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FFQ - baby laundry

Now that we've lived through our first diaper explosions... what is the best way to clean E's clothes afterwards? Getting the clothes into the laundry immediately isn't always going to work (she inevitably made her biggest messes when we were out, then at 2am, and just after we had finished the last load of wash)...so I am looking for rinsing, spot cleaning,  and general stain avoiding advice. TIA!
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Re: FFQ - baby laundry

  • We've never had any stains (knock on wood!) but DH is really good with laundry and stains. He always wets them and then rubs some dawn into the stain and leaves it wet until we gets a chance to do a load of laundry.

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    We've never had any stains (knock on wood!) but DH is really good with laundry and stains. He always wets them and then rubs some dawn into the stain and leaves it wet until we gets a chance to do a load of laundry.

    HTH

    I do the same.

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  • I always put the clothing, sheets, whatever in the the washtub with a scoop of oxyclean and let them soak until I can do a load of laundry.
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  • imagewaterfall213:
    I always put the clothing, sheets, whatever in the the washtub with a scoop of oxyclean and let them soak until I can do a load of laundry.
    We bought a bucket for just this purpose and do exactly this.

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  • We use vinegar or clorox2 for DD's clothes now. When she was a baby DH kept a shout stick in the bathroom so when we rinsed out blow outs he could rub some stain remover on it and then throw it in the hamper until there was a load to wash.
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  • Dawn dish soap? I never would have thought of that. Does it work well? 
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    imagewaterfall213:
    I always put the clothing, sheets, whatever in the the washtub with a scoop of oxyclean and let them soak until I can do a load of laundry.
    We bought a bucket for just this purpose and do exactly this.

    This is my plan.

  • A bucket and oxyclean... I can do that :) water temp?
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    A bucket and oxyclean... I can do that :) water temp?

    Yep, they make baby oxyclean. Use cold water.

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  • imagebobcee:
    imagewaterfall213:
    I always put the clothing, sheets, whatever in the the washtub with a scoop of oxyclean and let them soak until I can do a load of laundry.
    We bought a bucket for just this purpose and do exactly this.

    this is what I do too. I had re-soak a white onsie once as it was still stained after a soak and wash, but it all came out the second time. 

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  • when we're out of the house, I have a wet bag in the diaper bag for this kind of situation-- I try to wet the stain if I have access to a sink-- and then put it in the wetbag.  Once home, I have an oxyclean stain removal spray, that I spray on the stain, rub it in, rinse it out, and spray & rub again and let it sit. Then I rinse right before I do a laundry load and just wash with other clothes on warm or hot).  So far, this has worked for us.

    I've heard the oxyclean bucket suggestion from friend IRL, but haven't tried it myself.

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  • We use Oxyclean and then let it presoak in the washing machine.
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