To Flush or Not To Flush--What Do You Do With Solid Waste in Disposable Diapers?

From a Baby blog at The Stir at CafeMom.com, a very interesting article and topic of conversation has sprung forth! How many of you have heard the rumor or debate about having to dispose of poop in disposable diapers into the toilet to be flushed? The warning and advisory, after all, is printed on the sides of many disposable diaper packages (though it is less common to see it than it used to be, especially on some of the big name brands).

So, head on over to read this article and find out: is there really a federal law against putting baby's dirty diaper in the trash?. Writer Amy K. dug around and did her research, going right to the governmental level to get the true scoop.

Once you've taken in this article (and the very interesting set of comments that follow it!), head on back over here and leave a comment on this post. I'd love to hear your take on this scenario. Have you always been in favor of flushing the poop? Will reading this article cause you to think differently about anything or make any changes to your personal routine? Do you know of any alternate laws in your area? We'd love to hear your take on it all!

Community Comments: Laundry

Since we've been talking about laundry this week, I'd love to start a post where you all can leave a comment stating what type of laundry routine (including what machine and type of soap) that you are using and finding successful for washing your cloth diapers.

I know as a newbie to cloth diapering, the laundry routine is the most daunting part, and it was only through reading what other people did that I fully felt I knew how to work my washing machine to clean our diapers in the best way possible.

So please see the comments section to add your own personal laundry routine to help our fellow mamas out! :)