Washing Baby Clothes

As a housewife, I have a lot of experience on washing clothes

. After becoming a mother, I gain even more knowledge on washing clothes for my baby. A lot of mothers focus on nutrition and education for their babies. Baby clothes washing is also an important aspect for raising a healthy baby. Clothes are in direct contact with baby's skin. Anything goes wrong in washing baby clothes, baby's skin suffers. Sometimes, you see rashes on baby's skin, it can be related to the clothes that he or she wears. Therefore, it is important to share with you my understanding on baby clothes washing.

Washing baby clothes is a bit different from washing clothes of adults and older children. Generally speaking, you need to handle and wash baby clothes with more care. Before you have put the clothes on your little baby, you need to pre-wash them. Though new clothes look clean, a lot of chemical residues may be left on the clothes during productions. A pre-wash before wearing helps remove these remaining chemicals.

Other than a pre-wash, you may wash the baby clothes separately from the clothes of other family members. Though this is troublesome and time consuming, it is definitely beneficial to your baby. Washing clothes separately prevents the chemical residues from ordinary laundry detergent from leaving on the baby clothes. Besides, cross contamination between baby clothes and clothes of other family member can be prevented. If all the clothes are washed together, the bacteria and germs from mother's or father's clothes may get onto baby's clothes.

Choosing the right baby clothes detergent is important. Though there is no special clause saying that ordinary laundry detergents are not suitable for washing baby clothes, the chemicals like bleaches, dyes and fragrances are obviously irritating to babies. Instead of ordinary laundry detergent, you may wish to buy the baby safe detergent that are specially formulated for washing baby clothes. These detergents usually contain no or less harmful chemicals, bleaches, dyes and soap. But, they can be a bit more expensive.

Water temperature for washing baby clothes should be kept low. Cold water can help eliminate the risk of building up bacteria as well as keep the clothes from shrinking. Also, you need to run extra rinse cycle for baby clothes. This is to ensure that the minimal soap residues are left on the baby clothes.

My final tip is to share with you how to care for baby clothes during the washing process. Baby clothes are washes very frequently. If you do not care for them during the washing process, they become old very quickly. The simplest way is to wash them separately. You should wash the darks, colors and white and light colors separately. Also, you should wash clothes made of silk and wools separately. For these delicate materials, it is better to wash with your hands.

by: Maggie Wong.

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