Sensitive skin and static cling question

gina000 · April 2011

I took DS in for his 15 month check up and found out he has senstive skin. He has Eczema behind the knees. I was told to use hypoallergenic laundry soap ( which I already do) and no dryer sheets. What do you use to help with the static cling in dryer. I have those blue dryer balls but they don't seem to work all that well somebody told me I need more of them (like 6). I am just wondering what other Mama's use.

Thanks!

CDMay2006 · April 2011

A lot of people use vinegar in the wash (more a fabric softener than static reducer, though), and/or wool balls in the dryer.

Making sure not to over-dry your clothes helps reduce static dramatically. You can also wash synthetics separately since they dry faster than cotton, etc., and account for a lot of the static.

Seattle_JiLLn · April 2011

I've never used dryer sheets. They're bad for your dryer and they coat your clothes with chemicals. I have no problems with static. We do have dryer balls.. .not sure if that's what helps. The only thing I ever have issues with static on are things like slips or thin skirts or polyester. But most of our clothes are jeans and tshirts.

~Lynchie~ · April 2011

I haven't been able to use dryer sheets on my clothes for the past 20 years, and honestly, I have never noticed too much of a static cling problem! If anything seems static-y when I take it out of the dryer I just shake it a few times and the problem seems to solve itself. Good Luck!

Alli923 · April 2011

We haven't used dryer sheets in over a year because Lucy started reacting to them. I honestly don't miss them at all and really don't have much of a problem with static cling at all.

theresab · April 2011

We also stopped using them when baby came along. Biggest thing I have an issue with with fleece jammies, so those get pulled into the fleece/sweatshirt load, instead of regular darks, even though they are light weight. (and I hang all the fleece outerwear)

gina000 · April 2011

Thanks everyone. I bought a few new dryer balls today and am trying them right now, hopefully that will do the trick. The biggest issue is with my husbands shirts I hang them to dry and then put them in the dryer to get rid of the static. Hopefully the dryer balls work for that as well or I will just have to use the dryer sheets for just his shirts.