Removing Baby Food Stains
Baby Food Stain Removal

Baby food stains are bound to happen whenever your sweet baby starts eating solid foods.

Your sweet child will throw it, spit it, or otherwise get baby food into places heretofore unimaginable, including on fabric, upholstery and carpet.

As an example, I once found a baby food stain on one of my children's socks. How random!

Another hint, is to always check inside the cuffs of shirts and pants before washing them, because they too can hide some baby food splatters and stains.

But have no fear, you can get rid of these stains with these stain removal tips below.

Please note, however, that not all baby food is made of exactly the same thing, with different fruits and vegetables, and sometimes meats and starches also included within it.

If the general instructions below for removing stains caused by baby food does not seem to be doing the trick I suggest looking at the A-Z Stain Removal Guide and following the instructions for removal of the stains caused by the specific ingredients within the baby food.

Some of the most common baby food stains are caused by the following ingredients:

• Apples
• Banana
• Blueberry
• Carrots
• Cottage cheese
• Orange
• Peaches
• Pear
• Peas (see picture below)
• Squash
• Sweet potato
• Tomato
• Yogurt

Removing Baby Food Stains From Fabric

Step 1: Scrape off any excess baby food from the fabric.

Step 2: Run the fabric, inside out, under the cold water to flush out as much of the baby food as possible.

Step 3: Apply liquid laundry detergent to the stained area and let it soak in cold water for 15-30 minutes.

Step 4: Rinse with cold water.

Step 5: Pretreat the stain with a laundry prewash stain remover.

Hint: You may like this stain removal tip about where to keep your favorite stain remover when dealing with baby stains!

Step 6: Launder in the hottest water the fabric will allow to get out the stain, and either chlorine bleach if the fabric will allow it, or color bleach if not.

Hint: Make sure the stain is gone after washing, but before you place in the dryer or you may set the stain. Repeat if necessary.

Stain Removal Caused By Baby Food From Upholstery

Step 1: Scrape off any excess baby food from the upholstery.

Step 2: Mix a solution of two cups cool water and one tablespoon dishwashing liquid.

Step 3: Using this solution, sponge the stain from the baby food with a clean white cloth.

Step 4: Next, blot at the stain until the liquid is absorbed.

Step 5: Repeat steps 3-4 until the stains are removed from the upholstery.

Step 6: Now that the stain is removed you should get plain cold water and a new white cloth and sponge the area to remove the cleaning solution, and then blot dry.

Hint: Be sure to get the upholstery only as wet as necessary for removing the stain.

In the alternative for removing stains caused by baby food from upholstery, instead of using the dishwashing solution, you can use dry cleaning solvent.

You can get more information on how to clean upholstery here.

How To Remove Stains From Baby Food From Carpet

The instructions for removal of stains caused by baby food from carpet is the same as for upholstery.

Fun Baby Food Facts

Did you know you can make your own homemade baby food? Check out all these recipes at Homemade Baby Food Recipes, and then come back to Stain-Removal-101.com if your baby gets stains everywhere!

Recommended Baby Food Stain Removers

Perhaps you don't want to make your own stain remover, but instead want to use something designed to remove baby food stains.

Here are some articles and reviews on this site which discuss various products that are designed to remove these stains, or where readers have said they had luck cleaning up these stains with these products:

Baby Oxiclean Soaker And Stain Remover For Baby Stains	Totally Toddler Stain Remover Review	Carbona Stain Devil #8 Designed For Wide Range Of Food Stains	Biz And Oxiclean Presoak Miracle Stain Remover Got Out Carrot Baby Food	Dry Cleaning Solvent

HE Dreft Liquid Detergent Gets Out Stains From Baby Food From Baby Clothes

You can also share your own stain remover reviews here for other removers that work on baby food, or any other stain.

Do You Have Any Tips To Share For Removing These Stains?

I'm always looking for more tips and ideas for how to remove stains. You can share your stain removal tip here, for removing stains caused by baby food or anything else.

Get Even More Stain And Spot Removal Help Here

Are you a stain magnet like me? If so, check out the A to Z Stain Removal Guide which gives directions for how to remove over 100 types of stains from all kinds of surfaces.

Below are examples of the most common stains discussed in the Guide.

Click here to visit the Stain Removal Guide

First photo by jencu and second photo by mgessford

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