Baby clothes in storage have yellowed

[yellowed]

I just went through my old baby clothes as we are expecting no.2 shortly. They have been in storage (with hungry hippos) for 3 years. A lot of the baby gros and other white clothes seem to have yellowed which is sad as they are all beautiful stuff.

Any ideas on how I can get them whiter? I don't really want to have nasty chemicals on my new born skin so am a bit concerned about whitening them. What about if I whiten them and then give them a couple of washes in baby friendly solution before he arrives?

[sparkling whites]

How sad, this happened to me too.  I lost some pieces and salvaged others.  Some of the plain whites I ended up dying blue or green and that covered the yellowing- such a waste to just throw them away. 

In my experience, if the stains don't come out after 2 days in a bucket of napisan, they never will.  After soaking in napisan run them through a normal wash cycle.  I've had two babies, one with sensitive skin, and neither reacted to napisan or any other laundry detergent for that matter (j&j baby bath was quite a different story).  If your washing machine is working and washing properly there should be no residual stuff in your clothes. 

[natalie_bee]

in my experience once they're yellow that's it, I'm afraid, although I've never tried the nappisan trick. I have found though that thoroughly washing them right before you put the clothes in storage helps. Whenever things have gone yellow in my cup***, it's generally because they weren't a 100% clean. Hope that helps for next time...