Sunday, September 28, 2008

For My Kids, LLC


With the way the environment is, being green is a major thing these days. When we started potty training I realized what a pain going potty in public places can be. Trying to hold your toddler to the sink and have her wash her hands while not touching any other dirty surface is pretty impossible.

For My Kids has some great environmentially safe products for you. Some of the products they offer are a antibacterial disinfectant called Vinegar of the Four Thieves, an All Natural Hand Wash, a Vegan Lip Balm, a face cream, an insect repellant, and their For My Kids Comfrey Salve used for minor cuts, burns and bug bites.



As I mentioned before since we are potty training I wanted to try the All Natural Hand Wash. I really like this stuff. Not only because I know that it is safe for Haylee to use but it also has a lovely lavander scent.

For My Kids All Natural Hand Wash has diluted Witch Hazel extract in it which is what makes it great as a anti-bacterial spray for your hands.

I found that for Haylee's small hands one little spray and telling her to rub rub rub was all that was needed to clean away the germs. For my hand, I used two sprays.

I now feel safe that when Haylee yells "pee pee mommy" at the store, we will walk out of the bathroom with clean hands!








How would you like to win a bottle of your own All Natural Hand Wash?!


To enter and be eligible to win:
Visit the For My Kids website and leave me a comment telling me one reason it's better to use natural cleaners and personal care products.

Make sure there is a way for my to contact you. If you are a blogger and do not have your email address in your profile, leave one in your comment. Non-bloggers, make sure you leave your email address no matter what.

Any comment that does not meet the above criteria WILL be deleted. If I miss it, and it's chosen as a winner, you will be disqualified and a new winner will be picked.

For 3 extra entries, one per item completed:
1. Blog about this giveaway on your blog and comment me with the link
2. Subscribe to my feed, leave me a comment telling me you have done so
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4. Follow me on Twitter
(If you are already subscribed, are following me on Twitter, OR have my button on your sidebar you are still eligible for the extra entries. Just leave me a comment telling me you have already done those.)

Each extra entry needs to be in a separate comment.


Contest will run until Friday, October 3rd at 10pm EST. Winner will be chosen randomly using random.org. Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hrs to contact back with mailing information.

Remember to follow the rules. Comments with no email address will be deleted!



CONTEST CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

77 comments:

Rebecca said...

There are over one million poisonings a year in North America, and 60 percent are children under six, most of whom have eaten household cleaners

That is scary!

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Rebecca said...

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*Heather* said...

Household cleaners . . . persist in the blood and make their way into women's breast milk.
THAT scares me!! Thanks Leslie for a great site!

Nurse Mommy said...

Diabetes was even tied to environmental pollution in a report published early this year in the respected British medical journal The Lancet.


-Paige

Channah said...

I have their insect repellent, btw - it works awesome on my baby boy; he didn't get bitten by a single mosquito when wearing it.

"Household cleaners . . . persist in the blood and make their way into women's breast milk. Scientists and advocacy groups admit we don’t know for sure how bad these are for you. Human tests have never been conducted on most of the 18,000 chemicals produced each year. But evidence is mounting. Some of the worst chemicals have already been banned, and states are looking at stricter regulations for others. Many of these toxins are lurking just behind your front door.”

elaine said...

Natural products use is the best for the environment and your child-no harsh chemicals!
Elaine R
emrosser@shaw.ca

windycindy said...

Hello! There are over 1 million poisonings a year in North America, with 60% being children under 6. Most often the poisoning occurs by eating household cleaners. Scary statistic!
Please enter me in your drawing. Many thanks.....Cindi
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bison61 said...

The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us in our life

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AmandaSue said...

its better to use natural products because of less polution and there is no toxic chemicals in natural products.

Baba said...

So much safer for your kids when you don't use all the chemicals that are generally added to comercial hand soaps. I subscribe.

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taysmommy said...

Household cleaners . . . persist in the blood and make their way into women's breast milk. Wow...that completely blew my mind. I am 100% for breastfeeding and I had zero idea about that.

