Since the birth of a child, everyday life, established habits and household rules change. In particular, attitude to washing. Children get dirty a lot, so they have to wash often. Modern biochemistry is full of products, but not all of them are safe. Their health depends on us, so it is necessary to choose detergents for washing children’s underwear carefully, avoiding harmful components.
Children’s powders and washing gels
In every shopping center you can find a huge selection of different drugs.
To understand what will be better for your baby, consider those components of detergents that are harmful to the body:
| Component | Function in washing | Damage | Permissible concentration for washing children’s underwear |
| A-South Africa | Contribute to the dissolution and removal of dirt from fabric fibers. Provides abundant foaming. | Able to penetrate through the skin into the blood, settling in the liver, brain, heart and lungs. They are not completely removed from the body. Reduces immunity. | Not more than 2% |
| Phosphates | Soften water. | They interact with A-surfactants, supporting their accumulation in tissues. Do not rinse out of clothes. They reduce skin protection, worsen blood parameters, poison the body | are prohibited |
| Enzymes | Splits complex stains | Relatively safe for the body.
They destroy the structure of the clothing fabric, making it less durable. |
Can be used in small amounts to remove stains |
| Flavorings and phthalates | Fragrances give clothes a pleasant aroma, and phthalates are necessary to maintain this smell for a long time | Cause allergic reactions
Phthalates accumulate in the body through the lungs and blood. Dangerous for children, pregnant and lactating women. |
do not apply |
| Phenols | Antiseptic effect, disinfection | It is absorbed by the skin and mucous membranes, has a toxic effect | Do not apply |
| Optical brighteners | Whiten linen by “painting” due to the creation of a reflective layer | Do not wash out of clothes. Able to enter the body through the skin, having a toxic effect.
They cause allergies. |
do not apply |
| Oxygen bleaches | Strengthens the functions of surfactants and whitens the fabric. | Causes allergic reactions, irritates the skin and mucous membranes. | do not apply |
| Sodium hypochlorite | It has a whitening effect | Penetrates through the skin into the blood, negatively affects the heart and blood composition. Leads to dry skin and hair. | do not apply |
Based on the table, you can draw a conclusion about the choice of children’s cleaning products by composition. Ideally, these should be powders or gels with natural components. They are less effective in weaning, but they do not affect children’s health either. If you want to carry out an antiseptic treatment of clothes, do not use phenol-containing preparations, boiling or washing at a temperature of up to 90 degrees is enough.
There are a wide variety of detergents , but only powders or gels with an acceptable composition are suitable for children’s washing.
- Powders have a high concentration of active components and remove impurities more easily. They dissolve in water for a long time and are poorly washed out of the fabric.
- Gels, unlike powders, are more practical to use, dissolve quickly, and are easily washed off. But they have a short shelf life and a higher price.
- You can also use special washing balls to completely abandon powders. They are less effective in removing stains, but without chemicals in the composition.
A review of the six most popular detergents.
- “Sadosan”. Ideal for washing colored clothes. Completely rinses and splits all impurities. Its action starts from the first second, so you can wash clothes both by hand and in a washing machine. It does not contain bleaches. Does not damage fabric fibers and preserves bright colors of clothes.
- “Wakodo”. You can use cold water 30C. Effectively removes milk and fruit stains.
- “Sonnet”. It is used for washing colored and dark linen and cotton products. The composition contained rapeseed oil.
- “Klar”. An excellent product for washing clothes. Unlocks any pollution. Contains soap tree fruit extract and is used as a disinfectant for clothes.
- “Eared nanny.” It is used for different age categories of children. Easily removes stains from puree, fruit, grass, milk and other impurities. It is used at a temperature of 30-95 degrees.
- “Karapuz”. You can wash things manually or automatically. The water temperature can be 30-90 degrees. Products retain bright colors and do not lose their attractiveness.
Folk methods
When stains appear on children’s underwear, do not rush to use dangerous stain removers. You can turn to the methods of experienced housewives who long ago found ideal solutions from improvised means.
Stains from fruit juices, vegetables and berries:
- Before washing, the product is pre-soaked in a solution of citric acid. For the solution you need: 1 tablespoon of acid per 1 liter of boiling water.
- The stain is wiped with heated medical alcohol. You will need 1 teaspoon of alcohol and a pinch of citric acid.
Removal of greasy stains:
- Places of contamination are closed with ordinary household soap. After that, the product is placed in polyethylene and left for several hours. After the allotted time, wash in the usual way.
- We soap the stain with household soap and sprinkle with sugar. After applying a little effort and rubbing with a brush, we carry out the usual washing.
- The use of baby powder can also be considered an effective method. Treat the stain with powder, cover with a cotton cloth and iron with an iron.
The most surprising thing is that improvised means can be used not only for removing stains, but also for washing children’s underwear. Here are some popular “cleaning” compositions:
- Mustard powder can replace expensive detergents. All that will be required of you is to pour 50 g of powder per 5 kg of laundry into the drum of the machine. Washing is carried out at a temperature of 40-60 degrees.
- When washing woolen and terry products, you can use table salt. Brush by hand, pour 1 tbsp. l of salt per 1 l of water. When starting the washing machine, put 1.5 tbsp in the powder compartment. l of salt per 1 kg of children’s items.
- A mixture of household soap and baking soda will be an ideal means for washing away dirt. In addition to 100% washing quality, it guarantees softening of fabric fibers. 25-50 g of soap shavings and 1 teaspoon of soda are placed in the washing machine. Hand wash with a different composition: 50 g of soap shavings and 3 tbsp. l of soda.
- Using soda, you can wash children’s cotton and linen products with high quality. Preparation of homemade gel: take a shaving of household soap, 1 liter of boiling water and 150 g of soda and mix. To achieve a better whitening effect, add another 200 g of borax powder to the mixture. Allow the gel to cool, and use in the following proportions: 2 tablespoons per 5 kg of laundry. l homemade gel.
Which detergent to choose for washing children’s clothes is up to you. But, our advice to you is to communicate more with your grandmothers. They will be able to tell you a lot of interesting things and share eternal and safe recipes for cleanliness!