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New Year New Laundry Routine For Me Laundry Tips & Arm & Hammer

January 3, 2014 by Momstart 1 Comment

Well, the fad of using the washing machine and dryer has worn off for my husband. So I’m back to doing laundry and after a house full of people we have a ton of laundry to do. I mean I have a lot, blankets, sheets, and then the towels.

Spending one whole day doing laundry is not my cup of tea so I really need to get on top of it and do a load a day. There are almost always whites to do and the power of ARM & HAMMER^™ Baking Soda helps remove tough dirt and odor while delivering long lasting freshness that we like in our laundry.

Arm & Hammer actually has a great step by step program to a successful laundry routine. Here is a summary of their laundry tips.

You can sort your laundry which I do by color.

Sort by Color:
Whites, light colors, similar bright colors, and dark colors.
Fabric Type:
Delicate fabric, laces, lingerie, washable silk, etc. require gentle care and need to be washed separately. Lint-giving fabrics (chenille, terry, etc.) should not be washed with lint-attracting items, such as corduroy, permanent press, dark socks, etc.
Soil Content:
Heavily soiled work or play clothes should be washed separately from lightly soiled clothes.

Decide what water temperature you want to use. I almost always use cold.

Be sure to Pre-treat your laundry. (with kids you’re always doing this, this is about to be a chocolate stain)

Pre-treat:
- Liquid Detergent: Pour ARM & HAMMER™ Liquid Detergent directly onto tough stains and rub in.
- Powder Detergent: Apply a paste of detergent and water, rub on stain.
Pre-soak:
Use for large stained areas or deep set soils.
- Liquid Detergent: Apply ½ cap of liquid detergent to washer with warm water, soak garment overnight, drain machine, then launder as usual
- Powder Detergent: Apply 1 full scoop of powder detergent to washer with warm water, soak garment overnight, drain machine, then launder as usual
Pre-wash:
- For heavily soiled garments, run through pre-wash cycle before laundering.

You can also use additives, don’t forget to add them. I only use additives on extra smelly laundry like puke covered laundry, and over the holidays poor Miles had the flu. Here are tips for types of additives to use.

ARM & HAMMER™ Baking Soda Additive:

Liquid Laundry Detergent Booster: ARM & HAMMER™ Baking Soda helps your liquid laundry detergent work harder for you, because it helps maintain the optimal pH balance necessary for detergents to work well. Add 1/2 cup of Baking Soda to your wash with the usual amount of liquid detergent.
Deodorizing Your Wash: To remove the stubborn smells in your clothes while you wash, add 1/2 cup of ARM & HAMMER™ Baking Soda to the rinse cycle. It neutralizes the odors, leaving your clothes smelling fresh and clean.
Chlorine Bleach Booster: Use ARM & HAMMER™ Baking Soda to help your liquid chlorine bleach work harder. Add 1/2 cup of Baking Soda (1/4 cup for front-loading machines) with your usual amount of liquid bleach. Your whites will be whiter and your clothes will be cleaner and fresher.

ARM & HAMMER™ Super Washing Soda:

The all natural laundry detergent booster that adds extra cleaning and freshening power!

OxiClean™ Stain Remover Products:

OxiClean™ Stain Remover products release oxygen to target the stains, rather than the fabric, removing many tough stains. Available in several forms: Powder, Spray, and in-wash additive.

Bleach Additive:

Color-safe bleach is the bleach choice for colored garments. Chlorine bleach for whites. Test garment for colorfastness by dipping a hidden portion of garment in bleach product for a few minutes. Use with hottest water that fabric will allow.

And then for drying, I dry almost everything on low. If something had a stain you need to make sure the stain is gone before you dry it. Whites I do dry on high. Another tip:

Try ARM & HAMMER Total™ 2-in-1 Dryer Cloths: ARM & HAMMER Total™ 2-in-1 Dryer Cloths soften, control static cling and give you the long-lasting freshness you’d expect from ARM & HAMMER™ Laundry Products.

But the best tip I can give you as a parent doing laundry, make the kids do their part. If they are old enough to dress themselves they are old enough to put their own laundry away.

