how do you clean your floors?

LynsiBHM

Now that P is trying to crawl, he has a lot of face-to-floor time. We have hardwood floors with area rugs, so I had been just throwing a big blanket down on the living room rug (extra cushion for falling and to protect the rug from spit up) but I find that he likes the wood floor better. He gets more traction I think LOL. Plus he will be mobile soon and getting around everywhere!

We have 2 dogs so I vacuum just about every day, but I only "wash" the floors maybe once a month with warm water and a cleaner. (I do a wet swiffer in between for messes and wash the kitchen and bathroom tile floors more often.)  So I obviously need to start really cleaning them better and more frequently.  Do you have a baby-safe floor cleaner that you like? Anyone happy with a steam mop? I am not comfortable with using pine sol or other "non-safe" cleaners and will likely ditch the wet swiffers, too.  I need some good recs!  TIA

daisy889

Green Works i think its called is a all natural cleaner, There are many new natural ones on the market. I use Murpheys Oil Soap for my floors, I think its natural to?

meltoine

I'd marry my steam mop if not for DH. 

skio

I changed up my regimen due to the crawling. Vacuum 1-2x per week, swiffer the hardwoods every evening (we also have a dog and two cats), disinfect with vinegar/warm water solution once a week.

drpayne

Steam mop.  It works great on our tile.  Not sure about wood.

oandmplus1

I have a few tools that I love love love!! When we had DD, and DH started working second shift, it was difficult to find time to sweep, and we have 2 dogs and 2 cats. I have a steam mop / vac combo, however, the vaccuum part is only so-so, but I love love love my steam mop.

My DH also bought me a Roomba (I think that's what it is), a robot vaccuum. We have it set up to vaccuum our hardwood floors every other day in the main living area. It misses little corners and underneath very low furniture like our coffee table because we have so much stuff sitting out in the living room / dining room. But, it saves me so much time, it's much easier to manage, and my floors look pretty good!

 I don't know what I would do without it!

junebride060306

I adore my shark steam mop. but it is getting hard to find the time to break it out. I try instead to use the dry swiffer daily with a sprayer of diluted vinegar. I have reusable swiffer pads

sweetteaBV

I use Mrs. Meyers products - the basil scent is my favorite! It smells awesome and cleans great and it is one of the more baby-friendly products out there

https://www.mrsmeyers.com/Fragrance/Basil 

Babalonia

meltoine:

I'd marry my steam mop if not for DH. 

 

THIS! I use it on tile and hardwood. I dry swiffer before I shark! 

chelle1980

I love my shark steam mop. Our house is all hardwoods except for rugs in the bedrooms and tile in the bathrooms. I use the steam mop on tile and the hardwoods and it works great. I like not using chemicals on the floor now that DS is on them. I vacuum first and then use the mop. We do not have pets so I steam the floors once a week unless we spill something. I vacuum twice a week and we do not wear shoes in the house. I was putting blankets over our area rugs for DS to play on, but between army crawling and rolling, he does not stay on the blankets. I figure once he is crawling more, he will be all over the floors anyway.