Lots of work to be done

Thanks heaps for all your suggestions.

Great tips, thanks for this, my son has eczema so these idea’s will help

Our house had all vinyl floor coverings in the bedrooms. When I was about 18 a carpet square was put in my bedroom after which I kept getting appalling earaches. The Dr. decided it must be an allergy. It was one the ladies at work who asked if I had carpet in my bedroom. Goodbye carpet, an immediate disappearance of persistent earaches. carpet also holds a lot of dust, dirt off shoes, slippers, feet etc., pet dander if pets rub up against you then drops on the floor. If possible buy sofas with removable washable covers. Rotate the food in your refrigerator. Washing Machine – if safe to do so, after doing the washing leave the lid open for the inside of it to try and not encourage mould or mildew. Ensure you clean its filters after each wash day. If you know it is likely to have a lot of lint in it empty it after loads. Leave them somewhere safe to dry if you can. Use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter. They pick up a lot more dust etc. than standard ones do. The only books I tend to keep in bedrooms as the ones that are currently being read. For the rest an old fashioned bookcase with doors helps to keep the dust and damp atmosphere from them.

Thank you for these great ideas.

Great tips for keeping the home allergy free.

Exhaust fans and heat lamps in the bathroom to reduce moisture, look at the bedding materials eg. doona etc. that is hypoallergenic, suited for asthma sufferers, etc., open windows and doors when weather permits for air flow.

Thank you for the helpful tips.

yep try to keep the home white glove ready!

Oh! I just remember that we had an air purifier in my daughter’s bedroom during the first three years of her life.

I would add removing all the carpets in the house. Just tiles or laminated floors.
And first dust the furniture, then hoover the house. Not the opposite.

Great list here.
I suffer from allergies and hayfever so try to keep our house as dust and allergy free as possible but it isn’t always easy.
I think my bubs has some dust/hayfever allergies too.

great list here of good tips – as a parent of an allergy sufferer I am all too aware of how important it is to ensure that allergy prevention is high on the list of cleaning jobs

Not fool proof, nothing is but good tips none the less thank you.

Lke kd

allergy free is not as easy as this at least I don’t think… plus I think that kids these days need to be ecsposed .. to a bit more as everything is germ free we used to be outside in the dirt and playing when we were young

I assume this information is for those whose babies already suffer from hay fever or other allergies? Because I always thought it was best to expose babies to things to avoid allergies. So I’m a bit confused now :/

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  • • Pharmacist Deb replied
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  Thanks for the feedback. Yes these recommendations are more for babies (and adults) who already have allergies and know what triggers it – most commonly dust, dust mites, synthetic material, pollen, etc. They are some ways to minimise exposure to the triggers at home which is always preferred over having to use medications.

Great advice. Thank you very much