The main rule that you will follow for the next year: the newborn’s things are stored, sorted, soaked and washed separately from adults and other children, even if the eldest is only two years old. Therefore, instead of storming hardware stores, take care of buying a second laundry basket, additional basins and freeing up space for baby powders.
By the way, you will also need more drying space. Think over this issue in advance so as not to hang diapers on the doors and backs of chairs.
Actually, washing
- Take out all the clothes you bought and gifts from relatives. Realize that after giving birth they will bring the same amount. Be horrified. Anything that can be returned, return it. Yes, yes. And this wonderful set with pockets on the butt and frills around the edge. Firstly, it’s up to you to smooth out these little frills. Introduced? And, secondly, all these cute pockets create additional folds and injure the baby’s delicate skin. And what will he put in his back pocket one month? So the simpler the better!
- Sort the remaining items by color and texture. Cut off all tags. By the way, did you know that the piece of fabric that comes with the clothes is not needed for a patch? It is suggested to test the washing mode and bleach. Don't thank me.
All new clothes for a newborn it is necessary to wash and iron on both sides.
What is the best way to wash clothes for a newborn?
- Today, depending on the number of manufacturers in the department household chemicals Even experienced housewives' eyes run wild. But doctors still recommend ordinary baby soap without fragrances or fragrances. The disadvantage of soap is that it gets clogged between the fibers of the fabric and is difficult to rinse out. They also need to be washed by hand, which takes a lot of time and effort. For a young mother, time is probably a more important factor than anything else. Yes, and you won’t be able to rinse it manually, like a machine, even if you want to. You can wash it by hand only in warm water, while the washing machine has a 95 degree setting. You can grate the soap and put it in the washing machine. But if the baby is healthy and not prone to allergies, it is better to wash with powder.
- Choosing powder for baby, even an inexperienced mother will look at the “for children” label. There are many manufacturers, even more reviews. Your baby will dot the i's. Unfortunately, only after trying it in practice will you understand what powder to use to wash children’s clothes.
- There are special lines natural and ecological detergents, without phosphates, based on natural substances. The main disadvantage is the high price. And in the first months with a baby, money goes away quickly and for everything. The second important factor is that natural ingredients can also cause allergies. And third, there is a high risk of counterfeiting. Unfortunately, young mothers who want the best for their children are a favorite category of unscrupulous manufacturers.
- There are liquid detergents - gels. It is believed that they act more gently and do not damage the tissue structure. The clothes do not look washed out, which is important for repeated washings. But there are pitfalls here, which I will discuss below. Gels are more convenient to dose; they come with a measuring cap. They do not crumble and do not generate dust. In addition, they contain fewer substances that pollute the environment. But the components in the gel only work at low temperatures (up to 40 degrees) and are activated with intense beating, which is only possible with machine washing.
A separate issue is the use of fabric softeners. There are also a great variety of them, there are special ones for children's underwear, with different smells and properties. But it is better to postpone the use of air conditioners for a year. They are difficult to rinse even in special modes, and the baby does not need additional allergic factors now.
How to wash clothes for newborns?
In the literature you can still find recommendations to wash by hand. As a mother of four children, I would like to say the following in response. If you have the energy and time to do hand washing, spend it on your child. Let the machine wash your clothes. In addition, the following recommendation excludes the first: baby’s clothes should be washed at maximum temperature to kill germs.
Our grandmothers boiled clothes for this purpose. Even when I was a student, I had a large wooden fork to stir laundry in a boiling detergent solution. This rarity got lost in travel, which is a pity...
But let's return to our microbes. In many washing machines There is a “children's clothes” mode. Typically, it is characterized by high temperature and double rinsing. Let's be honest: 95 degrees and boiling are still different things. In hospitals, autoclaving is used for disinfection. This is sterilization with water vapor under pressure above atmospheric pressure. At the same time, the temperature is noticeably higher than 100 degrees. Therefore, you will not carry out complete disinfection at home, and that’s good. Because the baby came to get acquainted with this world, and not to isolate himself from it.
I strongly do not recommend boiling children's clothes now. Because you can only boil things made from natural fabrics. Nowadays, you can’t find something like this even for a lot of money. Manufacturers everywhere add a small percentage of artificial fibers. This makes the clothes more attractive, but dramatically reduces the wash temperature.
