Humidifier

It may smell a little at first, but I think the best (and safest) way to clean them is to use white distilled vinegar. That's what I use on mine. Good luck!

I just assumed it should be cleaned with vinegar just like your coffee machine but wasn't sure so I went to www.doityourself.com/stry/cleanuphumidifier and found instructions. Yep, vinegar. Hope that helps.

Hi J.,
The water should be changed every night, and the humidifier should be rinsed prior to new water being added. I have a built in humidifier on my c-pap, for my sleep apnea. I was told to clean it once a week with vinegar and water. Just a bit of cautious advice, if it has mold in it you might want to get a new one, your daughter may have a mold allergy, and vinegar will not get rid of mold. Good luck!
M.

I don't have anything different about the humidifier other than what is already said about vinegar, but I wanted to say something about your 7 mo old. My nephew was 6 months old and he'd been constantly congested since he was 2 mo old and it ended up that he had a sinus infection that was not detected by his pediatrician. The pediatric ENT diagnosed it. Once he was cleaned out and on antibiotics for two weeks he is better and breathing great. He is sleeping better too. Just a thought. Good luck and God Bless.

Run white viegar thru it.Just like you'd do your coffee maker. do a couple times if need be.like 1 cup vinegar to a full tamnk of water.

You didn't say what kind of humidifier you have. If you have one with a heppa filter you need to have it changed. The one I have is a steam humidifier and the only thing it said about cleaning it was with bleach solution and make sure you rinse thoroughly. This will get rid of the mold and calcium depostits. I hope this helps. I have to have a humidifier because of the dry air in the winter and the steam helps me breathe better.

I have read it's best to santize them in some way. What I do is either spray them down with a Lysol-type spray and then wash them out with water (air dry) or wipe them down with some type of Lysol-type wipe and wash with water and air dry.

I use a humidifier nightly with my son as well. I clean his weekly using a mix of white vinegar and hot water. We have a Crave humidifier for him and I think I have seen some kind of cleaner for it at Babies R Us, but didn't have time to look when I saw it and then never think about it when I go back!!

I had a humidifier that said to clean it with bleach water, but I clean mine with vinegar.

God Bless!

I agree with everyone else on the humidfier cleaning but I also saw that you said your baby has bad reflux. My daughter had horrible reflux to the point she was not gaining weight and we were going to have to put her in the hospital if something did not change. I started taking her to the chiropractor at 6 weeks old. It helped tremendously!!!!! I would go so far as saying they saved my baby. You should try it. She still spit up every once in a while but every min and all her food. She seemed like a totally different baby and happier. She seemed to enjoy her visits too. We took her 3 times a week for the first month, then 2 times a week for a couple weeks, then 1 time a week for a month and then 1 time every other week until she was a year old. She is 19 months now and is doing great! Hope it helps you! E. (Mommy of 3)

Good Morning J., There used to be a product made just for cleaning humidifiers. It came in a clear bottle and was blue. All you did was pour it in and turn it on. Removed all the hard water scale and stuff. You could probably do the same thing with vinegar and water. Would be less time consumming then looking to see if they still made this product.

God Bless and have a great trip
K. Nana of 5

The instructions that came with mine suggested vinegar & bleach. We do not use toxic bleach at our house, so I used Shaklee's Basic G for the bottom portion & vinegar for the tank.