did ypu wash new baby clothes?

[ditsydoll]

Will be packing my hospital bag this week and have bought some new white packs of vests etc..
Should I wash them before use?
Did you wash every outfit before your baby wore it?

[Littlemissexpecting]

I have washed everything we have in up to 3 months.
Personal preference really, and I thought it was something everyone did. I was washing the bedding so to wash a load of vests and sleepsuits wasn't a big inconvenience. I won't be ironing them though!

[syl1985]

Yes, I'd wash them.
Others might have touched these clothes in the shop, but also:
For to let new baby clothes look nicer they use sometimes chemical products for that.

Even if they didn't use any chemicals to make it look nicer. Or no one ever touched these clothes before.
It still has been a long time ago since these clothes or fabrics have been washed.

I'd wash them and iron them before using them. I think it's more hygienic.

Sylvia

[chickydoo]

Dear God, never crossed my mind to wash new baby clothes!
Have 4 DC none of them have suffered any harm. The eldest DC is now nearly 18

[pinkteapot]

I did with dc1... did everything people said you 'should do'. not for dcs2 or 3, seriously life is busy enough! anyway washing powder has chemicals, baby food has chemicals, baby wash, lotions, shampoo, wipes, formula,... it all has chemicals, so I dont see the point. I dont select purely organic veg and triple-filtered water either,bad mum! I think do it if you have time to kill and like seeing them drying on your line. else dont worry too much

[weeblueberry]

No idea about the chemical thing. I washed ours but it was mainly out of a self indulgent desire to feel as though I was doing something motherly already

Also there are quite a few skin issues in DPs family so I thought it couldn't hurt to wash everything through in non bio stuff.

[oscarwilde]

Yes. Washed everything except woollies. I don't fuss about myself so much but DH gets nasty rashes from new unwashed clothes so couldn't face doing it to my pfb. I used to work in retail and I know that cotton is treated so it doesn't crease in transit, especially shirt type fabric.
DH is over 6ft and my sister recommended buying big as easier to dress the baby so I only bought 0-3. DD1 was a little swamped for about two weeks but nothing was wasted. She was a pukey little thing so we got through everything with no tumble drier in the house!

[tilder]

I always wondered if it was necessary but washed everything anyway. It was part of preparing.

Then ds1 wore a brand new unwashed vest (neglectful parent that I am) and ended up with a virtual red vest when I took the vest off. Was really shocked, thought the need to was was hype but the new clothe thing definitely affected his skin.

Always wash second hand stuff. If I was given clothes for me that had been stored for a couple of years in a bag in the loft or garage I would wash before wearing. Same for my kids.

[CiderwithBuda]

I washed everything. Knew someone who worked with a clothing manufacturer and she washed everything she bought for herself and def recommended for baby stuff.

[BriansBrain]

I went on mat leave 2 weeks before DD made her appearance and was bored brainless after 7 days of nesting so washed everything.

It's only one wash for newborn clothes and you need to wash the Moses basket and pram sheets so might as well pop the grows and sleepers in with them.

[2Labradors]

I remember that I washed the little vests & sleep suits that I took in my hospital bag and that I had bought ready for home. I also loved having them out on the line.

When friends & family bought lovely news outfits for my babies I don't remember washing them before putting them on them.

They're 9 & 7 now and I definitely don't wash new clothes before they wear them, or mine.

I do love the smell of fairy & comfort pure, ahh that lovely baby smell.

[mrsbugsywugsy]

would have done but dd was prem so everything was bought at the asda next to the hospital.

[Teaandflapjacks]

ha ha - the last thread on this scared the pants off me! anyway, I have washed and stored all the second hand stuff we got, mainly because they had been in storage and were a bit mouldy smelling. With new stuff, I reckon it is practical to wait to see what size the little one is before opening and washing it all with wild abandon, in case you need to exchange? I would probably have chucked in the wash stuff that had been hanging in shops, and probably packet stuff too, but I never bother for myself I must admit, including pants in packets . But all the stuff we have is second hand apart from blankets and muslins, which i washed as they were from ikea etc and when you see kids wandering about picking nose and touching stuff etc, then you think 'lets just wash that...'

[chattychattyboomba]

I washed EVERYTHING. Was a little obsessed (to the point i worried about spores and air particles!)
Now i am not so concerned. It's up to you... If it puts your mind at ease then go for it.

[Audrey2013]

I've been to several clothes factories in Thailand, I've been to a few retail stock rooms... I will wash everything for our new baby:))
Just as I wash all underwear/sleepwear we buy for ourselves - never even thought there was an option not to do it tbh