Mom Tip
When we had kids we decided that we didn’t want a house full of stuffed animals. They are dust collectors and unless it was so sweet and adorable and soft we didn’t want it. So we never bought stuffed animals, besides the ones I had from my childhood, the ones my daughter wouldn’t let go of in the store and the ones the grandparents and other relatives gave them for gifts.
Now we have a house full of stuffed animals.
I vacuum them and I wash some of them but I know others will not survive a ride in the washing machine but I am disgusted thinking about dust mites living on my children’s best friends.
You can always freeze the bugs right out of them! Place the stuffed animals in a ziplock bag and leave it in the freezer overnight, the cold kills the dust mites and leaves your friends bug free.
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June 27th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Great tip! I’ll have to remember that one.
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