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mrs.mommyy said...

"The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us throughout our lives. Although genes, hormones and infections contribute to certain cancers, the most important factor is the cumulative toxic damage to the cells."— "The Toxic Body", Art of Healing by Dr. Amir Farid Isahak (Published Feburary 17, 2008).

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mrs.mommyy said...

"The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us throughout our lives. Although genes, hormones and infections contribute to certain cancers, the most important factor is the cumulative toxic damage to the cells."— "The Toxic Body", Art of Healing by Dr. Amir Farid Isahak (Published Feburary 17, 2008).

mrs.mommyy at gmail.com

Stacey Moore said...

they are better for the environment!
thanks!
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Stacey Moore said...

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thanks!
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miss bliss said...

The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us throughout our lives. WOW!
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Lisa said...

Natural cleaners are safer to have in your house when you have little ones since they are prone to eating things they shouldn't.

I also have found that I personally have less allergic reactions to all natural products.

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Jenny said...

I think that the Vinegar of the Four Thieves doesn't have toxic chemicals in it. It scares me to death that my daughter might lick some alcohol hand rub one day and become critically ill! Kids put everything in their mouths, so we need to be careful.

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betty R. said...

i agree on several of the prior post.i firmly believe cancer is such a big killer is because of the all the toxins in our foods,cleaners,pesticides,heck even kids clothing and passys,,it is a shame we have to worry so very much about all the bad things touching our precious little ones.ALL NATURAL,the old way! always be the best,enter me please and thank you.


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betty R. said...

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betty R. said...

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piece of me said...

"Household cleaners . . . persist in the blood and make their way into women's breast milk." As a nursing mother this is very important to me.
livlifelov at yahoo dot com

Wendy at Babies Gotta Have It said...

Wow! This site links toxins and cancer. Pretty scary. Would so love to win this product. Baby girl is seriously into washing her hands these days...which is a pretty good thing given the condition of my floor...

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Anonymous said...

Because this is what the environment needs for our kids to grow up safe.

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lilaura5 said...

I think the most important thing is natural product use is the best for the environment and your child. No harsh chemicals for them to ingest into their poor little stomachs. I worry a lot about that with my two year-old daughter. There is so much crap out there.

intensev5 said...

These same toxins are responsible for spurring many children’s immune systems into overdrive, provoking maladies from asthma, eczema and allergies to autism and ADHD. It is no wonder that there is so many kids with all these conditions due to all the chemicals we use --- we all need to use products that are natural. Thanks for the website and for the contest.

Heather said...

I have already been going green, using organic shampoo for my kids, etc. The more natural products I can get in my house the better!

gkstratos said...

chemical cleaners persist in blood and make their way into women's breast milk.
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Annie said...

I didn't realize that Household Cleansers could make their way into a woman's breast milk! Wow!

Thanks

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Xenia S said...

Cleaning products and services are the leading source of toxic air pollution in our homes. Yuck.

Thanks for the giveaway!
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M said...

This reminded me again of all of the toxin that make their way into our bodies and into our babies. Yikes!

suburban prep said...

My sister is currently pregnant with baby # 3. She has a 2 and a 3 yr old boys. Thye are always getting into things. The fact taht I read that household cleaners gets into the blood stream and then into mother's milk is what caught my eye.

Big Makena said...

Household cleaners . . . persist in the blood and make their way into women's breast milk.
Thank you for finding this product!
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NateAndJakesMom said...

As someone who is about to embark on breastfeeding (again), I was SHOCKED to hear that household cleaners can make it into my breastmilk! That is so scary!!

nateandjakesmom at gmail dot com

kamewh said...

"The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us throughout our lives. Although genes, hormones and infections contribute to certain cancers, the most important factor is the cumulative toxic damage to the cells."— "The Toxic Body", Art of Healing by Dr. Amir Farid Isahak (Published Feburary 17, 2008).

Stephanie said...