And here we are faced with another contradiction. In order for the anionic surfactants in the powder to dissolve and begin to actively remove stains, it is necessary, and the tags on almost all children's things require gentle washing. Gels work well for washing at low temperatures, but doctors require washing children's clothes at high temperatures for the purpose of disinfection. The circle is closed.
What should mom do? Don't panic! An iron partially solves the problem. If you iron clothes washed on a gentle cycle on both sides, you can consider them conditionally disinfected and calm down.
Personal experience. Now I’ll tell you a terrible thing - I almost didn’t iron things for my fourth child. Only what I managed to do before giving birth. After returning from the maternity hospital, I picked up the iron about a year and a half later, and that was because my daughter had to go to graduation. The child grew up on unironed diapers and did not notice it. The grandmothers didn’t pay attention either. Even the doctor, who occasionally visited us, did not react in any way to this glaring fact. But in the free time, I checked the lessons of my eldest, while at the same time cooking, cleaning and drinking tea.
And one last thing. Laundry things right away
For me it looked like this: take dirty diapers, bibs, rompers, baby vests and use a brush to brush away feces, lumps of dirt, a stuck cookie, a piece of LEGO into the trash. We rinse the remaining dirt under a strong stream of water and wash it with ordinary laundry soap.
It's good if you learn to do this with gloves. Your hands will thank you later.
Place it in a bowl with a washing solution (we separate baby clothes, remember?). In the evening, everything is thrown into the washing machine on a normal cycle. Then we add a second rinse, and we have time to put the baby to bed. And when he wakes up at night, after feeding, you can get up and hang up the diapers. The main thing is to do it carefully so that it looks like it has been ironed. And don't fall asleep halfway through.
And remember, the baby doesn’t care how perfectly clean his clothes are or how stained his older brother is. The main thing is how happy and rested his mother is.
With the arrival of a child, the house is filled with joy and trepidation. Parents will have so many joyful moments; new discoveries and achievements await them. But before moving on to these joys of learning new things, new parents face many challenges. They should get used to a new routine and new worries.
One of these concerns is, of course, laundry. With this word, a lot of questions arise in the expectant mother’s head: what to wash, at what temperature, how to treat baby diapers, what products are better? And we will try to answer them.
Many expectant mothers, being in an interesting situation, put off buying everything they need until the birth of the child. This is usually associated with various superstitions.
This approach is not very practical. After all, it’s not enough just to buy tiny diapers and vests; before the baby is born, they also need to be washed and ironed. And this is done for a number of reasons.
First of all, purchased items may contain starch (it is added to products to add shine), the use of which is extremely undesirable for children's items. In addition, the fabric went through several hands before it was formed into a cute onesie or romper. Then it was with the seller, the packer and who knows who else.
There is only one conclusion - it is imperative to wash your newborn’s clothes. In principle, you need to wash all new things, but when it comes to children’s clothes, there can be no deviations from this rule at all.
In the first weeks and months, a child’s skin is especially sensitive to external influences, and it is extremely important to avoid the occurrence of allergic reactions during this period. Of course, this reaction does not occur in all newborns, but it is better to be safe.
It is worth remembering that for the first contact with the baby’s skin, new things only made from natural fabrics are suitable. The detergent must also be special, but we will talk about this later.
You should prepare for the fact that there will be quite a lot of laundry and perhaps buy a little more clothes to prepare a supply.
After washing, all purchased clothes must be ironed on both sides. And this is not just a tribute to tradition - double-sided ironing (preferably with) will help kill all possible microbes.
Even before washing new clothes expectant mother must take care of a number of issues.
First of all, you need to purchase a separate laundry basket for storing newborn clothes.
It is recommended to wash children's clothes separately from adults for at least the first six months after the birth of the baby, and better year. The same goes for storage. The thing is that an adult’s body may have “its own” bacteria for which the child’s body is simply not ready yet.
Mom's clothes, in which she nurses a newborn, should also be washed separately from other clothes.
Before washing, all items must be sorted by color and texture of fabric.
Remember to ensure that there are no traces of food or feces left on clothes being washed. It is recommended to pre-wash such items using running water and baby or laundry soap.
