Washing Clothes (previously washed)

Having a massive overthink & just wondered what others have done… I have lots of clothes from my girl (who is almost 19 months). We don’t know what this baby is yet but quite a few are gender neutral. They were washed and put away in her bottom drawer (it’s a fairly deep one so just been stacking the clothes there once outgrown). Question is do I need to rewash these clothes? Part of me thinks I will anyways just to be extra fresh for the newborn. Focusing on NB/0-3 sizing which I just sorted out tonight. Then if it’s a girl again will have lots more I can reuse. But if later on I use something from her drawers, should it be rewashed first? Any concerns if the last time it was washed was 12-18 months ago?

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I’m washing the smaller sizes as they were up the loft for 2 months, but the bigger stuff or things my son has outgrown since the summer I’m just leaving as they have been stored in a drawer or wardrobe

Check it and see what you think. I found a dried out old spider in one of the baskets of muslins I'd stored for this baby so panicked and washed everything in sight.

I would probably wash it. Not because they've gone bad or anything but just to have a nice fresh feeling

I probably wouldn’t if you know you were the last one to wash it - if you were to wash and restore them now and baby is coming in a few weeks they’d still be sitting in the same conditions for a few weeks 🤷‍♀️ I think main point of washing new clothes is we don’t know where they’ve been stored beforehand eg in warehouses, may have been bought and returned- there’s so many more variables but if they’ve just been in your own house I’m sure they’re fine :)

We rewashed but our clothes have been stored in the loft and for longer. If you washed and put straight in a drawer I'd be tempted to leave them and save doing extra washing. I guess just have a look/ smell and see how fresh they seem.

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