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EBF poop does go straight in the washer. I didn't have to touch it any more than when she poops in a disposable. Most solid poops just roll off the diaper into the toilet. I give the diaper a spray with Bac-Out and into the pail it goes. If it's stickier I swish it in the toilet. Honestly, I don't understand why cloth makes people scared of poop. We've touched more poop using disposables. And really, poop is just a part of being a parent. It just is.

When you have a baby, you are going to end up with poop on your hands it doesn't matter how you diaper, you will be face to face with it, sometimes get it on your hands, they will have an explosion on their clothes, poop in the bath, etc. There will be poop on their clothes from time to time, esp as newborns, so there will be poop in your washer any way you slice it!

With he machines you have to trick the washer into the highest water level, usually by adding a wet towel to your load. Even at 9 months, my kids dont eat enough solids that I have to scrape them very often. So they just go in the pail and them dumped in the washer. I don't dunk them either, just scrape off the big/thick stuff into the toilet with a plastic scraper before the wash.

I've never had poop left in my washer, but I do run a vinegar cycle once per month and wipe with a wet wipe once a weekish. A good detergent is helpful with that I think, and you run an extra rinse after your hot cd wash that gets the diapers and washer good and clean too.

@Chillybear: Convenience and because they don't know what options are out there now compared with when they were a baby (exposure) is probably the majority of it.

Poop is going to happen no matter what. And poop is going to be in the washer no matter what. There will be blow outs and poop gets on their clothes, which in turn means it will go in the washer. Unless you are completely against it and dump poopy clothes.... but that would be a waste.

We use a flushable liner for solid poo so I just have to lift the liner out and throw it in the toilet. No poo touching unless it's a huge one, but they're usually solid and easy to take out.

I've never had an issue with poo being in my washing machine. LO is 20 months old and we've been using cloth since 2 weeks..... so I don't feel like it would ever be an issue.

We're still ebf so no input on poop past this stage but let me tell you I come into wayyy more contact with poop in disposables. Blowouts every time we use them and he poops - such a gross mess in clothes. We've had no issues with poop in cloth or not coming clean from the washer.

The only time I've gotten poop on me was when I had LO in a disposable. It leaked up the back & I didn't see it. I've never had a poop leak from my cloth fitteds (NB kissaluvs). As far as regular diaper changes, the poop contact is the same.

Both my husband and I come into just as much contact with poop with disposibles as we do with our CDs! And really you shouldn't really need to touch it at all; give it a quick spray into the toliet and be done with it. OR just those flushable inserts, that way you just throw that in the toliet and avoid the sprayer all together.

As for the washer, as long as you do a halfway decent job cleaning the initial poop out, you shouldn't have any issues with the washer not being able to 'process' it. I know we never have. We were the first to CD in our group of friends too and a lot of people made comments about having to touch poop etc. and really it's just not true. Now a few more friends are jumping in and giving it a try. I'm sure yours will too! Good for you for being pioneers!

@Chillybear: Because they are scared of poop!! lol