Packing my son’s room before we move in 2 weeks, and the stuffed animal pile is already a nightmare!
He’s got close to 20 of them, half never washed. Smell like the back of a closet.
He’s finally calming down after a rough flare, so I really don’t want dust mites starting the whole thing back up in the new room.
Plan is hot wash for whatever survives, donate the rest. Is that enough, or does this stuff never fully wash out?
Hot wash alone wasn’t enough for us, 30 minutes in the dryer on high heat after is what actually got the dust mites. Does he have favorites he’d mind losing?
packing for a move always surfaces this exact problem honestly. I went through boxes of old linens and curtains for my own move and some of them still had that closet smell even after a hot wash, no matter the detergent I used.
Is he old enough to have a say in which ones he’d actually miss, or are you just making that call for him with the move already being enough chaos? When I packed up my own place I ran everything through two full dryer cycles on high after the wash and the musty smell still hung on a little after the first round…
dewdrop said: is he old enough to have a say in which ones he’d actually miss, or are you just making that call for him with the move already being enough chaos? He’s 7, so he actually picked the ones that are staying himself, I just set a limit of 5 and let him sort the rest into the donate pile.
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