We also remember the main rule of washing - it’s easier to wipe off any stain immediately after it forms. Therefore, we do not accumulate large piles of laundry and do not allow stains to become stronger on the fabric.
There are quite a few rules for washing baby clothes. At first, young parents may feel dizzy. At the same time, children's things are subject to contamination more often than usual. Therefore, the requirements for washing powders must be very high.
Nowadays, a huge variety of detergents for washing children's clothes are sold. However, the question is more relevant than ever.
Many mothers, trying to avoid allergies, wash all their newborn's clothes by hand using laundry soap. This approach has its place, because ordinary soap has a number of advantages.
- Content of harmful chemicals in good soap minimal. Preference should be given to baby soap, preferably unscented or with a light herbal aroma. This will mean that the composition contains no fragrances or fragrances.
- A rare product can compete with soap in terms of careful attitude to things. The natural composition of the soap contributes to its gentle attitude towards things.
- Another argument in favor could be the fact that things washed with baby soap are especially soft. Few powders will help achieve this effect. For this reason it was invented for linen.
Still, not all mothers are ready to wash, the old fashioned way, with soap. This is where modern laundry detergents come to the rescue.
Selecting a product that meets all your requirements from the huge selection of products presented will not be difficult. There are several aspects to remember.
- Always carefully study the composition of the powder or liquid before purchasing. The content of chlorine, surfactants and various phosphates is not allowed. The best option will become a powder based on soap shavings.
- It is better that the packaging bears the inscription “hypoallergenic”, as well as a note indicating at what age the product can be used. For the first months of life, we are looking for a product with the “0+” icon.
- The selected product should dissolve quickly in water and be easily washed out of the fabric. Therefore, you should not buy a large package of powder at once. It is correct to take a small pack for testing. At the same time, you can check if your child is allergic to this product.
- In addition to the composition, you should study the standards and storage conditions of the powder. Don't neglect them.
- Also, don’t forget about the expiration date. Washing with expired powder for baby clothes is unacceptable.
- Do not experiment with the dose of laundry detergent. You should not sprinkle the powder “by eye” in an attempt to better wash children’s costumes in order to avoid itching and other signs of allergies in the baby. Follow the instructions on the package.
Another question that causes quite heated discussions is how best to wash children's clothes - manually or in an automatic machine. Let's consider each option separately.
Of course, hand washing has the advantage of being more hygienic. For hand washing baby clothes, a separate basin is used, which means that the newborn’s things do not come into contact with adult clothes.
But that’s probably where the advantages end. They are being replaced by a number of disadvantages that should be taken into account when choosing a washing option.
- When washing by hand, it is impossible to rinse things as well as when washing by machine. This means that in order to remove cleaning products from the fabric, you will have to rinse larger number once.
- Spin. Competing with a washing machine in this matter is also not easy. If things are washed in the summer, minutes may seem insignificant, because in the sun everything dries in a matter of hours. But what about in the cold season, when the sun does not pamper us with its presence and the laundry dries in the room for a day, or even two?
- Hand washing is possible only at a temperature of 30-40 degrees, no more. Otherwise, you risk damaging the skin of your hands (even when using gloves). For half of the stains, water at this temperature will be useless and it will not be possible to remove the stains. This means you will need boiling.
Needless to say, pediatricians prefer hand washing using baby soap. Of course, it’s always much easier said than done. But what about a young mother who doesn’t have an extra hour, not only for laundry, but even for sleep?
The answer is obvious: use it, following our recommendations.
Rules for washing in a washing machine
If you decide to use a washing machine for washing, there are a few rules to remember.
- Separate wash. As mentioned earlier, you should not mix baby diapers with the clothes of the whole family. Therefore, before putting laundry into the drum, make sure that no foreign objects have fallen into it.
- Avoid heavily soiled items. During the first months of your child's life, avoid washing heavily soiled items in the drum. An example of such contamination could be work overalls or dirty shoes.
- Temperature. It is recommended to wash newborn clothes at a temperature of 60-70 degrees. If your machine has a “baby wash” mode, feel free to use it.
- Powder selection. When choosing a machine wash, you should not use plain soap, even grated soap. This may damage the washing machine. It is better to use special means.
