Washing Baby's Bedding

Re: Washing Baby's Bedding

• tigerlily46 member

  January 2012

  I washed it all, but it was a wrinkled mess before washing, and that helped me iron out all the creases in the bed skirt.  Honeslty, I needed enough stuff to make a whole load for the washer.  I threw my nursing bras in there too.  Might as well get all the bang for my Tide-free-and-clear buck.  That stuff is expensive!

   If it doesn't touch the baby, you probably don't need to wash it, though.  I would still do the mattress pad. 

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• December192009

  January 2012

  I didn't wash the bedskirt, or the bumper and quilt (with my first two)

  I will wash all sheets, mattress covers, stay dry covers, swaddlers, and blankets 

  I think it's  a good idea to wash the waterproof mattress cover just b/c baby will be exposed to any allergens on it between the sheet, but that's just me! if not, just take the hose to the vacuum and go over it?

  GL! 

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• christinamcarter

  January 2012

  It is also a good idea to wash them just to see how they hold up after the first washing. Some of the waterproof mattress covers that I was looking at had bad reviews just because people said that they "fell apart" or "shrunk" when they washed them- even after following the laundering instructions.

  So wash them now just to see how they hold up- that way if they fall apart, you have time to return them and get a better one. You don't want to discover that AFTER baby gets here.
  

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• kms34 member

  January 2012

  I wash everything out of habit.
  

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• HappyToBe2012 member

  January 2012

  I plan on washing everything but the crib skirt and the curtains.  Though I might if I need something to make a full load.

  

  
  

  

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• stephaniegwynne

  January 2012

  I plan on washing everything too. Just make sure you do not use any fabric softener as it decreases the flame retardant materials in baby items. I didn't know that until i was doing some research on the best way to wash baby clothes.

  

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• Lawren member

  January 2012

  We are having his bedding made so I washed all of the fabric before I dropped it off. We didn't wash the mattress cover.
  

  
  

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