When you have a baby, you want your home to be as safe as possible for him or her. It is not enough to make your house spic and span by using regular cleaning products since they usually contain harsh chemicals that could harm your child. You have to use the safest (yet still effective) cleaning products you could find. Or, you could make them yourself and skip the part about worrying whether the cleaning products you chose are safe for your little one.
Here are some baby-friendly, environment friendly cleaners that you might want to try for your home. And you could find most of them in your kitchen.
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Floor Cleaners
When your baby is old enough to crawl, you have to make sure your floors are clean and have not been treated with harsh chemicals or polished with floor wax. A safe and effective floor cleaner is castile soap. It is ideal for tile, linoleum and hardwood floors. Simply mix ¼ cup of castile soap with 2 gallons of warm water and use a clean mop to apply it onto your floor. To take out greasy spots, add ½ cup vinegar to the solution. If you do not have Castile soap on hand, you can use just vinegar and water. This solution is just as effective in safely cleaning your floors.
If you want your floors to shine but are against using floor wax, the Children's Mercy Hospital Environmental Health Program recommends the following all-natural floor sparklers:
For wood floors, use 1-to-1 ratio of vegetable and vinegar and apply the solution onto your floors using a soft rag.
For linoleum floors, add skin milk to water and use a damp rag to apply to your floors.
Tub and Tile Cleaners
Since the bathroom is where we expel our wastes, it makes sense that bathroom cleaners contain very harsh chemicals. But with a baby around, these cleaners won't do. To safely clean your toilet bowl, the Georgia Division of Public Health recommends scrubbing it using a toilet scrub brush with plain baking soda or castile soap. For soap scum in the shower or tub, apply a mixture of vinegar and baking soda. This solution will act as a mild abrasive that will cut through the grime and leave your shower tub clean.
All-Purpose Cleaners
With your floors and bathroom taken care of, it's time to focus on the rest of your house. Since you take your baby with you anywhere in the house, it is important to use cleaners that are safe for your child.
To safely clean the rest of your house, the Children's Mercy Hospital Environmental Health Program recommends dissolving plain baking soda in water or sprinkling it directly onto surfaces and wiping it off with a damp cloth. For tough or greasy stains, you can try mixing vinegar and salt to create a scrubbing paste. The vinegar will cut through the grease, while the salt acts as a mild abrasive.
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- Adjustable three position mattress support
- Comes with 1 year limited manufacturers warranty
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