Cleaning Baby Stains - Any Ideas?

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I'm glad that oxyclean works well for you!! My favorite product for stain removal is Folex. It's a non-soap and it easily removes both old and new stains. It's safe enough for kids to walk barefoot over the treated areas and is easy to use as well. Simply spray it on the stain, rub it in and blot it out. That's it. No waiting, or presoaking.

There is a great product on the market that I have only been able to find at Home Depot and walmart. It is called "Folex" there is no scrubbing involved. All you do is spray, wait a few minutes and then blot dry. It works on EVERYTHING! Good luck and congrats on the new baby!
A.

Hi there S.. Well, my daughter ate pizza one day an got pepperoni and tomato sauce and the oil from the pizza on her clothes one day. My husband tried washing it over 8 times over 3 weeks and nothing worked. Then a friend gave me a product that is completely safe and I put it on her clothes, the next day all the stains were out. I am talking after about a month and the shirt being washed over and over, the stain still came out. I love this product and am no longer afraid to wear whitwe. If you want to try it call me at ###-###-####. I can probably send it to you.

aloha,
S.

Totally toddler stain remover..I used to buy it at toysrus or wal-mart.I never did a load without it when my boys where first born. It's great for your clothes too!
Good luck!

The best thing I ever found was Simple Green. Spray a little on the spot rub the area together, throw in the wash and viola the stain is gone.

Congratulations on your new baby girl.

Mom of 5 boys
A.

Because I use Dreft anyways in the wash with my sons clothes (and mine too sometimes!) I didn't want to buy an additional product for stains. All I do, similar to the tons of other comments, is take a tub, put in some of the powder, not the liquid, with water, and let them soak for AT LEAST a day, that's usually all it takes, then wash as normal. It's safe for the baby's clothes, won't irritate the skin because it's what i use anyways and no additional products to buy :)

ZOUT!!! It is THE MOST AMAZING STAIN REMOVER!!! My sons bibs look brand new after every wash!! I'm a BIG fan of Zout! :)

S.

Baby Oxyclean is a great product it has gotten out almost every stain my daughter has gotten on her clothes especially poop when she was really little.

I've used oxy-clean. Just follow the directions for the pre-wash soak, soak for 2 to 4 hours, and launder as usual. I've only had to treat massive, dried and old poop stains once.

Hello there S.,

There is a product called Zout. It has been a lifesaver (or clothing saver, Tee hee!) for me. On really tough stains, I spray with spray 'n' wash first, then the Zout right before it goes into the washer. This has worked on clothing that has already been washed and dried with a stain on it as well. Good luck with your laundering! :)

Sunshine! After washing, lay it out in full sunshine while it's still wet. I bf and cloth diapered my son and this worked wonders!

that is really odd... I've never had any stains from anything breastmilk (spit up or poop).

The only time I ever had anything stained, baby wise, was when my friends baby spit up on my stuff. She was formula fed and it stained.

I cloth diapered and would occasionally get poop stains when she started eating solids. Hanging them out to dry in the sun, after washing them took the stains right out. I'm certain it would work on laundry too :)

For breastfed babies, usually a little shout will do the trick. If not, try Nature's Miracle. They sell it at Petco and it is for pet stains. It works like a charm. As your daughter gets bigger, it works for all sorts of stuff. Pee, poop, breastmilk, cow's milk, vomit.... My 3 y.o. recently spilled a glass of milk on the couch. I used natures miracle and you can't smell it at all.

Oxyclean works really well on "organic" stains too. You just need to use hot tap water and let it soak at least over night. If it is still stained do it again.

Whatever you do, if something is stained, do not dry it. That reduces your chances of eventually getting the stains out. However, I have used oxyclean to get out stains that have been through the dryer. Sometimes it works. But sometimes the dryer "sets" the stain into the clothes.

:-)
T.
mama to Cole 9-11-03 & Wyatt 10-14-06

I've always had great luck soaking my babies things in Oxi Clean.

Oxyclean is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I rinse twice and use Downey also. Soak as soon as you can. Putting baby stuff in the hamper for a few days is disaster. By the way, bananas are the worst! Banana-slop will turn BLACK and ruin anything it stays on. Rinse that out as soon as you can! Good luck!

