Mommy Goes Green

Simple Organic shares 5 Simple Home Remedies That Really Work.  Skip the Tums and try peppermint essential oil in water or DIY chest rub for those winter colds.  Many great ideas you can put together yourself – saving you money at the drugstore and using natural ingredients.

Group buying is the thing now and I’ve gotten some great deals on the sites.  Groupon, Living Social – you’ve heard of them and they all have similar deals that are 50% or more off products and services. In fact, I often find the same deal on Groupon one day and then on Mobba the next.  But Roozt has it’s own twist – they only feature socially responsible companies that are eco-friendly, ethical, humanitarian, and/or community conscious.  For example, today’s Roozt dealwas $18 for $33 worth of mineral makeup from Alima Pure.

On Healthy Child’s blog, they talk about how Health Care Begins with a Grocery Cart and I couldn’t agree more! I really believe the better we feed our bodies, the healthier we are.  My son has had terrible eczema for a couple months and we found that eliminating some food in his diet immediately made it disappear. I’ll be talking about that next week but it’s just another example that garbage in = garbage out.

A great way to furnish your home is with new to you furniture.  It’s less expensive and you’re keeping it out of a landfill.  You can find inexpensive, quality items on Freecycle and Craigslist.   For inspiration, I go to some of my favorite blogs – these ladies can turn junk into treasure. I’m constantly amazed and inspired.  Just A Girl, Thrifty Decor Chick, The Lettered Cottage and Centsational Girl.

I have a major sweet tooth and often vow to cut back.  Keeper of the Home has a great post on “Cutting Down on Sugar: 21 Ways to Eat Less Sugar“. 

What are YOUR favorite blogs or posts of the week?  For you bloggers, feel free to share your own favorite topic of the week!

Using sample sizes are a great way to try out new products.  Healthy Child, Healthy World has a great list of Organic and Natural Travel Size Toiletries you can get from Minimus.

Essential oils always seem like a safe alternative to fragrances derived from chemicals. Bubble and Bee tells us that’s not always true – especially during pregnancy!

Considering a stay at home birth?  Check out Simple Organic’s post on Natural Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Healing.

Remember how I said just two weeks ago that I didn’t think using coupons was for me? Yah, well I lied. I used coupons today and got 3 packs of diapers for $1.47.  They weren’t green but they were free and frankly, I’ll take free over green.  I can use the extra  money for other green things   If you’re a coupon queen, check out Organic Deals and Coupons.  On Thurs alone, she posted 6 great deals.

Healthy Child shared that ‘Child’s Chances of Getting Cancer Begins Before Conception’.  How’s that for scary?  I shudder to think about what I ate/drank/[other unhealthy things] before I ever had kids.

Are you a hand sanitizer junky?  Sorry to burst your bubble but according to a new study from the U of Virginia,  ”using alcohol-based hand sanitizer doesn’t significantly decrease how often someone is infected with a cold or flu”.

 Have some great tips for a new mom?  The Creative Mama shares “From New Mom to New Mom” – a letter with advice. 

A study about ‘EcoAware moms’ found that the 5 things EcoAware Moms are using are:

• Chemical-free cleaning products – 47%
• Organic foods and beverages – 45%
• Plant-based cleaning products – 40%
• Water filter – 38%
• Resealable plastic bags – 38%

Looking for some great green products to easily incorporate into your life? On Monday, I shared “5 Green Products You Can Use Daily” with the readers over at The Creative Mama.

Eversave has had some great deals over the past couple weeks for green products like Glory for Girls, Greeno Bambino and Leelai.  If you haven’t heard of Eversave, it’s similar to Groupon where you there’s a daily deal usually 50%+ off or more.  We’ve purchased so many awesome deals through these programs on clothing, restaurants, entertainment and other products.  Sign up to receive their daily deal emails.

What about you, do you have any linky love to share?

I’m an information junkie.  I love reading newspapers, magazines, books, the Internet, anything I can get my hands on.  I’m constantly bookmarking, tearing out and dog earring pages and storing it all for the next time I want to reference it.  So, it’s high time that I start passing on some of this great info I’m hoarding.

I’m a busy mama but I’m hoping to make ‘Friday Linky Love’ a regular on Mommy Goes Green.  I’ll share articles, blogs, websites and anything else that made me laugh, cry, or downright furious.  You can catch up over the weekend!

Here’s this week Linky Love!

The Wellness Bitch – if you like straight forward, no nonsense, in your face “treat your body better!” information, check out the Wellness Bitch.  I was constantly laughing out loud.

It’s my daughter’s birthday this week so birthday gifts are on my mind.  We have a wonderful large family and group of friends so in year’s past, she has received a lot of gifts.  Way more than she needed or could even comprehend.   This year we switched things up and let our family give her gifts but asked each child at her birthday party to bring a book, in lieu of a gift, to exchange with each other.  I’m not sure how my daughter will handle getting no wrapped gifts at her birthday party but it’s just part of the conversation we’re trying to have with her about what we “need” to have.  This post about “Raising Children in a Minimalist Society” has some great tips on this topic.

Did you know that Breyer’s and Dreyer’s ice cream still use milk that came from cows treated with rBGH?  Yah, I had no idea either.  GRRR.  [Here's where I get downright angry.]  Do something about it!

If you’re prego, the Huffington Post shares 10 Surprising Tips for a Green Pregnancy.  There’s some things you would expect….and some you wouldn’t! 

Next week, I’ll figure out how to add a link widget so YOU can share your favorites, too!  Have a great weekend!