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Mother’s Day Gift Guide April 13 to May 13 on MomReviews!

April 12, 2012 By

 

Mother’s Day is May 13th this year, which still gives you plenty of time to find the perfect gift for Mom! I’ve put out a call to big brands, small business owners, independent sellers, and anyone else interested in sharing their ideas for the hottest gifts for Moms.

I’ve always found it easiest to publish a separate review post for each item as I come across them, so be sure to subscribe to the feed either in a reader or by email, so you won’t miss any of my Mother’s Day Gift Guide picks!

If you’re reading this and you represent a brand, run a small business, or create something awesome that you sell yourself, and you’d like to see it featured in a MomReviews Mother’s Day Gift Guide post FOR FREE,  email me at elizabethreviews@gmail.com!

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Products Moms Will Love

May 14, 2009 By

Moms, I’ve been reviewing products that you can really use!  There are so many that in order to get them all posted, I’m going to do a big review round up for you.  Ready? Here we go!

FOOD:

O Organics is a line of organic foods that was once a private label for Safeway but is now being rolled out to stores around the country.  We sampled airplane graham crackers, freeze dried apple and strawberry bites, strawberry cereal bars, and bite size cheese crackers.  If your a Mom who likes buying organic products, O Organics won’t break your budget, and there’s a wide variety of foods including beverages, dairy products and cereals.  Everything we tried was delicious and I would buy them again.

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter cooking and baking sticks have 50% less saturated fat than butter, 0g trans fats, 0 cholesterol, and are an excellent source of omega-3s. I received a package to sample, and I don’t know how they do it, but I found no difference in performance or taste. I put dabs of it on our cooked veggies at dinner, spread it on toast for the kids, scrambled eggs in it, and even used it to make grilled cheese sandwiches, with no difference that I could taste or see. Don’t eat saturated fat if you don’t need to! You should be able to find these at grocery stores for around $2.99 for four sticks.

CLEANING

Clorox Disinfecting Wipes Decor Canisters- I gotta be honest here, I appreciated getting these to review but I wouldn’t buy them again. Unless there was a sale plus a coupon that made them free.  Not because they don’t work, I mean, it’s a wipe with clorox cleaning liquid soaked in, which is the only thing that makes my boys’ bathroom clean on a daily basis.  The problem I have with this is 1., the part that the wipes are supposed to thread through so you can pull out one at a time? Is kinda flimsy and I end up just grabbing and yanking out a bunch at a time. Second,  I’m not going to look at cleaning wipes canisters as a complement to my “decor”. I’m going to keep them in the closet with all the other cleaning products, up on a high shelf where Kaitlyn can’t reach them. Sorry, Clorox!

CLOTHING

PeaceLoveMom sent me a wonderfully soft and comfy baby blue t-shirt that says “Happy Mom” on it with a big smiley face, and a matching ball cap. When they contacted me about the review and I went to the site, I was happy to see that they offer a “Fuller Cut” women’s tee. For, you know, us fuller-figured gals.  At $40, PLM tees are more expensive than ones from Target, BUT they are also made in the USA with 100% cotton and won’t shrink. I love mine!

PERSONAL CARE

Softsoap liquid hand soap has come out with a great idea for keeping at least a little plastic from being thrown away more often, their new Softsoap Ensembles feature refills that you use with the pump from the finished-up bottle of soap. They come in different designs and colors for a little splash of color in your bathroom. I like Softsoap, I buy it anyway, and I like the idea of being able to just take out the pump and put it in a new base.  Great idea!

I’ve got more reviews of products Moms will love coming up in the next post!

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When should your child stay home sick?

March 21, 2009 By

Every Spring, just when we think we are going to start feeling better after getting through our winter colds, my kids and I inevitably get sick AGAIN. Right now, as I type this, I have a pounding headache, a stuffy nose, and I’m coughing. And I just got over bronchitis last month and the flu in January! Does anyone else think maybe it’s MICHIGAN that’s making me sick? (kidding!)

It’s hard, as a Mom, to know what to do when your kid shows up at the breakfast table dragging their feet and saying they “don’t feel good”.  When do you keep them home and when should you encourage them to at least try to go to school? Here are some guidelines you can follow to determine when to give your kids a Sick Day:

If your child has any of these symptoms, it’s usually best to keep them home:
* Has a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher
* Has been vomiting
* Has symptoms that prevent him or her from participating in school, such as:
o Excessive tiredness or lack of appetite
o Productive coughing, sneezing
o Headache, body aches, earache
o Sore throat*

*If your child complains of a mild sore throat, it could just be the air in their room was too cold overnight. However, a severe sore throat could be strep throat even if there is no fever. Other symptoms of strep throat in children are headache and stomach upset.

If your child does have a fever, keep your child home until his or her fever has been gone for 24 hours without medication. Colds can be contagious for at least 48 hours. Returning to school too soon may slow the recovery process and can unnecessarily expose others to illness.

Could it be the flu? The flu is serious! Call your pediatrician at the first sign of flu symptoms, which typically come on suddenly, including:

* High fever
* Chills
* Head ache, body aches, ear ache
* Nausea, vomiting
* Dry cough

How do you make your child feel better?
* Make sure your child gets plenty of rest, even if they are just in their room reading a book or coloring.
* Encourage fluids; such as water, soup, juice and ice
* A cool humidifier keeps the air in their room moist and helps with coughs and sore throats.
* When used as directed, children’s cough and cold medicines help relieve cough and cold symptoms while your child is getting better. Read and follow the directions carefully and give the exact recommended dose for the child’s age. Do not use over the counter cough and cold medications for children under the age of four in the U.S.

Once you’ve been a Mom a while, you can usually tell the difference between “tired because they stayed up until midnight in their room reading a book under the covers” and unusually lethargic. You can also usually tell when it’s a headache because they haven’t eaten anything in twelve hours, and when it could be a symptom of a sinus infection (like, when there’s green junk in their nose or they are coughing stuff up, which, I know, ewwww).

Let your Mom instincts be your guide here. The worst thing that can happen is you let them stay home from school, send them back to bed with a cup of water so they stay hydrated, and two hours later they are up saying they “feel much better”. It’s happened to me many times. Better safe than sorry is my motto when it comes to sick kids.

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