Because I Said So!!! Mom Knows Best!

Spring Cleaning is here! Yes, that is right, it is
HERE!! Oh, how I long for a life where I could just
hire someone to come in and do it for me but alas,
no lottery winnings have been in my Tarot Cards so
I am stuck cleaning myself. I am also knee deep into
Rowan care and everything that goes along with that
as well. Her little bootie cleaning doesn't just wait for
Spring, this needs constant cleaning. Then the house
needs tending too, dishes and windows and counters
oh, my. With all this cleaning I could fill a landfill with
paper products and the chemical run off in my sewers
alone would be enough to make our whole neighborhood
glow in the dark. It seems like I have a whole list of
problems here, for I need to find a dump truck full of
cleaning products AND Baby items and make them
powerful AND gentle AND they all have to be good for
the planet for with as much going on as I have I need
to take a little extra care, taking short cuts just makes
more waste and I do more then my share of contributing
to clutter as it is. The odds of finding everything I need
at one places are next to ZIL for who does all that and
makes it affordable? Who makes Laundry and Cleaning
items and the Baby and products I need and makes them
specifically in a fashion that doesn't knock a few forests
down and keeps to the guidelines of Green? Not only is
it a daunting task but I thought it would be next
to imposable. Then I found Seventh Generation. That is a
nation everyone can be proud to join!

Seventh Generation is a company that sees that the
common person has two parts to the world. The big
one around us and the one we surround ourselves in
on a daily basis. Both are important and both need
tending to and people are running around so fast now
a days they have a hard time keeping up with either so
they made it their mission to help us on our path. I was
looking through their product list and the impression I got
was one day a Mom sat down and said just what do I
need on a daily basis. She them compiled a check list
of household and personal hygiene products that her and
her family both use and sat back in amazement at how
much it really was. I can imagine this "Green" Mom
realizing just what an impact her "must have" list makes
on the planet everyday and this person decided to see
if there was a way to make these items without ruining
the big world around us. Now I don't know if my
Mom is real or not but when I looked at their product
list that was the vibe I got for what Seventh Generation makes
is just what I use on a daily basis. All of it. Every last
item in their arsenal is something I have to keep in my
home to make it run smoothly and clean and keep my
family comfortable. The fact it is also Earth Friendly was
a big plus for even though I care about our planet it
has always been super hard for me to find items that
are green and still do an effective job. Most of the
items I have tried that are for cleaning and green I ended
up going back to an old stand after wards to do the job
right. The Green ones just were not cutting it. Would
Seventh Generation be the same? I did a product review to
see and the items I tested focused on Rowans world
but they are products that effect us all.
Their Baby items would be the best gage for
me to get an idea of how effective they are for face
it, this is where we take the most care in our lives
to provide a clean and sanitary environment. Nobody cuts
corners with baby involved and this is also the part of
our lives where we accumulate the most waste products for
Baby creates a lot. If a baby wipe does not clean babies
bootie good enough a Mom could care less how bad
another brand is for the planet she will think nothing of
using it to assure her child is clean. If a diaper leaks
she is going to trash it and get a brand that keeps her
child dry even if it does knock down a small forest with
every change of the bootie! If that laundry detergent
sends back clothes that looks like my son beat them
on a rock instead of send through the wash I am going
to use the chemicals to make sure it never looks like
that again. It is a fact of life, we do what is best for
our baby first and worry about its impact later. That
doesn't make us bad people just good Mom's. Now
if I can find a product that covers both things Bravo!