- Moderate amount of things. Do not fill the washing machine drum to capacity. For best washing, it should be two-thirds full. This will allow water and detergent to circulate smoothly in the machine.
- Labels on clothes. Carefully read the information on clothing labels and adhere to the instructions indicated there.
- Air conditioner. It is better to avoid using air conditioning in the first months of your baby’s life. When you do use it, make sure that the product does not have a strong odor and contains information on the packaging that it is suitable for children's underwear.
How to get rid of stains?
When washing children's clothes, there may be cases when machine washing is not enough. Sometimes the machine is unable to remove traces of fruit puree or other stains on the clothes of newborns. As we have already said, the use of bleach, as well as any products containing chlorine, soda and phosphates, is unacceptable.
In such cases, hydrogen peroxide will come to the rescue. Due to its composition, it is harmless to children's skin and will not cause allergies. It easily removes most of the dirt and is easily washed out of the fabric.
We wash diapers
Baby diapers deserve special attention, or rather, the issue of caring for them.
First of all, you should not wash the described diapers every time. Baby urine is practically colorless and odorless, so you can get by with rinsing a couple of times.
Naturally, this rule does not apply to traces of feces. Such stains should first be washed off with water and washed with soap. Afterwards, wash in the washing machine on the “boiling” mode or at a temperature of 90 degrees. This type of washing will keep your clothes clean and free of bacteria.
With the birth of a child, the need to do laundry arises almost every day. Even if you use disposable diapers, babies have to be changed several times a day. But standard powders cannot be used to care for laundry. Let's figure out how and what to wash baby clothes for newborns.
The purpose of washing soiled laundry is clear - to remove stains, dust, bad smell and germs, as well as give clothes an attractive appearance. But many mothers wonder if they should wash their newborn's new clothes? Doctors answer in the affirmative.
Immune system small child not working at full capacity. It is better to protect it from contact with pathogens and dirt that may be present on purchased clothes and diapers. Parents cannot know for sure in what conditions things were stored: perhaps there were rodents, fungus or mold in the warehouse. In addition, there is no guarantee that the laundry was touched only with clean hands.
It is better to prepare the baby’s “dowry” 2-3 weeks before the birth. How to wash new clothes for a newborn? Baby soap is great for these purposes. You need to soak clothes and diapers for 10-15 minutes in a soapy solution, rub them with your hands, rinse thoroughly, dry them in the fresh air, iron them and wrap them in a sealed bag.
Detergents for washing children's clothes
What is the best way to wash a newborn's clothes? On whether mom can pick up safe remedy Cleaning your baby's clothes largely depends on his health. The protective barrier of children's skin is imperfect. Aggressive substances easily penetrate through it, causing an allergic reaction in the form of redness, itching, pimples and peeling. In addition, household chemicals contain volatile elements that enter the respiratory tract. Constant contact with them can provoke respiratory allergies, weakening of local immunity and other unpleasant consequences.
So how to properly wash a newborn’s baby clothes so as not to harm him? Main types of funds:
- laundry soap;
- special powders and gels;
- soap nuts.
Baby soap
Many doctors and experienced mothers In the first month of a baby’s life, it is recommended to use baby soap. The product does not contain fragrances, dyes or aggressive synthetic substances. It contains:
- softening ingredients - lanolin, boric acid, glycerin, oils;
- antibacterial components - extracts of string, chamomile, calendula and so on.
The cleansing properties of soap are based on the ability of the foam to absorb dirt and prevent it from reuniting with the surface. Benefits of the children's product:
- safe for skin;
- easy leaching from fabric fibers.
Its disadvantage is its low effectiveness in combating stubborn stains on things. But in the first months of life, the discharge of a baby who is on breastfeeding, have no smell. They are relatively easy to wash if the item is immediately soaked and soaped. Some mothers do not use detergent at all to wash urine-stained diapers.
Is it possible to wash a newborn's clothes? It is characterized by a high content of alkalis (0.15-0.20%). It contains no more than 72% fatty acids. pH level – 11-12. The product has antibacterial properties.
You can’t use laundry soap on a child’s skin, but it copes well with dirt on things, including difficult spots. The disadvantage of the product is its specific smell, but with thorough rinsing it disappears.
