Chester the Tiger has been on the receiving end of the worst of DD's tummy bug. How best to freshen him up?

[swottybetty]

and i'm not talking puke here. i washed him with johnsons shampoo and then a bit of dettol but he still smells awful. dh thinks bung him in a pillowcase then the washing machine but i am not convinced he will survive. poor dd, she is still not well and tonight had to go to sleep without him for first time in her 19months soppy

[whomovedmychocolate]

Hmmm...the dettol will not have helped much.

If you have handwashed him and he's survived, you can indeed put him in a cool wash (max 40 degrees) but don't for gods sake put him in the tumble drier.

BTW you posted this twice!

[susiey]

I have put all my kids teddies and such through the washing machine a number of times and they are fine though it sad watching their little aces going round and round!
I never put them in a pillow case though and they are obviously not quite the same but very clean!

[Poledra]

I put all the DDs' soft toys in the washing machine on a wool cycle. I don't care if you're not meant to do it, I can't stand the smell! And they've all survived fine, though the DDs sometimes find it a bit distressing to see their favourite cuddly toy hanging on the washing line by its ears. [evil mum emoticon]

My DSis has terrible problems with her oldest DD's cuddy toys - DNiece compains that they don't smell right after they've been washed! DSis says that is because they are rank by the time she manages to prise them out of (11-yo) niece's hands!

[TheHappyCat]

ewww... like POledra said. I have a silks wash on my machine which has an even slower spin than the wool wash (same temp). I use that. In fact I do it regularly anyway.

[TsarChasm]

We had a major upset after I put Chloe the cat in the washing machine (on hot) and her fur went all matty. Dd was very upset

I had to do it though. It turned up here second hand and mangy from a school fete. My dc feel the need to re-home every stuffed toy. The more unsavoury it looks the more they want it