Of course I would use cloth diapers on another kid. That's the whole point of cloth diapers isn't it? That they aren't disposable. That they are reusuable. That they are better for the environment for those very reasons. I used the same cloth diapers for both of my kids and passed them along to another family for use on their kids. I soaked them in plain water, rinsed them in the washing machine, washed in hot with detergent and hung them out to dry. Don't dismiss sunlight as a wonderful bleaching and disinfecting agent. I never bleached. Chlorine bleach is a nasty chemical that can cause lots of horrible reactions, especially for kids with autism so we don't use it here. My diapers were white, well off-white cause they were made from unbleached fabric and they always lookoed and smelled fresh and clean. I had no qualms about using them on my kids nor did I have qualms about passing them on to someone else.
I agree with the PP that we need to stop having such a throw-away mentality. If something is still useful then it should be used not thrown away to clog up the landfill and waste precious raw materials. I would rather use hand-me-down underpants of excellent quality than new cheap dollar store undies any day.
And as someone asked above...yes, I would wear and have worn hand-me-down undies. My sister bought some recently, wore them, hated the style and gave them to me. And didn't you ever share stuff with your roommate in college? I know we borrowed undies if we ran out. We borrowed swimsuits when we needed one, we borrowed socks, and even...bras. I mean if something is washed, then it is clean. If it wasn't considered clean then why would you put it back on your own body?
And really, if you sit on the same toilet seat as other people (even your own family members) then you are in contact with lots of germs right there on your hiney. Do you have a separate toilet seat for every member of your family? A separate washing machine? A separate hermetically sealed spot for toothbruses? Are we truly so germaphobic that we can't be reasonable? Yikes!!
Just before she came home she got the MRSA in a couple of pressure sores from when she was on life support, etc..
Bleach and lysol are what we are using, too. We use gloves, gown, etc., when doing the dressings if they need changing when the homecare nurse isn't here (she comes for that and other things), or fixing her PICC line.
Dermatology sees her for those and other wounds (her skin, and just about everything else, failed when she was in septic shock after surgery, so some old scars opened, etc., and there are a lot of wounds from abdominal and lung drains but most of those have healed).
I clean a lot, but it hadn't occurred to me to wear gloves when washing her clothes and the bed pads, etc.. (its in pressure sores she got while on life support, etc.). Also, I wasn't doing anything about her wheelchair seat, seat in the car, or wearing gloves when I transfer her, etc. if she is dressed. Nothing had been said about all that except that it's already in the general population anyway. I will ask about it re: my DD, thanks :)
ETA To come to think of it, I'm not sure if we are using gloves anymore when we give her shots, either. I'm tired, will check lol.
When I had first posted on the thread, I wasn't sure if we'd passed underthings on or not. It didn't occur to me that some of their diapers were passed on lol. I didn't do it at the time re: landfill issues but because that's what I thought everybody did. I doubt my grandmothers made new diapers for each child, for ex..
I just realized now, reading your post, that whether we did or not then, even in their teens the girls often shared stuff since including bras, pj bottoms, etc.. Also on occassion I end up in my spouse's (a woman) or visa versa. What microbes bleach doesn't get, the sunlight via the clothesline does a nice job on, and it's not like we are germ free anyway and we pick up stuff all over the place.
swim suit are fine. they only wear them for awhile they are usally in a pool with chlorin and they do not go in them. underwear is a no no. kids have accidents and it is sitting on your body all day long. i have 5 kids and on disablity but my kids always have there own underwear! bras i think that is ok, my mother has giving me some and her old bathing suit. but never unerwear!
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~ The Guess Who
I'm trying to picture this rewritten to reference undies...
Sometimes, sometimes I see right through the scenery The first place that's on my mind the last place I find each time Sometimes, I swim beyond the scenery The last place that's on my mind The first place I find each time ~ Beth Orton
