Crud. Max woke up with a runny nose today.  I walked into his room this morning and was greeted by my 2.5-year old son and his 2.5-pound nose-booger hanging from his nostril.  Instead of his usual chipper “HI MOMMY!” greeting, he honked out, “May I have a tissue, peese?” and then just as I hand it to him, he wipes his nose with his sleeve.

When one kid in my family gets sick, it can be just a matter of days (or moments of contact with a booger-covered sleeve) for someone else in our house to get sick. Not a perfect day for Max … but definitely a ripe day for my Clorox® 7-day bleach challenge!    

After putting him to bed tonight, I collected all his plastic toys, stuck them in the kitchen sink and gave them a “bleach bath.”   (This was one bath that I didn’t need to chase around my kids for.) I filled the sink with ¾ cup of Clorox® Regular Bleach and a gallon of water and then let those toys sit there for about 5 minutes.  Then I just pulled the drain stopper, gave the toys a little rinse and let them drain there overnight.

Fortunately, Max seemed to be feeling better tonight.  And I’m feeling good about the disinfected toys. Day #3 and ummm … winning!

Pssst … don’t forget to leave a comment below during this week-long challenge for a chance to be randomly selected to win a $100 Visa Gift card! 

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