The Arm & Hammer Way To Breath Easy! Simply Saline Nasal Mist & $100 Visa Giveaway

December 17, 2013 by Momstart 148 Comments

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It’s that time of year and I hear it in their voices, stuffy noses around. I’ve even had each of the kids stay home a day with me from school. It’s just that time of year, colds are in full force and sleep and fluids are essential to getting well. Thankfully, this cold season I have Arm & Hammer on my side.

Arm & Hammer Simply Saline Nasal Mist is lifesaver this time of year. Simply Saline products are naturally derived, non-habit forming and effective. Simply Saline Nasal Mists are proven to help clear congestion and soothe dryness associated with colds and allergies. Simply Saline™ Nasal Relief can be an integral part of helping to moisturize and clear congestion, and in performing everyday maintenance.

§ Moisturizes and flushes dust and irritants from nasal passages

§ Drug-free, made from two natural ingredients: water & salt

§ Non-addictive, can be used as often as needed

§ Gentle mist, with adaptable nozzle

§ Contents remain sterile throughout use

§ Use alone or with your cold or allergy medicine

§ Available in three convenient sizes

The Simply Saline Nasal Mist is something I feel completely comfortable with my children using, as it only contains two natural ingredients: water and salt. Of course they don’t like it but I know it doesn’t burn or hurt them. The nozzle is gentle on little noses and ensures that the contents remain sterile throughout use. Simply Saline Nasal Mist offers a gentle, very effective alternative that my family turns to when the runny noses start. Seems like they run all winter long.

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Arm & Hammer 5 Kitchen Cleaning Uses For Baking Soda $100 Giveaway

September 25, 2013 by Momstart 236 Comments

I’m and ambassador for Arm & Hammer, I will receive products over the next few months and be compensated for my time. My opinions and experiences are my own.

About ARM & HAMMER

When you think of ARM & HAMMER^™ Baking Soda, you think of our little yellow box. That box has a lot of history – and the high quality it represents is appreciated by a new generation. For more than 165 years, people have chosen pure, versatile, effective, environmentally safe and economical ARM & HAMMER^™ Baking Soda for baking and countless household & personal care uses. ARM & HAMMER^™ products are simple, versatile, and effective – and always a great value!

Because of the simple nature and power of Arm & Hammer baking soda, I actually use it for more than just baking. I might be using it in a recipe one minute but I’m using it as a cleaner and deodorizer in the kitchen the next. While I was looking around my kitchen this afternoon I came up with the five major areas I’ll use baking soda other than baking.

Cleaning the Oven:

Our oven is stainless steel and the top is sensitive to cleaning materials. When someone was visiting they cleaned the oven with something harsh and it ruined the finish on it, so now all I use is Arm & Hammer on it. ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda provides affordable and effective, scratch free cleaning on surfaces like countertops, pots and pans, and stainless steel. A&H Baking Soda is safe to use on food surfaces and around children and pets.

Clearing The Garbage Disposal:

Our garbage disposal often stinks and the best solution is Arm & Hammer Baking Soda. ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda helps regulate pH and reacts with odors to neutralize and eliminate them.

Cleaning the Trash Can

I like to just dump some baking soda directly into the trash can, and into the bag. The only thing is that it’s hard to remember to change it out. Changing the box in the fridge and the powder in the bottom of the trash can regularly (recommend every 30 days) helps ensure optimal odor elimination. (After 30 days, Baking Soda has absorbed many of the odors in your refrigerator and / or freezer.)

Cleaning the Dish Washer

Because ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda is a natural, safe, effective, and affordable product that can be used in hundreds of ways in and around the home, I also use it in the dishwasher. Our Dishwasher gets food stuck in the drain and it’s stinky. It’s a hard to reach, icky to clean place that just makes me happy to use the Arm & Hammer baking soda in because I know it will stop smelling and it won’t destroy the components in the drain.

Cleaning the Fridge:

A new box of ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda provides optimal deodorization in your refrigerator and freezer, keeping them fresh and helping your foods tasting like they should. Of course I’ll also use it to clean out the shelves.

Where do you use Arm & Hammer Baking Soda?