But if not I am going for the chemicals and extra waste
for Rowan comes first. I also know if Seventh Generation can
make me happy in the baby department, an area where
every female is the most fickle, then every other cleaning
and paper product they make has to be just as good!
I was sent a complete set of items for Rowan, Diapers,
Wipes, Paper Towel and Detergent and more and I have
to say I was a little nervous. This is Rowan and this
isn't a toy I am testing these are items that will touch
her skin and as much as I love my dog I would much
rather shave her bald and slap a Diaper on her Bootie
then to experiment on the Baby so I read a bunch of
reviews myself before I even took the chance of using
any of their items on that little girl. Not a single bad
word could be found. Next I read some in depth details
of how their items were made. I NEED to be sure here,
other wise the Pups fur will grow back. What I found is
these guys, unlike some of the other brands I have
used, did not get rid of anything in their products
that are effective in cleaning they just made sure to
bring you all the natural forms and cut the fillers and
junk we don't need. We are back to the basics before
we started going all hap-hazard with our products and
tossing in a little of this and a lot of that, items we
don't really need. Things snowballed in the cleaning world
and one place would add something to their laundry
detergent and then realize UT, oh, that takes away from
this aspect so they needed to add something else to
fix that and so on and so forth. The end result was a
finished product that has 45 million ingredients we don't
really need. Seventh Generation went back to square one and
started fresh and only kept the good stuff we needed
in the first place. Let's not forget, when the first place
was first around all we had was natural items to work
with so that is what they used. Better for us, WAY better
for baby and better for the planet all around. So I
was now comfortable in the fact they made a product
people love and use ingredients that will not hurt my
little girl so I gave them a whirl for the real test is
will they work for me.
WORK" Hallelujah! I have never, ever, used any
product in my whole life that is Green anything that
worked better. In fact these guys blow away most of
the things I use that are not green. The Wipes, lets
start with the wipes. I hate gross and lets be real a
minute here, changing a baby's diaper is gross when,
well, you know. Rowan has some doozies too. I
can't stand to get my fingers in it and therefor go
through a lot of wipes and though I look for thicker ones
that work well I can't ever find them and 7th Generation
has wipes that are thick enough and just moist enough
to clear her up without me using a half of box each
time. I loved them and now I want to talk about the
Diapers themselves. When Andrew was a baby I
used cloth and I just don't have the time right now.
When I did use a disposable with him I really remember
Pampers and Huggies being top of the line and got
those for Rowan and have been having a fit. They leak,
they fill too fast and I have found cheap brands that
work way better. I was disgusted with them and when
these came I gave them a whirl and was so happy
the first night I did not have to wake that baby at
2 am and change her for they kept her dry all night
long. I was in super shock there! These are the best,
green or not, Diapers I have used since Rowan has
been home and I am doing a Jig every morning when
I don't have to change her sheets and everything she
slept with from a nasty leak once again. Now, dry
as can be. If I stopped the review right now I would
be in their debt for you have no idea how happy I am
with this fact alone! After that I did the Baby's
laundry detergent and this stuff is awesome too! I
even think it would work on my sons items and that
is saying something huge. I love the way it left all
of her items smelling fresh as well as being super
clean and no fading at all. I am really bad about
pre-treating stains and because of that a lot of my
items end up per-mi stained and I was in complete shock
when some stains I had long ago given up on disappeared.
Now that was a shocker! Baby stuff! WOW! I am
now a member of the Seventh Generation, send me my
membership card!

