Healthy Boy

clearly no one's goin hungry 'round here!

Blogging machine

I am unstoppable at this blogging thing recently.

Today I made some all-purpose cleaner and thought I'd share my "recipe"

I've always tried to eat organically, but when I became pregnant my doctor in Italy convinced me to start cleaning organically. 


Homemade All-Purpose Cleaner

Equipment
Spray bottle

Ingredients
2 T.white vinegar (only distilled white vinegar)
1 t Borax
Hot water
3 drops of a castile soap
3 drops of essential oil (Lavender, Orange, Rose etc…. .I like peppermint)

Directions:In a 16 oz. spray bottle add vinegar, borax and half hot water.
Swish around until borax has dissolved.
Add the drops of castile soap and fill the rest of the bottle with hot water.
Add the essential oil and shake.


At first I wasn't sure if vinegar could get the job done. Turns out it  kills most mold, bacteria, and germs, due to its level of acidity. Works great, smells great, and it's all natural.

Happy cleaning.

Valentines Day

 This lil baby boy slept a whole 8 1/2 hours last night. I woke up & realized I hadn't heard him all night....ran into the room and heard him playing happily in his crib. To make this day even better my husbands taking me on a hot date, which I get to buy a hot new outfit for!  This is shaping up to be a great Valentine's Day for me!  

darling

Friday Morning

Cole rolled over from his back to tummy this morning.

aw baby cheeks,  baby cheeks are the best <3

cuteness

Homemade

I've been planning on making all Cole's baby food. Yesterday I started with making his rice cereal.

•3 cups of organic brown rice, cooked according to package directions

•12 ounces breast milk  (or formula, whatever baby eats)

Place the cooked brown rice in a blender with the breast milk ( formula)  Puree until completely smooth and free of any clumps.  Pour the cereal into ice trays, cover and freeze overnight. Once frozen, pop the cubes out of the trays, place in a freezer bag or container, labeled with the date and return to the freezer. Lasts up to two months.

When ready to serve

Defrost the cubes, and add breast milk or formula to develop a smooth consistency. Serve luke warm.

 

Sure, store bought cereal is super cheap & also very easy to make...but I am convinced Cole can taste the love I put into my homemade version! If nothing else...there has been so many baby food    & formula recalls lately (did you hear about the beatles in the similac??) , it's nice to know exactly what my lil man is eating.  

Side note: Cole has been doing this super cute smile, where he sticks his tongue out to the side while he gives the biggest, cheesiest grin. I love it so much. I hope he never stops! I hope he is 20 & still smiling like that!  I will try to capture it on camera so all of you can love it too!