Do you use Dreft or another "baby" detergent for your baby's clothes?

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I'm 11 weeks now and already have a ton of clothes my mother has given me, and they're taking up room folded on my closet shelf so I wanted to wash and hang them up. I was googling the best "baby" detergent when I saw an article talking about how silly it is to use a safe one on your baby's clothes but not your own since the baby will be touching your clothes too. So I did some more googling and figured out Tide is recommended for cloth diapers (which I will be using) so I guess I am just going to use it on the clothes too. Do you use one or just use what you use on your own clothes?

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I use Dreft but only because it smells so good! Like babies! Lol

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Your question for the poll is a little confusing with the poll answers. But I used tide with my kids. Everything was fine. The kids were fine. The clothes were fine. It felt clean to me. My husband has super sensitive skin so I have only ever been able to use tide so I felt comfortable with the kids using it.

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Like another poster...we use dreft, buuuuuuut that's because it smells soooooo good. I even have the fabric freshener (like the frebreeze stuff that you spray on carpets) lol. If I didn't like the smell so much, I would use unscented Tide (: it's all up to you momma, don't stress too hard!

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Most baby detergents, including Dreft, aren't any safer than regular detergents. You can look up safety ratings on EWG.org. And never use fabric softener on baby clothes! I use Arm & Hammer for my clothes (free & clear or unscented or something like that, I forget haha) and Seventh Generation for my daughter's clothes and cloth diapers. 🙂

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I use babyganics fragrance free on all my daughter's clothes. Baby skin is so sensitive so I just wanted to be completely sure it wouldn't cause a rash or anything. I love the detergent!

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I've always used ALL Free & Clear for my clothes & my son's. I've actually never even smelled Dreft!

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I use purex baby and purex clear and free I use the baby one on the baby clothes cause I like the smell and it's only 3 dollars ... I use clear and free purex on mine and my toddler clothes it's all the same but the baby one smells like baby if that makes any sense lol

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I usually use a bargain brand for my husband and I. I'm going to try and switch to a "free and clear" detergent for baby. Whichever one is one sale with a coupon when I need it haha. I just bought a bottle of All brand to use to wash the baby clothes I got as gifts.

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I use dreft or baby all on mine and my babies clothes when I used the pods that I use to wash all my clothes in on her clothes she broke out with hives so I switched mine and hers to the baby recommended kind and my other children and my husband still use the pods.

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I use what I wash my clothes with.