baby hygiene and washing

santtu1979 · Post by **santtu1979** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:01 pm

Hi
what kind of products is possible to use in Finland to disinfection baby clothes? I mean in my country we usually wash the baby clothes separetly from adults (until they don´t get vaccinations) and we use normal soap + napisan (it´s a disinfection product make for the small baby)..Here they have Minirisk (which is a normal soap ALSO for the baby) or LIV (same as Minirisk).
I think hygiene is really a culture issue....I saw here put on baby clothes just bought from shop (THAT EVERYBODY TOUCH) ....so......

Can please someone help me?

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santtu1979 · Post by **santtu1979** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:09 pm

Thanks Cory!
At least now I know that there is not thatkind of products available.
I will probably order from Internet.
Cheers!

Sara · Post by **Sara** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:20 pm

I really wouldnt bother! A hot wash is enough to kill any germs.

I wouldnt put newly bought clothes straight on a baby, but thats not the touching issue, its to do with traces of dye and any chemicals left over from the manufactoring process.

biscayne · Post by **biscayne** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:58 pm

And don't forget, that there is a lot of evidence to suggest that by "over sanitizing" everything to do with babies, as we do nowadays, we might very well be lowering their immunity to all the various "phomites" (germs) which are always going to be around, in the air, on everything we touch etc. A bit of "healthy" dirt is no harm to them. Just wait until the baby is a bit older and starts putting absolutely everything into their mouths.......................the amount of germs they pick up is not within your control then!!! In attempting to do my bit for the environment, I wash almost everything at 30c or the cold wash if possible and we are all ok. Nowadays, our clothes are not really dirty, due to daily showers etc. which was perhaps not the case 50 years ago, and really, a lot of the time we wash clothes 'cos we want to refresh them, not actually clean them. Towels, sheets and perhaps cloth nappies might be the exception.

santtu1979 · Post by **santtu1979** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:06 pm

I think I haven´t wxplain myself properly.
I think that an "healthy" dust it´s fine. I have a dog so hair are everywhere basically.
I was just wonder if in Finland they do an extra work for cleaning (cause it seems that their hygiene is sometimes missing....see for instance cleaning the carpets only once in a year or changing sheets every three weeks.....)

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:22 pm

well, people don't wear shoes inside here, so the carpets don't exactly get dirty. As for beds, dunno? I know a few people that shower in the evening.

biscayne · Post by **biscayne** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:50 pm

Yeah, I have to say I never heard of Finns changing their sheets only once every 3 weeks??? I always found them very hygenic people.

EP · Post by EP » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:10 am

Yeah, I have to say I never heard of Finns changing their sheets only once every 3 weeks???

I have. I am guessing my son didn´t change his even once a month when he was 19-early 20´s. That is when he moved away from home but still brought his washing to me, and sheets were not there very often. So lets say there are Finns and Finns, there are young guys and then there are the rest.

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:30 am

Don't put the baby in the tumble when you wash it - my friend did it and the kid acts like a foreigner...

Rob A. · Post by **Rob A.** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:53 am

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:28 pm

Rob A. wrote:
EP wrote:I have. I am guessing my son didn´t change his even once a month when he was 19-early 20´s. That is when he moved away from home but still brought his washing to me, and sheets were not there very often. So lets say there are Finns and Finns, there are young guys and then there are the rest.
Let just say young guys whereever they live, tend to have "other priorities"....when I was going to university I knew a guy who went to bed fully clothed...including his shoes....that way he could get off to a quick start in the morning....

Okay, who admits to being father or mother of Ivan? Even if you don't understand Finnish, look at the pictures!

anaf505 · Post by **anaf505** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:27 am

Well in my home country, we usually wash the baby clothes separetly from adults like ur , and i have here in FInland OMO BABY.

And honestly, im little bit afraid to use machine with baby clothes so maybe i wash with water 40º (no machine) .

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