New Baby Clothes
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Topic: New Baby Clothes
Posted By: kellverona
Subject: New Baby Clothes
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 12:09pm
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Do you have to wash new baby clothes be4 they wear them?? What do you recommend washing them with. The clothes look so cute new. Im worried they will go all ratty looking. Any ideas?? ------------- http://pregnancyplanet.net/tickers/"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 12:14pm
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Yep, wash before putting them on babe and do it with only 1/2 the amount of powder you'd normally use or with a sensitive powder.
They get rashes rather easily... both from new clothes and from too much washing powder! Complicated little buggers they are. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 12:28pm
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I washed all my baby clothes before Maya was born in Lux flakes. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 12:30pm
I will be washing all mine before bubs wears them. I have bought some Lux flakes as I thought these were the only thing you can use but have since heard of some other ones like Ecostore which would probably be alot easier as I can't be bothered fartassing around dissolving the lux flakes before they go in the machine  ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 12:32pm
| i used kindness, or another wool/delicate wash liquid for all xanthes clothes, probably washed her stuff seperate for about a year or more. tried lux flakes once, what an arse of a job that was!!! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 1:05pm
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Amolin Senistive is good too. We use it for Maya. I think you can only get it at Foodtown and Woolies, but it is a liquid not a powder which is good. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 1:07pm
Yeh i just did ELlas with lux flakes its a little tedious but didnt take to long 
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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 1:13pm
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I started off with Lux Flakes with Sean (10 years ago *sigh*) but moved on to Persil sensitive with Andrew. It was much easier and did the trick. ------------- |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 1:22pm
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I washed every thing before Zaara was born and I washed it with Napisan (I thought because it was milder.....he he ha h NOT) But thankfully she never had any reaction to it.
I wont put any thing on her untill its been washed. Same goes for all her toys...specially because she puts every thing in her mouth now!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 1:32pm
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we wash all Rhiannons stuff with 1/4 capful of napisan, and she has no problems with it.
We wash everything first before she wears it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 3:07pm
Thank God I am not the only one!!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 3:09pm
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i washed everything normally in persil, i never changed washing powder at all. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 3:24pm
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I have sensitive skin so we use Persil Sensitive anyways. I just washed a whole heap of stuff, mostly to get the musty shop smell out of the new stuff and with the hand-me-downs I wanted to make sure there was no powder residue from the last person so I washed them in Eco Store powder (says it removes residue - yes I believe everything I read LOL) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 3:43pm
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I washed everything, we just use persil, I also use a fab softener and napisan. Washing is a great idea, as most clothes come from china and are all sprayed with pestcides etc on arrival into the country to kill any "travellers". ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 4:00pm
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yeah definitely wash baby clothes before putting them on baby, my mum advised me to wash them inside out to keep them looking nice and new. it pays to seperate colours with new stuff too. (my brother learned that one the hard way and his daughter was quite colouful looking for the first few months!)
we just used persil on ella's stuff when she was born and she had no probs with skin reactions. like nikki said though, i used half of what they reccomend when washing her stuff for the first 6 months or so. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 4:04pm
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I washed everything first, but didn't worry about using different laundry powder. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 4:32pm
I prewashed everything using Persil sensitive and still do prewash everything new. Mind you I do this for mine and Peters things too...just to get rsidual dyes and stuff out. Also - who knows who has already tried them on!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 4:33pm
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I prewash new stuff - but I'm not all gung-ho about the cleanliness thing any more - it seems that trying to sterilise everything for a kid that will pick dead bugs and leaves up off the ground in the park is a bit redundant. ------------- |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 4:34pm
I hear you on the sterilising front  I would have to sterilise EVERYTHING in the world CONSTANTLY, LOL, Joey puts anythning and everything in his mouth------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 4:36pm
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hehe yeah i stopped sterilising everything after i saw ella eat a handful of dirt out of a potplant at my mums! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 8:15pm
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Yip I pre-washed all of Xandas clothes, new and hand me down, and still do prewash. To make them softer and fluffy, try and wash them on a windy day and hang them out in the wind and sun to dry. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: stevie_88
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 7:56am
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What about cloth nappies? Wash the new ones first as well? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 8:35am
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Yep! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Deez
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 9:06am
Does any use a dryer for their babies clothes or is it better to hang then on the line? I have been given a little washing line for babies clothes and told to put in up somewhere where there is alot of wind but not to much sunlight. Anybody now why? Is it just so the clothes don't fade -------------  
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 9:10am
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i put some of jack's clothes in the dryer after they have been on the line as they come out softer.
i always wash anything before he wears it too ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 9:15am
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If it is a crapy day ...which is like every day now, I dryer Zaara's cloths. I dont see why not? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 9:49am
| I use a dryer ? |
Posted By: stevie_88
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 10:01am
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Ok ok- wait up a sec for me... I think I'm having a blonde moment even though I have black hair haha.. or maybe its the preggy brain...
