Washing Baby & Toddler Wardrobes

Babies and toddlers are growing stronger and taller each and every day - making the use of their mini wardrobes inevitably limited, and if cared for incorrectly—costly!  Always be sure you’re doing everything possible to maintain the perfect fit and most importantly avoid shrinkage.

 We can promise that your little ones attire will bring new and unexpected challenges to the laundry room. Combat and eliminate stains by pre-treating and soaking before washing in your machine.

 To protect items and prevent snagging while in the machine we recommend using Mesh Washing Bags. These are also ideal for keeping smaller items—such as socks and stockings — together.

Washing With The Laundress : Cleaning a Stroller

   
As the weather slowly begins to feel like spring, you may be thinking about spring cleaning, wardrobe change outs, and cleaning items that you may not clean on a regular basis—for me that is my daughter’s stroller.
     
First thing's first, you will need the following items:
 
Dust Buster

Wash and Stain Bar

Lint Free Cleaning Cloth

All-Purpose Bleach Alternative

Stain Brush

The Laundress Detergent
     

Marker Stain Clean Up with Chloe & Lindsey

Chloe loves to clean so she helped me remove the marker stain - she created, of course - with the Wash & Stain Bar, a squirt of Stain Solution and our Lint Free Cleaning Cloth.

The Laundress Is Now Working With Baby Buggy

Gwen and Lindsey have recently begun working with the New York based nonprofit Baby Buggy, which is "dedicated to providing families in need across the U.S. with essentials for their children aged 0-12." By offering both products and services to parents in need of assistance, Baby Buggy provides both immediate and long term support to thousands of families every month.


Yesterday, Lindsey sat down and told us a little about the partnership...


The Laundress recently teamed up with Baby Buggy, how did you find out about the organization?

I found out about this organization online as I was looking for a place to donate some of my daughters things that we no longer needed. I was intrigued and thought, 'We can help!'

What does that partnership entail and how did it come about? 

We are now the dedicated washing service and detergent partner for Baby Buggy - every month we wash donated items designated by Baby Buggy as a way of volunteering our time, resources and products to their organization.

You just finished your first round for them, how was the experience? 

It was great, the items that people have donated are incredible and now they look like new after being washed with The Laundress detergents. It was especially emotional for me as a new mom- I know how much these items will be appreciated by the mothers and families they are going to.

What does the future hold for the Laundress and Baby Buggy team? 
We look forward to growing and expanding our relationship with Baby Buggy but for now we want to wash as much as possible so all the items are fresh and clean for the next child. We are not only cleaning the items but helping to preserve them by proper washing care to keep them around longer-helping as many children as possible.

Stubborn Poop Stains

Stubborn Poop Stains

With baby’s inevitably come accidents- so let The Laundress help clean them up.  Look how easy it is to remove poop stains from a changing table sheet, crib sheet, onesies, etc.

 The tools  you'll need-

First apply Stain Solution.

Then sprinkle with All-Purpose Bleach Alternative, for cotton and linen only- soak in a hot bath.

Launder with The Laundress Baby Detergent on the highest setting and longest cycle.

Tumble dry.

Nice and clean and ready to get dirty again...

Washing a carseat with The Laundress

Jessica tries to stick to her rule of no eating or drinking in the car, but with two little boys that doesn’t always happen.   Unfortunately, the spills and crumbs in the car seat were making for a sticky and stinky situation.  Jessica was just about ready to throw the car seat away when she thought that washing with The Laundress was probably a cheaper alternative.

While her 1 ½ year old son was taking his afternoon nap, Jessica and her 3 ½ year old “assistant” Wyatt, removed the detachable pieces from the car seat. Her only advice is to make sure you pay close attention to how each piece attaches to the base of the seat, this will be important when it comes time to reassemble… “We removed them without taking note of how they were connected…Oops!”

Vacuuming the seat was the first step to be rid of all crumbs and petrified cheerios!

After crumb removal, Wyatt gave the chair a good scrubbing with our Surface Cleaner!

Jessica allowed the straps and harness buckle to soak in the All Purpose Cleaning Concentrate.  

While the straps were left soaking, Jessica and her assistant :) pre-treated the stained cover and comfort padding cover with Stain Solution and a Stain Brush.

After pre-treating the cloth cover and padding, she laundered in the washing machine with Baby Detergent and All Purpose Bleach Alternative on a delicate hand wash cycle.

 After laundering and scrubbing, to prevent shrinkage all pieces were laid out to dry overnight.

Once all the pieces were completely dry Jessica was able to re-assemble the seat.

Below are the end results…

This is the second time Jessica washed her son’s carseat with The Laundress products… “It’s so easy; my next naptime project will be his stroller.”