When purchasing laundry soap, you should pay attention to the composition. The traditional remedy contains only natural ingredients. But some manufacturers add bleaching agents, dyes and flavors to it. This product is not suitable for washing children's clothes.
Note: For the convenience of housewives, baby and laundry soap is produced in the form of shavings. It dissolves easily in water, forming abundant foam.
Powders
What powder should I use to wash newborn clothes? It should not potentially contain harmful substances. It is impossible to completely remove powder from fabric fibers; its particles remain in them after drying and come into contact with the baby’s skin, and can also penetrate the bloodstream.
How to safely wash baby clothes for newborns? When choosing a powder, you should pay attention not only to the mark “for newborns” or “0+”, but also to its composition.
The product should not contain:
- phosphate additives - they destroy the hydrolipid mantle of the skin, reducing its resistance to external factors, and upon penetration into the blood, they change its formula;
- chlorine – it dries out the epidermis, causing irritation and itching;
- optical brighteners - they remain on the surface of the fabric after rinsing.
A-surfactants (anionic surfactants) should be absent or there should be a minimum amount of them in the composition, since they disrupt the course of redox reactions in the body and destroy some enzymes;
Some powders use nonionic surfactants instead of A-surfactants. They do not disintegrate into ions in water, hold contaminants in solution and are biodegradable.
How to wash a newborn's clothes in a washing machine? Almost all washing powders are designed for machine and hand washing. The most popular means:
Reviews from parents show that “Tide”, “Eared Nanny” and “Karapuz” often cause allergies in children, but “Stork” is the safest option in this regard.
Expensive brands (Amway, Garden, BabyLine, Sodasan, “Our Mom”), as a rule, produce baby powders with the safest possible composition. Their price is compensated by the high concentration of active substances. The lines of many manufacturers include washing gels
. Their advantage is that they have small particles that can be easily rinsed out. 
Tip: When purchasing powder, you should pay attention to the packaging. It must be intact, with a list of components and an expiration date. It is advisable to feel the plastic bag - under normal storage conditions the substance should not clump.
Soap nuts
How to wash clothes for newborns without chemicals at all? You can use soap nuts - the fruit of the sapindus plant. Their dry shell contains a large amount of saponins - natural surfactants. It should be packed in a cloth bag and placed in the drum of the washing machine. Experience shows that nuts can only cope with minor stains.
General washing rules
How to wash baby clothes for a newborn? Basic recommendations:
Subtleties of machine wash
Using a washing machine saves mom time and effort. Many models are equipped with a “Children's Wash” function. When activated, the water is heated to a high temperature, and rinsing is performed in a large volume of liquid. In addition, this mode gives things softness.
If there is no special function, you should select a mode depending on the type of fabric and use double or intensive rinse. The amount of powder or gel is determined by the instructions. It is important not to exceed the dosage.
At what temperature should I wash clothes for newborns? It is better to clean diapers and bed linen at 80-90 ºС. Can be used for delicate items low temperature, but not less than 40 ºС.
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When a newborn appears in a family, it changes all the foundations and rules of the house. Many familiar processes and tasks that no one had even thought about before require a special approach. Take the laundry, for example. The birth of a child (even the preparation for his birth) forces parents to seriously think about how and what to wash children's clothes for a newborn. Sometimes these questions perplex even the most prepared and well-read parents. We suggest you look into them.
Why wash something new?
For the first time, the question of the nuances and features of washing children's clothes arises among parents when they begin actively collecting everything they need for the maternity hospital. By this time, expectant mothers have probably already bought a lot of cute bodysuits, “men”, onesies and diapers.
Yes, most things are well and beautifully packaged, clean, neatly folded, but you shouldn’t dress a newborn baby in new, unwashed clothes.
- Someone could print them out, touch them and look at them (and it doesn’t matter whether you went on a children’s shopping trip to a store or to the market).
- To make children's clothes look attractive and perfectly ironed, they are often starched, so new clothes contain this substance, and the delicate skin of a newborn should not come into contact with anything.
Children's clothes should be washed separately from adults. And before washing, they should not be in the same pile with their parents’ clothes.
Therefore, even before the baby is born, you should purchase a special children's basket for dirty laundry.
