Parenting Healthy

Thank you to Goddess Garden for partnering with me on this feature

You heard it and maybe you rolled your eyes….Hawaii bans certain sunscreens. Great! Another everyday product you are not supposed to use anymore. The Oxybenzone ingredient that is the center of the ban is in most sunscreens and IS INDEED VERY UNSAFE! Sorry! Like when everyone smoked cigarettes because it’s just what everyone did. Only later did we realize we made a mistake accepting cigarette smoking for so long due to known health effects, so did we accept Oxybenzone and other similar ingredients into our sunscreens for too long.

Please! Before you read on would you humor me and go grab your sunscreen right now?

I’ll help you look at the label and if you go through your label with me and still aren’t convinced or maybe you are using the right sunscreen, then pardon me for this little extra education. If you read through this and toss that sunscreen across the room and run to bathe your child real quick, then this feature was worth it!

Do you see the ingredient, Oxybenzone? This chemical is well-known in sunscreens and absorbs through your skin layers and will enter your blood stream. This chemical is in the same class as BPA, only stronger. The EWG has rated oxybenzone an 8 on their toxicity rating scale, meaning it is one of the most toxic ingredients found in cosmetic products. Yikes!

Do you see Parabens? These are in many sunscreens, bath products and beauty brands. It is a preservative and is genuinely linked to cancer and add in the sun UVB rays to get damaged DNA and an increase in skin aging.

Moving down the ingredient list, do you see Phthalates? These and your hormones DO NOT get along. Guess where you won’t find these ingredients? In mineral sunscreens like Goddess Garden. Natural, or mineral-based, sunscreens instead reflect the sun’s rays, like a mirror on the skin and they rub in sheer and start working immediately.

Goddess Garden sunscreen varieties do not contain the PABA, parabens, phthalates, BPA, Oxybenzone, Avobenzone, Petroleum or toxic chemicals that most brands may contain and absorb through all of the skin layers.

How did your sunscreen fair? Let’s just start right with a natural and mineral sunscreen and take one health worry off of our plates while we enjoy the outdoors!

Back to School 2018, Education, Kids, Reviews, Toy Reviews

Bring Music Class Home with the VTech Kidi Star Karaoke Machine

August 14, 2018August 12, 2018 Erin Sluka

I have partnered with VTech for this feature

When you hear the word ‘music’ you probably think about tunes or your favorite radio station. But, did you know that the word music has such a beneficial meaning when you introduce it to children? Not only does music introduce a new skill that involves the brain and body working together, it ignites all the senses. VTech has the Kidi Star Karaoke Machine that helps bring music class home.

Music helps children learn sounds and word meanings. Dancing helps children improve their motor skills as well as allow for self-expression. Then you also add the benefit of recall and memory skills.

One of the best features of this karaoke machine is the stand opinion. This makes it so easy to share the fun with a friend or sibling. The disco ball is a lot of fun too. Turn off the lights and like me, you will be amazed how well it illuminates around the room on the walls and even the ceiling too.

It is such an easy interface that it is usable for as young as 4 years old. The added computer-like screen adds an element of STEM play when you have to configure and toggle through options to bring our musical creation to life. With options like games to play and to connect to any device to bring the music library you already have created to the speaker is so much fun.

You can add audience sounds like applause, cheering and laughter so it really feels like you’re onstage at a concert! Record yourself for up to five minutes and add fun voice-changing effects, then listen to and enjoy your performance. Visit VTech for more fun and also find the VTech Kidi Star Karaoke Machine at Amazon.

Back to School 2018, Food, Natural Foods

Slammers Super Food Snacks are a delicious instant organic fuel for active kids

August 9, 2018August 5, 2018 Erin Sluka

Fruit and protein in a pouch just grew up! There comes a time when you child actually does NOT want that pouch they loved as a toddler in their lunchbox. They are around friends at a lunch table and associate the fruit pouch with being from the diaper bag. That is until they try the Slammers!

They have really gone far out and made these pouches for the older child to want for lunches and snacks after practice. I eat them! Seriously! They are delicious!

Slammers Snacks can be purchased nationwide at Target, Safeway, Kroger, Costco and Walmart:

Watermelon Kiwi Burst (7 grams of protein per pouch) – strawberry, kiwi, watermelon, apple, banana & beet
Pomegranate Grape Crush (7 grams of protein per pouch) – grape, pomegranate, coconut, apple, banana & purple carrot
EPIC – mangoes, bananas, oranges, carrots, Greek yogurt & real vanilla
AWESOME – bananas, blueberries, strawberries, beets, acai, amaranth (a highly nutritious gluten-free grain)
CHILL’N – bananas, blueberries, butternut squash, Greek yogurt & yumberry

If you buy one this the next time you are shopping, pick up a box of the Watermelon Kiwi burst and try one when you get home. You’ll thank me later!

There are no artificial colors or flavors, no peanuts or gluten and NON GMO as well as USDA organic.

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Car Talk, Giveaways, Infant Toddler Products, Kids, Parenting, Promotions, Travel

mifold Grab-and-Go Car Booster Seat Giveaway

August 1, 2018August 15, 2018 Erin Sluka

I have partnered with mifold for feature

Welcome to the mifold Grab-and-Go Car Booster Seat Giveaway

Hosted by: Parenting Healthy

What is the mifold Grab-and-Go Car Booster Seat?

The mifold car booster seat is the smallest, safe car booster seat that fits children 4-12 years old and is small enough to fit in your diaper bag, backpack or glove box. It makes fitting 3 safe seats in a row much easier and comes in multiple colors.

Setting the mifold up is very easy and has 3 width settings. It is comfortable with foam padding technology for extra comfort that stays cool, even on hot days. You’ll love the materials they use also, strong metal chassis of 6061 aircraft grade aluminum (as strong as steel) and Dupont™ Delrin® 100ST a super tough plastic polymer for superior impact resistance.

Buy the mifold Grab-and-Go Car Booster Seat

Available at mifold.com, Amazon and other retailers.

Wait…..Guess what’s new?

Have you heard that mifold has a new product called the hifold Grab-and-Go Highback Car Booster? It also folds down small enough to fit in a carry bag. It is just as safe and the height, lap, shoulder width and head rest can easily be adjusted as your child grows.

The hifold will be great for ride shares and carpools just like the mifold. This small, easy-to-carry design makes switching the car seat back and forth between vehicles so quick and easy.

I love that you can get carry bags for the mifold and hifold so if you need to head out of town, carrying the booster seats will be so easy!

Take a look….

Want to save on the new hifold Grab-and-Go Highback Car Booster?

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VISIT HERE HERE TO SAVE!

The mifold Grab-and-Go Car Booster Seat Giveaway

1 lucky reader will win a mifold Grab-and-Go Car Booster Seat in the color of your choice. Enter below. Open until 8/14/2018 and US only. Good luck!

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