I also loved their other items and their paper
towels the most. I go through a lot and use them
for ever thing and these were super absorbent and
I only went through about half of what I normally
go through and that alone spoke volumes to me
and really made my day for the money I can save
right there will be enormous.Seventh Generation in general
just produces a great product all around and is just
what a Mom ordered for Spring cleaning and day to
day too. With kids or without, you are keeping your
home as clean as can be and leaving the least impact
on the world around you and saving it for your kids.
What could be better?

Seventh Generation has the same kit I received for
one of my readers as well. To enter just head over to
their site and take a look around and them come back
here and post either what item you would get the most
use out of or something you have learned. The contest
will start tonight and run to Midnight on April 28th.
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day, every day, and then posting that you did here
and other ways to enter are posted below.


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Rowan now has four teeth that are fully in
and 3 more on the way. 3 weeks ago she was a
total gummy baby and 2 weeks ago the first one
broke the skin. The other three showed up on the
scene with in the next couple of days. I swear I
have never seen a Baby pop so many teeth up in
such a short period of time. Andrew got his first
around this time but after that tooth he got one,
maybe two in a month tops. Not little Miss thing though,
everything she does has to be NOW from the second
she came into this world. Heck, Rowan even came
into the world fast. With Andrew I had hard labor
for a good 6 hours and when I say hard I mean like
full on one more push will do it those lying doctors
and their fairy tales. Since when does one more push
last 6 hours. Rowan on the other hand was born so
fast she had a bruise on her for head from hitting
my tailbone on the way out the door. She sat on her
own fast, she stood fast, she rolled over and babbled
and every other baby mile stone there is super fast.
She started drooling like a faucet from the time she
was a little over a month and I for sure thought she
was going to get her first tooth early. Little did
I know she was going to save them all up for a group
appearance. She looks super cute now with a mouth full
of chompers but that week before the first one broke the
skin was just about one of the longest in my whole life.
I held that little rigid girl kicking and screaming for
7 solid days of tears and teething tablets and Ora-gel
and paced the floors and sang off key and pretty much
wanted to cry with her. Either she had the teething Woes
bad or the fact I am now in my forty's made her teething
just as hard on me as it was on her. But they are here,
all pretty and sweet. There is something about children's
little tiny square baby teeth that makes you go aweeeeee!
We have made it too the first gap tooth grin and next stop
will be waving goodbye to these little guys she worked so
hard for and sending them off to the tooth fairy. For now
they are hers and she did a good job.
So now Rowan needs a toothbrush. Now what to get?
Just like everything else in the baby world so much had changed
from the time Andrew was a baby to Rowan. With Andrew my
choices for a toothbrush for a little tyke were do I want a Blue
handle or a Pink one? Now they have bells and whistles and
gadgets and gold covered bristles. Okay, I was joking with the
bristles thing but it rhymed. I can't even remember the kind off
tooth brush Andrew had though for they just weren't that big of
a deal. Electric ones were out but they cost and arm and a leg
and only adults had them. Now you can buy those electric jobs
for 12 bucks that are just about disposable. I tell you, as much
as battery's cost it almost is cheaper to buy another one then to
replace a battery. Now if memory serves, mind you it gets pretty
fuzzy now a days, but if it serves, back then all kids brushes were
soft. Now you even have a choice there. In fact, instead of my Blue
or Pink, I can now choose the color, manual or electric, the bristle,
if it is good for back teeth or if it has a roof of your mouth job and
so many other things I almost long for my Pink or Blue back. I just
didn't know where to start so I thought I would call on some of my
younger friends and ask them. Lucky for me where I live I had a
good slice of the generation gap. For Moms with kids at home it
was kinda like the three bears. There was the far end from me a Mom
with real young girls, then the boys in the middle and down at my
end I would have to say we were Papa bear for Johns daughter was
the youngest at 13 followed by my son at 16 then we had 20 and
25. A pretty far stretch from the one year old on the far end. If
I had a question about younger kids all I had to do was walk down
the block to I got to the age I needed. This Baby's too big, this
Baby's not much better and this one is just right.
"Excuse me neighbor I only wave to, how did you pick your
daughters toothbrush out?"


BLINK BLINK "excuse me?"


