Spray Lysol on stuffed toys?

nicolita14w

How can I disinfect a stuffed animal that has a battery in it? (The Leapfrog Puppy, which James sleeps with every night). He has what is either eczema or ringworm on his face (eeew, I know, it sounds gross, but it's not really a worm. It's a fungus that the dr said he could have gotten either at daycare or from our cat). Anyway, we're supposed to wash the bedding, which I'm doing, but I figure I should also somehow disinfect "Puppy." I read in some parenting magazine last month (can't remember which one) that you should spray stuffed toys with Lysol to disinfect them, but that kind of gives me pause. Even though I'm not a real organic type of person, the idea of spraying those chemicals on a stuffed toy seems like it might not be a good idea. Thoughts?

 Thanks!

hannah&ben

I wouldn't.  Can you take the batteries out, seal it up in a ziploc to keep out moisture, and freeze it?  That kills stuff too.

wille2b

i clean our stuffed toys with a hand held steam cleaner.. i dont know if you have an option for that but it works nicely.. also, my brother says if you put stuffed toys or a blankie in the freezer it kills the germs-i dont know how true that is but it worth looking into..

i agree about sparying chemicals onto the toys-not cool

nicolita14w

Thanks, ladies. Great idea on the freezer. I just put Puppy in to chill out for a while.

fallbride110406

Don't put it in the freezer! It'll destroy the computer componets in it since they don't come out and taking electronics from very cold to warm can cause condensation which shorts them out. I've just taken a cleaner wipe (7th Gen makes some) and wiped stuffed animals down if they have batteries in them. Wipe them down enough to be slightly damp to the touch (2-3 wipes for me) and it should be fine.

nicolita14w

fallbride110406:

Don't put it in the freezer! It'll destroy the computer componets in it since they don't come out and taking electronics from very cold to warm can cause condensation which shorts them out. I've just taken a cleaner wipe (7th Gen makes some) and wiped stuffed animals down if they have batteries in them. Wipe them down enough to be slightly damp to the touch (2-3 wipes for me) and it should be fine.

Crap! Okay, going to get Puppy out!

RoxBride

It sounds awfully cruel, but 12 hours in the freezer kills all the buggies.