Would you wash the baby's clothes again?

BR · March 2012

A friend gave me a huge box of baby clothes. They are all in perfect condition and I know she washed them before giving them to me. I just assumed I would wash them all again because I'm washing everything before the baby comes. But, my husband pointed out that they were all just washed and didn't know why I would go through the trouble of doing it again. Would you wash them all anyway?

crlacey · March 2012

If they had been washed recently and I knew the person well enough to know that they were truly clean, I might think about skipping the washing if there were a lot of them. But if they've been sitting in the box for any length of time, I'd wash them in case they got dusty. But then again, I'm on baby #3 and I have a little boy who gets so dirty that he ends up changing at least twice a day just so he can come back into the house for lunch and supper! So my laundry piles up fast already.

SweetHurricane · March 2012

I would. You don't now what kind of detergent she used or if maybe she put in fabric softener or something.

mikeandcristina · March 2012

Yes, regardless of who gave them to me. Nothing against my friends, I just want to make sure everything is clean and it's not going to hurt anything!

Stefaniepr · March 2012

If you put your own clothes in a box and then wanted to wear them again in 11 weeks, would you wash them before you wore them? I'm assuming yes. Don't wash them immediately, but I would probably toss them in the washing machine aroudn 37 weeks or so.

alisonann15 · March 2012

A friend gave us her cradle and sheets and told us they are freshly washed, but I am going to wash them again. Maybe paranoia but my husband had a lot of allergies and was sick a lot when he was a baby so I just want to be super careful everything is super clean!

cchill01 · March 2012

I would. Even clean, nice people have can have bed bugs. Running the through the washer/dryer can't hurt.

BR · March 2012

SweetHurricane:

I would. You don't now what kind of detergent she used or if maybe she put in fabric softener or something.

You are right. I didn't even think about the detergent. Duh.

BR · March 2012

Stefaniepr:
If you put your own clothes in a box and then wanted to wear them again in 11 weeks, would you wash them before you wore them? I'm assuming yes. Don't wash them immediately, but I would probably toss them in the washing machine aroudn 37 weeks or so.

She packed them in the box two days ago and I took them all out last night. So, no, they will not be in a box for 11 weeks.

BR · March 2012

I knew my initial feeling to wash them was the right one. It can't hurt. Thanks, ladies!

sheilatakesabow · March 2012

Yep, we just got a bunch of hand me downs in the mail from one of DH's friends. He looked at me like i was nuts when I dumped them right in the hamper, but those are getting washed. I'd do the same if it came from one of my friends.

georgi611 · March 2012

I would.

mkflower3000 · March 2012

I actually learned something interesting from a friend who has a 1.5 year old - her daughter got a rash very soon after being born, and it turned out that she just had to get used to the detergent that was used in the household. It sounds like maybe it's best to introduce LO to whatever you'll be using on his/her clothes from the get-go

aliloulou · March 2012

I have washed all the clothes I got from other people. Didn't know if they used a different detergent or something and it doesn't take much to fit them in a load.

angelrue522 · March 2012

I always do. I am OCD like that though.

JessieCupcake · March 2012

mikeandcristina:
Yes, regardless of who gave them to me. Nothing against my friends, I just want to make sure everything is clean and it's not going to hurt anything!

I agree with this.

laurennkeith · March 2012

Again I am OCD so take this with a grain of salt. A friend of mine at work has a 4 month old, so I am getting all the hand me downs (AWESOME) and she assured me her mom has washed everything and is super anal about laundry so I BETTER not wash them. Well I have gotten 3 huge bags from her, and have done 3 loads of laundry Embarrassed .

I can't help it! I figure it isn't killing me to wash it, so why not! Plus its not like she gave me all this stuff at once like the day of my shower and I had all the shower stuff to wash AND the stuff from her, so I was able to spread it out over a week.

Asquared · March 2012

I would.

Perrysbride · April 2012

I would rewash. If there are a lot of clothes, just wash by size. Right now I am working on newborn and 0-3 months. I'll do the rest later.

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