Great! The children's new clothes were unpacked and placed in a separate basket, but with what product and how to wash them correctly?
How to wash children's clothes
When choosing laundry detergent for themselves, adults are more focused on its ability to remove the most various pollution, pleasant aroma and for its price. This is not enough to choose baby powder.
Choosing the right baby powder is just as important as cosmetic and hygiene products for your baby. Children's delicate skin is very sensitive, and often reacts with irritation and rashes to some components of conventional powders.
Even the presence of the word “children’s” in the name of a laundry detergent does not guarantee that it is safe. What powder can you use to wash your baby's clothes and diapers?
The detergent for washing children's clothes meets the following requirements:
- does not contain aggressive chemical components (phosphates, phthalates, chlorine, etc.);
- without fragrances or strong odor;
- all components are hypoallergenic;
- made from natural plant or mineral ingredients;
- completely soluble in water;
- rinses well and quickly.
You can learn about all the features of a baby wash product by reading its composition. If all the requirements are met, you can safely try washing.
Why try?
There are reasons for this:
- There is no guarantee that the baby cannot be allergic to one of the “safe” components of the washing powder.
- Manufacturers are not always honest when indicating the composition of the product, and at the same time hide those that are not entirely suitable for children's product components. Therefore, even if the composition is ideal for children’s laundry, you should not immediately purchase a year’s supply of washing powder.
- The price of a high-quality detergent is high - this is one of the features of high-quality baby powder: the better the powder, the more expensive it is. Try budget baby powders, maybe some will work.
Liquid laundry detergents
A distinctive “feature” of gels: they have no problems with dissolving and rinsing, and other qualities depend on the components.
Soap: baby or laundry soap
Sometimes, instead of liquid gel or laundry detergent, parents use baby soap.
Those who do not trust manufacturers of household chemicals, but use the experience of older generations, use laundry soap for children's laundry. You can use it to wash baby clothes by hand or grate soap and put it in the washing machine instead of powder.
But you shouldn’t let your guard down here either: now on the market you can even find laundry soap with a chemical composition in which only the name remains of the natural old product.
Therefore, pediatricians advise mothers to wash their babies’ clothes with baby soap without fragrances or fragrances. It's better to do it manually.
But this method is too tiring for a tired young mother. And it’s difficult to rinse out soap. For these two reasons, we do not recommend soap as the main product for children's laundry.
Environmentally friendly products
Supporters of exclusively natural and environmentally friendly baby care use soap nuts for baby laundry. This is a universal organic hypoallergenic detergent made from the fruits of the Indian soap tree.
A handful of these soap nuts is enough for a couple of washes. The pleasure is not cheap, but there is no doubt about the composition, and after washing the laundry becomes very soft without any conditioners.
How to wash baby clothes
In addition to the fact that baby powder must be safe for the baby’s health, it must also fulfill its main function - to rid things of dirt. Naturally, chemical components do this faster and better, but the baby’s health is more important than an unwashed stain.
But, nevertheless, by following some rules of baby washing, you can achieve ideal results with “non-chemical” powder.
- Children's clothes in the first 2-3 years must be washed separately from adults;
- no need to delay washing children's clothes for more than a day after soiling;
- periodically, several times a month, you should “refresh” all the child’s things from the accumulation of dust and germs;
- In the washing machine, children's clothes are washed in a special “baby wash” mode, or at high temperature;
- To better rinse children's clothes, you do not need to fill the machine completely and do not forget about the additional rinsing mode;
- It is best to dry children's clothes outside, and iron them on both sides with hot steam.
Boil or not?
Another grandmother’s way to return clothes to cleanliness and freshness. And one more “no” from modern experts. Not because everyone now, oh, so smart and advanced, can replace boiling with three drops of a super-ecological and super-expensive gel. But because it’s impossible.
Boiling is intended only for products made from natural fabrics.
Try to find at least one children's item in which the manufacturer has not added a little synthetics for durability and a presentable appearance. There are a couple of brands that follow the tradition of naturalness. They have very expensive clothes.
What is available to the average buyer will not withstand boiling - to wash clothes with synthetic fibers, you need a gentle temperature regime - no more than 40 0 .
