Getting vomit, poop and pee out of your car seat

Jennifer Beall, CPST & Founder of CleanBeeBaby, shares advice for parents on the best ways to get stains out of your baby's car seat without damaging it
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Getting vomit, poop and pee out of your car seat

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Baby car seats are disgusting. From Cheerios and raisins, to poop, pee, vomit and mold - we have seen it all lurking in those car seats. If you are going to attempt to clean your car seat at home make sure that your very first thing read the instruction manual. Every car seat manual will have directions for how you can clean it. Some just want you to spot-clean the item, using a very gentle or mild soap. Others will allow you to disassemble it, remove the straps and put it on a gentle cycle in your washing machine. Do not put your item in the dryer because they will shrink and you will not be able to properly reassemble it. If you don't have a serious cleaning need, you can always gently lift up the bottom of the car seat, vacuum underneath, try to get the milk and crannies. We often use Q-tips to try to get to those deeper, darker spots. And if you are still having trouble or you still have smells, especially vomit and urine. That stench tends to come back in that hot car after it's been sitting there a few days, you can always bring it to a professional car seat cleaning company.


Jennifer Beall, CPST & Founder of CleanBeeBaby, shares advice for parents on the best ways to get stains out of your baby's car seat without damaging it

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Jennifer Beall, MBA, CPST

Founder of Tot Squad

Jennifer Beall is the Founder and CEO of Tot Squad formerly known as CleanBeeBaby, an eco-friendly cleaning service for strollers and car seats that is at a different neighborhood retailer or preschool every day. Professional safety technicians help properly reinstall car seats after they are cleaned.Certified as a Child Passenger Safety Technician since 2009, Jen is passionate about helping parents properly use their car seats given that 85% are incorrectly installed. She also serves on the Los Angeles committee for Baby Buggy, a charity that helps collect used baby gear to redistribute it to families in need.Jen received her MBA in 2010 from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where she focused on Marketing and Entrepreneurship. CleanBeeBaby was created through her coursework, for which she won first place in the Kellogg Cup Business Plan Competition and the Student of the Year award in Entrepreneurship. Prior to business school, she worked in management consulting as well as internal strategy for a food and beverage company. She also received a BS in Mathematics from Duke University after leaving her hometown of Austin, Texas.Jen now lives in Los Angeles but remains a loyal fan of the Texas Longhorns and the Duke basketball team. She enjoys spending time outdoors and traveling. She has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Fast Company, Daily Candy, and Crain's Chicago Business.

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