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neeko177
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Washing Babys Clothes
Posted: 04-20-06 21:49pm
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So I thought I had everything done...
But... I was told I have to wash all my
babys clothing in ivory snow before he can
wear them because his skin is so
sensitive! And I havent done that yet....
Is this a big thing.. I mean does it
absoloutly have to be done? Cuz I have no
washer or dryer etc so it will take me a
while...
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michelle1981
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Posted: 04-20-06 22:06pm
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I did.
It's not life or death, but I would
definitely do it!
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Lalee
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Posted: 04-20-06 23:17pm
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That's interesting. I didn't know that.
Learn something new every day!
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Kimmeh
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Posted: 04-21-06 00:43am
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I don't wash everything before she wears
it (if it's new) but before she came I did
only because I .L.O.V.E the smell of ivory
snow...It's amazing, doing her laundry is
one of my favorite things to do because I
love the smell so much lol. If it wasn't
so expensive I would wash my clothes in it
too (so far I haven't even finished a box
and i've been washing clothes with it
since before she was born...But it isn't
big enough to wash a lot of adult sized
clothing in).
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Sunflower_pie81
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Posted: 04-21-06 10:07am
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I would, because my mom dressed my little
sister in a little dress and she broke out
all over her little body. Mostly under
her neck. She is 4 now but when she was
soo little anything would break her out.
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Tess B
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Posted: 04-21-06 10:25am
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My mum said that I have to when the time
comes but if I give her everything she'll
do it for me! She's gonna use lux
flakes.. Guess it's similar to ivory
snow! Smells yummy! :)
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Mabel
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Posted: 04-21-06 10:34am
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| sunflower_pie81
wrote: | | i would, because my mom
dressed my little sister in a little dress
and she broke out all over her little
body. Mostly under her neck. She is 4
now but when she was soo little anything
would break her
out. |
this is an allergy to the soap. My son
would do this when he was about 8 with
certain detergents - but not all of
them.
I believe that is how they sell the
over-priced ivory snow and dreft. My kids
survived without it. Although there was
those instances with some soap but not
until my son was older.
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Sunflower_pie81
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Posted: 04-21-06 11:34am
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My mom didn't wash the dress at the time.
So I don't think that it was a laundry
thing.
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neeko177
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Posted: 04-21-06 13:33pm
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Well all my clothes given to me by ppl
have been washed with it already.. And
other than that all the other clothes are
brand new so I guess I will just try going
without it since its so exspensive and if
I have to buy it, I will...
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Melissa_20
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Posted: 04-21-06 14:25pm
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Ivory snow? I've never heard of that
before. . .Is it just certain type of
baby detergant(sp?)
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michelle1981
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Posted: 04-21-06 15:01pm
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| melissa_20
wrote: | | ivory snow? I've never
heard of that before. . .Is it just
certain type of baby
detergant(sp?) |
yes.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 04-21-06 15:05pm
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I've never seen ivory snow, just '.All'-
baby and '.Dreft'
i don't think i'll wash her clothes that
are brand new...But I might change my
mind...Maybe when I get into my "nesting"
stage!! I've already folded them up and
put them away & that was a little
overwhelming...I don't know if I wanna do
it again!! Lol
sarah
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Lalee
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Posted: 04-21-06 22:34pm
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| sandralynn
wrote: | | caca.. When I went thru
that "nesting" stage, I washed every
article of clothingin the house.. Then I
scrubbed the fridge down every day, and
mopped the floors twice a day. I wont
even get into how often I scrubbed the
bathroom. |
want to come to my house for a while? Lol
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Expecting_Two
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Posted: 04-22-06 09:11am
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Sometimes its best not to wash all the
clothes. You may want to keep all your
tags on, incase she turns out to be a he
or you just have to many clothes in one
size. But it never hurts to wash a few
ahead so you dont have any problems.
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notafan
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Special Baby Detergents Are Too Expensive.
Posted: 04-22-06 09:16am
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I just used the fragrance-free version of
whatever was on sale. No problems.
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 04-22-06 21:01pm
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Good advice about not washing everything
in case you have to make returns. But in
general I wash the m&m's new things
because i've heard horror stories about nb
skin and the dyes/irritants in unwashed
new clothes. Plus the smell of the baby
detergent in his little drawers is a
plus!!
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 04-22-06 21:51pm
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I washed all the 0-3 months clothes first,
after I exchanged all the gifts that were
duplicates and such. Now I just wash them
as she grows out of them, which she is
just starting to do so. I've got like 5
0-3 month outfits that simply don't fit my
lil porker. They are way too short and
her feet don't fit in the little footsie
(is that a word?!) part. She's got some
big feet.
Now I do pretty much a whole load of just
her clothes every other day, or every
second day. :shock:
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AlliE_18
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Posted: 04-23-06 08:20am
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| sandralynn
wrote: | | caca.. When I went thru
that "nesting" stage, I washed every
article of clothingin the house.. Then I
scrubbed the fridge down every day, and
mopped the floors twice a day. I wont
even get into how often I scrubbed the
bathroom. |
i was like that too, and I kept washing
the bathroom tiles. Lmao
ive never seen/heard of ivory snow but we
have dreft here...I think. I use persil
non-bio, says its for sensitive skin. I
didnt wash any of my sons new clothes
before he wore them. I thought because
they are new, they are clean. Hm
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 04-23-06 15:34pm
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I don't know allie. I'm freaky like
that. I wash my own new clothes before I
actually wear them bcos I start thinking
about all the people who touched them or
tried them on in the store. Plus I
worked in retail a several years back and
I saw how they got thrown on the floor,
stepped on, sat on, and the dusty nasty
back rooms they were in before they even
made it to the shelves... But like I
said, i'm just freaky like that. I know
we'd be pulling baby clothes from the back
when stockers were short handed and we'd
take stacks from the boxes and throw them
on the floor before putting the hangers
in. I don't even want to think about the
germs. :shock:
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 04-23-06 17:57pm
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| tigresacanela24
wrote: | | i don't know allie. I'm
freaky like that. I wash my own new
clothes before I actually wear them bcos I
start thinking about all the people who
touched them or tried them on in the
store. Plus I worked in retail a
several years back and I saw how they got
thrown on the floor, stepped on, sat on,
and the dusty nasty back rooms they were
in before they even made it to the
shelves... But like I said, i'm just
freaky like that. I know we'd be
pulling baby clothes from the back when
stockers were short handed and we'd take
stacks from the boxes and throw them on
the floor before putting the hangers in.
I don't even want to think about the
germs.
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exactly. Same here. And imagine if the
item you bought was a return, and you
don't know what came in contact with that
piece of clothing in that other persons
house *shiver* ewww
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