Drying baby clothes

We got a condenser tumble dryer a few weeks before we had put baby and it’s bloody brilliant. Most of the time we just use it to finish off the clothes that are still damp off the line, but in the winter it’ll be used a lot more. Definitely worth investing. We also have a heated airer which we use in the winter which dries the clothes pretty quick.

We don’t have a tumble dryer due to space so instead we put the clothes on a spin or two once the wash has finished, then hang them on our airer and have a fan blowing on it, but if you have space then I’d say it is worth getting one!

Thank you so much! I could make room so I’ll definitely be looking into getting a tumble dryer!

A heater airer with a dehumidifier below it, blowing air up toward the clothes works great 👍🏻

The answer is yes. The washing machine and tumble dryer are on constantly in our house so if you can get one do.

Yeah I would say you’d need one with the amount of washing these little ones create!! I have a combi washer and dryer and it’s crap. But hanging on the clothes horse takes like two days with me constantly turning them too. I hang muslins on it and tumble everything else. It’s so exciting packing the bags!! Good luck with baby x

We put our clothes on a 10 min spin after a wash, and we also run a dehumidifier when we hang up our washing on a clothes horse indoors. Otherwise, our clothes take days to dry and don't smell fresh

I second the suggestion of a heated airer and a dehumidifier, it works wonders!

And it can warm up the house too. Haven’t dried clothes this way in a while - but it’s definitely effective, especially if you have a heated airer with a cover on it

We live in a flat so we don’t have room for a dryer and although our washing machine can also dry it’s not that good, so instead we have a heated drying rack which has been amazing 👍

We hang our washing on a drying rack in the spare room and have a dehumidifier in there - absolute game changer!! It dries the clothes so well and our drying rack isn’t heated either. I always found whenever clothes dried on the rack they always had a weird damp smell once they were dry, but since having the dehumidifier they smell so fresh. I can hang them up at say 10am and by 3/4pm it’s dry

I have a dehumidifier with a tumble dryer setting since our new build doesnt have anywhere whatsoever that a tumbler could go. you just hang the clothes up in a small room and turn it on, cheaper than a tumbler and ive never had any shrinkage like a tumble dryer does! X

If you’re having a baby in autumn or winter then yes! I was getting through multiple outfits a day and the machine was constantly on so you won’t be able to wait days for it to dry unless you buy looooads of clothes

I couldn’t live without my tumble dryer! Softens clothes as well especially towels x

Would recommend a heated clothes dryer - works wonders in the colder months x

A dehumidifier may be more practical!