..aheam.."debris", then you know TP isn't really that great, as far as cleaning up goes.</p> <p>I mean, I wouldn't touch poop with my hands and then just rub my hands with tp and call it clean, you know? </p> <p>But my arguments are all just because I think Japanese toilets are awesome, not because I'm super green. Like, I would still never use cloth wipes that I'd have to scrape later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881143 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:39:01 +0000 avivoca 1881143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: I cloth diaper and it's really not that much more laundry than I was already doing. </p> <p>I have a set of cloth mama pads sitting on my nightstand, I just haven't been able to bring myself to use them. My understanding is that you could throw them in with your cloth diapers (if you use them). Maybe I'll try them with my next period. Or I could just use the pads/tampons I'm accustomed to and think about getting a Diva Cup or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881134 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:30:02 +0000 MrsTiz 1881134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: if you think they're reusable period pads, then yes..yes they are. Soo can't get on board with that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881130 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:29:00 +0000 BadgerMom 1881130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I'm with twist. I'm a total wimp when it comes to cold water! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881104 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:15:02 +0000 loki 1881104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i pitched this idea to DH last night... he was incredulous haha. i was just joking though because i could NEVER live without tp. maybe someone can explain the logistics of the bidet? i just don't think it would sufficiently clean? like after getting wet, wouldn't you still need to wipe??? also, wouldn't you end up doing WAY MORE laundry loads if you're using cloth... meaning you're using more water anyways??? it's a noble idea but it is never taking place in our household. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881103 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:14:43 +0000 .twist. 1881103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: It's probably more along the lines of: I am a big wimp. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881098 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:12:06 +0000 pui 1881098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Hm, maybe the "cold" water isn't that bad here...? I really don't find it that cold. Then again, I haven't tried this in winter yet lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881093 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:11:12 +0000 .twist. 1881093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: haha I am all kinds of Canadian, but.... no. just no. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881087 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:08:39 +0000 .twist. 1881087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: soooo I had to google that.... are those.... what I think they are? omg. </p> <p>@BadgerMom: hahahaha! OMG! freeeezing. lol! Yea... no thanks! :P :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881085 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:06:30 +0000 pui 1881085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: *shrugs* It's cold but I guess it doesn't bother me lol. Maybe it's my Canadian blood. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881083 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:05:05 +0000 BadgerMom 1881083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Bahahaha, I had the same thought as your husband.</p> <p>When we bought our house it already had a diaper sprayer attached to the toilet, and in a particular moment of brilliance *sarcasm* I noticed it could reach the tub so I decided to try and wash my hair... FREAKING ICE COLD! No way I want that spraying my nether regions!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-toilet-paper/page/2#post-1881080 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:03:27 +0000 pui 1881080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I'll be getting rid of toilet paper, but since I delivered DD, I've been using my diaper sprayer (like a small shower head attached to my toilet meant for rinsing off cloth diapers) for personal hygiene occasionally. It works better than the squeeze bottle the hospital sent me home with. That might be a good solution for anyone looking to cut back on toilet paper use that is cheaper/easier than getting a bidet. </p>