Baby washing powders for newborns rating
Caring for newborns is the basis of motherhood and fatherhood. In the first weeks of life, parents try to surround the baby with maximum care, because it is during these weeks that the baby is most vulnerable. You will have to think through every step, because there are no trifles in caring for newborns. For obvious reasons, children's clothes have to be washed often, and there is nothing to say about newborn clothes - washing is provided to you every day. How to wash baby clothes, what washing powders to use? Let's talk about this in more detail.
Advantages of a good product
Which washing powder is best for newborns?? It is not easy to answer this question even for a very experienced mother, not to mention a woman who has given birth to her first child. The problem is further aggravated by the fact that the quality of already promoted and advertised powders changes and very often for the worse. In this situation, how can you choose washing powders without running into a “chemical bomb” that will harm the child’s health?
Allergists are sounding the alarm about the increasing incidence of severe allergic reactions in infants to washing powders. Moreover, in half of the cases we are talking about special powders for newborns.
First of all, you need to figure out what kind of powder you are looking for: soap or universal. Soap powder is the safest, but the problem is that it washes mediocrely. In particular, he cannot take dried “poop”.
Another thing is universal powder. It is capable of a lot, but at the same time it often contains components that, to put it mildly, are not beneficial for the delicate skin and respiratory tract of newborns.To somehow orient yourself on the subject of your search, let's look at the question of what characteristics the best powder for a newborn should have.
- The powder should not contain components that are difficult to rinse and cause direct harm to the health of newborns.
- The powder should cope well with stains of biological origin and have a disinfecting effect.
- The powder should be affordable, since young families often have little income.
- The powder for newborns should also be suitable for use in the washing machine.
It seems like the simplest requirements, but there are few powders for newborns on the market that meet them. The stumbling block is mainly the first requirement about components harmful to health. Let us take as an example the well-promoted and advertised powder Eared Nannies. Many people know about it and willingly use it, but somehow do not bother to look at its composition. This powder contains: phosphates (15%), phosphonates (5%), surfactants (5%) and optical brighteners.
The most dangerous on this list are phosphonates, surfactants and optical brighteners. since it is almost impossible to rinse them out of fabric, even if you rinse newborns’ clothes 5 times. And these substances are dangerous because when they get on the baby’s skin, they provoke allergic reactions and various skin diseases.
In high concentrations, these substances are generally extremely dangerous, since they affect the child’s internal organs, especially the liver and lungs. The main conclusion is this. The best washing powder for a baby is not one that does not contain potentially harmful ingredients at all. And the one that contains completely rinsable components.
In this case, it does not matter how harmful the chemicals contained in the powder were, if they are still removed from the fabric along with the dirt.
Soap based products
Which baby powders are worth the attention of young mothers? Of course, everyone decides what and in what quantity to buy independently, and with regard to powders this rule works 100%. We will also not impose our opinion, but will only direct you to worthy, in our opinion, samples of washing products. Having studied a large number of different powders for newborns, our experts have compiled a unique rating of such products.
We had to revise this rating several times due to the appearance of adjustments made by independent experts, and in the end we decided to split the formed rating, thus creating two ratings: a rating of soap powders for newborns and a rating of universal powders for newborns. In order, let's start with the rating of soap powders.
- TOBBI KIDS. Washing powder, which took first place in the rating, recommended by the manufacturer for newborns. It contains a small amount of nonionic surfactants that are easy to rinse out. The main components of the powder are soap and soda. It removes various stains and is judged to be good. In addition, the powder is inexpensive, does not cause allergic reactions, does not have a strong chemical odor, has convenient, economical packaging, and can be put into an automatic washing machine. The average cost of the powder is $4.4 per 2.5 kg.
- Babyline. Washing powder recommended for newborns with excellent characteristics. It did not take first place in the ranking of the best soap powders only because of its relatively high cost.And so, it contains no harmful substances that cannot be rinsed out, it perfectly washes tiny things and does not cause allergic reactions, which is confirmed by the results of clinical trials. Price 12.75 for 2.2 kg of powder.
- Miyoshi Soap. Third place in our ranking of the best children's soap washing powders went to Miyoshi Soap from Japan. The powder is suitable for newborns' clothes, this is confirmed by its hypoallergenic composition. The powder consists of natural soap and silicates. The powder does not have a strong odor and has a high price - $22 for 2 kg of product.
