washing tips for new mums?

Dont wash them with "chemicals" for the first 28days. But you dont have to be like me & not wash them at all LOL
BTW they will still have that "baby" smell coz they dont really need the frills. I wish i could bottle it up & keep it forever....

And the water wise Becks

I've always used dynamo washing liquid (hate the powder, always get streaks) since Ella was born and we've never had any problems. My advice is try the washing powder/liquid you usually use and if there is a reaction, change to something gentler. Otherwise you're just paying extra $$$ for no reason.

Slack here, but I use cheapo washing powder, didn't wash new clothes before putting them on Sam and have never had an allergy problem. Sam has never had nappy rash or an allergic reaction to anything.

Just me though.

Sam has rashes but not from the washing powder. I was using Persil Sensitive but now I wash all of her stuff in Ecostore, just cause it's easier.
Lately I have been adding a capful of the Dettol laundry rinse to her nappies. Now they come out smelling like Eucyluptus(sp?). Mmmm
Oh, and I always wash her new stuff before she wears it,and remove all the tags so they don't irritate her.




Edited by Sterryn

i removed all the tags and now have no idea what the sizes are when selling on trade me . grrrr.

GandT wrote: i always wash new clothes, wether they be babies, kids or mine. and never found the need for a diff powder other than my trusty old persil.

Same - My brother forgot to do this with some underwear and ended up with a nasty rash. So yeah I always wash new clothes before wearing them. With the standard Cold Power/Surf powder that we always use.

I always was clothes before wearing them, and was extra careful with bubs, we use a mixture of persil and ecostore. (was told to use ecostore on nappies to stop detergent residue). Think we will swap entirely to ecostore according to their website they work out cheaper cos you don't have to use so much, plus I really like the smell.

I would say don't buy any T-shirts they just ride up on bub, if it doesn't button in the crouch don't buy it!!! You can still put cute tops over the top of body suits. I have a stack of T-shirts that I have never bothered putting on him cos they are too much of a nuisance.

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In her first few months McKayla was literally almost in only bodysuits. She had one little dress but found she was more comfortable in the soft cotton of bodysuits ect.

Wash clothes before she wore them. (I think about 3 times) And line dried it.

Didnt take tags off except for one that was irritating her.

I actually found it is better to bath baby just in water and a bit of shampoo about once a week on her hair in the beginning. McKayla will get a slight rash if you tried to use anything and actually got freaking burnt by Aquas cream. (we couldnt believe that.) Poor child screamed blue murder. Another bath didnt help. So good old Breastmilk on her helped.

Other thing that help is for mom not to wear strong perfume at all. Affects them quite a lot.

I am a washing nerd, am proud to be (sorry all you eco mums) I sperate EVERYTHING and wash Charlottes clothes seperately, and wash Jacobs singlets with her clothes. We use persil ,which I have found to be great, but have recently begun using BEE "I'll be your gentle brute" gentle washing liquid, and I LOVE IT ir smells sooo nice. I bought it for her nappies (which I wash in hot on their own) but apparently it's not "reccomended" for them, so have bought Eco Store liquid, and am using up the BEE on her clothes.

I'm not really a believer in using different detergents for Kids, although I do have to say, I prefer Persil as it has fewer fillers, and my sensitive (and the kids sensitive) skin has never reacted with it, and I never never (on all of our clothes) use the "full amount" of washing powder unless everything is REALLY dirty, I only use about 3/4 of the "reccomended" amount.

I wash before wearing too, can't be too careful with pesticides etc