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ksutt
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Laundry Detergent - 2nd time moms
ksutt
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Do/did you use regular laundry detergent to wash your baby's clothes, or special baby detergent? I've heard the special baby detergent is unnecessary, but wanted some input from those with experience.
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Re: Laundry Detergent - 2nd time moms
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We use non-scented hypoallergenic detergent (whatever's on sale) for all of our clothes. Regular detergent makes all three of us break out!
Oh and absolutely no fabric softener or dryer sheets -- they're terrible for you anyway!
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.
- Robert Munsch
I have used Tide Free and Clear with my first 2. I never felt the need to spend extra on a 'special' detergent. I also love Baby Oxyclean for stains. It works great for us.
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Same here.
I used dreft both times for the first year of life, then ALL.
Turned out my daughter had horrible skin problems so at 6 the doctor put her back on dreft and special bath soap and no scented lotions etc... It was a pain in the butt, but it helped her a lot! It has been 13 years since my baby was a baby so I may be a bit out of touch tho.
Good info! See link below:
https://babyclothes.about.com/od/babyclothingcare/tp/Top7BabyLaundryDetergents.htm
No, I've never noticed a difference! If you want, you can add some plain vinegar to your wash (where the fabric softener would normally go) and it will naturally soften your clothes. It also has the added bonus of disinfecting everything too.
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.
- Robert Munsch
This.
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At first I used All free and clear and then when dd was 3 months I just used what we used. I dont think it would have mattered but every baby is different and you dont know how they will react to the detergent.
...not a true newbie...been a Nestie since '05, but had to change my SN to change my sig...
I use All Free & Clear for all of our clothes.
Didn't use that before DS but it's silly to have 2 detergents and it works well, so we've stayed with it.
My eldest has very sensitive skin the pediatrician switched him for Dreft to All Free & clear when he was an infant.
So with my DD I used All Free & Clear and bounce free & clear dryer sheets.
We started with a small bottle of Dreft but when that was gone, we used whatever we used for our own clothes. DD didn't have any reaction so we plan to do the same with this baby. If a reaction occurs, we'll switch to something fragrance/dye free but otherwise we'll stick with our plan.
FWIW, my SIL swears by Baby All. She has 3 kids - from 2 mos to 5 yrs - and she uses Baby All for all of their clothes.
Good luck with your decision!
Us too. I figure if it's not broke, don't fix it. As soon as I notice any type of skin irritation, reaction, etc. than I will absolutely make a switch, but our little one is a year and a half, we never shelled out the big bucks for Dreft and never had any problems.
It's my hypothesis that a lot of these products are perfect and exactly what is needed for about 10% of the population but then marketed as if 100% of the population absolutely needs them.
Here is an article fron the British Journal of Dermatology on the years of safe laundry detergent use and the mythology that could be responsible for the sudden surge for specialty detergents.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08561.x/abstract