Washing baby clothes before arrival
A lot of the clothes we have are hand-me- downed items. With some new zipped sleep suits and other bits. I'm guessing that all needs to be washed in non bio laundry detergent prior to baby wearing them. If my baby is due at the end of March when is a good time to do this please? Thanks in advance
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I’d probably start washing them somewhere time in the new year like Jan-Feb time.
Wash them a couple weeks before due date or when you start doing your hospital bag, I haven’t started washing new baby’s clothes yet I’m due end of December
I would wash end of Jan. They're going to then sit in drawers so it's not like they'll get dusty or anything.
Btw you don't have to use non bio. The NHS say there's no evidence that non bio is any better for babies and that you can use your normal detergent
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