Oxi Clean works for all of our stains. I put some in a squirt bottle and have it ready. Dish soap also works great. It is made to break down the protein and grease in food and will do the same in your laundry. Our daughter had that problem for a long time. Exclusively breastfed and all her spit up and poop stains were yellow. Good luck with those stains and enjoy your new sweet baby.

my four month old had the same problem. Shout that is the only thing that would take out her "oppsies". But the trick is to get it on there before it becomes a stain. Belive me nothing will work then.LOL

The spray and wash the comes in the pink bottle. It is both a pretreater and a wash booster. I pretreat then put a cap full in the wash with the baby clothes. Works wonders.

BF mother of two girls
Willow 3 years and Kodi 4 months.

Oxi-clean - I've been able to get out almost anything if I soak it in oxiclean in a sink for a day or two.

shout it out does wonders. i have used it since my son was born 5 1/2 months ago and it gets poop and spit up out.

Hi S., there is a product at most dollar stores called AWESOME. It is in a clear bottle with red writing. It is a multi-purpose cleaner and seems to get out any stain. It also works all over the house.

This is for Karen-
I don't know how old your baby is, but it has been mine (and most all mothers who breastfeed) experience that at about 3 months old until they are about 9 months old(?) a breastfed baby's bowel movements get less frequent, but more "explosive"- we had a term for it in our house- BLOWOUT! (and I have twins, so twice the blowouts)- up the back,down the legs, soaks the clothes that sometimes it would take 2 of us to undress and change one of them! If your baby is less than 3 months old and is exclusively breastfed, it is probably coming for you! If not, consider yourself lucky, girl! LOL :)

"Totally Toddler" spot remover. Available at Babies R Us and Wal-Mart. I've found it works better than any other stain remover (Shout, etc).

S.-

I went through this with my son too. We tried everything and nothing seemed to help, until my husbands grandma gave us an old recipe she used. This really worked for us and I hope it help you.

Take a gallon of boiling water, pour into a bucket along with a half a cup of powder bleach (we use the color safe kind) and a quarter cup of DISHwasher powdered detergent. The boiling water should disolve these, but you may need to stir a little until well disolved. Helpful Hint: do not stand directly over the bucket as the steam/fumes from this concoction are pretty potent. Let the mixture cool (as you don't want to shrink all your clothes by soaking in hot water) then place your clothes in the bucket for 24 hours and then wash. When my son was really young we usually kept a bucket of this mixed and sitting beside the washer so we could just go throw whatever onsie he had just stained into it. Hope this helps, let me know if it works!

B.

My advice to you would be to purchase a trash can with a locking lid, (for no spills) and borateem. When the item gets soiled, just put it in the trash can with the borateem and water until it is time to wash. Pour the whole bucket clothes, water all of it into the washer, and let the washer do the work. I have two boys, and never had a stain problem. It gets out everything from poop, to grass stains. It even works on blood. Hope it helps.

Hi S.!! Congratulations on that precious baby!! I have three children and each are such a miracle from God!!
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T.

I won't use store oxy or bleach on anything I put on my babies they are so toxic and can make them sick from not rinsing clean. I use products from an online store, you can check out some facts at www.saferforyourhome.com and request more information at http://wisemommy.fourpointwellness.com

they have two products I use together and was able to get stains out of clothes for my daughter that were 2 years old!!!!!!

409 is my little secret. It really works, just spray a little on the spots about 20 mins before you put the clothes in the machine and wash the babys clothes on hot and the stains will come out.

Have you tried hanging the item out in the sun? One of my friends is a BF & cloth diapering mom & swears that an afternoon in the sun & the stains are gone. She's also tried this with tomato stains & it works wonders.

Lysol has a cleaner that is yellow it works great on everything just spray it when it happens then wash it I have gotten out many stains including poop redwine coffee all the hard stains with it. And it does not cost much

I found that any good quality stain remover, such as shout, worked great. And if you have any whites, but are concerned that bleach may irritate the baby's skin, use the new bleach called 'Ultimate Care.' I have two children and use it and the clothes come out just as soft. make sure when you use the Shout to pretreat to get the best results. Hope this helps!

Shout plus some hydrogen peroxide helps.

LOL, I'm using cloth diapers on my son, and sheesh! That poo stains! I'm glad oxyclean is working for you; I haven't tried it yet, but I've found that a combination of Solu-mel (a natural stain remover) and sunshine have gotten his diapers pure white. The thing I like about the solumel is that it won't bleach my other clothing if I get poo on them too.