" I said, How did you know what kind of toothbrush to buy for
your child."
So that approach really didn't get me any answers though I did
notice when I am outside the same time as them they rush the
kids back in the house fast as they can. I am starting to wonder
if I should be offended but I still needed answers so I hit the net
because what ever question I ask it the net never whispers to
its friends when it sees me and makes concerned faces like I am
off my rocker. My google search of good + toothbrush turned up
a load of the big old same old, same old, places who pay big
money to pop up at the top of a search engine and with all
their advertising we have been spoon fed for years to think
they were what it is all about.
But are they really that good?
I briefly pondered taking my quest to the streets and doing my
own version of the census. Hey, I have more then one question
on my mind. But after my little let's ask the neighbor thing went
bust I could pretty much see shackles in my future if I did that
in public and to complete strangers. Now my neighbors may think
I am weird now but before they thought I was sorta, well, yeah,
they thought I was weird then too but at least they didn't think I
was so crazy I did things like talk to field mice and build furniture
out of Banquet TV dinner boxes weird. Just a little different kind of
weird. If I took that chance on a City street with people that don't
know I am harmless for all intensive purposes I could get in a bit
of trouble so I needed a better way. I decided forums. They have
a forum for everything and I found more then one on dentistry and
toothbrushes. What I did was ask two sets of question. What do
you look for when picking out a child's toothbrush and what are
your favorite brands of toothbrush. For the first part of my
question the top five answers I got were;
1. Soft
2. Safe
3. Easy to handle
4. made for a baby's mouth
5. Affordable
Okay, duh! Now I do feel like a dork, these were all common
sense answers and I most likely could have skipped them. I will
say though it did make me feel a little better for now that I have
got my neighbors wondering if I will end up being a crazy Cat lady
I started to question my own sanity. It was nice to know I at least
still thought about the same things normal people did.
The other answer I got for part two were;
1. Oral B
2. Radius
3. Sonic Care
4. Phillips
5. TriFinity
Now wait a minute. I have heard of Oral B, Sonic Care and Phillips
for those are the big dogs, WOOF! The ones on the top of the
search engines with tons of advertising dollars to make sure we suck
up the hype if it is true or not. But I have not heard of the other
two. Hummmmmmmm, I love to learn about some new things here.
I contacted Radius and got a chance to do a review. They sent
me a little bit of everything. Perfect timing too for they got here right
when her first tooth was starting to break through so I held off on
my review a little for I wanted her gums to heal a tad. While I
was waiting I went and tried the other brush they sent. The first thing
I noticed is the brushes are made for your hands. Interesting. Now
when I say that I don't mean they are just comfy brushes I mean
they are really made for a left or right handed person. It allows for
a better grip and control. Who would of thunk? They also have this
big head to make sure your pearly whites are getting a good buffing.
Another thing, well two things, I liked are the fact they last longer
and are affordable too. Um, money, hey, if I can save that and get
a better product. More power to me! They also have this really
high bristle count and along with that big head they got my
teeth really clean but the part I loved is normally I have bad gums
and since I already have bad teeth I seldom enjoy brushing my
teeth, in fact it is the three times during the day I dread. My gums
bleed something fierce and with the Radius Toothbrush they
didn't. I was wondering why, for in my whole life I had never
used a toothbrush that didn't. Seriously, for me bleeding gums
was just a fact of life and I was shocked so I read their site and
it seems that big head I liked is the trick. It distributes the weight
better and without so much pressure in one spot and with all those
bristles it is still getting your teeth super clean. LOVED IT!
What else I loved and normally this would be the first thing I
raved about but this one time I let my poor gums take some
presidents, is the styles and colors. Not only do they offer some
of the coolest colors out there those brushes are made from trees
and are a 100 percent renewable plastic. Delicious! Oh, and there
is also that ADA thing. Those Dentist guys say they are pretty
darn cool too! So I am hooked on the Adult brush and
can now see why it made a top 5 list. I was impressed!
Now for Rowan. It took me a while to convince her to
let me brush her teeth. First she just wanted to play with
it. Though she has broke the gums and the worst of her
teething is over she still likes to chew on everything and will for
a while so I had to sit there and show her look, Mommy does
hers and now Rowan, UGH! Again, Mommy does hers and now
Rowan, AHH, one more time. Well you get the picture. Lucky for
me Rowan is a super fast learner. Did I tell you guys she can
play Peek-A-Boo. Not where I hide and appear and hide again, and
she giggles uncontrollably. This little seven month old baby covers
her own face and then re-appears for me and I get to giggle.
Can you believe that? I don't remember Andrew doing that to he
was like 2. Any ways, I got her to let me do it. No easy feat for
she also is determined to do things herself. She caved, I did a
happy dance and we started. I was really careful for I was very
worried that her gums would still be sore. If they were I had not one
peep out of her and now if I do my teeth in the bathroom and
she is with me we have to do hers. She insists. Now it would
be nice if I could tell you that brush made her teeth super
white and shiny but come on, they are new, it isn't like they
have had a chance to get worn and dirty so I won't make such
a silly claim but what I will tell you is it did not hurt her, fit very
easy into her mouth and was easy to maneuver. In fact this Totz
line for older kids is just as easy for I made my son try it.
Now the funny part there and don't tell him I told you, is instead
of using his fancy job that costs a fortune he is using that still
for it is so soft and still gets his teeth done right. I feel bad for
the boy that he has my teeth but at least now he has a brush that
works for him!

