He’s freaked because of washing them with the other clothes but I wash any of her pooey or peed on diaper covers with all of our clothes and there are no indicators of contamination!! So how will blood or other poeey/pee things going to be any different? Just get a mesh laundry bag to keep their lifetime a bit higher and viola! Oooo, I’m kinda excited that I may have to go now. lol. TMI.

EASE OF USE—no having to unroll toilet paper; especially off a toilet paper roller on the wall which just makes it even more difficult.
Just grab a wipe off the clean stack and you’re ready.

CLEAN- I still use toilet paper for solid waste but find that a family wipe that I have run under the tap makes me feel cleaner than any brand of toilet paper.
And dealing with laundry is hardly even worth mentioning.
There are just so many great reasons to love family wipes that I never even mention the *green* aspect.

And I’m feeling just a tiny bit sad that GladRags weren’t around when I was menstruating.

Too much? :)

I sell cloth wipes, but have only recently heard about “family cloth”. I already use cloth menstrual pads and cloth cleaning rads and have used wet wipes for some time because I HATE HATE HATE tp!!!

I think part of the stigma is that it’s “different” or “weird” because it’s not the norm and we have learned that we should use this horrid method of wiping with paper tissue because it’s convenient.

My advice??? Give it a try kids, even just for urine. Get or make some pretty cloths.

I read through most of the comments and did not see anyone mention a bidet. I grew up using one, and have found them to save lots of TP. It was wonderful to have after she was born, much better than the bottle they give from the hospital; and we even use it to clean off solid waste from her diapers. We have had 2 kinds, the kind that was under the seat, and we switched to a hand held when we went with cloth diapering. If you google “mini shower” the main company will come up. They also have an entire changing station that you can install over the toilet to clean your baby.

At any rate, the $16 for a pretty, handmade ceramic neti pot seemed well worth all the use its endured by now. It has its more common use, nasal irrigation, and as a bidet (turns out that they do have pots for this use in India also) that allows for temperature adjustment of the water. Toilet paper production uses quite a bit of water, so I don’t feel guilty about using some for myself minus the dead trees.

And I just use a towel next to the toilet to dry off. It can also be a regular shower towel that you use for a few days to reduce laundry frequency. No need to worry about it being sanitary (unless you acquire an infection,) as the water has already cleansed you and a large towel will dry out well (no time for bacteria to grow) if different parts are used.

As for business beyond urination, I’m still having a heck of a time deciding how far that can be pushed. There is the option of cotton and bagasse TP, so that we’re off of trees entirely. I guess they’d never be as gentle to the skin though! I’d still like to have a plastic-free warm/cold bidet eventually though – cut down on all cleaning! Though, the workings of that would also change with a composting toilet for being completely green. A little TP in the toilet would benefit, but water would not.

As a side note, I know I’m comfortable with reusable menstrual pads if pre-washed/rinsed immediately (but, blood is not the same matter, is it?) Seems these matters don’t have to be icky, if managed correctly.