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Children’s Cold Weather Essentials

The groundhog did in fact see his shadow so winter is still hanging around for several more weeks. It is important to keep kids of all ages nice and comfortable outside whether they are there for play or just a quick dash to the car. There are several items out there to help during this winter wonderland.

Dots on Tots innovative hat design that features flaps to protect infants and toddlers from cold weather, wind and noise. What I love is that even my 2 and a half year old can easily fit in the large. Adorable and so affective! The brand also offers special ear protection hats that feature an added benefit of 50% noise-reduction ear inserts, shielding infants and toddlers? delicate ears from loud sounds. Even better is that all their hats are 100% organic, eco-friendly and made in the USA. You can’t appreciate the softness without touching it yourself. Available at www.DotsonTots.com.

Hats are a great way to keep your little ones warm. My youngest even likes to wear hers in the house so it must be super comfy!

I definitely feel like my family gets the cold and flu more often in the winter. Cold-EEZE Cold Remedy helps keep the germs at bay with natural, homeopathic remedies, such as ones that use zinc or honey. Keep some Cold-EEZE quickmelts on-hand for kids (over 12 years of age!) to take as soon as they feel the tickle in their throats. They really do dissolve quickly and the orange flavor actually tasted good. I am always willing to take natural remedies to try and prevent or treat sickness. Available at www.coldeeze.com

My girls tend to get super dry skin during the summer months and I find using Baby Sebamed Baby Lotion helps keep their skin baby soft! Keeping a gentle moisturizer on hand that will soothe and protect baby’s skin from cold weather ailments is a must. I even use this stuff on myself!

Baby Sebamed Baby Lotion contains a rapidly absorbing and non-greasy formula that combines a high concentration of moisturizing substances, such as glycerin and sorbitol, with a light 7% lipid compound to help preserve the natural moisture balance of a baby’s skin. Baby Sebamed Baby Lotion adds natural-based buffer substances, such as sodium citrate and sodium lactate, to the formulation to adjust pH to a desirable pH of 5.5. This is designed and formulated to be perfect for baby’s delicate skin. It really is non-greasy and both of my girls with their sensitive skin have had no problems using it. Available at www.SebamedUSA.com.

For those kids that have allergies it can be scary and sometimes easy to forget about their allergies when they are having fun. One mom created AllerMates to help safeguard and protect kids with allergies, asthma and other health concerns. The bracelet is one a kid can wear that is fun but offers a gentle reminder of certain allergies. The website offers many other products and educational information and tools to help kids at school and home! Available at www.AllerMates.com.

Hopefully these few products can help you during this especially long Winter. Stay warm and hopefully Spring will be here soon!

SONIC Drive In’s Pretzel Dogs Are Back-With a Twist

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My husband and I were super excited when a SONIC came our way! We have always loved Sonic Drive In’s food and every chance we got we would eat their! Now we have one of our own, right down the street!

We love everything from their shakes to their breakfast burritos! We’ve heard how great tasting their Pretzel Dogs were and was excited when they came back! My husband was out on a business trip, so I decided to take the kids for a treat(sorry hun)!

Besides their Original, or Cheesy Bacon Pretzel Dog SONIC has introduced the Chili Cheese Pretzel Dog!

The kids went for the Original, which I figured they would. I of course, the chili cheese lover that I am, went for the NEW Chili Cheese!

I am very picky when it comes to my chili dogs, so I had very high expectations.

I think I OMG’ed about a dozen times! I couldn’t believe how irresistibly perfect it was! Just check out the picture, how could I not love it with all the cheesy goodness on top! Plus the pretzel bun adds an extra sweetness to the dog!

Have you ever been to a SONIC Drive In? If not here’s a little about them:

SONIC?, America’s Drive-In?, is the nation’s largest chain of drive-in restaurants with more than 3,500 drive-ins serving approximately 3 million customers every day. Over the past 60 years, SONIC has delighted guests with signature menu items, more than 1 million drink combinations, friendly service by iconic Carhops and ongoing support of education through its award-winning Limeades for Learning? program. SONIC received top honors as America’s ?#1 burger quick service restaurant? in the 2013 Temkin Experience Ratings report.

Connect:

You can connect with Sonic on Facebook, and/or @sonicdrive_in on Twitter!

Buy It!

You can buy the SONIC Pretzel Dog starting at $1.99. Find a location near you!

Teeth Whitening Products that Work!

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I don’t know why some people naturally have white teeth and others don’t? I drink coffee, tea and have always had white teeth(I’m sure that will catch up to me). My husband on the other hand has always complained of his(a little)yellowish teeth.

I surprised my husband with some teeth whitening products thanks to Rembrandt and Listerine! That very night he started his routine!

Note: I must say, he didn’t use these all at once…if he didn’t use the Rembrandt he was using the Listerine and vise versa.

Listerine is a favorite among many, because of the UltraClean feeling you get and because of the added bonus of whitening!

Features:

unique EVERFRESH? technology that provides a powerful ?dentist clean? feeling up to 3X longer vs. brushing alone

The only leading mouthwash that includes an anti-tartar ingredient proven to control tartar build-up

Reaches 75 percent of the mouth that brushing alone misses and provides 24-hour protection against germs that cause plaque and gingivitis when used twice daily for 30 seconds during morning and nighttime oral care routines.