- Klar Ecosensitive. Powder based on soap nut fruits from Germany. The powder has a lot of advantages: it does not cause an allergic reaction, it perfectly washes tiny things, it is suitable for any children’s clothes without restrictions, it can be washed in a washing machine, the powder is suitable even for asthmatics. There is only one downside to the powder - the price. Its price is fabulous; for 1 kg of powder you will have to pay 19 dollars.
Klar Ecosensitive is perhaps one of the most expensive baby powders offered today on the market in the CIS countries.
- Sonet. Rounding out the top five best children's soap powders is a natural soap concentrate that can be used by hand and machine wash. It contains vegetable soap, silicates, soda, zeolite, alcohol sulfate and coconut oil. All components are more or less safe, at least rinsable. The average cost of the product is exorbitant - $30 for 2.5 kg, although the powder is used quite economically.
Universal means
We have dealt with soap powders, now we will present a rating of the best universal powders recommended for newborns.Universal powder has a more complex composition, but at the same time it washes things better than any soap powder. Here are the top five all-purpose products.
Frau Schmidt Ocean Baby. Completely environmentally friendly washing powder recommended for newborns. The best powder for children according to Rich More magazine in our rating, it also took first place in terms of the totality of competitive indicators. Firstly, it dealt with stains better than anyone else. Secondly, it comes in tablet form, making it easy to use. Thirdly, the product is suitable for both hand and machine wash. And finally, fourthly, the product is suitable for newborns, allergy sufferers and asthmatics. Price: $4 for 20 tablets.
Denkmit Ultra Sensitive. An excellent universal children's powder from Germany, which took 2nd place in our rating. Removes stains of biological origin with a solid five. The powder does not contain non-rinsable components and can be used in an automatic washing machine. The powder has 2 disadvantages: high price and inaccessibility. Although there are quite a few stores on the Internet that offer this powder quite intrusively. The cost of a pack of 1216 grams is $6.
MIRARHUS OATS. A very good product from South Korea with a pronounced disinfectant effect, intended for washing children's clothes and clothes for newborns. The powder contains no harmful substances that cannot be rinsed, however, when washing a newborn’s clothes with this powder in a washing machine, be sure to set the double rinse mode. In our ranking, Korean powder takes an honorable 3rd place. The cost of the product is $13 for 2.5 kg.
Tokiko Japan.Fourth place in the ranking of universal powders for children goes to the fairly well-known Japanese product Tokiko Japan. Although the powder is multi-component, we did not find anything harmful or unwashable in the composition. The powder washes a variety of stains, even very difficult ones, and its use does not threaten the fragile health of the baby. The average price of the powder is about $4 per 1 kg pack.
Currently, a lot of environmentally friendly Japanese and Korean baby powders are sold in the CIS countries, and many of them are much better in quality than their local analogues.
Baby Speci. Rounding out the top five best baby powders is Baby Speci, a product from Spain. This powder removed natural contaminants of biological origin best of all. The powder contains a certain amount of harmful components, but they are easily rinsed out of things, so the baby is in no danger at all, which is, in fact, what the manufacturer was counting on. The powder can be used for both hand and machine washing. The pleasure of using the powder is somewhat overshadowed by its price – 18 dollars for 1.8 kg, and in all respects an excellent children's product.
In conclusion, we note that a good washing powder suitable for washing newborn clothes is not so easy to find. Some young mothers generally prefer not to take risks and boil diapers and baby vests, as before, in boiling water with laundry soap. In our opinion, this is an extreme measure; it is better to ask the opinion of specialists and look for another worthy remedy. Luck with searching!
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2 reader comments
I used one before, but decided to switch from it to another. I thought for a long time about which product to take. I discovered I was born. I tried a small pack first, I liked it, now I wash everything with it.
I like liquid laundry detergents better than powder ones. They dissolve better in water, wash out easier and are safer in composition. Now I’m buying Aqua Baby, it’s super. It washes well, does not smell, there is no chlorine or phosphates in it. Of the powders, Baby Line is not bad; if it were liquid, I would also give it a five.