11 Bad Bathroom Habits That Make Your Family Sick

Aug 06, 2018 by apost team

The bathroom is a hard room to keep clean. It is naturally a very germy place to be in your home. However, there are things you are doing that are actually making it even dirtier than it already is. Here are a few things you may have not realized are making your family sick in the bathroom.

The ceiling fan is not just for bad smells. It is also for moisture and bacteria in the air. It is fine to use an air freshener, but also turn on the ceiling fan especially during and after showers.

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Phones can be covered in bacteria, especially when you use them in the bathroom. Do you want to put that right on your face? To reduce the amount of bacteria on your phone, leave it out of the bathroom.

When you put your soap in the soap dish, it can still hold the bacteria from your hands. Make sure your soap dish has holes in it for the bacteria to drain out. If it does not, make sure to clean the dish often.

When the lid is left open, the spray from a flush can go up to 6 feet high. This mean bacteria could even be hitting your ceiling! To prevent the bacteria in the toilet bowl from spreading, make sure to leave the seat down when you flush. You don't need to watch it!

When you leave make up on the counter, bacteria can easily start growing on it. The counter is not the best place for make up. Keep your make up stored in a drawer by itself or in a container. This will keep it fresh and clean.

Believe it or not, your towels should be washed every 3 days. However, if you are the only one using it, you might be able to make it last up to a week. Towels can hold on to a lot of bacteria so make sure to keep them washed!

Your toothbrush needs to be stored upright and in the open. However, make sure they will not touch any other brushes.

We all have loofahs. But when is the last time you swapped your loofah out? You should change out your loofah every 2 months. If you have a natural loofah, you should change it every month. Those things can hold a lot of bacteria!

Most shower curtains are machine washable. So why don't people clean them more often? To keep your shower curtain cleaner longer, make sure it is stretched out and not scrunched up to one side of the shower.

Walking barefoot in your bathroom is an easy way to spread bacteria. You could buy a pair of bathroom shoes or you could just make sure to bleach your bathroom floor often!

Washing your hands is a great way to keep clean, but many people don't wash their hands long enough. Make sure to wash your hands in warm water for at least 20 seconds to get them really clean.

How clean is your bathroom? Could it be more clean with these tips? Let us know!