washing baby items

[~CrazyMumOf3~]

how far ahead did you start washing your baby items?

[MamaPan]

last time i think i did them all at about 37 weeks... so 2 weeks before he was born
think i will do the same this time, maybe a week or so earlier as i am stopping work earlier.

[briggsy's girl]

we've been washing a little at a time for a few weeks now - probably started nappies at start of the third tri (cos they need to be washed a few times to make them absorbant) and clothes about a fortnight ago (so 32 weeks ish)

[AliBaby]

dont do it!!!!!!

i washed so many clothes and then DD didnt fit them as they were to big and for Summer. I have about 15 outfits that DD never wore and i cant exchange as i took the tags off ans washed them

[alioops]

If they have the tags removed already, anytime is fine. I washed ours a few weeks ago. Do make sure you stick to the size and temperature you expect (0000 - 000 and winter) and anything that is too small for your bub you can put in gift bags ready for baby showers, letting the mum's to be know that they have only been prewashed, and if they dont fit to do the same.

[childondaway]

I washed all mine about 3 weeks ago, but I have only washed the clothes I am planning on taking to hospital. Any clothes I receive at baby shower or as gifts when baby is born I will wash when I come home.

I used Amolin baby wash, you can get it at Safeway or Coles, its for sensitive skin and babies.

[MummyNaomi]

Have washed all mine (most done by last week) so I guess about 4 weeks before, but I am too organised for my own good LOL

I took all the tags off as wouldn't take them back if not used anyway, just pass them all down the line for the next Mummy.