What detergent for new baby clothes

jakeypooh

Hi there

What detergent should I get to wash new baby clothes / bedding in?

Ive been told I need to have everything I buy washed before the baby can use it and amn't sure whether I can use my normal bold for the wash?

Clueless isn't the word!!

Gee_G

Hey, I think fairy non bio is the one to use, or any non bio really for baby's sensitive skin!

pushki

What about a fabric softener ?

missis aggie

Yep I'm using Fairy non bio detergent from the start and never had a problem.

Gee_G

Oh don't know about fabric softener to be honest, but I will be just sticking to the non bio on its own for now incase they would ever have a reaction to it! but thats just my opinion!:)

silly

yeah, i dont think you should use fabric softener for the first few washes.I think when baby is 6-8 weeks you can start using something like comfort pure..

mrsWhippy

Do you really have to pre-wash everything? I don't want to take the 'newness' out if all the little things

Neyite

mrsWhippy wrote: »

Do you really have to pre-wash everything? I don't want to take the 'newness' out if all the little things

I did, just to remove any residual chemicals that the original fabric might have been treated with in case it would make the baby's skin react. With ironing, they came up nicer than new, and smelt lovely

I used fairy non-bio liquid and fairy softener. I just switched from whatever I'd been using previous to that for the whole household wash.

jakeypooh

Thats a great idea switching the whole household instead of just the baby

Ginny

Did you wash all the muslin cloths too?

Neyite

I did wash them Ginny, but it was more that I just gathered up everthing baby related (it was all white/cream/neutral anyway) including the cot sheets and blankets and fired them all on one or two washes, so the muslins were bunged in with the lot as I was doing them.

Ginny

Ah cool, I'm doing the blankets and sheets right now and I wasn't sure about the muslins, Ill stick them on tomorrow so!

Mink

Is there a specific reason you're not meant to wash baby's clothes along with your own or partner's clothes? I've heard this before but it doesn't make sense to me at all, sure everything's getting washed!

Or is it just being on the safe side?? Baby will be snuggled into our clothes anyway (and probably sucking on them!) throughout the day as we'll be carrying them around.

Squiggler

Lidl non-bio is considerably cheaper than fairy and just as effective and, in my experience, less-irritating.

About 3 years ago we switched to Soap Nuts (also known as Soap pods), great cleaning, compostable, natural and sustainable, and we've never looked back. We find they are more economical, on top of all the other positives.

lmullen

I used persil non bio! My OH thought I was gone crazy but after to seeing a lady sneeze all over baby clothes in m&s he encouraged washing everything from sheets to bibs!! I can't stand the smell of clothes or sheets when they come out of packages so definitely had to wash them so they smell nice for babs!

FDrohan

I'm not sure how relevant this is, but I just came across it on eumom.ie http://www.eumom.ie/Family-Life/Your-Laundry.aspx