How often should I wash her comfort toy?

[babybouncer]

DD has a mouse she sleeps with ( this one technically we have two!) and it smells foul. It can't be machine washed, but I've just rinsed the ears under the tap and it has dried stiff.

How can I wash it?
How often should I wash it - will it be a health hazard if I don't?
How can I make it fluffy again?

[5madthings]

We have that mouse!!

My dd has a cuddly lamb, i.have hand washed it/sponged it down but it needs to go in the washing machine... According to the steiff website i can put it in a pillowcase and wash it at 30deg but i am paranoid of killing it. We have a spare but dd doesnt love the spare, she loves 'skanky' lamby as i call it!

[5madthings]

Re drying it i sit and rub lamby with a towel to dry him and have been known to use a hair dryer...

[Fluffy101]

Personally I put everything on the washer like that . Do you have a quick wash option?

[Ginismyfriend]

DD has a similar one - I started sticking it in the wash because it was getting disgusting. There was a point when she'd just started nursery and was taking it to help her settle where it needed washing at least every other night, because it was caked in malt loaf and paint . It doesn't look much like it used to, but she still loves it!

Is it worth running your spare through on a wool cycle (if the mouse is still available to buy if it goes wrong) to see what happens?

[5madthings]

I say take the dress off, put it in a pillowcase on a quick wash or a delicates cycle and it will be fine. We have a jellycat rabbit thats been.through the wash and seems fine :)

Towel dry and put in airing cupboard, on radiator or use a hair dryer :)

[5madthings]

And you can still buy the same mouse in my local.john lewis :)

[YBR]

We have (3) jellycat lambs (DD doesn't yet know there are several) They frequently go through the wash - there's at least on most days. No problems so far.

[YBR]

I should have said: we try not to let her have the same one for more than 24 hours as she sucks them soggy and they rapidly smell rank.

[unclefluffy]

Our one of those mice has been through the wash - 30 degree quickwash with the rest of DD's clothes. It's totally fine. Might be a bit less fine if you did it the whole time, I suppose...

[ellesabe]

We have a similar toy mouse that can't be machine washed. We put it in a big sock and tied a knot in the end. It was fine.

[Poppystar1]

We have the jellycat rabbit which looks as if it's made from the same fabric as your mouse - it has been through the wash on a cool quick wash cycle several times and is fine. I do put it in a mesh bag as well just to be on the safe side.

[babybouncer]

I'm going to stick the spare through the wash as suggested this weekend, then. Fingers crossed!