Do I ned to freshly wash all clothes etc?

[Halleberry]

I'm preparing to meet my baby girl
On Thursday. Just a few questions. The clothes I have are all brand new with tags. Do I need to wash them before she wears them? Also dummies - do they need sterilised straight from the packet before I give her one?

Aaaaah exciting, good luck! I am due on Thursday too but pretty sure the baby is not going to come then ha :)

Your children were in a minority then as research has shown that babies do get confused. That's why Boots doesn't recommend giving a dummy to a breastfeeding baby at least until they have established breastfeeding at one month old, presumably.

I could cite a lot of material to you (though none so scaremongering as your comment about SIDS - not helpful) to support what I have said but you can find it yourself if you are interested.

A dummy is neither necessary nor beneficial as the nipple does the same job but better as it comes with closeness, mummy etc. Of course they don't always want to feed but surely as a breastfeeding mum you must know that they will suckle for hours at the breast without feeding, just sucking.

Mumite the OP has asked a question about washing and sterilising, not about feeding methods.

OP: yes I did wash everything, but then he was a PFB... I don't recollect pre-washing stuff after he came home .

And yes, you have to sterilise anything that's going into baby's mouth, basically until you start to wean/they start to stick old shoes in there.

Congratulations!

Yes good luck OP.

breastfeeding is hard enough without using yourself as a dummy as well. Agree with Mrs devere none of mine got confused with bottle, dummies or nipples. They took what was offered no problem.

Babies are not daft im sure they know there is a difference between milk and a dummy not every new mum wants a baby on them 247

Good lord no don't wash them - life's too short!

You again were lucky, then, and in a minority Betterhanme. And sorry you found breastfeeding hard. It isn't for everyone.

If the baby is anything like mine it will shit or puke on any clothes within 20 minutes anyway. Maybe she was just annoyed I hadn't prewashed them.

You are really annoying me MrsDeVere.

A "funny" face instead of a straightforward disagreement with my statement, which wasn't supposed to side-track the OP's issue, as I have said I was only pointing out that a dummy is unnecessary if she intends to breastfeed, this was intended as good news for her!

Now you are just being rude telling me to "Bog Off" and referring to a "smug agenda". I've no idea what that means. Yes i have name-changed but I have never posted about breastfeeding on mumsnet before so I expect you have confused me with someone else against whom you bear some kind of grudge and that is perhaps why you have been so unnecessarily aggressive towards my opinions and rude to me. I think raising SIDS in a post about a mother asking about the necessary preparations for her baby about to be born is scaremongering and thoughtless, yes.

OP, I am sorry - whether MrsDeVere goads me or not I won't post again on your thread. I wish you every joy with your baby and hope you take what was intended to be a brief comment about the necessity or not of preparing a dummy in the spirit of friendship in which it was intended.

You are really annoying me MrsDeVere.

A "funny" face instead of a straightforward disagreement with my statement, which wasn't supposed to side-track the OP's issue, as I have said I was only pointing out that a dummy is unnecessary if she intends to breastfeed, this was intended as good news for her!

Now you are just being rude telling me to "Bog Off" and referring to a "smug agenda". I've no idea what that means. Yes i have name-changed but I have never posted about breastfeeding on mumsnet before so I expect you have confused me with someone else against whom you bear some kind of grudge and that is perhaps why you have been so unnecessarily aggressive towards my opinions and rude to me. I think raising SIDS in a post about a mother asking about the necessary preparations for her baby about to be born is scaremongering and thoughtless, yes.

OP, I am sorry - whether MrsDeVere goads me or not I won't post again on your thread. I wish you every joy with your baby and hope you take what was intended to be a brief comment about the necessity or not of preparing a dummy in the spirit of friendship in which it was intended.

Yes I think with your firstborn you must wash everything in Fairy non bio and comfort pure and have it all ironed and hung up beautifully, this is the law!

By the time you come to your second/third/fourth you will realise this is a waste of time I think my fourth was lucky if the tags were cut off his clothes.

Enjoy meeting your daughter and enjoy all the lovely little baby things

Love the comment that they might have been touched by 5 people!
Has any baby died or been seriously ill from not washing new clothes? I'd love to know if I put my babies at risk all those years ago.

Dummies can be very helpful (with sleep) dummies can provide a lot of comfort for the baby (especially with things like reflux - where they are recommended) and can be beneficial (Ds learnt how to suck because of a dummy, breastfeeding would have been even more difficult without it). If dd1 had had enough milk, she would scratch your boob off, and scream the place down, but settle with a dummy.

They are not the fount of all evil.

I washed what I had for ds. But he was tiny and we were in hospital a week. Relatives had to bring in smaller clothes....and then even smaller ones. None of these were washed before use and he was fine.

Mumite ... are you like Marmite?

Same as starfish I lovingly washed all the clothes, then DS was premature and he wore the tiny baby that family brought us to the hospital straight out of the packet as I'd only washed and brought stuff that was too big.

I wouldn't bother washing new clean clothes - seems pointless.

I would get them used to a dummy quickly. I breasted both my DC's -and gave the dummy when they were young - great for keeping them nice and content and quiet

Wow .... Eh, I wasn't expecting my post to be this long when I came back to check Ok, still undecided about he washing thing. A few people have said its a waste of time and I should just relax. I'm all packed and ready donuts deciding whether to relax and put feet up, or unpack everything,wash,dry then re pack - the thought makes me a little neasous lol - as for the dummy/Breast feeding .... Due to medication I will be receiving the day she is born, I can't actusllt Breast feed ... But even if i was, I thought a dummy was just a standard thing. Something quite natural to give a baby (Breast fed or not) just to help soothe them?? X

Thankyou MrsDeVere. So excited but also very very nervous x im sure I will be back on askin loads of questions once she is born