Radius has a full line of brushes and all have the same
excellent standards and designs and they even have an Intelligent
brush that lets you know when you have brushed long enough
and when you should check for wear. For that one you just
replace the heads and the handle last forever to save you some
cash! There is also a Scuba with a flexible head so you
can get your whole mouth and not just you teeth. Talk about
fresh! Need more? Well they have floss and travel cases and
have you covered in every way they can. In fact after my review
and all I learned I think they should be number one on the
list, mega advertising budget or not. Before I had not heard of them,
now I don't know how I lived without them. I have to say I never
thought I would get excited about a toothbrush but I did. Tomorrow
I am going to tell my neighbors!


Radius is going to let some readers find out for themselves
how good they are. 3 of my readers are going to win a brush.
Either the Kidz, Totz and Pure Baby. To enter just head over to
the site and look around then come back here and post what you
thought was the best brush or feature and what one of the three
you would pick. The contest will start tonight and run to midnight
on April 20th.
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day every day and then posting that you did here
and other ways to enter are posted below.


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Boo is one of the best parts of my life. She is
one of the most loving dogs there ever was and has
been my loyal little friend for over 4 years now. As
much as I love her it doesn't change the fact if I do
not rush to let her out she has an accident* on my carpet.
Okay, I will even go so far as to admit there have been
times when she was angry at being left at home that she
has done it on purpose. Oh, and when she knocks things
over and they stain, um, or drags the garbage all over the
house, and there is nothing like meat drippings and grease
from bones she has found God knows where and buried
under the couch to they stank so bad I thought a heard of
Buffalo has moved in and died. Alright, you got me, Boo makes
a huge mess where ever she goes!

The worst part is the smell from the gifts** she
leaves, it doesn't ever go away. So far. I have
scrubbed and used the stupid carpet cleaner and
used one too many stupid products Petco said I
needed at 30 bucks a pop to get out the smell.
Some mail order, some I just happened to see
and one thing that cost 70 bucks a bottle that
for sure was supposed to work and DIDN'T!
What makes it even worse is those hot humid days
in the summer. It does not matter if the smell has been
gone for months, as soon as one of those sticky days
comes around the smell starts to seep back into
the air. I really need to find a product that works
and need to find it fast. I have a boat load a Holiday
guests and they are coming soon!

I had been talking to a really nice person at Simple Green
and have plans to do a review of their cleaning products
after the first of the year. We got to talking about pets and
I told her about my 12 pound poop and tinkle machine and
she laughed and said "We have something that will take care
of that!" I rolled my eyes and thought, "yeah, sure ya do!"
But said I would give it a try. What could it hurt? I have tried
everything else. When it came it was a spray bottle and said
you could use it just as that too, a spray! Hummm, where is
the foam I have to scrub in and let soak 42 days and then scrub
again and by the time I am done my knees are so sore there
isn't a chance in Hades I will ever get that low to the ground
again so I couldn't even tell you if it worked or not? This could be
sprayed right on or you can add it to your carpet cleaner.
Okay, I was a little excited that it was easy to use. But I wasn't going
to do a jig just yet for maybe it is simple to use because it just
doesn't work. I didn't have anything to lose though, it was
kinda stinky in the house from running the humidifier so
much and I have a whole house full of people coming so
I gave it a shot.
2 days before my dinner- I applied the Simple Green as
directed. Though I had little hope it would work I was happy as
a clam I didn't have to scrub it to death for these directions said
scrub gently and the fact I just sprayed and spent 30 seconds
scrubbing made me do a jig for I was super busy in the kitchen.
It said to let dry and I was happy to oblige.



1 day 2 hours left before my dinner. - I went to the six separate
areas I had sprayed for step two. 4 of those locations were stains
that had been there for over a year, one more for 6 months
and one Boo added to the collection shortly after Rowan came
home and she was jealous. The directions said those stains that
are older may need repeat applications but as old as some of these
were I held onto little hope they would ever come out. The directions
do not say if you should wash it out or not so I took the easy road and
just started my Roomba so I could keep cooking and figured I would
go see how it worked in an hour or so.



