Washing detergent for eczema baby

[Arya10]

Hi folks

What washing detergent do you all use for your eczema baby?

We’re trying out different detergents for my 16 week old who as eczema to see if it helps. I’ve always used Ariel due to me being allergic to most mainstream detergents I’ve tried other than that. I’m really sensitive to strong smells/perfumes etc and get skin allergic reactions. Obviously I’ll keep using Ariel for my clothes but I still need to be ok/not allergic with what we use for bub’s clothes when I’m holding him and handling his clothes.

We’ve tried Fairy non-bio and it’s sooooo perfumey I feel sick, I’ve also tried Bambino Mio which has no smell but has left his clothes smelling like rotten fish after washing them 🤷‍♀️

Any suggestions of what we could try?

Many thanks

[Seb9]

We use persil non bio and this seems to keep our babies nappies clean and the clothes don't have too much of a smell. I'm not sure if it's any good for eczema though.

[Arya10 in reply to Seb9]

Great thanks very much!

[Solly-44]

I’d second Seb9’s recommendation for Persil non bio. I’ve got quite bad eczema and have always used this x

[Arya10 in reply to Solly-44]

Great, thanks very much!

[Annh17]

My lg has mild eczema and we have always used Aldi powder and liquid, we have had no problems with it’s at all.

When MIL washed some of her clothes, she used Ariel or persil and LGs eczema flared up, so we just stick with Aldi. x

[Arya10 in reply to Annh17]

Thanks very much xx

[EJThompson2]

I use Fairy Non Bio for my daughter who has eczema

[Arya10 in reply to EJThompson2]

Glad to hear it works for your LG, I came out in a rash from it yesterday

ugh. So hard when people react to different ones. Thanks! xx

[QT314]

Ecover non-bio or ecover non-bio zero (with 0% fragrance and 0% colouring) are great in my opinion

[Arya10 in reply to QT314]

Great thanks very much! xx

[kumkums]

we also use persil non-bio and no probs. and I use conditioner(Comfort) too.

[Arya10 in reply to kumkums]

Great, 3 votes for Persil! Thanks very much

[Popbee]

Hi Arya10

My little boy had really bad spots/ rash on face and chest and I’ve been told to change washing powder first. I was using Persil non bio before which obviously wasn’t good for baby. Have tried Ecover and the spots have improved. Now bought Surcare which you can get in Sainsbury’s. Don’t know about other supermarkets. It doesn’t have any smell or skin irritating ingredients. At the beginning I thought to carry on using old washing detergent for other clothes... but little one was getting new red breakouts on face as soon as he was leaning on daddy’s work jumper or laid on a throw on sofa,etc. You get the idea. Hope this helps xxx

[Arya10 in reply to Popbee]

Ohhh that’s a really good point about little one getting it from our clothes. We’re not sure yet if that’s what it is. Surcare was one I was looking at, we’re going to try get some tonight. Glad to get LO’s skin is getting better! Thanks so much xx

[SRA8]

I use soap nuts for clothes washing . They are a natural plant based soap. It works for us and works out much cheaper than supermarket detergent.

[Arya10 in reply to SRA8]

Haven’t heard of soap nuts, I like the sound of plant based. Thanks very much I might get some xx

[Hidden]

Surcare, non bio detergent and conditioner. Both from Tesco. They’ve worked well for my boy from day one

[Arya10 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks so much, I was just looking at Surcare, going to try get some tonight xx

[Arya10]

Thanks so much for everyone’s suggestions. I got some Surcare and it’s perfect! xx

[Mummygir]

I am in UK and I use sainsbury's home brand on my daughter who as ezcma and it really good I wouldn't try any other brand on her as this as help her skin

[Bluelady-sing]

Have you tried giving the clothes an extra rinse