Earth's Best Organic Sensitivity Formula

Just like many moms I had these great high hopes that I would be able to breastfeed my son until it was time to switch to cows milk. Unfortunately that did not happen for me. When my son was four months old my supply dropped to next to nothing; I was only producing around one ounce every four hours. My son is a big eater and that was not nearly enough for my little piggy. At this point he was eating between five and seven ounces every two to three hours.

I ended up doing something I really didn't want to and introduced formula, and he was just happy to have lots of milk in his tummy again. We introduced the gentle version of one of the big leading brands of formula and it worked and as scary as this is for me to say it agreed with his stomach more then my breast milk did. He was still spitting up a lot and all of the time, and one day my mom and i got to talking are started wondering if it was a lactose sensitivity/intolerance considering my husband and I both have lactose sensitivity. We decided to try a lactose reduced formula because I refuse to use soy formula due to the synthetic estrogen that exists in soy and I don't want to give my son estrogen. This change was the best decision I made. He barely spits up at all now. From the first time I introduced formula I was worried about all of the things that are and could be in the formula that I was giving my son. Considering all of the purees and solids I was giving my son at the time were organic I could not seem to figure out why I was not focusing on giving him organic formula considering it was his biggest food source. I was so happy to find this organic formula that was actually affordable. Most of the organic formula you have to pay an arm and a leg for, and we just could not afford this. To make this formula even more affordable we joined amazon mom and purchased on subscribe and save and it saved us around $5 a can over purchasing at a local retailer. I am so happy with this formula that if I ever have another child and have the same difficulty with my milk supply again you can bet I will be reaching straight for the Earths Best formula. 

Babyganics foaming hand sanitizer

This is definitely one of my favorite hand sanitizers on the market because my hands dry out very easily and using an alcohol based hand sanitizer. I own the mandarin scent and it is a nice light smell but at the same time it smells amazing. As a mom I use so much hand sanitizer its not even funny. Personally I don't always have the ability to go and wash my hands after every diaper change so I use hand sanitizer in those situations. I keep the bottle in our diaper caddy that goes all over the house with us as well as the travel size bottle in my purse/diaper bag. Although using hand sanitizer is not a replacement for hand washing it is a good option when you can not wash your hands. I know overall I tend to focus on organic or all natural products and as many of you may know Babyganics actually doesn't make organic products, but their products are promoted as baby safe. If you have questions about what they mean by baby safe visit their website here. The reality is that it is not easy to find an organic or all natural hand sanitizer that is alcohol free and I figured something baby safe was the next best thing. Another thing I like about this product is that after you have purchased the pumps that come full of hand sanitizer you can just purchase a refill which is more cost effective then constantly buying new bottles.


Well its time for big news. Sorry it took me so long to get back here to write this out; there are two things I want to share with you.
First please head over to ecoable.net where I will be featured as a guest blogger on Monday 4/27.
Second I am extremely happy to announce that as of Friday 5/1 I will be adding a reoccurring series to my blog called Fluff Friday this will be a series that will highlight all things cloth diapering. It will follow my journey as a new cloth diapering mom, as well as include product reviews of cloth diapers and many different cloth diaper products such as cloth diaper laundry detergent, cloth diaper safe diaper creams, and much more. I am so excited to start this series, but I felt it was important to wait until after my ecoable guest blog post, because that will cover some the basic information on the start of my cloth diapering journey. I will post how to find my guest blog post after it is published.

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The Honest Company Part 2

Well it is time for the second installment of my Honest Company product reviews. Today I am going to review the multi surface cleaner, floor cleaner, dish soap, and laundry detergent. I have quickly become a major honest company believer, and possibly an addict. Using their products makes me feel good about what I am using around my son as well as the rest of my family.

I love the multi surface cleaner. I use this probably five times per day. It has a grapefruit sent that is absolutely amazing and makes me feel like anything I use this on is sparkling clean. It does not leave any film or residue. It cleans up greasy messes very easily, and without any effort. I use this to clean my sons highchair after every meal, to clean his toys, and to clean any surface that I feel he will come into contact with. I don't ever feel guilty about using this around him, because it doesn't have all the nasty chemicals that the main stream products contain.

