Anti-Allergy Bedding - Advice Please

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Rainydaze · 14/01/2011 17:44

Does anyone have any experience of anti-allergy bedding for young children, please?

DD (2.5) has just been diagnosed with asthma. We're waiting to find out what the cause is, but in the meantime I'll like to dust-proof her bedroom as much as poss, as she coughs a LOT at night. :(

Thank you.

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looseleaf · 15/01/2011 17:46

try the White Company website or Peter Jones? The White Co have a sale on but think prices similar.
My dh has asthma and changing the bedding to antiallergy made huge difference especially at my parents' where he used to have attacks and is now safe.

Iggly · 15/01/2011 17:50

DS is 15 months and I think sensitive to dustmites. So he has an anti-allergy cot sheet. He has a sleep bag (you can get them for up to three). It's easier to manage dustmites - wash regularly, keep off the floor etc.
I wet dust his room once a week, open the window and air it regularly and vacuum twice a week.
Seems to make a difference - he gets asthma induced by viruses so when he has a cold or flu etc. He'll be pretty bad at night :( this has helped though.

DreamTeamGirl · 15/01/2011 18:00

My DS has asthma- diagnosed at 16 weeks so we have lived with it his whole life, including steroids from 20 weeks.

I damp dust daily, and send the roomba round every other day as a minimum- occasionally it gets done daily

Never bothered with antiallergy bedding- never even heard of it tbh? I just hoover the mattress weekly, use a washable topper and change that and the linen weekly
He does well on that

SparkyToo · 16/01/2011 10:15

My son doesn't have asthma, but has a bit of eczema which can also be affected by dust-mites etc in bedding. Basically you need bedding that you can stick on a really hot wash (over 60 degrees) to kill the little blighters. I went for this anti allergy duvet and it's absolutely fantastic. It feels wonderful, really soft. But when you wash it, it just dries so quickly, (couple of hours, if that!), so always back on the bed the same day.

He has the pillow from the same range and he also has an anti allergy mattress protector, which is also waterproof - so that's been a bit of a winner too.

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