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Heather and Mark | Lanikuhonua 8-14-08
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BR: Fabric softner
So we are using All Free & Clear for our babies clothes. Do any of you use fabric softner as well??? If not whatr do you do about static cling and/or how do u make babies clothes soft??
Heather and Mark | Lanikuhonua 8-14-08
Re: BR: Fabric softner
I don't because we learned that it makes DH's asthma worse (he has the night cough/allergy type).
I put vinegar in the rinse cycle to make things soft and I make sure the dryer doesn't over dry to cut down on static cling. For problematic static prone stuff (synthetics) I usually just air dry to begin with.
but I should add.. I don't think it's bad to use fabric softner. 7th Generation makes a free and clear version without oils for fragrance if you are concerned about that. A more mainstream co. probably makes them too.
THey work by leaving a layer of stuff on the clothes to make them soft, maybe test it out once baby arrives to see if it bothers them if you plan to use it.
For us it's just something we have learned not to miss.
ditto,,,, minus the desert part.
I have heard this, too, and I don't mean to be ignorant or rude.....I am genuinely asking this: Is this really a problem with baby clothes? I've used fabric softener my whole life (in winter anyway....it gets very dry and I can't stand static), but I've have never had a flammability problem with my clothes. How do clothes start on fire (besides the obvious, coming in contact with flame, which I don't plan on letting my my baby get near, fabric softener or not)? Is it a dryer issue? Obviously I want my baby to be as safe as possible, but I'm trying to imagine a situation where the baby's clothes would start on fire, and I can't imagine one. Is there a baby fire safety issue that I don't know about?
For the record, I wasn't planning on using fabric softener for the baby's clothes anyway, just because I'd like to avoid the baby's skin coming into contact with unnecessary chemicals. But my friends were just telling me to make sure not to use it so the clothes wouldn't become flammable and the more I think about it, but more I wonder.
I think it's more that if you come into contact with a spark or fire the fire will spread much more quickly if you've used fabric softener. And it's affects certain fabrics more than others? Some children's clothes are flame retardant so I guess the fabric softener would reduce that.
Baby clothes are always soft and without static. I don't think 100% cotton clothes get static. Isn't it usually synthetic fibers that cause static? Most of my daughter's things were 100% cotton. My mom did buy her a weird blanket that would get static. We opted not to use it. They also sell those icky fleece zip-up PJs. Those get static. I would rather buy natural fibers than use fabric softener.
Re: Why does a baby need flame retardant clothing?
So, when they fall asleep smoking in bed, their little clothes will not catch on fire. I'm with you. I can't see the reason for so many things to be strictly flame retardant. I have seen cute terry cloth robes recalled b/c they were not "properly labeled" for swimming ONLY. There was some fear that a child might actually wear it at home.... where, apparently, someone thought the child would burst into flames.
Newlyweds since 2007
ditto
we used to use bounce dryer sheets but then you're not supposed to use them with cloth diapers (causes them to repel instead of absorb). you can still use them on your clothes and other loads, but since we weren't using them w/the diapers we kind of just stopped using them w/our clothes too. i'm w/you though and can't stand static-y stuff but really i don't miss it too much. i had no idea about the safety concern
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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