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How clean is clean?

I can’t get my kids to keep their rooms clean.
I wish I could entertain at home, but my house is just too messy.
If only my house was cleaner, I’d be able to … (fill in the blank)!
I hear things like that all the time. But what I wonder is, how clean is clean? I don’t [...]

Chemical-free kid products? For free? Count me in!

Jules, a fellow mommy-blogger, over at Everyday Mommy is giving away a complete set of Kiss My Face kids’ products. It’s chemical free and they don’t test on animals. Organic ingredients too! They use responsible production methods and take care of the environment. The set includes hand wash, soap, lip balm, toothpaste, detangler, and more! [...]

A new meaning for eau de toilette

I recently found out that the flush of a toilet isn’t as harmless as I once thought. Apparently that “fwoosh” agitates the water enough to send a spray of miniscule water particles (and other particles) into the air. They’re dispersed through your bathroom and settle on anything with a flat surface. Do you know what [...]

Kids in the kitchen?! Oh My!

Our good friend Jeana posted at her blog last week about having her 2 year old help her in the kitchen with tasks as mundane as unloading the dishwasher (though how can it be mundane when a toddler is handling your dinner plates?) to actually making salad, complete with cutting vegetables (again, toddlers and knives [...]

Portable disinfectants

Q. Could you please tell me what I could use to sanitize my twins’ sippy cups when they drop them on the floor of the store (something portable so we can finish our trip) & to “try” and sanitize the shopping cart handles?
A. I’ve got 3 suggestions for you. The first is that according [...]

Never say “Go clean your room”

Telling a child to go clean his room is like asking an adult to go build a cold fusion generator. Unless your kids are experienced at cleaning their rooms, they won’t know where to start. It takes specific instructions, and the expectation of supervision if you want your child to actually clean his room. [...]

Cleaning tip for the whole household

One of the things that irks most of us is that cleaning the house takes so much time. And time is precious, right? So, here are a few tips to make the most of your house cleaning – do it easier, faster, and with less frustration.

Gather supplies. You’ll need

Kids & bathrooms

There’s just something about what happens in a bathroom that screams Please Clean Me! And when there are kids around, the scream gets even louder. And rightly so – the thought of what kinds of germs my toddler and preschooler could encounter in that place sends me reeling!
Well, we found a great post over at [...]

Works for Me: Pretty way to store house cleaner

Shannon asked for this one. Now first of all, I can do this because my cleaners are 100% non-toxic, safe. If yours aren’t (like, if you use, say Formula 409) then I’d certainly recommend keeping them in their own ugly containers, locked in a cabinet that the kids can’t get to.
But, if you use safe [...]

Public service announcement

To all you parents of toddlers out there, I have some information you’ll want to be aware of. Here it is: Age 3 is most certainly too early for glue sticks, glue, glue-based glitter pens, or anything glue based. Especially when it involves your grandmother’s mahogany table. Should your 3 year old decide to have [...]