P&P and urine- please help... (longish)

goodgalpal

I got a P&P (used, $40ish) and it had no stains or anything, looks in great shape and GN so I can use it for Baby J (godson) and for when I have kids. I had it stored away and got it out today.

The mattress how appears to have urine stains, but has no odor. I can only assume that the urine is from the baby that used it previously, or else my own cats may have "marked" it. The thing is, it is dry and doesn't stink at all like cat urine usually does...

Called Graco and they told me to only surface wash the mattress or else it will become unusable since it has particle board under the pad. They also said I could buy a new mattress for it for $21 plus S&H.

So, I can't decide what I should do. Do you think that it will be safe to use if I just surface wash it? My gut tells me no (but then I am the kind of person that doesn't buy used dipes either, maybe too cautious), but then I looked to buy a Naturepedic mattress for the P&P and that costs about $140... kind of high. One reason I liked the used P&P was that it has already off-gassed (I don't want baby breathing in fumes or toxins if it can be avoided).

I can buy the Graco mattress but then there is the toxicity issue.

What ideas to you guys have for cleaning the mattress that I have already?

And would you buy a new mattress from Graco or Naturepedic? 

Any other thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated...

 

 

sunset814

It might not be urine, especially since there is no odor.  I noticed that some of the clothes that I had packed away from my first child had yellow on them when I got them out later.  They had been washed and visibly clean when I packed them, and the stains were not where urine would have leaked onto the clothes.  I just treated with Oxi Clean and the stains came out.  Try to treat the surface of the mattress with Oxi Clean.  Let it sit for a couple days at least.

 By the way, I only use nontoxic cleaning products except for the Oxi Clean for removing stains, so I understand your off-gassing fears.  I even have an organic crib mattress, but not PnP one.  Really though, the Graco PnP mattresses are so thin and the surface area is small compared to a crib mattress.  I'm not sure how significant any off-gassing would be.  If you can't clean it, it might just be better to let that one go and buy the Graco.  $140 for a PnP mattress is a bit much to swallow.      

 

 

sassy1357

I'd buy the Graco mattress and let it air out for a few days. It will be fine. 

For $140, you could buy a whole new pack and play and have money left over