How often do you dust your house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least once a week. I have an old dusty house. If I dust a spot, it is dusty again almost immediately.

Get your air ducts and vents cleaned.

[Sherriscott]

I need to do it daily....

[Anonymous]

Cleaner comes monthly. The only dusting I do in between is the stupid kitchen ledge with a black counter top. It's a raised half wall thing between the kitchen and dining room, but too high to be a breakfast bar or useful space. Ends up looking dusty about an hour after the cleaner is here . That one gets dusted extra. Everything else can wait unless there's company.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
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.

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

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.

This is my mothers house. She doesn't dust, never washes her kitchen or laundry room floor. Curtains have never been cleaned. Yuck.
I don't like visiting because everything is so gross, but if we go you just don't touch anything. And you try not to look at anything either.

Ironically her BF has a rental beach house and she talks endlessly about how filthy OTHER people are.

[Anonymous]

1x a week in winter, 2x a week other times, especially when we start opening the windows more. Pollen gets everywhere!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
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.

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

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.

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.

I think about this often. Firstborn---I was neurotic. Everything was clean, clean, clean. The daycare in my Office literally smelled like bleach. It was brand-new when he started and clean as a whistle. He has bad environmental allergies.

Second born was at home with nanny. Outside all of the time. He went to a play-based preschool starting at 2.5 that was filthy--kids were into everything. Germs everywhere. Old building--gross at times.

Second born--zero allergies. First born--getting allergy shots now at 11.

Of course---this could be totally genetic. I have zero allergies and my husband has horrible outdoor and pet allergies.

Playing outside and being filthy is fine. Doesn't mean your house should be filthy. You don't need to live in a barn.

DD had a play date who was so allergic to cats theirs was sent to live outside. We have 4 ate - no reaction. All she had to do was occasionally dust and vacuum her house - her house was filthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Once a week if I'm in a good routine. Anything longer than that and the dust starts to show on our trinkets, the dust bunnies roll out from under the beds, etc...

To the non-dusters, how is dust not accumulating in your house?

It is accumulating. We are overlooking it.

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.

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....

This is why I only dust when company comes over. Dusting activates my allergies.

Well, touching stuff (like taking a book off a shelf) should activate your allergies too. What is good about that?
Hire a maid, spray a swifter duster with a little water or wear a mask and dust every week or two.