The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us throughout our lives. Hence the reason natural and organic is so much healthier!
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Alice H said...

I had no idea that household cleaners make it into breast milk - thats a definite reason to use natural products. Thanks for the chance! afdr3d@umkc.edu

Gina said...

"The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us throughout our lives. Although genes, hormones and infections contribute to certain cancers, the most important factor is the cumulative toxic damage to the cells."
This is a sobering and terrifying thought. Children are so small, so things accumulate in them much faster.
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Cecilia said...

I like that it has no alcohol. Both my kids have eczema and the last thing they need is something else drying out their skin.

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Whimspiration said...

All of the perfumes, toxins, and chemicals we apply to our skin are directly absorbed into our bloodstreem. eew!

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Thanks for hosting this great giveaway!

Jen said...

Its better to use natural products as regular cleaner contribute to cancer- something very close to my heart as both my mother and my mother in law are being treated for cancer at the moment.
Thanks for raising awareness!
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Buki Family said...

chemicals can get into my milk and I can pass it on to my son! yikes!

Abby said...

Household cleaners make their way into a women's breast milk? I had no idea!!

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dcala said...

It's better to use natural products because there are over one million poisonings a year in North America

lindanuts said...

THE FACT THAT CLEANING 'CHEMICALS' CAN GET INTO BREAST MILK VIA THE BLOOD STREAM IS A HORRIFYING THOUGHT. Diabetes being caused by reaction to 'chemical' cleaners---poisonings caused by improper storage of cleaning 'chemicals'---preservatives--pesticides--I can't believe it has taken society so long to wake up to this!!!!!

PS said...

The analysis of ingredients in more than 23,000 products finds that 751 different products fail to meet one or more industry or government safety standards and 98% of all products contain one or more ingredients never publicly assessed for safety.
It is scary stuff out there.

The Saunders Family said...

well, the enviroment is thankful when we use these type of cleaners
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Ginny said...

"The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us throughout our lives. Although genes, hormones and infections contribute to certain cancers, the most important factor is the cumulative toxic damage to the cells."— "The Toxic Body", Art of Healing by Dr. Amir Farid Isahak (Published Feburary 17, 2008).

Nurse Mommy said...

Human tests have never been conducted on most of the 18,000 chemicals produced each year. But evidence is mounting. Some of the worst chemicals have already been banned, and states are looking at stricter regulations for others. Many of these toxins are lurking just behind your front door.....


so go natural! Less chemicals!

janetfaye said...

American children are growing up in a toxic environment, a chemical soup sensitizing them to even the common foods they need to grow and thrive

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aqin said...

With so many chemicals it's hard not to get cancer. With an all natural product, it makes it safer, and also greener for the environment.

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noreen said...

Many of these toxins are lurking just behind your front door (household cleaners), they can get into breastmilk!!
that is why my husband handles the cleaners since before I was pregnant

sarah said...

i was upset to read that household chemicals can be found in breastmilk. that is very sad. :(

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blueviolet said...

98% of all products contain one or more ingredients never publicly assessed for safety. That's pretty scary.
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Elizabeth

Tamara said...

I had no idea that "Household cleaners . . . persist in the blood and make their way into women's breast milk. How scarey is that. This a big reason we all should use natural products.

Rockin' Mama said...

Cleaning products and services are the leading source of toxic air pollution in our homes
They are also a huge source poisoning in children under 6

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Condo Blues said...

That there are over one million poisonings a year in North America, and 60 percent are children under six, most of whom have eaten household cleaners.

I like to add that pets are also poisoned by eating household cleaners too.

Anonymous said...

puckchick_2000@yahoo.com
As this is the beginning of breast cancer awareness month I felt the follow quote was appropriate and clearly states why we must stop mindlessly poisoning ourselves and our children.
"We will not be able to reduce the risk of breast cancer without addressing preventable causes, particularly exposure to chemicals."

Using safe alternatives to harsh chemicals is one way to reduce the risk of many types of cancers.

Take care, Amy