It has come to my attention that even though my blog is titled Mostly Natural Momma, I have yet to share with you how I have tried to make my home more natural and green. So I am going to start this little segment called Now More Natural. Here goes:

One day when I was pregnant with Sweet Pea I started getting out my cleaning supplies to clean the bathroom. My tote was filled with bleach products, comet, and lots of other cleaners full of chemicals. I thought to myself…maybe I could convince my hubby to clean the bathroom by telling him that his pregnant wife should not be cleaning the bathroom and breathing in all this nasty stuff. And that got me thinking even more. Should anybody really be breathing it in and risking getting it all over their hands, eyes, and mouth? What are these chemicals really doing to our bodies? Maybe just breathing it in once is okay, but we all know that bathrooms must be cleaned way more than that.

My mind really started racing at that point. The new baby was surely going to find a way into the cabinet and drink my 409. Not good. I had to find some other alternative.

So I turned to my friends and the internet. Two cleaners that constantly were brought up were Babyganics and Shaklee. Both cleaners are non-toxic and free of harsh chemicals. I found that the babyganics cleaners worked a little better than the Shaklee. And if you do buy this product, make sure you buy a scented version because the non-scented smells nasty. My hubby will not go into the bathroom at all if he knows have have cleaned it with unscented babyganics because it smells that bad. But even though these products are advertised to be non-toxic, I still get a little nervous about Sweet Pea. I loves to help me clean and I want to let him. On top of that, the non-toxic cleaners tend to be a little more expensive than the regular stuff and that is always a negative.

So I started researching a little more and have found the solution. Vinegar. I started cleaning with vinegar a few weeks ago and will never go back. I am absolutly amazed at how well vinegar cleans. My sinks and counters have never looked so shiny. I found this awesome website called 1001 Uses for white distilled vinegar. It gives specific directions for cleaning any room in the house and much more. Now I can hand Sweet Pea a rag and let him scrub until his little heart’s content and I don’t worry about it at all. Oh…and it is really cheap!!