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My Arm & Hammer Spinbrush Sonic Smile

August 23, 2013 by Momstart 2 Comments

I’m and ambassador for Arm & Hammer, I will receive products over the next few months and be compensated for my time. My opinions, pictures and experiences are my own.

Early this month I showed you how my kids are using the Tooth Tunes tooth brushes by Arm & Hammer, and now I’m going to share with you how I’m using the Spinbrush Sonic. The Spinbrush Sonic uses Sonic technology that cleans between your teeth where up to six times more plaque can live. They are clinically proven to remove up to 95% of plaque in hard-to-reach places.

It feels great on my teeth, it made me feel like I should have been using the Arm & Hammer Spinbrush since I got braces. I really felt like I had a refreshing mouth today. I mean look at my smile, doesn’t that say it all???

Let’s just say that selfies by yourself while brushing is a little difficult to know how you look. It’s great too because you can get replaceable heads for the Spinbrush Sonic. My children’s Tooth Tunes we’ll have to buy new ones in two months.

Oh and I have to tell you that I actually like the taste of Arm & Hammer baking soda. I always have, I think it’s a little bit of a nostalgic thing. My grandmother and grandfather always used Baking Soda on top of the tooth paste we had. I would do it too because I wanted to be like them. I actually found that I liked it. So now I like using the Arm & Hammer brand. Well as an ambassador they sent me the Arm & Jammer Sensitive Orajel whitening toothpaste to try. I tried it tonight and it was great. I could taste the baking soda, which like I told you I love, plus with my sonic toothbrush I had a refreshing kissable mouth. Just ask my husband I’m sure he’ll vouch for me.

Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes Singing With Zoe

August 14, 2013 by Momstart 1 Comment

I’m an Arm & Hammer Brand Ambassador and receive product samples from time to time, these tooth tunes however, we purchased for our kids. This school year, Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes is here to help eliminate one argument in the morning – getting kids to brush their teeth. Kids will look forward to those two minutes of brushing with Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes before heading out the door to school. My son would rather use his Tooth Tunes than his Sonicare, because the Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes sings.

This exciting line of toothbrushes features hit songs that kids will love, including chart-topping singles from One Direction, Black Eyed Peas, Cody Simpson, Selena Gomez & The Scene, and many more. ARM & HAMMER Tooth Tunes will give your kids a brighter smile, while they rock along to their favorite artists! And they get so excited to hear their tooth tunes on the radio. They get all exciting saying hey that’s my tooth brush. It makes me laugh every time.

ARM & HAMMER Tooth Tunes toothbrushes feature one of a kind Music in Your Mouth technology that stream sound vibrations from the bristles of the toothbrush through the teeth, allowing kids to hear music while they brush. Each toothbrush plays music for two minutes to encourage longer brushing and ensure that kids achieve the dentist’s recommended brushing time.

Check out Zoe and her video using her tooth brush.

Think your children are too young for ARM & HAMMER Tooth Tunes? Check out ARM & HAMMER Tooth Tunes Jr., designed for smaller hands and mouths. ARM & HAMMER Tooth Tunes Jr. is perfect for kids ages 3 – 6 years old, and features songs from the popular kids group KIDZ BOP.

Munchkin Pail It Forward Diaper Pail

October 15, 2011 by Momstart 522 Comments

Dah Dah Dah Dun dun dunna nanna nanna nanna na. Dah Dah Dah Dun dun dunna nanna nanna nanna na. Is it Christmas time yet? No, well look out because it’s that time of year in the stores and yep now we’re going to be talking about Christmas here at MomStart too. I’m working on some holiday projects and ways to pay it forward and Munchkin is working on ways to Pail it forward.

You know Munchkin, the makers of the Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail among other wonderful baby products right? “At Munchkin, we always look for ways to make the lives of moms easier. ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda has been trusted for generations for odor control, so we incorporated it into our revolutionary diaper disposal system to help today’s moms maintain a nursery free of odors,” said Doug Gillespie, Munchkin Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We’re certainly proud of the steps Munchkin takes to create innovative products, and these research results are a true testament of our dedication to providing new options for parents.”

Now it comes in pink and blue:

Pail it forward is your opportunity to win an Arm & Hammer Munchkin Diaper Pail or 50.00 gift card.

