cleaning vomit off carpets...

[Zerub]

After a few little episodes with my poor sick DD last week, I realised that my education was clearly sadly lacking in certain respects - I didn't need to study geography, I needed classes in vomit clearance. And other housewifery that I just have no clue about.
Anyway, whats the best way to get rid of the stain and smell when your darling has deposited her partly-digested dinner on the carpet?

[codswallop]

dettol liquid. I find.

the stain - no idea I am getting a carpet man in

[codswallop]

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[codswallop]

here

[codswallop]

ps the foot bit in that link was a little de trop I think

[janh]

Bicarb!

Make a nice wet solution of bicarb and water, scrub in, let dry and hoover out. Gets rid of the smell anyway - not sure about the stain however. Good luck!

[lou33]

This might help.

[codswallop]

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[Zerub]

Codswallop!

Bicarb - I keep seeing 101 different uses for this stuff. Can you only buy it in silly little pots in the baking section of Tescos?

[codswallop]

glad someone else liked it!

[janh]

Zerub, no, you can buy it in lovely big boxes (500g?) from the chemists. Or at least you used to be able to. Dead useful for poxy kids in the bath, among other things.

[sb34]

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[musica]

Try '1001' - it was our lifeline when ds kept throwing up everywhere! You can get it from most supermarkets.

[sb34]

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[codswallop]

\lol!

[M2T]

Janh?? Poxy kids??? That's not a nice way to talk about them!!

[codswallop]

she was referrin to chicken pox surely!

[princesspeahead]

soda water is very good as well, don't know why, lifts stuff out of carpets and helps with odour.

housewifepeahead

[Joley]

Try 1001 carpet cleaner with the little plastic brushy thing on the top of the can, works for me

Good luck

[StripyMouse]

Oxiclean is really good for food stains - digested or otherwise! In fact it is my present favourite household buy when it comes to all sorts of child related messes - saved me chucking loads of non bleachable clothes in the bin with "impossible" stains Otherwise Vanish foam spray for carpets and upholstery is fantastic for all sorts of pet and chidren stains.

The problem with vomit (sorry for getting a bit technical!) is that if you don?t act really quickly the stomach acids can really bleach your carpet (learnt from bitter experience). So, even if you have no good cleaning stuff in the house at least "weaken" it immediately with loads of warm soapy water before going out to the shop to get something capable of "finishing the job".
Hope your little one is better soon Zerub.

[codswallop]

I have learned this now. Baby was coughing at night and couldnt see properly to clean up ..and was loath to start at whatever am.. Need to call Ricky the carpet man in

[SoupDragon]

In our old house, we had laminate flooring in the nursery. Simply wipe it clean!

Power spray carpet cleaner seems pretty good at most things.

[eidsvold]

I use vanish and then rub over stain with damp cloth wait til dry then vacuum when dd does her little pukes over carpet.

[sis]

Cheap and quick - definately go for soda bi carb solution - it got us through ds's projectile vomitting episode for every movement of every tooth!

[boyandgirl]

Febreeze is particularly usefull if you're cleaning up in the dark. At least anything that gets missed won't reek.

[Zerub]

Fabulous! Will be off to buy the bicarb then!

Thanks!