vanishing act and a poo post

Firstly, I am a laundry scrubber and I take a lot of time getting things out before putting clothes in the wash. Ada regularly has dirt and marmite and spaghetti sauce on her clothes. I am planning on Olive wearing those so I want them clean, proper clean. I have been experimenting with Vanish Oxi Action and just adding some to the wash rather than clothes getting a scrub before. Lo and behold the knees that were in the dirt at the playground are spot free! The other item that got thrown in without attention was a light pink hoody that Ada had been painting and snacking in. The sleeves were dirty and rubbed through the paint and marmite. This came out looking fantastic! No red or purple or marmite left. Hoorah! Time saved and clean clothes. 

The next challenge was newborn poo. Olive is down to one poo a day mostly, so that means it is likely to be a doozy. Murphy's law states that when you put a baby in the new outfit she will quickly deposit 24 hours worth of waste into a tiny newborn nappy. This happened just a few days ago and yesterday too. I wouldn't just throw that scary yellow poop in the wash with a little extra powder. Even a soak doesn't really fit the bill as the poo needs removing right?! So I mixed some of the Vanish powder with water and made a paste and scrubbed this onto the onesies. It washed out before my eyes! This is washing confidence, the stain disappearing, wait vanishing, before it goes in the wash. I didn't take a photo before. I forgot (remember the 9 week old baby) and who wants to see poop really? But look at the after photo!

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