What kind of laundry soap do you use?

smilingjb

Seeing the other post, I just realized the other day I need to get some more laundry soap.  I see Dreft is popular for washing kids clothes, but it seems spendy.  Do you use a specific kind of soap to wash your LO's clothes or just use the same?

 

TIA

CinemaGoddess

We use All Free and Clear.  I don't think Dreft smells very good. 

chibipoe

Don't bother with Dreft, it's overpriced and not actually good for babies skin (fragrance among other things)

I make my own but I'm told by my sister that not everyone wants do that but before that I used All Free and Clear

Brynnie2010

We use All Free & Clear for our own clothes, and will eventually use it for DDs as well.  It was my plan to use it instead of Dreft, because it is so expensive, but then I found Baby All which costs about half what Dreft does, and smells better.  Now I just love the smell of her clothes and that's really the only reason I haven't switched her to our detergent.

JaimeCH

All Free and Clear. I originally bought Tide for Lily's clothes (because I only wanted the best for my LO! Ugh), and then I realized that I was wasting my money. Especially with all of the laundry I have to do!

mishquiche

We also use All Free and Clear.

ChubbyCheekiesMom

I'm a super cheap skate when it comes to detergent, I use Purex. It works great, ounce for ounce the same as Kirkland signature and about (depending on sales at Target) $6 cheaper.  Usually I buy the free and clear since both my boys have sensitive skin but last time they were out so I got the All natural one that was scented.  I LOOOOOVVVEE it.  So far it's not hurting their skin either. 108 loads for around $9.

Kglan

Since we CD, I use Country Save for the diapers and LO's clothes...then end up using it for mine as well.

Bri&Shane_3/8/08

I've been using ALL Free & Clear up until about 2 weeks ago......because I had a coupon for Costco's brand. Dumb A$$ that I am.

I've done about 20 loads of laundry (new baby's clothes) as well as Jackson's - and he has a rash now. Great. Bring on 20 more loads of laundry.

 

Alli923

We use Kirkland brand Free & Clear.  We're all sensitive to the perfumes used in most detergents so we don't use dryer sheets either.

breebree13

I use Costco's environmentally friendly free and clear. I think it's got a natural lavender scent.

KNemo

We use Kirkland Free and Clear because Dreft was giving Max a bad skin rash!

Ciaram22

We will use All Free & Clear because I'm allergic to every other kind of detergent. I don't want to break out just from doing my kids laundry in one of the ones I'm allergic to.

cmcmillan

I go between Costcos Free & Clear and the Enviroment stuff, depending on if one is on coupon or not.

Our ped specifically told me not to use the "baby" detergents when M was born, the fragrance isn't good for their skin.

MSTie24

We use Kirkland free and clear for clothes and Rockin' Green for diapers and the occasional load of pet bedding (to eliminate pet smell.)  No rashes or irritation with either.

Octoberlove

I use Planet.  I wanted something that was good for cloth diapers but cheap enough and widely available for everyday use.

nykola

Mrs. Meyers Lavender or Baby Blossom and they both smell HEAVENLY!

MrsH_08

Great question!  We already use free and clear types of detergent (I have allergies to perfumes and dyes), so it sounds like we can probably just use that for baby, too.

 

Can I tack on another question?  Do you use fabric softener on your baby/kids clothes?

I can only use liquid softener (allergies) and prefer Snuggle.  Do you use softener on your kids' clothes?

Brynnie2010

MrsH_08:

Great question!  We already use free and clear types of detergent (I have allergies to perfumes and dyes), so it sounds like we can probably just use that for baby, too.

 

Can I tack on another question?  Do you use fabric softener on your baby/kids clothes?

I can only use liquid softener (allergies) and prefer Snuggle.  Do you use softener on your kids' clothes?

We use Bounce Free & Sensitive for DDs clothes.  Usually for ours too, but occasionally I'll use the scented Bounce sheets which I use on our sheets and towels.  I have sensitive skin which is why I started using free & clear detergent years ago, but the dryer sheets never seemed to affect me. 

Zista

We CD and LO has really sensitive skin, so Planet for LO's diapers, clothes, and my clothes.  Kirkland Free & Clear for everything else.

EllaB_04

We use Charlie's soap for clothes, and Rockin' Green for diapers. I'd like to try making my own one of these days though.

Also, thanks for this post, it reminded me that I'm almost out of detergent!

doublem

We use Planet for E's laundry and because we CD.

For our laundry, we use the natural version of Purex or Ecos or whatever is on sale and coupon-able.

Since we CD, we don't use fabric softener.  It creates buildup on CDs that ruins the absorbency, and can also do the same thing to your clothes and create a barrier that makes it harder to remove stains.  We just use wool dryer balls and the lavender pouches from Trader Joe's instead.

kaskade

We use Biokleen Free and Clear.  But, if you're going to cloth diaper it is not one of the recommended ones for cd's.  [but it's the best green detergent I've found so far and I don't cd so I'm fine with that]

cari12

I've been loving Dropps lately. I've only seen them at Target (but I haven't looked everywhere) and they come in little pre-measured packets.