How often do you dust your house?
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Anonymous
It is accumulating. We are overlooking it. |
Anonymous
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We live in a newish small townhouse and don't have a lot of stuff or surfaces that aren't used everyday.
I never notice the dust. Cleaners dust the baseboards and books/bookshelves once per month and that works for me. |
Anonymous
You are lucky not to have any environmental allergies then! Especially in spring, I have to dust regularly otherwise the pollen comes from outside, the dust mites proliferate inside, and it's the death of us. |
Anonymous
| Cleaners do it every other week. |
Anonymous
Wow, that some serious allergies. I dust once a week. It's still always very dusty because one spouse is a skin flake factory and works from home, plus I open windows daily, due to my fresh air addiction, plus it's a small old house full of people and pets. And paper products are dustier than ever. I wipe down the bathrooms multiple times a week, more to keep up with the kleenex/toilet paper dust than because I'm super hygienic. Having forced air heating and cooling blows dust everywhere too. |
Anonymous
Honestly when I do dust - my daughter's allergies act up. Not saying I shouldn't dust - but its the movement of the dust that bothers her. Dusting invariably kicks up dust.... |
Anonymous
| Once a week. If you have to dust daily you need better AC filters or need to vacuum more often. |
Anonymous
We don't have any allergies in our house. I just can't imagine living in a filthy house. If you are not dusting at least once a week, gross. Seriously gross. |
Anonymous
Weekly duster again: this happened to us when I didn't know how to dust. Either do the moist paper towel method like a PP does in her child's room, or use a plush microfiber cloth like I do, or use the appropriate attachment of your vacuum. If you use a cloth, your hand movement has to be very controlled so you don't shake dust into the air. I regularly take the cloth and shake it outside before coming back in and continuing my dusting. My father prefers to vacuum everything with the little brushes that came with his machine (a little pointy thing, and a little upholstery brush), and that works very well too. |
Anonymous
| I have never dusted my house but we do have once a week cleaners. I assume that they dust. |
Anonymous
+1. I never dust. We keep the windows closed (pollen allergies), don't have pets, and change the furnace filter every 90 days. |
Anonymous
Meh. At least my kids won't have allergies and asthma. 
Dirty Baby, Healthy Baby? Early Filth May Reduce Allergies http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/dirty-baby-healthy-baby-early-filth-may-reduce-allergies-n123921 Newborns Exposed to Dirt, Dander and Germs May Have Lower Allergy and Asthma Risk http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/newborns_exposed_to_dirt_dander_and_germs_may_have_lower_allergy_and_asthma_risk |
Anonymous
Stop that. Allergies are largely inherited, so allergic parents can live in filth all they want, their kids still have a higher risk than others of being allergic. Don't pat yourself on the back. |
Anonymous
Nice try. Four of my five are adults. Of the five we have exactly zero allergies, food or otherwise. They spent a ton of time outdoors as kids. There is no excuse for a filthy house. If you are not cleaning, to include dusting, at least once a week, your house is filthy. |
Anonymous
Yes allergies are somewhat genetic, but mostly it's a lifestyle thing. I dust my house often, but make sure my baby is around dogs and cats and gets to play in the dirt. I never worried about the 5 second rule. Dirt isn't going to make her sick, other 2 year olds make her sick. |