Do you wash EVERYTHING?

elbelle77

Hi Ladies,Just had my shower and trying to organize it all. This may be a dumb question, but did you wash everything first? Of course I'll wash the sheets, clothes, blankets, towels, but What about the grocery cart cover, lovies, stuffed animals, crib skirt, boppy covers,etc?

gisa886

Cart and boppy covers yes. I don't wash stuffed animals cause it effs them up 

livinreality

I wash things that touch baby- grocery cart cover, boppy cover, lovies

We personally did not LO have stuffed animals till he was 1 so I did not wash them to sit on his shelf. 

I did not wash things until about a month out so they would still be fresh and only washed newborn and 0-3 clothes... 

smacb

yes, except I didn't use a grocery cart cover with my son, won't use one this time.  Stuffed animals- read the label.  I've washed some of DS's after they had mishaps and they were fine.

Asquared

Have you ever seen kids looking at the stuffed animals touching every one of them, then picking their nose, dropping the toy, then touching it again... yes, if possible even wash those!      whatever is washable, I try to wash.

xoladiebug

I washed everything with the exception of stuffed animals (but she has only received a few and those are technically sound machines).  I did my towels, wash clothes, clothes, crib bedding, mattress pads, all blankets, changing pad covers, burp clothes, swaddle blankets...even the drapes!

ttimmerman

Yes, I washed everything. Anything that couldn't be washed without ruining (like stuffed animals) I wiped down with vinegar water.

thehillsarealive0000

I am washing everything that is machine washable.

KeysEscobedo

This is a good question. i got so many dern socks! i was thinking not to wash the socks. they are so tiny, and she'll probably have them on for a whole 10 min's before they hit the floor, etc. THEN i was thinking of washing them.

enless they end up in the mouth?

JeanniandNathaniel

Asquared:

Have you ever seen kids looking at the stuffed animals touching every one of them, then picking their nose, dropping the toy, then touching it again... yes, if possible even wash those!      whatever is washable, I try to wash.

LOL...picking their nose!

babyruth88

I am washing everything. toys etc I am wiping down with lysol wipes. I read somewhere that you can sanitize stuffed animals by putting them through a high heat dryer cycle.

MichelleL1118

I washed clothes (2 NB outfits, and all the 0-3 - I left the tags on the rest of the NB in case he was too big for them when he was born so I could exchange them if needed), sheets, blankets, towels, boppy covers, and the lovie blanket/animal thing.  I didn't wash the crib skirt, stuffed animals, or the cart cover.  I did eventually wash the cart cover before I used it, but DS was 6 months old before he was able to sit on his own in the cart, so it stayed in the closet, in it's packaging, until then.

Basically, I washed everything he would come into direct contact with on a regular basis, and didn't wash things he wouldn't normally touch (like the crib skirt or the curtains). 

MichelleL1118

KeysEscobedo:

This is a good question. i got so many dern socks! i was thinking not to wash the socks. they are so tiny, and she'll probably have them on for a whole 10 min's before they hit the floor, etc. THEN i was thinking of washing them.

enless they end up in the mouth?

Get a lingerie bag for baby socks - costs about $3 at Walmart, and zips shut.  We put all of DS's socks into it before they go in the washer, so none of them get lost.  They'll definitely end up in the mouth once LO has decent control of her hands, so I'd wash them before using them. 

sunne~leoht

We washed everything washable. One thing I would recommend, though, is to hold off on some of the newborn and 0-3 clothes. Leave tags on. Jake's newborn outfit barely fit him on the way home from the hospital. We had already washed everything so we couldn't exchange for larger sizes. He wasn't in 0-3 for very long either. Big boy :P