LISTERINE? ULTRACLEAN? can be purchased at all food, drug and mass merchandise outlets

Now my husband and I are REALLY bad at flossing our teeth, so if you’re anything like us these Listerine products will and should be your best friends! Gingivitis is caused when you don’t floss on a regular basis(I’m not saying replace this with flossing), so ADD this to your routine and this will help prevent it!

Rembrant…what can I say…I have never used you before…BUT…we are hooked on you!

I loved the toothpaste while my husband used and loved both! He said they were easy to apply and he did see results!

Rembrant Dissolving Strips:

Visible stain removal in 3 days with 3x daily use

Noticeably whitens tough surface stains like coffee, tea, soda, red wine and tobacco

Dissolves on teeth in 5-10 minutes for noticeably whiter teeth in two weeks

Removes and repels stains

Same enamel-safe whitening ingredient that dentists use

To help maintain results, whiten daily with REMBRANDT? INTENSE STAIN? Toothpaste

Rembrant Toothpaste:

Noticeably whitens tough surface stains like coffee, tea, soda, red wine and tobacco

Removes and repels stains and restores enamel

SLS-free formula gently removes stains and reduces irritation risk

So onto the before and after picture you’ve been eagerly awaiting:

BEFORE:

Not too yellow from the pictures, but like I said he has always complained of yellowish teeth…so the point is he was not satisfied with the look of them. But after a few weeks….

AFTER:

you can see they are whiter! Not a ton whiter, but he is happy with them, and that is the goal!

The happier someone is the more confident they will be and the more they will smile!

Connect:

You can connect with Rembrandt on Facebook. You can connect with Listerine on Facebook.

Buy It!

You can buy the Listerine UltraClean Products for $3.89! You can buy the Rembrandt Intense Stain Dissolving Strips for $24.99, and the Rembrandt Intense Stain Toothpaste for $7.99.

Glysonna Sleepceutical Sleep Aid Helps You Stay Asleep & Giveaway

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Introducing Glysonna Sleepceutical?, the all-natural sleep aid that is good for sleep and good for you.

The biggest joke about new and seasoned parents is the lack of sleep you get pretty much the moment the baby is born. It was no exception in our household. In the past four and a half years since I’ve become a mother, the nights of eight or more hours of sleep has become a fleeting memory. I can’t blame it completely on Sonshine, I’ve gone through bits of insomnia since I was in high school. But, I no longer use traditional sleep aids, the idea of medicating myself or becoming addicted just bothers me too much. Instead of resigning the fact I might not ever have a full nights sleep until the kids leave the nest and before grandkids come along, I’ve looked into drug-free alternatives, like Glysonna Sleepceutical.

Glysonna is a drug-free sleep aid that is non-habit forming. There are nine active ingredients and six wellness nutrients fortified with glycine to help you get a well rested, full nights sleep.

All the ingredients are FDA safe listed and help initiate the natural sleep process. Glysonna triggers relaxation, but doesn’t quite make you drowsy like other sleep aids. None of that drunk, odd, floating feeling, just a nice, calming, “boy I’m ready to lay down” sort of feeling. Once asleep, Glysonna keeps you asleep, so make sure you have at least a full eight uninterrupted hours ahead of you before you take your two tablespoons.

My husband did two week of third shifts recently and arriving home during sunrise really was effecting how he slept. After a 10 hour shift, he was looking for any help he could get to fall asleep, but did but want to wake up groggy, so he could be some what useful and capable of playing with our son before he left again. The first few times he took Glysonna, I needed to wake him up around the six and a half hour mark. It was not impossible, but, there was some difficulty. The days he got eight or more hours of sleep, he woke up feeling refreshed, alert, and ready to go! Glysonna tastes like fruit flavored vitamins, not unpleasant, but not a flavor that you’ll become addicted to. I was really impressed by how easily Glysonna worked without my husband reaching for it each night.

If you are having problems falling asleep, staying asleep, or reaching a deep REM cycle, then look into Glysonna Sleepceutical Sleep Aid. The drug-free sleep support with help you have the best nights sleep you’ve had in a long time!

Connect
You can connect with Glysonna on their website, Facebook, and Twitter pages

Buy It
You can purchase Glysonna from their website starting at $19.95 for one bottle or $59.85 for four

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Win a $2,500 Room Makeover in the Armstrong Residential Ceilings’ “Style Is Looking Up” Giveaway!

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I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Armstrong Residential Ceilings. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.

If you’re a regular here, than you know that we started renovating our entire house once we got it almost 3 years ago. It was completely gutted and in horrible disrepair. We spent a month remodeling just to make it livable and still have projects going on to this day.

Once of the projects that we have yet to do is the ceiling in one part of the house as well as the attic room. That’s why I was excited to hear about Armstrong Residential Ceilings, because they’ve got so many great styles to choose from. They’ve got options to fit a variety of budgets and decor preferences, which is really great! I personally love the rustic wood look.

Now what I’m really excited about {and you should be too} is the Armstrong Residential Ceilings’ “Style Is Looking Up” Giveaway. You can enter for a chance to win a $2,500 room makeover grand prize (including an Armstrong ceiling, installation credit, and a $1,000 Lowe’s gift card) by visiting the Armstrong Residential Ceilings Facebook page. You can enter daily from now until Match 15th!

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