1 day 15 minutes to dinner-Out of the 6 stains I could no longer
find 4 of them. Of the two left one was super light and almost
gone and the other looked much better though it was the oldest
and darkest stain being Boo's favorite spot to go before she was
potty trained. She must have hit it a few dozen times in the first
couple of months we had her.Now mind you, I have tried to remove
all but the most recent stain and the one about 6 months old
at least a dozen times in the last 4 years and with no less then
5 different products and when finished all I had was a stain in
the middle of wet carpeting. Now 4 are completely gone and look
so good I almost burst into tears when I realized how dirty the
rest of my carpet was. One of the remaining 2
is almost gone and if it wasn't for the fact I obsessed over it
so often and knew right where it was I would not have been able
to find it for it also looked better then the surrounding carpeting.
The last one was light years better then it was but I could still see
it. The bottle said to repeat on older stains and I thought what the
hey, I got a day and applied it again.



14 hours to dinner- I turned on trusty little Roomba again and
headed to bed.



9 hours to dinner- I drug my tired butt down stairs completely
oblivious to my experiment for as tired as I was and how much
I still had left to do I forgot all about it. Roomba goes home when
done so that wasn't a clue for me and it was about 3 hours later
when I remembered and ran to check. Stain 5 GONE, really I mean
it, GONE! I almost dropped dead and was chicken to go
and check on the other stain for I was pretty close to euphoria and
didn't want to spoil it. I sat on the floor by the absent stain 5
and tried to get a glimpse of it but the stupid tree was in the
way. I screamed for Andy to come up from the Dungeon
( told you I was chicken) and he looked at me like I was nuts
when I asked him to go check the stain.
I should end this here like a soap opera and tell you tomorrow
how it worked but since you guys have been so patient with
me the last week I can't do that to you............so..........
Dum
Dum
DUM
Okay, wait is over, the stain was still there but so light
I could hardly make it out. Just like number 5 was before
this application if I hadn't known where it was I would not have
been able to see it. By this time I was a believer in Simple
Green Dog Stain and Oder Remover that I knew if I used it
one more time I would have a dirty carpet without stains
instead of the dirty carpet with 6 really ugly obvious stains
I had before this Wonder Spray came in the mail! I swear
to the Lord above I was in total shock it worked and worked well
for after all the money I sunk into stain cleaners over the last few
years and all the times I had drug that dang carpet cleaner up
from the basement only to waste an afternoon on a carpet I
was sure was doomed I had finally found something that
worked. I was so happy in fact I ran and got the other bottle
to make sure I gave it to my Mother for she has a dog and two
cats and could use it just as much as I needed it. I am half
tempted to put this Bottle in my china cabinet with all the other
mementos I have from my life that really mean something to
me. I also wanted to call all my guests and cancel for I was
too excited to cook and all I could think is if I did it one more time
it would be gone like stain number 5. I also wondered if it would
make the rest of my carpet look as good as the parts where the
stain was!
Simple Green is now my hero and I can't yet vouch for the
smell being gone for living in Michigan it will be a while before I
am faced with a Hot humid day but I can tell you I have had an
oven on for almost 3 straight days and had to crack windows for
it was so warm and could not smell a thing. The spray itself has
a pleasant scent that I can't put my finger on but it I enjoyed it
and it does not smell the least bit institutional or over powering.
I walked Boo around where the stains used to be and had a long
talk with her about repeating her sins and I am hoping she
understood but if she didn't I'm not going to sweat it for I now
have the answer I was looking for!
All through the days festivities I was grinning from ear to
ear for I was the only one who knew what the carpet looked
like only 48 hours before! I will tell you what, Simple Green
gave me the best gift this year! Finally my carpet is stain
free, well, was, about half way through dinner Andy spilled a huge
glass of something Purple. I wonder if....................hummmmm,
I will let you know!
While you wait Simple Green has a gift for you too! They are
offering one of my readers a Bottle of their own. You can pick
either the dog or the cat Formula. To enter just go to their site
and look around then come back her and post something you
have learned. The contest starts today and will run to midnight
on February 22nd.
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

Simple Green


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You guys know I spent the last few weeks nursing Rowan
back to health from her cold. It kills a parent to see their
little ones suffer and I have a Sanitizing spray I use
all over the place but there are still so many places she can
pick up germs. How many times does she drop something
on the ground every day and put it right back in her mouth.
Now I am sure I did it when I was a child but the one that
really makes me cringe is the lick for her, taste for dogie,
then back in her mouth. Ewwe! I try to keep everything clean
but how do you know when something is clean enough and
is hot or boiling water alone enough to sanitize something and
kill the germs? I am scared to death to use bleach on her
bottle nipples and pacifiers so what is a Mom to do?

