Warning

In all washing machines, there is a mode known as the spin cycle. This is when you are supposed to add the fabric softener (If you can't find your #$#% fabric softener ball). When adding the fabric softener to the spin cycle, WAIT UNTIL THE SPINNING STOPS BEFORE ADDING THE LIQUID. There is a little thing going on in there called centrifugal force, which will cause the fabric softener to fling back up out of the washer and and all over the face, hair, and shirt of the person adding the softener. So now you've been warned. (The upshot is that said person will smell like Apple Mango Tango for the rest of the day, which does a great job of covering the odor of poop and spit up)