I wash everything (for bub/kids/us) before we wear it, because as has been said before there can be chemical residue on them and I just dont want to risk it. Plus we have sensitive skin.

AS for washing powders, a lot of people with top loaders use Lux flakes (pure soap) for bubs clothes. Front loaders, Amolin or Purity are some of the low allergy ones.

We use Amolin for everything as we have a f/l at the moment, but Iam investigating using soap nuts..still researching.