Need to soak dirty bibs/clothes?

[PinkBinkie]

Hi everyone
My bub has just started on solids, very messy business but exciting too!

What do you do with the bibs/clothes/cloth nappies with food bits on them?
Do you soak or just leave in a bucket and then chuck in the wash?

At the moment I'm soaking them in napisan and hot water in a bucket until the bucket gets full enough for a load in the washing machine.

How do you get rid of the food stains? Any advice would be great. I've just been reading about dry pailing dirty nappies so I guess this would work for food stains to?

Thanks :rolleyes:

[Rainbowbrite]

I rinse the chunky stuff off first & if its something that might stain like Pumpkin, Carrot etc then spray it with a stain remover. Then i soak them in the cheap Coles Brand Nappysan type stuff :) Its worked so far.

RB

[Foxy]

I was having the same issue, so I bought some soft plastic bibs from Woolworths to use for solids. You can just wipe with hot soapy water and they are like brand new!

[xkwzit]

Hi All
I don't bother soaking, sometimes if there's huge chunks I may pull them off before washing but most times not. I find that most stains come out with a prewash stain remover (but I also chuck the napisan liquid in with my "kiddie" washes too).

The only stains I've really had trouble with are some of the fruit ones ... no idea for them.

Cheers

[LucyE]

I don't bother treating any stains or soaking and wash DS's clothes every second day. I've got a great frontloader, use OMOmatic, wash on warm and haven't had any stain issues on DS's clothes. Not even avocado or banana. The trick is to use a good quality washing powder and warm water because most of the 'cleaning power' is activated with heat.

[Peaceangels]

I have found that soaking them in napisan is the cheapest and easiest method OR I also use Sards wonder soap on the stain and then chuck it in with the load of washing.

[PinkBinkie]

Thankyou for all your responses. I think I'll try rinsing the food off first, I'm a bit lazy and just put them in a bucket to soak straight away. Thanks for all the tips. Most appreciated! :)