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’ll be sniggering for hours

about 6 months

If you or your child has had an eczematous reaction from new clothes then it's a sensible thing to do. But that's going to be pretty rare and it's largely quite a paranoid thing to do.

No, of course not, it's straight out of the packet.

About 3 months.

I only washed hand-me-downs that had been in binbags in the loft since my nieces outgrew them. Fresh from the shop? Straight on the baby

I pre-wash all our clothes, children and adults, because I hate that factory smell and also the potential grimness from people trying them on (not an issue with baby clothes though!) but for a one-off I really wouldn't worry

To the people who wash everything before wearing are you also the people that don't let anyone sit on the bed in outdoor clothes?

Honestly in a decade of parenting I have never done this.

It's another job on a long list that can go. It's just pointless.

never
dc are now teens

still prewash anything we wear apart from coats or 'emergency' clothing when travelling.
to be fair we have quite a bit eczema in the family.

beds are not for sitting on <gavel>

6 months old

Urm maybe about a month and then never bothered again. DS fine

Not that rare considering it happens.

Don't bother

I'm 33 & still pre-wash new clothes before wearing. I just hate the idea of how many different people have handled the material/clothes along the production process & while in the shop. That said, in a situation like this I would just go without. I don't think there's any real risk, it's a personal preference.

I still do it but that’s only cos I worry about pesticides on them, think I’m being a bit overkill though

Never started it.

I pre wash everything for us and the kids. Clothes come off production lines and packaged by god knows who and their questionable hygiene. Plus I can't imagine, the work benches are sanitary and there would loads of cloth dust and debris flying everywhere. Also, clothes may be pre treated with starches and other chemical/ dyes.

It's just not something I would take the risk with

Oops
I've never prewashed anything
4 kids, all still alive

clothes shipped from abroad are treated with pestocides and fungicides for shipping (or they would arrive with holes and mouldy after weeks in a shipping container)

plus fabrics are treated for easier sewing. handled by people in unsanitary conditions.
plus ship floors are filthy.

but for a one off, like the op situation I would probably not sweat it. especially if it will be worn over underwear.

I never do it. No wonder kids have allergies all the time, everyone is so hygiene obsessed

Eczema specifically related to the wearing of new clothes isn't common

Risk of what?