I just wanted to do a quick post about diaper liners. When I was pregnant with my daughter the concept of a diaper liner was genius. There are many different brands all claiming to be flushable. I got the GroVia BioLiners. They say:
"GroVia™ BioLiners™ allow moisture to pass through while keeping your baby's skin dry. Easy to use, they keep solids contained for easy clean-up. Simply remove the liner and flush."
All the brands look and work pretty much the same way. So I thought these would save me a lot of time and mess but in truth it did not. Most of time when I had the liner in the diaper it would bunch up and then diaper would still get dirty and I was still cleaning the diapers off. I felt like I was wasting my money. But I did like the flushable aspect until my toilet backed up from all of the liners I had flushed. Evidently, they do not dissovle as well as toilet paper.
So, I did a little experiment. I put a liner in the washer for 3 cycles. You read correctly. 3! This is what was left.
I think my washing maching is a little more forceful than my plumbing. This should have dissovled if it were truly flushable. Toilet paper would never come out of three wash cycles looking like this.
The end result: Diaper liners are not as convenient as they may seem and if you care about your plumbing at all don't flush them! These may work for some people out there but for me it was just flushing my money down the toilet and then watching it get clogged.
