I know we are supposed to write quite substantial articles but I have a couple of quick tips that I do in my own home that I thought might be useful to others so here goes

• I keep a bucket in the laundry with a little bit of
  soap powder and I put baby's clothes/bibs in it when he's finished using them.  With him starting solids lately and the fact that he has reflux, his bibs especially, are smothered in puke and food (pumpkin stains terribly).  Soaking all the gear before washing it means my sons clothes always look brand new, even the pumpkin bibs.  When the bucket is full and I cant jam anything more in there I put it through the washing machine.  Just be careful of dark or red clothes, soaking my lead to them running.

• I dont hang his little clothes out on the line.  I have an indoor clothes airing rack.  As you all know, babies go through a lot of clothing and you tend to wash every other day, hanging little tiny clothes out on the line, bending up an down, up and down can be very time consuming and they get faded and stiff in the sun.  I set my little airing rack up in a conspicuous place and his gear is usually dry by the end of the day.  Takes much less time than going to the line.

• I bought my 6month old a bath ring which he is a little too small for and, because he had one of those lay down seats, he tends to try to lay down in it instead of sitting up.  He was slipping forward squishing his bits on the little dude bar.  I bought a packet of those non-slip bath stickers and stuck them to the bottom and now he doesnt slip forward smashing up his "essentials".

There you go, there's my 2cents worth, hope it can save you guys some time and money.