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I am sure there are related threads but my phone wont let me search so here it goes. We seem to have a nasty stomach bug going around 6 kids in five days with 2 day excluding. How do you recommend disinfecting so we can at least slow it down. I have washed all the soft toys in hot with vinegar in the washer and bleached all the hard toys that dont take batteries in the bathtub with bleach. Wiped down all the big stuff with lysol and did a lysol spray on all door nobs ect. Nothing seems to be effectively killing the germs. What do you all do and or use in this situation?
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Clean the carpets? wipe light switches and door knobs? Open up all the windows (even if it's cold!) and let the house air out?
To be fair though, unless they seem to be reinfecting each other (same kids get sick, get better, get sick again) then I'd say you've killed germs...you just have to wait out the tide of what had already been exposed.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature! -
If it was truly cycling (kids getting it more than once) I would close for two days. If everyone was just getting it I would probably ride it out. Unfortunately they are contagious before you know - I can't think of anything else for you to do besides maybe lysoling furniture- and making sure floors are disinfected as well.Comment
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Also, after a stomach bug I make sure to give lots of good yogurt (the kind with live cultures) to help restore proper gut florae. For my own family I boost immune system with plenty of Vitamin D (we take a liquid supplement) and Vitamin B-complex, and a separate probiotic supplement as well.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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I do what your doing minus the vinegar solution (bleach, lysol and ProForce Lemon, only). Plus:
Double up on handwashing, kids included.
Use only one use hand towels for everything.
Keep kids nails trimmed and hair pulled back.
Wash all dishes in dishwasher with heated dry.
Run a room air purifier and/or fan to prevent stagnant air. Change ac/heat air filters often.
Allow room to get **cold** and completely open to fresh air a couple times a week (if possible, even 15 minutes helps).
Rotate clean toys daily.- Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.
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Steam Cleaning!
I love my steam cleaner. I just got it about 3 weeks ago. Its great for the toys that are hard to clean that you cant put in the dishwasher. I should mention that I hate cleaning so for me to get excited over cleaning is not normal.You can also use it on top of carpets.I have foam tiles that I also use it on.Its a Haan.I got it on Amazon.
I also have a container outside my daycare room that I drop toys into when they go in any of the kids mouths. I have one that puts EVERYTHING into his mouth, and he happens to be the one with a constant runny nose so I clean those toys at naptime or throw them in the dishwasher.Comment
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Cat herder has great points, as usual. I forgot about the furnace filter. yes change that too!Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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Great tips thanks. What would you do to make dishes cleaner if you didnt have a dishwasher?Comment
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I use to go crazy and clean like mad when there was a sickness. But then I stopped and looked at what was going on. First I noticed it was the same kids getting sick, so it was something that was coming from their house. Also, funny how kids would be fine here all week and then the weekend comes and they become ill. I could clean till the cows come home, but it was totally defeating the purpose when it wasn't my house where the illness was coming from.
so now I don't clean. I open windows, and shampoo the rugs and wipe things down as needed. Also, I let parents know that they need to dress their kids properly.Comment
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I believe that it is being spread here because I am sending home middle of week and every kid seems to have same symptoms. No fever but headache, slight cough, throwing up.Comment
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By any chance have you had your carpet/furniture professionally cleaned lately???
I had a bad round of what you are describing once and the inhalation of longterm/concentrated fumes from taking naps, on mats, on the carpets turned out to be the culprit.
I was shocked, it never occurred to me. They were supposed to inform me of that risk before they left, but did not.
It was almost a month before the fumes stopped making us nauseas when the windows were closed. We had to move to another room entirely. I have hardwoods, now, because of that.
- Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.Comment
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