The Hive Mystery Solved

Remember my woes with Mike and his hives and swollen lips? We tried removing the rats. That didn't seem to be the issue so I moved on to my next experiment, laundry detergent. It's true that several months ago I changed to Gain. So I bought some ERA Free for sensitive skin. I grabbed a selection of his clothing and kept them separate up in his room after I washed them. Day one went by, no hives, Days 2, 3 and 4 also passed. Then purely "on accident" as he likes to say, he grabbed a shirt from his closet yesterday morning that was not washed in ERA Free and by the end of the day he was breaking out in hives!

So I think that corroborated my preliminary findings. It's the Soap.


My next experiment will be to introduce a small sampling of his clothing to the new soap we are now using, Tide. Based on Consumer Reports findings it's one of the top detergents. I hope I don't have to switch to ERA Free for all the laundry as I hate doing laundry as it is, and about the only thing I do enjoy about it is the lovely fresh scent from clean clothes! Either way I have to rewash all his clothing. Youch!

Anyway I enjoy internet shopping and positively detest real shopping in the store and am still looking for a gift for my mother who is very difficult to shop for (and incidentally loves to shop), and I found some more Mother's Day Gifts.


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