Natural & Homemade Cleaners: Infant, Meijer
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Looking for a "Baby-friendly" Carpet Stain Remover
Asked by J.L. from Detroit
on October 14, 2008
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I have a few set in stains on my carpet in the living room. This area is pretty much a kid zone right now. My baby is gonna be crawling around in the next few months...
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- A friend of mine uses a product called 'Holy Cow'. She gets it at Walmart. I haven't used it ... but she swears by it. It's also organic I believe. You can fin...
- I like 7th Generation and Mrs. Meyers carpet cleaners. Both work well and are environmental and kid friendly. Happy Scrubbing!
- I use Castile soap - I got mine from Trader Joe's. Mix water and soup in spray bottle and scrub. I had some stains in an area rug that were from last year come out - j...
Advice on HomeMade Gifts for Family and Friends
Asked by D.D. from Detroit
on November 24, 2008
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Okay...*calling all creative moms out there*.
I am really wanting to give some personal Homemade gifts this year to friends and relatives. There are several people...
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- I found a website out there for bath salts, bath bombs, bubble baths etc. Check out: http://www.pioneerthinking.com/nhb_vanillahoneybath.html Last year I made a...
- hey D.! I'm actually trying to start a little make your own bath and body products party thing. I haven't done it yet but if you have some friends that might be intere...
- Christmas ornaments get some foam balls and wire with beads and decorate the ball. You could do jewelry! or if your real religious could make your own rosary's. Go to ...
Homemade Baby Wipes
Asked by A.D. from South Bend
on February 21, 2008
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Hi. I was just wondering if anyone out there has ever tried making their own baby wipes? If so, was the money you saved worth the effort? In other words, would you ...
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- I used to make my own, and it was a little time consuming, but worth it. I used an old wipe container, then got paper towels (you have to use strong ones, like Bounty)...
- I to am a Melaluca fan but the other recipes here and ideas are great as well, it's a lot cheaper and if you cloth diaper then it just makes sence to use cloth wipes, ...
- We were given a recipe for homemade wipes as part of a shower gift. We loved them! The recipe calls for cutting a roll of paper towels in half (a big serrated knif...
Cloth Diapers
Asked by S.C. from Grand Rapids
on November 15, 2008
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Hi... I know, this is my 3rd question in like 24 hours... but I am curious...
We are going to be useing cloth diapers on our 4th babe. He is due in 3 months. I don...
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- An old friend of mine just started a company that maybe a solution for you. She has cloth diaper in a varity of sizes and patterns. You can buy individual ones or bund...
- You don't have to use pins anymore.. you can use a snapee.. it has little claw like arms and works just like pins would. Cloth diapers save a lot of money dependin...
- I know the feeling about asking a million questions - Cloth diapers are a lot to wrap your head around. I used clth diapers for child 2 & 3. I used a few differnt ki...
Good Pretreater on Infant/toddler Clothes
Asked by S.K. from Cleveland
on June 5, 2008
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Do any of you know of a good pretreater for infant and toddler clothes? I soak my son's clothes in cold water and it does nothing. I've washed the clothes right away a...
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- TOTALLY TODDLER...IS AWESOME..We won't even buy stain remover for our clothing anymore we use my sons. My son has more allergies than could ever list, and this is grea...
- Baby oxiclean is the best! I have been using it since Keira was born with no reaction. It takes anything organic out! don;t know about markers etc. K.
- Baby oxi or reg oxi the longer it soaks the better it comes out. Love it
Earth Friendly Cleaning Products
Asked by J. from Chicago
on May 3, 2007
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I am not super "Green", but am trying to do my part. I have decided that as my current cleaning products run out I will be replacing them with more earth (and people) ...
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- I sell a product line with the company Melaleuca. I love their products and they all work EXCELLENT. They don't have toxic fumes, they are all natural, chemical free...
- I joined Melaleuca.com All the products are non-tozxin and safe for your family. Email me if you would like some more information. ____@____.com They also work gre...
- J.: "Your Residental Resource": ###-###-#### specialists in eco-friendly home products. P., RLC, IBCLC Pres. Lactation Support Group, Inc www....
Organic or Not????
Asked by C.B. from Columbus
on January 14, 2008
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Want to know what others know/think about organic food/ organic everything else. Trying to decide if I need to give my baby organic baby food, what about the rest of t...
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- I am just getting started in the realm of organic foods. How ever I have ran acrossed a company that offers a great alternative to the traditional toxic cleaning/heal...
- We have just recently started switching to Organic food. The reason for us was to stop ingesting the unnecessary hormones and chemicals. After doing some research we f...
- Hi C., What great questions you have! Looking at these issues can be overwhelming but others have included the "take it one step at a time" advice so I'll not reitera...
Laundry Stains
Asked by K.H. from Canton
on June 29, 2008
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Ok, so this is really starting to annoy me! I have an almost 8 month old baby girl and she is eating mostly solid baby food. We use Gerber foods, although I am reall...
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- Hi! Looks like you got a lot of responses but I wanted to add one anyhow. My husband researched getting stains out of his own baby clothes so that our son could wear...
- I use shout. I spray it on the stain and use a soft toothbrush and lightly scrub in a circular motion and the stains come out. I let it soak about an hour before was...
- Try Zout, I have been using it for six years. After you treat the stain leave it on for five to ten minutes then wash it. GL.
Diaper Rash Cream Comparison
Asked by L.W. from Cincinnati
on September 25, 2009
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Hi Moms
I am writing to you in hopes of finding the best diaper cream. Right now I have 4 in front of me. My baby doesnt get them(meaning diaper rashes) very often b...
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- This is a kind of a combo between 2 of the answers I read (I didn't read all of them, just a few). I've used balmex for healing and a&d ointment for proctective barrie...
- In my experience, the Butt Paste works best for getting rid of a serious diaper rash; Balmex and desitin are good for preventing. Butt Paste was recommended to me by...
- As far as I'm concerned you can't beat a pinxav. It's pronounce Pink Salve. It has 30% zink oxide in it. I've found it to work better than any diaper creams that yo...
Bib Stains
Asked by C.W. from Detroit
on October 9, 2008
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This might be a lame or obvious question, but does anyone have any tricks with dirty bibs? All of our bibs are getting so stained and gross looking, and they seem to p...
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- Hi C., I like that t-shirt idea. Sounds great, but I also hate those nasty dirty looking bibs. We've had great success using a product called Solumel for stubborn...
- I've tried washing them in color safe bleach and I still can't get the stains out. I give up. I have a stack of stained bibs used "at home" and I saved a couple nice...
- Oxy clean should do the trick. I make a paste with it for tough stains and let it set on the item for a few days.
