A new baby needs lots of love and attention, often making it difficult to maintain a clean home. In this blog, we will share our top nursery cleaning tips to make parenting easier while providing a safe, hygienic home for infant health.
Declutter Your Baby’s Room to Simplify Nursery Cleaning
Often, we start off with many toys and decorative items in the nursery to up the cute factor. However, once reality sinks in, you’ll likely realize that those items take up space needed for necessities.
A good tip to help keep your baby’s room clean is to start by decluttering. Simplifying your nursery keeps things as neat as possible so you can “clean as you go.” Here are a few organizational tips:
- Keep things close: Consider how you use the room so you can keep what you need within reach. For example, your changing table should be free of anything other than fresh diapers, wipes, and a place for dirty diapers. This makes it easier to quickly wipe down the changing pad to remove germs and bacteria.
- Use storage baskets: Storage baskets keep things organized. For example, you might need baskets for a few small soft toys, fresh bibs, face cloths, blankets, onesies, bathing items, etc.
- Keep toys to a minimum: Stuffed toys are dust collectors. Choose a small selection of age-appropriate toys and add new toys as your baby enters a new developmental stage. Give away any toys that are no longer age-appropriate as soon as possible to reduce clutter. Sort toys into categories, such as wipeable books, washable soft toys, rattles, etc., to make it easier to tidy up. You can then tackle each basket, cleaning based on toy type.
- Sort out old clothes: Babies grow out of their clothes very quickly. Keep a basket or mesh bag handy to toss any clothes they’ve outgrown. Once it’s full, place the clothes in a bag or box and drop them off at a donation centre when you get a chance. You can also pass them on to someone you know with a baby or join a children’s clothing exchange group.
Use Washable “Everything” to Make Nursery Cleaning Easier
Things such as removable changing pad covers, mattress pads, machine-washable soft toys, chair pad covers for the rocking chair, and plenty of fresh crib sheets make it easier to keep surfaces clean and hygienic in your baby’s room.
You can toss these items in the wash following an accident or add them to your weekly laundry. Having at least two of each item makes it easier to quickly swap out dirty items for clean ones, and schedule a weekly rotation on laundry day.
Use Eco-Friendly Cleaners to Disinfect While Nursery Cleaning
Shop for convenient, baby-safe cleaning products designed to kill bacteria without harsh chemicals. Harsh chemicals present a number of risks for babies, including respiratory issues and rashes.
A mix of equal parts white vinegar and warm water kept in a spray bottle makes it easy to quickly wipe down surfaces. You can also test essential oils such as lemon or tea tree oil to keep your baby’s room smelling fresh. Some babies are sensitive to smells, so speak to your doctor regarding the safest oils.
Target Frequently Touched Surfaces When Nursery Cleaning
Being busy with your baby can make it easy to overlook cleaning basics such as frequently touched surfaces. However, this is important for nursery cleaning as babies often put their hands in their mouth and touch surfaces within their reach, increasing the spread of germs.
This is doubly important if you have pets in the house that can lick the same surfaces babies touch. Some examples of overlooked surfaces might include crib rails/bars, changing tables, the baby tub, and the wall behind or beside the changing table.
You should also be more diligent and clean frequently touched surfaces throughout your home such as light switches, door knobs, and faucets. This will help reduce the risk of passing germs onto your baby.
Include Toys in Your Nursery Cleaning Routine
Regularly cleaning baby toys is important because babies explore with their mouths. Chances are that they put toys in their mouths several times a day, so toys should be washed at least once a week.
Also, if you know that your baby has a favourite toy, you might want to wipe it down daily with a baby-safe sanitizer or toss it in with the laundry while they nap.
Dust Weekly to Improve Indoor Air Quality in Your Baby’s Room
Dusting is a big hassle, but essential for infant health. Dust contains harmful tiny particles that your baby inhales. Keeping dust to a minimum can improve the quality of the air in your baby’s room, removing irritants such as pet dander, allergens, pollen, and common household toxins from things such as cleaners.
Use a damp or microfibre cloth to collect and hold onto dust to avoid spreading particles into the air. You want to remove dust as opposed to stirring it up. When dust is simply moved around, it will end up back on the surfaces in the room.
Nursery Cleaning Tips for Floors
Finish your cleaning routine by wiping the floors. By leaving the floors until the end of your nursery cleaning routine, you collect all the particles released into the air as you dust.
If your baby’s room is carpeted, you should vacuum at least twice a week to keep the rug clean for crawling and playing. This also helps improve the air quality in your baby’s room.
Hard floor surfaces, such as wood, laminate, and vinyl, can be swept or vacuumed. For hard floors, always turn off the beater brush, as the brush will spread particles around, leaving debris behind as you work.
Bonus Floor-Cleaning Tip
Have a no-shoes policy in your baby’s room to reduce the amount of dirt carried into their space.
Schedule Nursery Cleaning Services on “Auto Pilot”
If finding time to clean your baby’s room is too overwhelming, consider booking regular professional cleaning. You choose the frequency of cleanings suited to your schedule and budget, and the cleaners will perform all the above cleaning tasks and more.
These nursery cleaning tips can make it easier to keep your baby’s room tidy while creating a safe environment to promote infant health.
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