Toddler clothes- Do you line dry?

mimimi

Wed, May 01 2024, 10:56 am

Any tricks for clothing that say to line dry? I don’t have time but all H&M clothes say to line dry- I just want to put it in the drier. Will they shrink?

LovesHashem

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:11 am

Anything shabbos, that says line dry, or anything expensive (like over 20 dollars in my book) yes.

amother

Brickred

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:13 am

I only put socks & underwear in the dryer. Everything else, gets line dried on drying racks.

mha3484

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:13 am

I dry everything on low or extra low. I have never had an issue with shrinkage.

teachkids

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:13 am

I buy cheap stuff so I don’t feel bad tossing it all in the drier

mimimi

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:16 am

PP, where do you buy cheap stuff from?

scruffy

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:16 am

I put all toddler clothes except for Shabbos and knits in the dryer and it comes out fine. I'm not so picky though.

teachkids

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:18 am

mimimi wrote:

PP, where do you buy cheap stuff from?

Target , once upon a child, children’s place, carters on sale, h&m sometimes, and lots of free hand me downs

amother

Wheat

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:19 am

All in dryer besides actual clothing that might have stains like shbs stuff, weekday light colored tops... I buy cheap but stain set in the dryer so I'm careful with the actual clothes. Dark leggings, undershirts.... all dumped in dryer

amother

Acacia

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:22 am

I machine dry only socks underwear and pjs.

Everything else goes onto hangers where they dry and can immediately after be hung into the closets. Saves me so many steps and keeps my clothes in better shape.

chili-n-cholent

Wed, May 01 2024, 11:27 am

I only dry socks underwear pjs and black cheap leggings/black shells that I don't care about.
The rest get hung up on a drying rack

amother

Molasses

Wed, May 01 2024, 12:10 pm

I would never lime dry children's clothes. If they need such careful handling they're not worth buying, in my opinion.

giftedmom

Wed, May 01 2024, 12:30 pm

Only expensive non-cotton shabbos clothes

amother

Hotpink

Wed, May 01 2024, 12:32 pm

I don’t have a line outside but we do air dry vast majority of baby/toddler stuff. always have

amother

Brickred

Wed, May 01 2024, 12:34 pm

amother Molasses wrote:

I would never lime dry children's clothes. If they need such careful handling they're not worth buying, in my opinion.

They don't need careful handling per se, but the dryer does wear out, fade, wrinkle & mis-shape clothing. I buy cheap & nothing goes in the dryer.

SuperWify

Wed, May 01 2024, 12:36 pm

I dry pjs, socks, underwear in the dryer. Everything else goes in the dryer for 2/3 minutes then I hang on their hangers to finish drying. Either way I hang everything so this makes it easier.

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amother

Ivory

Wed, May 01 2024, 12:38 pm

I dry everything in the dryer besides delcates like lace, etc.

amother

Tuberose

Wed, May 01 2024, 12:41 pm

Everything in the dryer. I hate that line dried clothes feel hard and they are harder to take care of. If I think something with shrink I size up.

Nothing gets “ruined”some things get a bit fades after the season and by then the kid is a bigger size and I’m ok with that as long as it’s easier for me.