https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 14:44:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321339 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:28:44 +0000 pastemoo 321339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: I have a wet pail (cold/room temp water), not a wetbag that the dirty diapers go it so I can do the first wash hot. I don't have any stain issues yet....@cvbee: Agreed! I used to wash separately until I realized all baby stuff is pretty gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321316 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:10:50 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 321316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to, at the little baby stage when they seem to go through sleepers like no one's business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321299 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:55:16 +0000 lovehoneybee 321299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sometimes throw other stuff in there with them--like the nursing tanks I wear to bed (I refuse to wear nursing pads at night and wake up damp) or his blankets and clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321295 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:49:21 +0000 cvbee 321295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: I do same as you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321293 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:48:56 +0000 cvbee 321293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wash together.</p> <p>I do a COLD prerinse with just diapers. </p> <p>Then I put everything else in WITH SOAP and wash HOT, rinse COLD, extra rinse. </p> <p>It is not gross at all. In fact, once I ALMOST dried my diapers after the cold pre-rinse, and they were almost totally clean. I just thought hmmmm these are slightly stained more than normal.....then it hit me. So, I'm telling you, after the pre-rinse, they are almost totally clean and are super fine to wash with clothes.</p> <p>Plus, the disposable diaper people get 'blowouts' all the time (which cloth diapers seem to avoid--yay) and those people are washing their clothes with the poop and it's all good. </p> <p>My poop is still EBF. When it gets solids-yucky I'll be using a diaper sprayer, and suspect I can still then do the same routine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321284 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:42:27 +0000 brownie 321284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will wash my shells with clothes, but the actual cloth inserts I wash separately. Cold Wash no detergent, Warm Wash (per the instructions) with detergent, Cold Wash no detergent, 3-5 rinses. We have really really hard water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321280 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:32:11 +0000 Freckles 321280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: i always thought it was cold first, to make sure the diapers don't stain? Have i been doing it wrong this whole time?? :S i just follow the directions on the rockin green detergent bag. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321272 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:23:51 +0000 Mrs. Pen 321272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I think that's icky... but my son is now on solids too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321262 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:18:34 +0000 MsMini 321262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep the diapers separate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321191 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:39:11 +0000 Mrsbells 321191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beyond2: We mistakenly did this in the beginning and realized it was a bad idea because her regular clothes kinda had a smell even though the diapers smelt fine. It was weird. So now we wash the diapers separately with the pail liner. Our LO was also exclusively breast fed at the time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-321188 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:38:00 +0000 yin 321188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wash them separately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-320976 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:42:58 +0000 pastemoo 320976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do... but it's complicated. First... rinse the diapers alone with HOT water. Then add the clothes. Then smell the diapers and make sure they actually came out clean. Move the clothes to the dryer, rinse the diapers again (to get out any detergent residue). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-320970 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:38:11 +0000 T.H.O.U. 320970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really worry about it because I use a really long wash cycle (pre-rinse, extra wash, extra rinse). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-320903 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:02:58 +0000 Freckles 320903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, i do. I first do a soak/rinse with cold water, and once that's done i'll throw the clothes in there. More clothes mean more water, which mean cleaner diapers. :) </p> <p>(i make sure the poop is rinsed off with a sprayer or in the soak cycle before the clothes go in though) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-320893 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:55:27 +0000 heffalump 320893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't..... They go through a whole long process and not the same wash cycle that my clothes go through (cold rinse, gentle cycle hot, and two cold rinses) and my normal clothes just go through a normal wash, so it wouldn't make sense to do them together. I also use different detergent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-320884 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:53:03 +0000 autumnlove 320884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never washed clothes with cloth diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wash-cloth-diapers-with-other-clothes#post-320878 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:51:38 +0000 Beyond2 320878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just getting into cloth diapering and I'm wondering if it is ok to wash other clothes with them. My baby is currently exclusively breastfed if that makes a difference. </p>