Well I found a neat little Gadgets that alleviates at least
some of my worries. Pipila helped ease my fears with my
little baby's pacifier. Pacies and Binky's or whatever
cutesy name you call it in your house, are one of the hot
spots for germs since it is always in and out of their mouth
and who knows where else she puts it when I am not looking.
Even worse for Rowan is she is not hooked on it and only
wants them once in a while but when she does, she wants it
NOW. After sitting so long it freaks me out to just give it
to her so I rush around and try to sanitize it and by the time I
am done she is 4 shades of red from screaming and the most
unhappy little girl you have ever seen! With this gadget I just
rinse off her Pacie when she is done with it, dry it for a second
and pop it in there and Presto no more Germo! Better yet
I can leave it in there for it has a lid and the next time Rowan
has a NOW! moment I can grab it and feel secure for I know not
only was it cleaned it was left covered and safe and ready to
go!
The Pipila Pacifier Sanitizer is also a portable one
you can toss in your diaper bag so no matter where ever you
are you will have it. I can't count how many times we were out
somewhere where I had no access to water and she freaked for
it and the only thing I could do was to pop it in my mouth to
make sure there is no dirt on it before I give it to her then I
spend the rest of the time stressing I gave her my germs. With
this I can pop it in my mouth, then pop it in there when there is
no water and at least my germs won't be an issue. Clean water
is always best but you know how creative a Mom can be when
faced with crying baby dilemma! I took a peek at their web site
and from there I learned some of the benefits are:

Eliminates up to 99.9% of harmful germs.

Pacifier nipple shape is not changed by the sterilization process.

Portable, compact type; convenient and easy to use. e.g. shopping, visiting or traveling.
Allows parents to sterilize Pacifiers anywhere, anytime securely.
Safe, hygienic and environmentally friendly.

Accommodates all standard pacifiers.
Sterilization is complete in 6 minutes!

Operates with only 2 x AAA (1.5V) batteries.

and like I told ya a few seconds ago it is just a handy place
to keep your babys pacifier when on the go too! I know I feel
better with it for using a patented UV/O3 (ozone) lamp,
PipilaTM functions to kill up to 99.9% of germs residing
on the pacifier. That is just so important to keep baby safe
with everyhing going around today. Even more so when you
factor in that babies under 6 months can't get the H1N1
vacination and I don't know about you guys but that has
been a huge fear of mine since all this madness started
last year. I have calmed down a little but for a while I
was checking the CDC's web site for outbreak information
every single day. With this I can breath so much better and
not through a mask either. Poor baby was dressed in full
body armor for I couldn't afford the protective bubble to
cart her around in and now I don't need it for with this
Puppy and common sense she is so much safer! Last
of all I was wondering how much juice this thing would
take for its important task and how many batteries I
would be going through just for the convienance of
having a portable model and I was pretty impressed. Over
the last few days I went to town turning that thing on and
must have ran it at least 100 times before I grew board
with my little experiment and it is still going strong, more
then I can say for Rowans little projection light who's
Batteries I have to change so much I went out and bought
recharable batteries for it before I lost my mind and my
bank account balance. My finial word on the Pipila
Pacifier Sanatizer is it is a must have during cold and
flu season and pretty darn important to have the rest of
the year too!


Pipila Pacifier Sanitizer

You guys know I have a lot of clothes. I have told you
many times that I have not only claimed just about every
inch of closet space in the house and dresser space to
match but also have a third of the basement converted into
my own personal wardrobe. I just can't help myself. I am
getting almost as bad with Rowans outfits too! She has
loads of clothes already and I had to box some up for the
good will that she never even had a chance to wear before
she outgrew them. I am also not too great at reading the
care tags before I buy and have picked up many items
that need special attention and a few that are even dry clean
only. Yes, I know, I am out of my mind! It is just so much
fun dressing a little princess and every extra dollar I have
goes to her wardrobe right now. Even with Andy I am bad
and though he is only a t-shirt and Jean kind of Boy I can
promise you he has one of the largest T-shirt collections
there is and I still sneak in the fashionable outfit here
and there. John on the other hand is hopeless and long ago
I gave up on trying to dress him for no matter what I buy he
still clings to the same ugly pair of Khakis I have tried to
throw away more times then I can count already. There is
no point buying nice things when he won't wear them.
No matter though, it doesn't slow my stride for I still have
Andrew and Rowan and can even sometimes sneak in
items for Rachel though she is a teenage girl and has a mind
of her own. Holidays are the perfect time for instilling your
taste on teenage girls for they have to wear it at least once
or they seem rude. This year I got her a really nice winter
coat. The problem with nice clothes and anything that is
fashionable is keeping it that way!

