Washing Baby Clothes??

n.nicole8990

I've noticed a post down talking about sizes and stuff and keeping the tags, etc.  Is anyone going to wash the clothes before baby gets here?  I planned on it but my mom told me I'd be okay with store bought clothes.  I've hit up a few garage sales and I washed those (with no question).  What is everyone else doing?

Kellina

I'd wash the 0-3 sizes, but don't wash a lot of NB size. It only goes to 8lb and may not even fit at all! DS never wore NB clothes or diapers. And I'd wash store bought stuff too- who the hell knows where that crap shipped from or if it fell on the floor, etc...

timark99

we're washing everything too, anything bought NB size we're leaving tags on in case they don't fit, but they'll get washed shortly after he's born if it looks like he'll be able to wear them for a week or two.  I also got a bunch of donated clothes from different friends and I'll probably wash them too since they've just been sitting in a closet for the last 2 months.

PinkeLLe2

Washing everything before baby wears it. I'll wash according to his size as he grows. I still wash all of DS new clothes before he wears them. I agree with pp about not knowing where it's been or came from and falling on the floor and stuff. Bleh.

OregonMommy

Like PP I am not washing the NB clothes yet because they may not fit & may need to be returned. BUT...I will most definatly was EVERYTHING before LO wears them. Wearing store bought clothes before you wash them isn't safe. A lot of stores clothes come from overseas and the boxes are sprayed with pesticides. I bought a sweatshirt from Ross and wore it without washing it first (thinking it's just a sweatshirt, no big deal) and broke out in a horrible rash.

babyonthebrain2010

you shouldn't necessarily remove tags and wash clothing that you're not sure you'll use.. but you should definitely wash all clothes before LO wears them. in most cases the clothing coming directly from a store is way "dirtier" than anything you'd pick up from a garage sale!!  believe me even working retail when those cute little baby clothes come straight out of the box into the store they smell like chemicals.. not to mention how often store bought clothes are touched by all sorts of people and their sick kids and thrown on the floor, etc.

PunkyBooster

I'm only washing 3 months and up clothing!

The rest, I will see if DC fits, then wash just before wearing (but in my defense, I only have 1 weeks' worth of outfits in NB sizes). 

hawaiibride04

I'm washing everything before he comes.  

Tamzin418

I'm not going overboard in buying clothes in the first place so I'm OK with washing what I do have.  Most of my clothes are hand me downs from my sister's baby.  I have a few store bought newborn things that I will wash because I want them ready so I don't have to go to the store or do laundry her first couple of days home.

eaburger09

I'm going to wash everything before he gets here...I don't have a lot of NB stuff and the NB clothes I do have were hand me downs from a friend.

Even with new clothes, I'm afraid someone with head lice or bed bugs has been touching them in the stores....it creeps me out so I was EVERYTHING...

jillybean800

Oooh, I'm going to do an UO post.  I'll make an attempt to wash stuff, and probably most of it will get washed before the baby wears it,but if I need to put something on the baby, and the only thing is a new thing from a store, on it goes. 

I'm sure it's fine in the grand scheme of things.

soon2Bwed08

I don't have a ton of stuff yet...my baby showers on the 23rd.  But I have two outfits so far, so I've washed both of those.  I'm probably going to wash anything that doesn't have a gift receipt.  That way if she doesn't fit stuff then I'll return what I have receipts for, and the rest I'll just wash so I have clothes ready to go for whatever size she may be.  I figure the outfits I get from family/friends if I wash and they don't have a receipt with it then I can always donate it if they don't fit. 

And as for anything I plan on purchasing, I'm probably going to wash my favorites of the smaller sizes so I have some outfits ready to go for her no matter whater her size is, and then wash the rest as soon as we get home.

Or I may just break down and wash everything, except for some of the NB sizes.  I like to have things ready to go, so eventhough I know it makes more sense to keep the tags on stuff for returns, in my head it makes more sense to have everything ready to go for her that way it's one less thing I have to worry about.

n.nicole8990

Ok, well looks like I'll be hitting up the Dreft or Draft when i go grocery shopping!! Thanks moms!