Should you soak the clothes before you wash? or just put them through a cycle in the machine? this new machine i have goes through about 50 different things. should you hand wash? oooh hang on im all confused and dont know what im talking about haha. uh oh! another one of these days...  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 10:49am
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I wouldnt do anything special with the baby clothes. Just wash them like normal before they wear them and dry however you normally dry. I use either Ecostore or Next Generation, but any powder is fine. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 1:35pm
| Yeah, geepers, soaking! If I had to soak all Hannah's clothes I'd go insane. It's amazing how such a small creature can create so much damn washing!!! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 1:52pm
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I only soak the really feral ones. Like when she was a baby and she would 'explode' all over them. And now if she has been in the mucky play at preschool and they are a bit revolting.
Oh, and my power bill was up $20 last month from being lazy and using the dryer, but it doesn't seem to have done any of us any harm (except Willie when he saw the bill) ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: stevie_88
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 4:07pm
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My step mum used LUX SOAP FLAKES- they are a washing powder flake but soft!!!
She said she'd get a small cup full and add a bit of water to that and mixed it up before putting it in the washing machine and the clothes, nappies etc came out really nice. Don't over use the flakes though as you can get that really soapy feeling- like when you use alot of powder and softner. No need for softner as it might cause the bub to react to it and alot of soap powders aren't as good as LUX or NAPPISAN... So there ya go... She's had 4 boys and they've survived haha so I might try her trick.------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 4:45pm
I feel bad because my first reaction to this thread was "What !? I have to wash them all first !?"  I mean, I think I had it tucked in the deepest recesses of my memory that this was something you're supposed to do with baby clothes because of them being sensitive to all sorts of things... but then it was immediately superceded by my extreme hate of washing ! *sigh* And we don't have a dryer either, ugh. Will get around to it eventually though ! ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 9:50pm
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We just chucked all the bubba clothes into the washing machine on the gentle wash, with a tiny bit of washing powder, on cold, we use cold power, just a normal washing powder. and then hung them out to dry in the sun. the dryer is fine also as long as it's not wooly, just be careful not to stick the stretchy cotton suttf in with fleecy stuf and vice vera cos otherwise you get fluff all over stuff. but we just washed them as normal, and for the first few weeks of Ayja's life we stuck her washing in separate loads, cos she went thru so damn much that we could make a load a day, or at least a half one. After that, we just chucked them in with our usual wash and she's been fine. We did try persil sensitive, but go figure, she reacted to it. I figure, if you start off the way you intend to continue you won't end up with a baby reacting to stuff when you introduce it later... some babies react to lots of stuff no matter what, others don't at all, but all babies get some sort of hormonal spots, scaly skin, red icky bits in the first few weeks somewhere on their body... rest assured 9 times out of 10, it isn't directly related to the washing powder or their clothes.
wash how you want to wash. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 9:55pm
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oooh and most of the time, it recommends that putting stuff on the line in sunlight after washing.. stuff like napisan says that etc.. . re reason behind that is that the sunlight sets off the final phase of the chemicals in the washing powder which disolves the stains.. try sticking a nice white cloth nappy with the lovely yellow baby poo stain on it.. in some napisan to soak, if you stick it to dry inside on a clothes hanger, then chances are, it will still have alittle yellowy icky mark on it, not really noticable but still. if you stick it out in the sunlight, you will get a nice white nappy with no sign of poo. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 10:11pm
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Jax I was the same when i read this i didn't wash any new clothes oops oh well Jack never got a rash or anyhting. I use any old powder and don't use fabric softener anymore cos it can make the pjs not fire resistant. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 11:13pm
| I washed the new stuff but then I just put everything in the dryer unless its a really hot day. I like how they are softer out of the dryer plus cos they are so little you can fit heaps in. I dont soak though and just use normal powder |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 June 2006 at 11:08am
| With the soaking stuff. I have a bucket of napisan that I just throw things into during the day - then at night I throw it all into the machine for a wash. I just do that most days or every second day depending on how much of a grub the kids have been. |
Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 03 June 2006 at 2:27pm
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Persil for Sensitve Skin is great for the whole family - I useit now as got a bit itchy from the smelly perfumed ones...altho when Paige was a baby I just used whatever I was washing ours in. She never suffered.
Also on that sterlising business...in my opinion people these days tend to go a wee bit anal about being "clean" and disinfecting stuff. Kids need a few germs and bugs to build up their immune systems! Cant be kept in a cotton bubble all their lives! (I have only taken on this opinion in the last 2 years tho since Paige has been at school) -------------  
 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 1:18pm
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I live by that theory Kelly ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:41pm
| yeah, we have less of a "three second rule" and more of a "brush off the lint" rule. |