A few months before the arrival of your baby, surely as parents you want to have everything more than ready for that long-awaited and special moment. Surely both you and your family and friends have bought your baby a lot of toys and clothes. But, Have you considered how to wash a newborn's clothes? There will come a time when the baby runs out of clean clothes and you have to face this beloved and at the same time feared moment.
As we all know, the clothes that your baby is going to wear are going to be in direct contact with his skin, so special care must be taken with how we treat both your clothes and your skin. It seems like a simple task, but if we do not do this laundry process in the right way, we could cause allergic reactions in the baby. Here we give you a series of tips for washing her clothes.
Tips for doing laundry for a newborn
Grab a pen and paper, and Take note of the following tips that we are going to discover so that you don't have any type of doubt when it's your turn to put the washing machine with your new little one's clothes.
Washing clothes before putting them on
The first piece of advice we give you is something fundamental and that is, you should wash your clothes before putting them on. You may wonder if it is really important to take this step and from here we tell you that it really is. The garments that we have been buying have gone through a manufacturing process in a company or warehouse and have come a long way to reach the stores, where, as we all know, they are handled by many different people.
Use neutral products
The skin of the little ones in the house is very sensitive, especially in their first months of life. It is for this reason that It is advisable to wash your clothes with a neutral detergent, that is, without any type of perfume.
The best option for your washing is use a mild and hypoallergenic detergent and especially where we are specified that it is indicated for sensitive skin. In addition, we remind you that it is not at all advisable to use softeners or any other type of soap that contains too many chemicals as they can be harmful to the baby.
Wash only the newborn's clothes
We have already told you to wash your baby's clothes before he wears them, but we also recommend that you When you go to wash it, do it separately, that is, do not mix it with other types of clothes. When washing different clothes together, it is more likely that more aggressive products will be used with the clothes. Also, it is very common that when we put the washing machine on we do it with a hot water program and for a longer duration. All this is not advisable at all when it comes to washing the clothes of the new member of the family.
Cold water and short programs
If you are hesitating in what type of program to wash your clothes, we bring you the solution. Washing with cold water helps to preserve both the colors and the fabric of the clothes in a better way. And you will say; And what do we do with the stains? Well, these can also disappear in cold water if we previously apply a neutral soap indicated for it on them.
Another piece of advice we give you is that use short-term programs to wash their clothes, programs of between 15 or 30 minutes and as we just told you, with cold water. The program that is indicated for delicate clothes is one of the best options.
Drying process
When you hear the sound of the end of the washing machine, it is time to dry it and for this you have two different options. One of them is outdoors, as has been done throughout life. Since your clothes are so small, they will be dry in a moment, yes, we remind you never to put them in direct sunlight on very hot days. The other option is to dry it in the dryer, you can do this option as long as you do not use products that contain perfumes for the reasons that we have indicated above.
We hope that these tips will help you to know how to wash the clothes of a newborn, at least you must follow these steps until the child is 6 months old. It is very important to take into account everything that we have told you, to avoid suffering any type of problem. These tips are useful for any garment that your baby is wearing or wearing.
Knowing all this, you can now start preparing and washing your newborn's clothes, cheer up.