detergent for newborn clothes??

[nervousnelle]

What do you use to wash your baby's clothes and blankies?
I'm especially concerned about colors not fading and stains coming out, but I'd like to avoid chemical-laden mainstream stuff (like Dreft? or is Dreft okay?).

Completely clueless here and need to start washing soon for Bean#1.
Thanks!

[mamakims]

we were using country save laundry detergent which is safe for septic systems and cloth diapers but recently made the switch to soapnuts which I'm loving so far!

[omelette]

We use Nellie's; works for diapers and cloths over here.

[belltree]

We use Charly's Soap for everything.

[cristeen]

I love soapnuts, but I can't find them locally anymore, so I use Country Save now.

[LindsC]

I used Country Save up until recently and now I'm using Rockin Green.

[Addie]

I use Seventh Generation free and clear for baby stuff. DS has never shown any sensitivity to perfumes or dyes, but I figure there's no reason to use it. I looked at Dreft at first, but it's so heavily perfumed!

[Norasmomma]

With DD we used Country save, with DS Seventh Gen Free and clear. I use Oxiclean for stains, I know they make a baby one, but that has been trhe only thing I found for stains that actually works. DS doesn't blowout nearly as much as DD did, but that newborn poo stains everything so does spit up.