It's that time of year when moms start to worry about making sure their precious littles are sufficiently protected from the bugs of summer. If your kids are anything like mine they don't want to play outside in the heat of the day, when the bugs are few and far between, and who could blame them? When the sun starts to fade and the temperature dips though they get a second wind and they hit the door running. Unfortunately the bugs (ie mosquitoes) have the same idea. My kids have already come … [Read more...]
Amazing Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar, as the name suggests, is a type of vinegar made from apples. Called ACV for short, it is a cheap and effective alternative for cleaning your home, promoting your health, and enhancing beauty. You can do much, much more with it than make salad dressing!! Here are a few of the ways that you can enrich your life, your health, and solve some of those nagging daily problems with apple cider vinegar... Eating - Add it to BBQ sauce, salad dressing, collard greens, bone broth, as … [Read more...]
7 Practical Uses for Essential Oils
Scented Baths - Essential oils can be added to baths for pure relaxation purposes or to help with some sort of ailment like muscle soreness (pine, lavender) or congestion (peppermint, tea tree). Mood Perfume - Scents have long been known to have great effects on mood. If you have an old roll on deodorant bottle try adding some jojoba or sweet almond oil to it along with your favorite essential oil. Roll on when you need a boost plus you get bonus points for in home recycling. Romantic - … [Read more...]
10 Best Essential Oils To Use For Kids
No matter how hard you work to keep your children healthy, they’re going to experience sickness from time to time. While having sick kids is no fun and can be quite discouraging, how you react and what you do during times of sickness can make all the difference in your child's overall wellbeing. As a parent, you are in charge of your child’s health. You don’t have to be a doctor or nurse to take charge of your child's health naturally. All you need to be is willing to learn and do it. To … [Read more...]
Natural First Aid Kits from NaturoKits
Awhile back I posted about how to make your own natural first aid kit. At the time I kept thinking it would be really awesome if someone offered a ready made product like this and surprise I recently found one. NaturoKits is offering naturopathic first aid kits with a nice collection of natural remedies for common ailments and accidents. This kit doesn't have bandages and bandaids but those are easy to take care of on your own... the real meat in any first aid kit is the remedies and … [Read more...]
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