Wash immediately without delay
An important point in children's washing: stains must be washed immediately, freshly. It doesn’t matter what the baby got dirty in: porridge, milk, spit up - don’t put off the washing process until tomorrow. Dried and aged stains are less easy to wash.
How to properly remove a stain:
- Brush off any stuck pieces of dirt;
- wash the stain under a powerful stream of water;
- rub with soap and leave for some time;
- then soak in a basin, adding detergent;
- wash it in a machine after a few hours.
Conclusion
Thanks to modern progress and scientific achievements, new and more advanced laundry products appear on the market every year. But most often, the “power” of most of these products lies precisely in their chemical composition. Such options are in no way suitable for parents and their children.
Natural ingredients, plant and mineral base, pure and light composition, as well as the right approach to the washing process - this is everything that will allow the kids to look beautiful and remain healthy at the same time.
How to wash a newborn's clothes; can I use baby powder and a washing machine? These are the questions that you will have to face from the first days of your baby at home.
Children's things are special things. Once upon a time it was flannel and calico diapers, gauze diapers, and all this stuff was simply boiled, but now the things of a newborn are delicate, soft knitwear, comfortable fabrics, but poorly resistant to such violence. One unsuccessful wash can simply ruin them.
How to properly wash children's clothes?
. You should always wash children's clothes, especially a newborn's underwear, separately from adults' clothes.. Infants prone to allergic reactions, which is why special attention you need to pay attention to the choice of washing products; the choice of washing powder should be discussed separately.
. Washing children's clothes requires mandatory disinfection. Even at the purchasing stage, you should pay attention to the washing temperature indicated on the label, because a newborn’s clothes should be exposed to a temperature of 90 degrees when washed, or then thoroughly ironed with steam. The water temperature for washing clothes for an older child can be reduced to 30-40 degrees.
. You can use the washing machine, just sort your items before washing. Cotton items can easily withstand harsh washing regimes, but soft knitted undershirts must be washed carefully, using a special laundry net and a delicate washing regime.
. Before washing, heavily soiled items should be rubbed with soap and soaked in warm water for half an hour. Before loading these items into the machine, the soap must be rinsed; automatic washing machines do not tolerate washing with regular soap.
After washing, run the rinse twice to rinse out the remaining detergents; after the last rinse, rinse the items again with vinegar to neutralize the alkalis of the detergents.
What is the best way to wash a newborn's clothes?
When choosing what to wash your newborn’s baby clothes with, pay attention to the following points:Baby powder or soap should not contain fragrances, bleach or synthetic additives, as this can cause allergies.
. On baby powder must be labeled “for newborns.”
. Any detergent must be certified for washing children's clothes.
Is it possible to wash children's clothes with regular washing powder?
Any laundry detergent for adults contains a large number of substances that can cause (and usually cause) allergies in the baby. These are bleaches, color stabilizers, fragrances, conditioners, and other chemicals that make the laundry soft, smell delicious and...harmful to health.When choosing which powder to wash your newborn’s clothes with, you need to take into account the fact that the baby’s skin is very sensitive. When a baby sweats, pees, his clothes get wet, and all these substances, usually not completely rinsed, come into direct contact with the skin, causing itching, redness and rash. Dealing with irritations later may not be such an easy task, so maybe you should wash your newborn’s clothes correctly from the very beginning?
When choosing which soap to wash your newborn’s clothes with, pay attention to baby soap, but most likely, regular laundry soap will be better suited for him. It is made from animal fats and alkali, no fragrances or additives are used, which is why it does not cause any negative reactions from children's skin. Unfortunately, you can only wash clothes with it by hand or boil it; washing machines do not tolerate it due to foaming.
When choosing which powder to wash children's clothes with, parents sometimes try several brands in a short time and end up with allergies. It is more difficult to figure out which powder the baby reacted to, the more different products you have used in a short time, the solution is to switch to hand washing, temporarily, and after the skin has calmed down, start trying the powders one at a time.
And so, the results:
In the first 2 weeks at home, use baby (laundry) soap.
. When you start washing things in the machine, never use more than 1 brand of powder per week - look at the baby’s reaction.
. Rinse your laundry with vinegar (1-2 tablespoons of essence per 10 liters of water).
. Iron dried laundry with steam.
