101 for Family Cloth?

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In re: the poopy ones, you can buy a mini-shower to spray them off with and put them in the same tub you put the wet ones.

It's been so easy to switch for us because we're already established w/cloth diapers. And it was free, I used all scraps.

I made about 12 two-layer flannel wipes for my #2's, and 12 squares of old corduroy for dh's #2's (lol) and about 30- 8" x 8" squares out of old t-shirts for #1's. We have an old kitty litter container w/flip top lid next to the toilet w/the mini-shower for dd's poopy diapers & our wipes & that is a designated #2 potty ... and we bought a little step pedal can w/plastic liner (this was our only expense) for our other bathroom.

I'm so happy with our system, now I'm even thinking of taking the plunge when we go camping/traveling. I'm spoiled on cloth, it just feels so much better!

I am no expert, but use family cloth exclusively here. Even guests I started with dd's old wipes from when she was still in cloth diapers (she is potty leanred now). We only had about 36 which was not enough as dd and I both like to use multiple wipes each time. So I made more. We had some old flannel double sheet sets that were no longer being used. That is what I made her original wipes out of and I added more to those. They are double thick 10x10 inch wipes. If you do not have anything that you could use already, I suggest visiting you local Goodwill and pick up sheets there. They always have a lot of mismatched flannel sheet stes here.

I put a stack in each bathroom. On the back of the toilet. One of our bathrooms doubles as a laundry room which is very handy. In that room, the used wipes go directly into the washer. In the other bathroom, I have a small flip-top pail that I have an old pillowcase in as a "liner". We do not rinse anything. Everything just goes in dry. Every 4 days or so, I collect the pillow case and add it to what is in the washer. I run them all on a small cold rinse cycle with a very small amount of detergent and TTO. Then I add any whites I have around the house to make a full load and do a normal wash.

We are not squeemish around here and I am not worried about mixing loads. I figure any bacteria that makes it through the washer gets either cooked in the dryer or cooked by UV rays. It is very easy and since we mix loads, I do not feel like I am spending more on extra laundry loads than I would on TP. I did make a point to use dark colored sheets so staining is not an issue. I have no problems with stains, but I do not want to gross out the guests......

We just have one bathroom....we keep our cloth behind the toilet too, in this thingie that fits over the toilet like a flower box looking thing but not a flower box...anyway, we just throw them in the flip top can dry too and we do what yooper does too, line it with a pillow case. On laundry day (we don't have a washer/dryer) we just pull out the pillowcase and hubby (who usually does the laundry, bless him lol) usually washes that load separate in hot water (it is usually enough for a small loader at the laundrymat)...

We have never had a problem with smell at all, only occasionally when the flip top on the can flips down you might get a nice waft ...LOL but that is easily taken care of with sprinkling some baking soda with tea trea oil mixed in over them...we usually never smell it at all though.