stinky boppy pillow advise, please.

Cavegeko

Hi,

I hope everyone is feeling good today!

My SIL told me (and everyone else) at the baby shower she threw for me that she bought me a "new" boppy pillow, but couldn't give it to me then because her 4 year old son got food on it. She made a point of saying all of this loudly enough that everyone turned and looked... She finally cleaned it and mailed it. It arrived a few days ago. YAY!!

After opening the box, it was clear that it wasn't new but from a consignment shop, which I am fine with, except for the very strong scent of someone else's baby. When I buy stuff from a kids consignment shop, I sniff it first to make sure there are not strong baby scents. DH agrees that he doesn't want our baby's things to smell like someone else's baby. We wouldn't buy things that we didn't think we could de-scent in washing or cleaning.

So far we have tried spraying the pillow with 1:1 white vineger:water, frebreeze, and 100% white vinegar. It still smells, a lot.  Also tried just adding the slip cover to see if it would cover up the scent. It didn't. I am hesitent to put it in my top load laundry machine. I don't want don't want to break either one at this point. 

So does anyone have any other ideas to de-scent a boppy pillow? 

I would appreciate any advise, please. I don't really want to break down and buy a new one when the one that was giving to me is in descent shape. 

Thanks! 

Formerly Mrs D S

I put my boppy in the wash.. I THINK on normal cycle (you can try gentle) and it came out fine.  We have an inexpensive top loader.  Our boppy had been sitting in our nasty attic for the last two and a half years.  We didnt dry it, just set it on top of the drier to dry out. 

The worst that can happen is you put it in the washer and it gets destroyed and you HAVE to buy a new one (that may smell better anyway).    Win win situation.

anners86

My friend gave us her boppy for LO and she washed it before giving it to us. It doesn't smell (not sure if it did in the first place though..) and it looks just fine. Like PP said - worse comes to worse - you just by a new one! They're $20 at target.com right now.

iuplori

This is just my .02, but the nursing pillow is one of the few things I would insist on being brand new.  I do buy most of our things from consignments, but after seeing how much DD threw up, wet, etc. or I leaked on it, I just would never feel like I could get it clean enough and it would skeeve me out. 

 I actually just bought a new pillow for this baby b/c I don't even want to use my gross one from a few years ago. 

xtina05

I threw mine in the washer - came out great. No shape issues either.

superherostocker

xtina05:

I threw mine in the washer - came out great. No shape issues either.

same here. I also have a top loader. I took the cover off and put them both in the washer, normal wash. Dryed with a tennis ball so it didnt come out lumpy. I think the tag said to do that. 

rissa_n

I would try to wash it and if it still stinks, toss it & get a new one. 

glowworm0166

Maybe take it to a laundry mat if you are worried about your machine - wash it with a cup of vinegar.  If that doesn't take out the stank it probaby isn't going to happen...

Cavegeko

Thanks for the advise so far.

I did try washing it in my washing machine with detergent, and borax, which has worked for everything else. It still smells.  We will probably buy a new if it still smells after it dries, since a naked pillow is ~$20 at target.com and we have a cover already.  

Anyone know how the scent also gets attached to my hands after I touch it?

georgi611

I would definitely just buy a new one.  A used pillow (especially a nursing pillow) freaks me out.  Oofa. 

Cavegeko

Thanks for all the advise!

The pillow still smells to us so we are going to purchase a new one this evening. 

After bening grossed out that the scent was stuck to my hands ater touching the pillow, I don't want to spread the scent around anymore. I'm done with it.