But they should not replace milk in a child's diet. Parents and child-care providers offer juice as a frequent snack, thinking it's a healthy selection. She says children who drink too much pseudo-juice risk gaining excessive weight and losing their appetite for milk, which provides protein, calcium and other important nutrients. If a child with allergies lives in your house, spring cleaning should include stuffed animals who live there, too. But they are ubiquitous in winter because the house is closed up and the heater is running, making conditions ideal for the dust mites to thrive.
Stuffed animals harbor the tiny allergens.
That will kill the dust mites. If you wash the animal, soap and cold water aren't enough. You need heat. For the child who sleeps with stuffed animals and seems to have chronic allergy symptoms, he suggests fashioning a hammock above the bed for the toys so they are near the child but far from the child's face. If the symptoms persist, see a physician about possible causes and treatments.