I do not know how many items have been ruined around
here for not following the wash instructions. It is even worse
with stains for though I have stain remover every where in
this house and I mean that, all the bedrooms, the bathrooms
and Kitchen as well as the laundry area for the rare chance of
hope that someone uses it while the stain is fresh and I can save
the item nobody ever uses it. I could cry with the amount of
clothes I have thrown away due to poor handling. I swear I have
tried everything, or at least thought I had but so many of my
nice pieces have slipped through the cracks. I was just about
to give up then I got the chance to review Soak!

Not really a laundry Detergent but more like a Laundry
saver. It is like have a Dry cleaner in your own laundry room and
you can wash just about everything you used to tremble in fear
with the mear thought of washing before. I raced off to do my
pretty pretty drawer of unmentionables that I rarely ever touch
for fear of ruin and started with one. I will fess up. I grabbed a
whole pile and raced to the basement and when I got there
froze and picked out one lowly piece for my test run. I had
never even used the delicate cycle on the machine before
because I thought if I could ruin a towel ( who can ruin a towel,
they are meant to be tuff) what would I do with my favorite
Nighty I never get to wear. Well, four loads later I was wondering
what Else I could wash and raced back through the house
collecting hard to wash blankets, Baby clothes ( they are never
soft enough for me) and some place mats and even a couple of
throw pillows, really what the hey here, it rocked on my undies
and other delicate's how could it hurt a pillow that survived
Andy? I pretty much emptied the house of everything I had not
only been too chicken to wash before but wasn't sure you even
could wash. I ran that machine to I ran out of samples and never
thought I would have a good time doing laundry (Disclaimer:
results may vary, not everyone is guaranteed a enjoy laundry! )
Joke People! Any who, it made everything look fresh and new
and WOW WOW I am almost not afraid to have guests over here!
If I could only break down the furniture and put that in!

With Soak you can either hand wash ( pleazzzzzzzzz,
like I want to do that! ) or use the delicate cycle on your
machine ( pick me! Pick me!) and either way you don't have
to rinse. It is meant to be left in and will leave your clothes
fresh and new looking. Well, my clothes, even I had to pass
on Andrews wardrobe. No rinse means it disturbs your
delicates less then that extra rinse cycle and your
items last longer and look brighter. I just loved it and truth
be told if I didn't have a delicate cycle and knew before hand
that they would look this good when done I would even hand
wash. Don't spread that around I have a rep here! Soak comes
in four scents as well as Scentless and all the better places
are raving about it. I for one can not wait to restock
and dig out my swim suits. I have a fear of swim suits for
two reasons, one, people run when they see me in one and
two I hate that they fall apart and you get those ugly elastic
strings hanging out of them and Soak is supposed to be
great for them and no more strings! If mine turn out bright
and clean I might even venture out to the pool this summer.
At least I know after I take off my robe I will have it all to
myself! Soak is sold at a ton of places ( ton is code for too
many to list!) and the web site has a handy dandy menu
to help you locate the place closest to you!

If you don't want to go to the store for fear of
people seeing you in dingy delicates you can try to win some
here! Soak is giving one of my readers a Soak Starter kit
with some Extra Minis tossed in for good measure. To enter
just head over to their site and take a good look then come
back here and post something you have learned. The contest
will start tonight and run to midnight on February 28th!
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

Soak


Extra entries.
Extra entries only count after the initial entry
is completed.

1. Become a follower of my blog or
post that you are. 3 entries,
please post 3 times.

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5 times.

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and post the link here. 5 Entries Please
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