Kids and Your Mattress - Common Accidents
Kids take time to learn about keeping items clean such as a mattress. Often kids will bring food to bed, jump around with dirty feet and occasionally wet the bed during toilet training. This makes it important to know how to properly clean and disinfect your mattress. Here are common accidents and how to manage them. Poop and Urine These are unpleasant to deal with but they need to be taken care of regardless. Use a paper towel to soak up any urine possible. Do not rub in the stain. This will get the liquid deeper into the mattress material. Allow the area to air dry. Pick up the bigger chunks of poop with a paper towel if possible. Sprinkle the area with baking soda to help dry and deodorize the stain. For proper removal, you need professional mattress cleaning. Beverages It's important that you prohibit any eating or drinking in bed. When a beverage spill happens immediately soak up what you can with paper towels. Allow the area to dry. Again you will need profession...