Sanitize

How would i go about sanitizing my carpet? ive looked at the lysol sprays and similar ones and they all say for baby stuff you need to rinse after spraying and i cant rinse my carpet. lol. i want something easy that i can do everyday. so if you know of anything besides steam cleaners please let me know. thanks.  

i have never actually heard of sanitizing my carpet, other than to have it shampood and completely cleaned that way.

Quoting Harlee's Mama!:“ i have never actually heard of sanitizing my carpet, other than to have it shampood and completely cleaned that way.”

 

Quoting Harlee's Mama!:“ i have never actually heard of sanitizing my carpet, other than to have it shampood and completely cleaned that way.”

haha.. well ive seen like the steam cleaners on tv but i figured if you can sanitize the rest of the house with wipes or spray you have to be able to do the carpet too. and i have a 7month old daughter, and im a germaphob, so i hate that shes crawling around on the carpet that everyone walks on and then putting her hands in her mouth.

i would invest in a steamer, i don't think you can sanitize a carpet any other way

A little dirt wont hurt...one day she wont just be putting her fingers in her mouth haha. I always used a dust mite killer. It santized and killed dust mites all in one. Just spray it on, let it dry COMPLETELY, vacumme and repeat if desired. BUT i alwso did this in between carpet shampooing.Cleaning your carpet will only hurt the if you let her play on it while it's still wet. Once dry there should be no worries. I used diluted bleach for all his toys and bedding (like the crib and plastic pack n play) but you gotta watch cause it might ruin the stuff you're cleaning. Just spot test any easily unseen areas.

I wouldn't worry about it. Everyday germs are good for you and your daughter (to a degree). It will build up her immune system and she will get sick less once she starts school.

Quoting mom102938:“ A little dirt wont hurt...one day she wont just be putting her fingers in her mouth haha. I always used ... [snip!] ... plastic pack n play) but you gotta watch cause it might ruin the stuff you're cleaning. Just spot test any easily unseen areas.”

do you remember what it was called? because i havnt seen anything like this.

Quoting KSmith:“ I wouldn't worry about it. Everyday germs are good for you and your daughter (to a degree). It will build up her immune system and she will get sick less once she starts school.”

yeah... everyone says that, but i feel like my daughter is alllways sick. and now with the swine flu thing i just found out my sister in law has it and i want to make sure that none of those germs will be anywhere near my daughter.

Quoting Erica.:“ do you remember what it was called? because i havnt seen anything like this.”

You're in luck...I'm bored and will google for you! haha

If you're dead-set on sanitizing, you can use a water/vinegar solution. Vinegar is a natural disinfectant. Just google "cleaning with vinegar." I use it all around my house, and no harmful chemicals. (and just in case you're curious, your house won't smell like vinaigrette when you're done, lol).

Quoting mom102938:“ You're in luck...I'm bored and will google for you! haha”

thanks.  

Quoting Erica.:“ do you remember what it was called? because i havnt seen anything like this.”

I think she's talking about "Arcosan." I got a couple bottles with the vacumm I bought. But I don't think they make it anymore. In any case, it's not a disinfectant, it's basically a pesicide for dust mites.

Quoting KSmith:“ If you're dead-set on sanitizing, you can use a water/vinegar solution. Vinegar is a natural disinfectant. ... [snip!] ... and no harmful chemicals. (and just in case you're curious, your house won't smell like vinaigrette when you're done, lol).”

thanks i had no idea that vinegar was soo handy.

Quoting Erica.:“ thanks.  ”

This isn't a dust mite killer but this also works great and is cheap.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=42059-000000861-00619/00706&lpage=none


Murphy's oilsoap is AWESOME for dusting with...use with hard wood finishing.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=169181-62352-01106&lpage=none

This is also good
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=313435-1684-0820&lpage=none

I just used dust mite spray in case my LO had allergies like I do. Turns out he doesn't so I jus use any dust mite spray you can by at any store and just use it every once in a while.