To Pail it forward on November 1st you need to

· Upload a photo of your Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail to Munchkin’s Facebook page

· Tag your friend and tell us why you love your pail and/or why your friend deserves an Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail and gift card

This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to the winner, Nicolle B.

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That Stinks! – But the Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail by Munchkin doesn’t! Review & Giveaway

March 3, 2011 by Momstart 189 Comments

At the end of every week, or actually it only takes one really big stinky diaper for it to happen, my son’s room reeks. We try to only change the trash bag once a week, but when it really smells it really smells. So we take it out as needed and I feel it’s a big huge waste of a trash bag. Well, Munchkin and Arm & Hammer came to our rescue recently by sending us the Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail by Munchkin.

Now, I’ve never believed that a diaper pail would do anything except give me a routine that I had to follow and keep up with. Munchkin and Arm & Hammer saved me again by devising a simple and easy to use diaper pail. Yes, I’ve tried diaper pails before Munchkin and Arm & Hammer and I was never satisfied, I think I’m finally satisfied! Follow our photo review:

I found that Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail by Munchkin was easy to load and unload. All you have to do is lift the tabs up to close and then let it fall out of the diaper pail. Then open the latch and pull the bag out or lift up the diaper pail all together and you will find the bad sealed on the floor. It’s all much easier than any of the other diaper pails I’ve tried and been unhappy with in the past. It turns out, I’m not alone, an independent research firm designed and managed an in-home test of the two products during June and July 2010. Participants, which included randomly chosen mothers with children in diapers throughout the U.S., were provided with both products to test in their homes under real life conditions for seven days each. Results indicate a clear preference for the ARM & HAMMER Diaper Pail.

“At Munchkin, we always look for ways to make the lives of moms easier. ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda has been trusted for generations for odor control, so we incorporated it into our revolutionary diaper disposal system to help today’s moms maintain a nursery free of odors,” said Doug Gillespie, Munchkin Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We’re certainly proud of the steps Munchkin takes to create innovative products, and these research results are a true testament of our dedication to providing new options for parents.”

The ARM & HAMMER Diaper Pail neutralizes odors in the nursery through a patented odor control system with the power of ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda at its core. For more information, visit www.diaperpail.com.

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Green Tip: Buy Chemical Free Products This Year, Here’s Our Chemical Free Product List

December 31, 2010 by Momstart 5 Comments

This marks the last green tip from Summer in our 31 days of Red and Green here on Mom Start. Hopefully Summer will grace us with many more green tips and steps on making our lives more eco friendly in the future. Her last tip is about buying chemical free products and these are her chemical free product selections.

Are you ready to begin the New Year? Moreover, is your house ready for the New Year? Try and make yourself greener in the New Year by purchasing products not tested on animals and chemical-free. It is ok to start off with small changes in your toiletries. You know, small changes like in your shampoo, conditioner, make-up, lotions, toothpaste, etc. are a great place to start. I’ll share with you some of my favorite chemical free products:

Shampoo, Conditioner, and Body Wash – Trader Joe’s Refresh (for about $2 a bottle it’s a steal)

Lotions – St. Ives lotion

Deodorant – Arm & Hammer Essentials Natural Deodorant and Tom’s of Maine (make sure there’s no antiperspirant and that it’s aluminum free)

Lip Balm (and Other Beauty Products) – Burt’s Bees Lip Balm

Diaper Cream – Burt’s Bees Diaper Cream

Toothpaste – Tom’s of Maine

In finding and using products like these I feel good about my body and the environment. If needed, take little steps to introduce products such as these into your home. These are products I actually use and love. Be sure, as with any new product, that you test new products on a small area of skin if you have sensitive skin or believe you may have a reaction on a product.

Thank you for joining me in my red and GREEN December 2010 adventures! Hope I gave you some great ideas that made you and yours healthier and happier. Happy New Year!

About Summer:

Summer is the President of our Local MOMS Club chapter, she is the mother of two adorable active boys, and is always thinking of ways to help others. She is a friend, a wife, and always busy as all mommies are. She is very active on Facebook, addicted to Geocaching and very interested in organic and green living.