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07.26.08, 07:27 AM General Topics
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A friend of ours recently brought up a good point - how will we deal with our baby's laundry? We don't have laundry in our building, so we drop it off at a cleaning service. But when we asked the cleaning service about soft detergents for baby clothing, they looked at us like we had two heads! Surely, someone has figured this out? We live near 70th and Columbus, so we are hoping to find something nearby... perhaps a place that we can still drop off, but that's sensitive to these needs? We are first time parents - we think this is something to be concerned about.... right??? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.26.08, 07:27 AM Flag
 

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You do know you can bring your baby's laundry to a laundromat and--gasp!--do it yourself. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 07:30 AM Flag
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You can use the same detergent that you would for yourself [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 07:32 AM Flag
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I never once used a special detergent for db. All was fine. Your child might have extremely sensititve skin, might not. Just wash the clothes and see what happens. It will most likely be fine with normal detergent. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 07:42 AM Flag
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We don't use dreft, but use "tide free" type. I think you may have to just do yourself. Or look into a portable washer for the apt. Friends of ours did that. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 07:59 AM Flag
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i had same situation. i brought detergent and asked them to use, also b/c i have allergies [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 08:39 AM Flag
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I agree with above. We dropped off our laundry, and did db's laundry ourselves. It's not that big of a deal -- just make sure you get alot of onesies, etc., so you only have to do it 1 x/week (and db's laundry won't be much since it's so small). Or just wash in regular detergent, as we did with db #2. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 08:39 AM Flag
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We are on the UWS, and our local laundry will use the laundry detergent you ask as long as you supply it. You need to be a regular, good customer. I know they use it because they always let me know when they are running low. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 08:46 AM Flag
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np: we're in teh w70s and basically every laundromat around here does that--we go into our local one (w74st) and there are lots of bottles of dreft, all free & clear, etc., that belong to the drop-off customers. i don't have personal experience with it, though, because dh and i drop off our laundry, but i do dcs' laundry in our basement. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 04:54 PM Flag
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dreft and the such is only for first borns [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 09:11 AM Flag
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LOL! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 10:48 AM Flag
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lol! i was so careful with my first born from the detergent i used to the food she ate to the toys she played with. by the time my next kid came along, all that cautious behavior went out the window. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:11 PM Flag
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^^^so, in answer to the original poster's question, no, this is not something to concern yourself with (unless your baby does, indeed, have very sensitive skin and has reactions to fragrances and the like). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 12:12 PM Flag
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greenapple and slate are cleaners that use ecofriendly/non-toxic products. no locations near you buy they offer delivery. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 11:40 AM Flag
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Well thank you all. I know it must sound ridiculous not to do our own - it's just there's only one place we've found and it feels a little creepy :) but that all sounds good. I'll look into this portable washer idea or just go a little further away and do it ourselves, once/week. Thanks! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 01:58 PM Flag
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To the best of my knowledge, there is an organic laundry place (which does drop off) on 69th between CPW and Columbus (closer to Columbus, on the south side of the street). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 02:22 PM Flag
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I live on 69th and Columbus and have the same situation - we drop off our laundry at Ecowash on 69th near columbus and have our own detergent there with our name on it - plan to do the same thing when first db is born this september. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 04:26 PM Flag
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First, please don't worry, my old building had three little kids and no laundry. My whole family tried to paint a picture in which my child would throw up over everything and i would need to get it washed immediately, blah, blah, blah and it was fine. You can bring your own dreft type detergent to almost anyplace. Clothes are so cheap at that age (if you want them to be) so it's fine. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.26.08, 05:04 PM Flag
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just had same exact worry as you this afternoon. funny. thanks for asking the question for me! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.27.08, 08:35 PM Flag
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