The floor cleaner also makes it on the items I love list. I own a rubbermaid reveal mop that I use this in. I diluted it about half and half with water and it works great. My son is a very messy eater so I have clean around his high chair daily if not multiple times a day and this has worked perfectly on our floor. It gets the floor perfectly clean with out any residue or sticky feeling. It also smells amazing the sent is called citrus rosemary; the smell is just very refreshing and clean. 

I ordered the white grapefruit scent and it is absolutely amazing. It has a definite grapefruit smell but it is not the over powering smell that some of the other natural dish soaps have. It suds and cleans very well. It cuts through all of the grease with out a ton of effort. It creates it nice full and thick suds so you don't need to use a ton of this to get the job done. I have had this bottle for about two months and have only used about half the bottle.

Last but definitely not least is the laundry detergent. I like this a lot it has worked really well on my sons clothes especially considering my son likes to leave stains and food juices and things of that sort on his clothes and it does a good job cleaning the clothes. It is not a stain remover so sometimes his clothes do still have stains but most of the time it is only usually juice from cuties of halos.

Thank you so much for visiting and reading my blog. Please let me know if you have any products you would like to see me review. Please check back soon because I will review more Honest company products as I get them and try them myself. 

Cassani fogless shower mirror

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This post will be short and sweet.  I got this mirror in hopes that I would no longer exit the shower with raccoon eyes. Well I successfully completed that goal, but I don't know how many more times that will be the case. I kept the mirror out of the direct water stream as the instructions said to, but it is in the shower so the mirror is going to get wet. After only one use my mirror looked like this.

The part that you can see the water droplets on now fogs up. It is like the nano coating just washed right off. These are the results after just one shower. I don't know if maybe I just take too hot of a shower for the mirror or what but it is sad that this item did not work out. I feel as though this is only going to get worse with each use. I am very glad now that I decided to use a suction cup for the first shower not the permanent hook that came with the mirror, because I would not want to look at a hook for an item at ended up not working out. 

 I received this product for free in exchange for an honest review.

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Honest Company Products

Just like many of you when my son was born I didn't want to use products that had all those harmful chemicals that conventional products contain. I started to try to move away from many chemicals when I was pregnant and I just kept on that trend; I got more and more serious about it as my pregnancy progressed especially after my son was born. I did a lot of research which lead me to The Honest Company. I am going to review a number of their products in the post so this might be a long one but it will be worth the read.

Shampoo and Body Wash

I absolutely love this product! I started using on my son soon after he was born, but I have very sensitive skin and it got worse after I had my son. I started using this soon after I started using on my son and I will never go back. My skin does not have the dry tight feeling that many body washes leave you with after you dry off. The smell is absolutely to die for it is a nice light fragrance but the orange and vanilla mix to the most perfect invigorating yet calming smell. As much as I love all of the things I have stated before, but I absolutely love that it has no harsh chemicals or any of the other nasty things that the other ones have. If you would like to read more about this product click here

Face and Body Lotion

This is the perfect lotion to use in combination with the shampoo and body wash. This lotion claims to be unseated, but the ingredients combine together to make a nice clean smell that compliments the orange vanilla smell of the body wash. This combination makes you feel refreshed after showering and applying this lotion. It is a medium weight lotion that goes on very smooth and does not leave a greasy residue after it is applied. I love this lotion; it works so well and adds all the hydration my sensitive dry skin needs, but with out the weight that many other lotions have. I love that I don't have to use very much to cover my whole body. I use about a quarter size amount and that will cover my sons entire body.  To read more click here

Bubble Bath

We don't use this all that often at this point because my son is eight months old, but sometimes I like to give him some bubbles to play with in the tub. I have also use in the the tub during my occasional baths. It makes wonderful bubbles; another natural brand that I tried did not give as nice of bubbles and honestly the bubbles were very disappointing. It also has that wonderful orange vanilla sent that is absolutely amazing. If you would like to read more about this product click here

I have tried a few more of their products, but I think this post has gotten long enough. With that being said I will do another installment of reviewing Honest Company products soon. Next time I will cover some of their cleaning products. (Floor cleaner, multi surface cleaner, and dish soap)

I did not receive anything in exchange for this review. I purchased all products.

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