Originally Posted by
Kindra178
Bare is always better than carpet and rugs. We don't use rugs, carpet or curtains in any bedroom. Running an air purifier in your bedroom also helps with allergies. In your case, I would get a second air purifier for his office as well. Pollen just gets in! We use Austin Air or Blue Air. Make sure the ones you use aren't emitting ozone. There's a great list floating around these boards, posted by Annie. In my experience, room purifiers work better than a large one that's supposed to cover an entire floor.
Change the filters on your furnace once a month. Go with Merv 11 or higher (much higher than 11 reduces output).
Vacuum once a week. Use air conditioning more and don't open the windows. Allegra and Nasonex are great.
This. One of our boys is allergic to specific dog hair, pollen while other kiddo is severely allergic to same as your son, OP. Particularly dust mites.
What worked for us is taking same approach to kindra. All hardwood floors upstairs, NO rugs. We put room air purfierer in each kiddo bedroom, allergen proof mattress pad and allergen pillow cases.
Because we have a dog, we step up on vaccuming. We do it twice a week and keep a cordless vacuum upstairs and bigger cordless downstairs since we do have rugs some downstair rooms.
All of above helps. We change the filter religiously monthly. as noticed ours flare up big time, if it isn’t changed beyond week 5.
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