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Should I Get a Futon or a Daybed?
Asked by L.M. from Dallas
on January 20, 2009
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Should put a futon or a daybed in our spare room? At the moment, this room is a playroom/tv room, but it's pretty empty. We've been talking about putting a futon or da...
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- I personally don't think a futon is comfortable.
- I agree so far with your posts... Vote Yes for daybed and No for futon. I've had both. The futon was just ok... not great. I had a day bed that the under twin bed p...
- Hello LM, May I suggest a full size mattress set on a bed frame turned side ways like a daybed. You would need to get a King size skirt and comforter to go on it. ...
Moldy Futon Mattress & Waterproof Mattress Pad
Asked by D.L. from Portland
on February 4, 2009
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My baby sleeps on a futon mattress on the floor. I lifted it up yesterday to find that it was damp and moldy! I run the humidifier a lot, so that could be a big part o...
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- I agree with the others that say to toss it. You don't want to mess with mold. And by the way, I have a futon mattress that I would be happy to give you for free!! ...
- Hi D.- I would toss it.. they really can't get rid of the mold that might be inside. They have really improved the " rubber sheets" now they have a nice padded cover...
- I agree... throw it out. There is no good way to get the mold out completely and it can cause serious health problems both now and down the road for your child. I live...
Toddler Peed on Futon Mattress: Seaking Adivce ASAP
Asked by A.S. from Portland
on June 26, 2009
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I normally have our futon mattress covered by a mattress protector and it's a long story why the said mattress protector was not in place last night. Regardless, last ...
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- A., Hydrogen Peroxide works much better than alcohol (Nature's Miracle and alot of other "odor killers" are alcohol based) and is cheaper than the odor killer products...
- Bio-Kleen Bac Out! It's worked like a charm for us repeatedly to get out animal pee. We've only had to use bac out for my daughter a couple times, but it worked well too.
- Oh, dear - A.--- please don't be offended by this suggestion- but there are ''odor neutralizers'' at the larger pet stores that are specifically designed to enzymatica...
Please Help Me Get Out the Smell of Cat Urine Out of My Futon Cushion
Asked by D.P. from Cleveland
on August 4, 2008
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I have been having alot of issues with my cat peeing on my carpet/furniture! I even spent 2 years replacing out the carpet in each room with my income tax check. The o...
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- All I can say is Ordor xit. They sell it at Big Bobs flooring.
- Hi D., We have 4 cats and struggled at first on getting a few fixed. So we had a female cat who went into heat and decided to start urniating on furniture (I've learn...
- D. there is a product I used when we had our little dogg called Ntures Miracle. You could use a black light to find all the pee places and then make sure to saturate t...
To "Green Moms", What to Do to Cover Chemicals in MATTRESSES?
Asked by I.H. from Boston
on March 7, 2011
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Hi moms,
As some of you might know, there's a LOT of chemicals lingering in our mattresses and can even cause SIDS in crib mattresses. That said, organic adult matt...
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- Good question! I can't wait to hear the answers especially since I'm getting a new mattress this year! You can probably go onto a green forum and ask questions there too.
- IKEA phased out PBDE's from their mattresses several years ago. Their products tend to be reasonably priced and can be ordered online if you don't have a store near y...
- When I had my third child, I bought an organic cotton mattress cover with no chemicals. Less expensive than a mattress, and although it's not waterproof, the cotton is...
Dog Hair Removal
Asked by L.H. from Salt Lake City
on July 12, 2010
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I'm about to get a futon from my in laws and I need to get all the dog hair off the mattress cover before it comes into my house to be washed because my son is allergi...
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- First use the sole of a clean tennis shoe. Run it over the futon cushion and it will really pick up the hair! (seriously!) Then use a strong suction vacuum cleaner/...
- the biggest allergin is going to be the dander, which can only be fully removed by laundering. take it to the extra big washer at the laundromat. if you can't remove...
- I have four cats. The Pledge pet hair remover works the best!
Getting Out Cigarette Smoke Smell
Asked by H.N. from Detroit
on April 26, 2008
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Does anyone know of a way to get the smell of smoke out? My daughter was given a futon and the mattress smells horribly like cigarette smoke. We have had it outside ai...
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- OdoBan is the best thing we have ever used forfor any kind of bad smell be it dog , cat, smoke, fish , musty
- fight smoke with smoke, sounds weird, but in my old apartment, the closets reeked of smoke, i tried everything, and finally i bought some really strong incense, and li...
- :o( Smoke and the chemicals associated with it are very harmful. I hate to say it, but the woman whose advice was to get new foam seemed to be right on the ball. ...
Co-sleeping Options
Asked by K.A. from San Francisco
on May 10, 2009
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My husband and I want to continue co-sleeping with our 10 month old son, and are trying to figure out how to do this safely. Currently, the baby and I are sleeping on...
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- Hello K. A: This is the first time I have ever heard of the term "co-sleeping". Being the mother of 5 and raising several other children as newborn infants being p...
- I suggest you stop the co-sleeping, because in the future you may run into trouble with your baby sleeping in his own crib/room. It will be a hard habit to break. Goo...
- If you have room in your rooom (it sounds like you do) we bought a crib that has a toddler bed conversion. I converted it to a toddler bed adjusted the matress level ...
Mattress Protectors
Asked by M.D. from Minneapolis
on July 27, 2011
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My son is unable to be potty trained, I have spent 6 years trying and it isn't working - he has Down syndrome, a neurogenic bladder, he is 12 but he is at about a 3 ye...
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- We bought the mattress protectors that they sell at Mattress Firm when we bought the kids' mattresses. They were pretty pricey but so worth it. They are vinyl with a t...
- Do you put a mattress pad on top of the mattress protector? That might help save it a little longer. Also, I used to have a "rubber sheet" that was a pad you could ...
- We used the smaller pads with vinyl backing that were placed under the sheet. It works well as long as he doesn't move around much, because they are about 4x4 square ...
My Cat Is Peeing in Other Places Besides Her Litter Box!!
Asked by K.B. from Dallas
on February 13, 2008
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Okay, my cat is about 6 years old and this morning i found that she had peed on my 16 month olds little Elmo couch that folds out for him to lay on (we just bought thi...
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- Hi K.: My old cat started to do that too. She peed in the bed between my husband and I and one time she came up to me in the hall and peed on the floor. I tried Pur...
- Glad I wasn't the only one this happened to I just thought my cat hated me! LOL She as well when I was pregnant with my last son started doing the same thing. But her...
- One of our cats started to do that and we switched her food to the Urinary Tract Health by Purina One and it took care of the problem in a couple of days. We found ou...
