HOW TO WASH BABY CLOTHES

While it's always fun to dress your baby in adorable outfits, it also means a whole lot more laundry. However, keeping their clothes fresh and clean doesn't have to be stressful. Once you find a simple routine, washing baby clothes becomes just another sweet part of caring for your little one.

Baby skin is sensitive and gentle so when looking for the right products to use, opt for pre-treat solutions and laundry detergents made with plant-based surfactants and mild, fabric-safe enzymes. Make sure the formula is free of chlorine, optical brighteners, borax, and phosphates, as these ingredients can irritate a baby's skin and are less environmentally friendly.

When Simple Green's All-Purpose Lemon Scented Cleaner is used as a spot-remover, it can remove tough stains like spit-up, formula, diaper leaks, and more without harsh chemicals that could irritate your baby's delicate skin.

Directions for Washing Baby Clothes:

Tip: Spot-test a small, hidden area of the cloth diaper to ensure the material can be safely washed.

Separate clothing items by color and wash in individual loads. Delicate fabrics like silk, wool, and lace should also be washed separately, either by hand or on the delicate cycle. In addition, you can wash more delicate pieces in a mesh bag.

High-Efficiency (HE) Washing Machines:

1. Separate Clothing. Separate clothing items by color and wash in individual loads.
   • Wash delicate fabrics like silk, wool, and lace separately on a delicate/gentle cycle using a mesh bag or washed by hand for extra care.
2. Pre-treat stains. Dampen the material with water and pre-treat the stain by spraying it with full-strength Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner Lemon Scent. Then, gently scrub the clothing with a soft brush to help the solution work into the fabric. Once done, turn each item inside out.
   • Tip: After pre-treating, wash immediately.
3. Add clothes. Put clothes loosely in the washer.
   • Tip: For best results, run smaller loads.
4. Add laundry detergent. Pour the appropriate amount of laundry detergent into the dispenser, following the instructions on the cloth diaper label or the detergent bottle for exact amounts.
5. Start the wash cycle. Begin the wash cycle.
6. Dry. Follow instructions on clothing label for drying instructions.

Conventional Top-Loading Washing Machines:

1. Separate Clothing. Separate clothing items by color and wash in individual loads.
   • Wash delicate fabrics like silk, wool, and lace separately on a delicate/gentle cycle using a mesh bag or washed by hand for extra care.
2. Pre-treat stains. Dampen the material with water and pre-treat the stain by spraying it with full-strength Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner Lemon Scent. Then, gently scrub the clothing with a soft brush to help the solution work into the fabric. Once done, turn each item inside out.
   • Tip: After pre-treating, wash immediately.
3. Start washer. Turn on the washer and allow the tub to fill with water.
4. Add laundry detergent. Once the tub is filled with water, pour the appropriate amount of laundry detergent into the dispenser, following the instructions on the clothing label or the detergent bottle for exact amounts.
5. Add clothes. Put clothes loosely in the washer.
   • Tip: For best results, run smaller loads.
6. Dry. Once the clothes are done washing, follow instructions on clothing label for drying instructions.

For how to clean cloth diapers, click here.