OT - how do you get stains out of baby clothes?

[Fall1]

I am having a tough time getting formula/baby food stains out of my kids clothes, and I know there must be some DISers out there that know exactly what to do!!

Thanks

 

[Aliceacc]

Congrats on the new additions!!!

The trick is to get to the stains right away.

I kept a spray bottle of SHOUT in the upstairs bedroom when the kids were young, and another on the ground floor, in addition to the one in the basement. It was easy enough to spray the clothes before tossing them into the hamper. That bought me a bit of time before they hit the laundry.

 

[tinkandpan]

oxybaby gets the formula stains out- if you take care of them right away. ONly problem i have found is while they are clean temporarily, when you store them for baby 2- they come back again and clean clothes are now stained clothing....

 

[gillenkl]

I used to keep a bucket filled with a mixture of water and dreft in my laundry room - dirty clothes were immediately put into the bucket untill it was wash time. Never had a problem with stains.

I just realized you have twins too - congratulations!

 

[720L]

Zout and/or Oxyclean powder, scrub the stains with this and let it sit for a while.

 

[belle&beast]

I always used Biz. I would mix it with warm water and let it soak- we had a perpetual bucket full (DS had reflux). I am not sure about formula, but it took out breast milk and baby food spit up and all of the diaper explosions with very few exceptions! Good luck!!!

 

[Tam1067]

Soaking clothes in hot water and Oxyclean gets almost all stains out. Also, if you have Goop handcleaner, it does really well at protein and grease stains.

 

[janey99]

I recently followed this tip when I discovered lots of old baby clothes from DS1 had stains that magically appeared after I unpacked them for DS2 -

Soak the clothes in a bucket of hot water and a generous squeeze of Cascade liquid dishwasher detergent (yes, you read that right!) for about an hour, then pour the whole bucket into a regular wash cycle with whatever you usually use.

This took out old formula/b*east milk, other baby foods, plus diaper blowout stains - I was shocked!

Good luck -

Jane

 

[tam626]

I really like Spray & Wash's stainstick. It has gotten out many stains for me over the years.

 

[mamaLori05]

Zout!!!! It's the best stain remover ever!!!! Shout Advanced is next in line, but definatly try Zout. I am very picky about stains (throwing clothes away if I can't get it out), and the only stains I haven't been able to get out with Zout are from wet new sand. Other than that, Zout has gotten everything out. Even stains that I've missed and gone through the dryer. I think I should buy some stock in Zout, since I use it sooo often!!

 

[megthewonderful]

Oxyclean! I have yet to find a baby stain that it doesn't work on, although you have to work on the stain right away. I swear by this stuff and it's one of the gifts I give new mothers!

 

[Mrs D]

Oxyclean is excellent on diaper explosions and blood (DS cut his forehead on coffeetable and blood was on EVERYTHING- lesson is heads, mouths and feet are big bleeders.)
Shout gel spray is great on food type stains.
Fels-Naptha works best on oil/grease type stains.

Grats on the twins!

 

[EnchantedPrincess]

I have gotten all kind of stains out by using Oxyclean, and a cup of Cascade dish washing detergent (powder type) and soak in a hottest water that you can...that usually get out the most stubborn stain. I soak it either overnight, or at least for about 6 hours.

 

[Munchkin'sMommy]

I use something I bought at Babies R Us and it's called Totally Toddler and its the best stuff ever. It smells like baby powder and have even used it on my clothes when I get somthing on myself. You can buy it in various sizes, but I buy the small bottle because its concentrated and its kind of thick. It even gets out blood and all sorts of toddler messes. It is kind of expensive for small bottle, but it works.

 

[jessp1021]

my best remedy is to wash it and sit it out in the sun until dry.. this works wonders and completely gets rid of the stain..

 

[nemomama]

I really like Spray & Wash's stainstick. It has gotten out many stains for me over the years.

I LOVE this stain remover too! It takes every stain out. I've come back from 2 week vacations with a ton of my kids' stained clothing, and it still gets the stains completely out when I treat them and then wash them at home!

 

[HelenePA]

its the iron in the formula that makes it stain.. look for something called iron out in you detergent isle... I need to go buy some as well...

 

[Lily & Giny's Mom]

FYI for next tme-breast milk doesn't stain.

 

[disneymarie]

I recently followed this tip when I discovered lots of old baby clothes from DS1 had stains that magically appeared after I unpacked them for DS2 -

Soak the clothes in a bucket of hot water and a generous squeeze of Cascade liquid dishwasher detergent (yes, you read that right!) for about an hour, then pour the whole bucket into a regular wash cycle with whatever you usually use.

This took out old formula/b*east milk, other baby foods, plus diaper blowout stains - I was shocked!

Good luck -

Jane

I found that cascade is great for burnt on cooking food, kitchen greese stains and anything difficult to clean. When my kids had the Koolaide or fruit juice stains, even diaper blowouts I used Simple Green.

Grass stains, White Karo syrup.

White T's, The white wash for tire walls.

For everything to keep clean, BORAX!!!!!!
Soak diapers in Borax, bibs, t-shirts.

I hang out anything dingy and yellow in the sun too. Best whitener,

Let us know what works,
di

 

[eclairemom]

I use something I bought at Babies R Us and it's called Totally Toddler and its the best stuff ever. It smells like baby powder and have even used it on my clothes when I get somthing on myself. You can buy it in various sizes, but I buy the small bottle because its concentrated and its kind of thick. It even gets out blood and all sorts of toddler messes. It is kind of expensive for small bottle, but it works.

I used this too, bought it by the gallon and never had a problem with baby stains. Now that dd is older I still uses TT but for grease stains a drop of dawn dish detergent does the trick.