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I spray things like tomato sauce with oxyclean when we take them off. When she was little I did a two bib method- a cloth bib or thin burp cloth like a turtleneck under a plastic bin with a catcher. Otherwise all the necks of her shirts would get stained at every meal. Really messy food I would take clothes off (like spaghetti or beets).

I often take shirts off before meals! He gets sooo messy and my laundry routine probably sucks because no stains ever come out.

Yes, my kid eats naked for messy meals. Then--into the bathtub!

My kids eat topless with a bib for messy meals - they are four and two!

I soak stained clothes in a tub of hot water and oxiclean overnight before washing, and often put extra laundry soap directly on the spot, too. I check that the spits came out before drying (since that bakes in the stain). Usually I'm pretty successful; the only thing I've struggled with are some particular stubborn mud stains.

We use large waterproof bibs, like the bumkins ones. I try to remember to use a stain stick for anything really bad. If a stain does set, I've found biz soak will remove them all, but I reserve that as a last resort since it fades things sometimes.

I have had my kids eat in a diaper only before. Mostly oxyclean spray is my BFF! I spray immediately. If it doesn't come out after one cycle in the wash I will soak it in water and spray the heck out of it with oxyclean and wash again. Oxyclean seriously gets everything out.

When you guys say you use Oxyclean, what do you use? I just have the powder and no laundry room sink. So not really anywhere to soak stains.

we bought some clearance tees from old navy in 1-2 sizes larger and put one on over whatever he's wearing. it's not perfect, especially if the neck of the shirt he's wearing underneath is peeking through a lot, but it's cut down a ton on the stains I was having to wash out. I use one bib-shirt a day and throw it in the laundry pile at the end of the day.

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ETA- Target did not have it I found it at my larger grocery store (Meijer) in the laundry aisle.

@T.H.O.U.: we bought a huge bucket from Home Depot and only use it to soak stains.

@lamariniere: I'm going to have to try this!

I hate stained clothes but I hate changing outfits too so we did bibs for a long time. Also, I just try and treat the stain that same day. Usually spray it and that's enough but sometimes I soak as well. And if it's really bad I'll make sure to check the wash and if the stain is still visible I'll treat again and run it through the wash again.

@Ms maths: on finding a balance...i do keep a few sets of clothes for each season for each kid that I just don't care about...so if they're doing a messy activity but need to have clothes on, DH and I both know to just grab the "bummy" clithes, and we don't care what happens to them.

@Ms maths: Gotcha - in your case I would totally move to shirtless dining! ️

@T.H.O.U.: I leave ours on top of the dryer.

I use the sun.

Best ever, just wash normally and while still wet lay out flat outside in the sun and the food born stains (like tomato sauce etc.) will be gone. So easy!

oxiclean soak in a bucket, spray out in the bathtub, set to dry in the sun (stain facing up if possible) and then wash again. works 95% of the time.

She eats in a diaper. Taking her clothes off and putting them back on after is 100000x less work than spraying/soaking/scrubbing out stains every day. I am impressed by all of you who put in all that work.

I do an oxy soak on anything that has a stain on it. I line dry most things, especially if they could potentially have a stain. And wash with All Free and Clear. Works 99% of the time.