https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:49:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2419417 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:55:31 +0000 Canoli 2419417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.KMM: ha, I was just thinking this too. When my younger son had HFM I said to myself I should disinfect everything but was too lazy to actually do it. Terrible! We thankfully do have a cleaning service every 2 weeks so at least something is getting done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417952 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:40:43 +0000 CRGmama 2417952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: same. Except I don't have a nanny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417912 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:50:58 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2417912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Actually one time I felt this urge, my son was a newborn and our friends came over and their preschooler puked on the way there. Would have been a fluke, chalked up to carsick, but then they mentioned she puked the night before! I was ordering dh around to disinfect everything the second they left and I didn't even enjoy their visit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417910 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:49:20 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2417910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I very rarely get this urge but right now I want to wipe everything because I might have lead paint around since my son tested with elevated levels! I keep noticing tiny chips everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417909 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:43:41 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2417909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: Yeah - declutter / organize are the only urges I get. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417900 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:33:19 +0000 ElbieKay 2417900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What? I'm so confused. Am I the only person who shamelessly foists as much housework as possible onto other people (husband &amp; nanny)? I very, very occasionally get the urge to declutter / organize our crap. But "disinfect"?</p> <p>I like to linger in a hot shower. Does that count? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417860 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:53:17 +0000 lady baltimore 2417860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I've never gotten that particular itch. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417701 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:54:21 +0000 MenagerieMama 2417701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.KMM: um. I'm with you! Go hygiene hypothesis. Aka my excuse for being lazy and also letting LO eat that cheerio off the floor... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417679 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:28:28 +0000 matador84 2417679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate cleaning. But DD has HFM right now so I wipe down all countertops in the house, all doorknobs, remote controls, any toys that I can run through the dishwasher, car seats and seats of the car, crib, bed, wash bedding and any other laundry.</p> <p>I also use lemongrass essential oil and diffuse it throughout the house and I swear it just smells cleaner! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417621 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:25:20 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2417621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: lol, that sounds like something I'd do if I didn't use community laundry. I have been known to wipe down the outsides of those machines too though!! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417619 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:24:29 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2417619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lysol wipes and doing a lot of laundry! Things that get wiped: counters, doorknobs, cabinets where you grab at it, handles (doors, knobs to turn on water, etc), keyboards, mouses, remote controls, the handles to bins we use a lot, railing, buttons (microwave, humidifier, etc), backs of chairs, sides of closet doors where you grab at it... </p> <p>I even own bleach wipes, but I have a good reason for that.</p> <p>With just one kid I didn't bother too often but dd just had a fever for eight days! So I was trying to avoid ds getting it too because we are on a trip. </p> <p>On a regular day though I make a conscious effort not to disinfect too often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417581 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:39:06 +0000 MrsBrewer 2417581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use Norwex cloths!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417577 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:35:12 +0000 daniellemybelle 2417577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: There is noooo way my home is too sterile haha ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417572 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:29:47 +0000 sarac 2417572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.KMM: Not at all. Keeping too sterile a home is known to contribute to allergies and autoimmune disorders. </p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417426 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:29:48 +0000 avivoca 2417426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I usually use vinegar, but if I need to disinfect the washing machine I use bleach. Here's the tutorial I follow: <a href="http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/04/how-to-clean-your-top-loader-washing.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/04/how-to-clean-your-top-loader-washing.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417366 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:57:17 +0000 daniellemybelle 2417366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: Do you just put it in a spray bottle? How much do you dilute it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417364 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:56:41 +0000 Greentea 2417364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I regularly do- I use vinegar! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417360 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:54:29 +0000 daniellemybelle 2417360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.KMM: No - I am the worst housekeeper ever. But the germy feeling is making my skin crawl. Ideally, I would make the list of things to disinfect and someone else would do it ;)</p> <p>@HLK208: @avivoca: Ooh, good to add to my list, haha! What do you use? I am stuck because we are out of vinegar and bleach, and LO is napping! I can't wait to go to Target and buy all the cleaning things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417348 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:48:09 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2417348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it bad that I have never gotten this urge? :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417318 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:27:11 +0000 HLK208 2417318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: same!!</p> <p>Light switches, door knobs, I get in moods where I NEED to disinfect our house in order to sleep at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417293 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:17:10 +0000 avivoca 2417293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's insane. Everything gets cleaned. EV.REY.THING. I even disinfected the inside of my washing machine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-get-the-itch-to-disinfect#post-2417287 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:15:43 +0000 daniellemybelle 2417287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...What/how do you clean?? LO has a cold, I feel like our world is very germy, and while logically I know that just frequent hand washing is the most important thing, I have the urge to disinfect! I keep adding random things to my list like my keyboard, phone, her car seat cover... I just want to wash all the things! </p> <p>What do you do when you want to kill the germs? </p>