CLEANING FEATURE HOW CLEAN IS YOUR HOME?
Love your laundry
If you’re an expectant parent, make sure you wash all of your soon-to-arrive baby’s clothes in non-bio liquid detergent before they wear them. This will help to prevent your baby having any skin irritation that could occur from chemicals being left on their clothes during the manufacturing process. Get into the habit of putting a load on everyday or every other day. Throw in a load in the morning before you go to work. When you get home, throw it in the dryer or onto the clothes horse, and when they’re done, quickly sort fold them before getting into bed. This way, you won’t have to spend a precious weekend day buried under a mountain of laundry. Don’t be tempted to overload your washing machine. It is bad for your machine and it means that your clothes won’t be washed properly.
Common household stains and how to treat them
Routine
Routine is key when it comes to keeping your home clean and tidy, so create a cleaning routine and schedule and stick to it as much as you can. This might be choosing a day that the whole family cleans and tidies together or there’s a cleaning roster so that the whole family has set chores on set days.
If you have children in your home then stains will be unavoidable. Your furnishings and clothes will come into contact with everything from wee to food to blood, from time to time. Don’t be tempted to overload your washing machine, it’s bad for the machine and it means that your clothes won’t be washed properly.
Safety
Safety is most important when cleaning the home, especially if you want to involve children. While having your children help out with chores is important to teach them responsibility and respect for their possessions, it is a good idea to supervise them while they are cleaning until they are a bit older. It is also important to be mindful of the cleaning products they are using and what ingredients they contain. Make sure they do not contain ingredients that may irritate your child’s skin such as parabens, phthalates, phosphates Petroleum solvents and bleach. You should look for products that are labelled as non toxic and environmentally friendly. These products are still just as good as products with harsher and harmful chemicals.
If you’re an expectant parent, make sure you wash all of your soon-to-arrive baby’s clothes in non-bio liquid detergent before they wear them.
Here are some handy tips to get rid of some common stains: Blood from cuts to nosebleeds there will definitely be some blood stains on clothes or carpets when children are involved. It is important to tackle blood stains as soon as you can. Pour some white vinegar onto the stain and leave it to soak in a basin for ten minutes. Then use a cloth to blot the stain and wash in the washing machiene. For tough blood stains this may need to be repeated. Oil/oily products are so popular with new parents. Products from baby oil, to creams to petroleum jelly are staples in all households with young children and are extremely useful to soothe and moisturise your baby’s skin. But they can be a pain to remove when they are spilt or your baby decides to find the jar and rub it all over your best duvet. To treat it all you need to do is put some cornflour or baking soda on it, leave it for 15 minutes, remove it and then wash as normal. Fruit and vegetable: If you are weaning your baby then these will be common in your household. Fruit and vegetable purées often get thrown around more than eaten. To remove these stains from clothes or furnishings, let them soak in cold water to loosen and then wash as normal. This even works on stains that have had time to set. Milk whether it is breast milk from your own clothes or a spilt bottle on the carpet, you will no doubt be faced with the task of removing a milk stain more than once when your children are young. This is much simpler IRELAND’S BEST BABY BUYS
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