When did you stop pre-wear washing baby clothes?

[Loulovesummer]

Just wondering the above really.

DD is 6 months. I have been washing all of her clothes before she wears them ever since she was born.

my mum has bought her a lovely outfit to wear tomorrow for my birthday lunch. I want to put her in it so as not to upset my mum and also think it’s lovely but I can’t get it washed and dried between now and then.

is 6 months an ok age to not faff around with pre-wear washes?

I never wash anything new before wearing it and somehow I have survived. I also don't have cancer.

The level of fear over "germs", "chemicals", and people - gasp - having touched your clothes before you is astounding, worrying (are people really so terrified of life?) and a bit pathetic.

You wouldn't wash a new spoon before eating with it?

Statistically you would be fine, as you most likely would be if you licked a carpet or ate someone else's toenail clippings, but this is quite unusual I think.

Is it? Just wouldn't cross my mind really.

Never started. Also never used non bio liquid either.

Would you wash a spoon you bought from a charity shop?

Nevermind, I misread

I never wash anything before using it. I didn’t realise it was a thing. I always use biological powder too. Everyone is fine.

If the chemicals were that dangerous, you’d be inhaling them in the shop anyway, so you wouldn’t avoid exposure, and surely they dissipate enough in the shop while things are hanging up (I don’t buy stuff online).

I couldn’t care less if something has been touched, tried on or dropped on the floor before I bought it , unless it has made it visibly dirty- I’ll do a visual check, if it looks clean we’re good to go. If it looks dirty, i won’t buy it in the first place.

Probably not. No more likely than a new one. Maybe a cursory rinse under the cold tap if it occurred to me. It just wouldn't really be on my radar to think "new to me = dirty".

Come on!

You thought everybody knew that and did the same.

You surely realise this is quite unusual and unnecessary? If the allergic reaction was as much of an issue as you think, you'd experience it every time you went into a clothes shop, or bought a new couch.

Fine to do if you want but hardly what everyone does.

Don’t tell me, you also buy a pack of knickers and put them straight on without washing them first?

Of course I do? Why on earth wouldn't I?

If they're in a pack, what's the issue?

I would usually buy sets, so hanging up in the shop, never wash those either.

People have the oddest ideas.

Never did, life is just too short. I don’t know anyone who died because they didn’t wash a T-shirt.

I think you should wash everything before wearing for you and the baby. There are a lot of chemicals used in the dyeing and finishing process. I believe a lot are sprayed to prevent mould/mildew in transit and storage.

Like many others, I've never stopped washing before wear. I'm 50 and do it for all my own clothes and my teens and DH.
The only time ever that I didn't wash something new (jeans) I ended up at the doctor with itching and rash all over my legs. Took me longer than it should have to connect the dots and realise that was why, it was only when doctor asked about whether I'd switched to a different brand of washing powder that it clicked I hadn't washed them at all.

No! You definitely aren’t! It’s nuts!

Me too. Strangely still alive with no horrible fanny disease

The only time I did this was the new first size baby-grows before the DCs were born, never again!

Fanjo apocalypse has just about made my day

You’re right, I couldn’t give a shiny shit about manufacturers hands touching clothes.

I've never washed cutlery before using it, or crockery, or knickers. I've never had any horrible reaction, my chuff hasn't dropped off and I'm still very much alive.

Never. Unless it's from vinted.

Never pre washed anything, even when the children were a few days old. Didn’t know it was a thing!

I wouldn't wear clothes I haven't washed, let alone making my kids (unless we've had to buy new clothes in an emergency situation!). I'm quite sensitive to smells and having worked retail and seen how the clothes come in, I just prefer to wash first.

I never started it! Two teens - healthy.
the world has gone mad, how are babies raised in remote tribal African villages.
We are own worst enemies making unnecessary work for ourselves.

🤣🤣 you're welcome 😃

I wash clothes before wearing. I don’t know why people care what others do.