MyGirl's bedtime companion is Little Pookie, a pink plushie pig (from one of her uncles or aunties) based on one of Sandra Boynton's characters. She absolutely LOVES this stuffed pig. She refused to put this pig in the shipping boxes and her luggage, so she hand-carried it with her on the plane.
The unthinkable happened last week, Little Pookie got a little pukey. Yes, MyGirl vomited in bed and LP was among the casualties. The bedsheet and the blanket were easy enough to handle, but LP was a different story altogether. The cleaning instructions on LP indicated surface washing only so that is what I tried. However, my initial surface washing didn't quite do the trick. I figured I would put LP in the washing machine on a sunny day.
As the days wore on, MyGirl started missing her bedtime buddy. She urged me to get LP clean again so that they could be reunited. When the weather report predicted "mostly sunny" we decided to give cleaning LP another shot.
We were going to do a load of towels and figured this would be the best batch for LP to join. I tossed LP into the washing machine with the towels but before hitting the START button, I announced that I was not sure what would happen to her toy (considering the cleaning instructions and all). I asked MyGirl if she wanted me to give surface washing one more try. I think I scared her with my statement because she sheepishly asked that we pull her toy out of the washing machine. We retrieved poor LP from the sea of towels and spared it the wash cycles.
MyGirl stood behind me as I filled up a basin with some water then added liquid detergent. As I was about to start washing LP, she shrank back and said, "I don't want to watch." (Seriously, she sounded as if I was going to torture her pig.)
Anyway, I hung up LP on the laundry lines after I washed it and hoped for the best.
That evening, when I got home from work, we checked Little Pookie out.
See for yourself whether I did a good job or not.
This is how I found MyGirl's bed when I went to her room one evening.
MyGirl quickly jumped into bed with LP to join the shot.
2 comments:
there are foaming fabric/stuffed toy cleaners available here. Another suggestion (tho' not certain if enough for your initial problem) is baking soda in a black trash bag, shake with stuffed toy, shake out clean -- or something like that.
oops, but forgot to say that it seems like you did a very very good job with it
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