SKOY Cloth Review and Giveaway- ends 2/25

SKOY Cloth Review and Giveaway- ends 2/25 at midnight

Are you one of the millions of consumers that cannot seem to live without paper towels in your household?  Although our household uses very little, I am guilty of this unearthly consumption.  According to Sam Greyhawk's "Paper Towels: 3,000 Tons of Landfill Waste Each Day", ...over 90% of US households... are taking advantage of the convenience of paper towels that reaches over 3,000 tons of extra landfill on any given day.  That is HUGE!  Not to mention that it also costs the lives of thousands of trees in paper towel production.  This is unacceptable.  However, the problem is not insurmountable.

If we replaced our paper towel usage with a better environmentally safe choice such as recycled paper towels or reusable, earth friendly cloths, the difference we could make would be astounding.  According to Greyhawk, if each home simply replaced one roll of their traditional paper towels with paper towels made from recycled paper, we could avoid wasting 3.4 million cubic feet of landfill space and prevent 864,000 trees from being cut down.  Are you interested in making this simple change?  I have just the answer for you:  SKOY Cloth's reusable cloth towels.

I had the opportunity to review SKOY Cloth's cleaning cloths and I am so happy I did.  SKOY Cloth's earth friendly, reusable cloths are 100% biodegradeable, absorbs 15 times its own weight, are made from natural ingredients and can be reused.  Just one SKOY cloth saves up to 15 rolls of paper towels!  After using them, simply drop them in the washing machine or the dishwasher to be reused again.  It's as simple as that!

Other SKOY cloth details:

• perfect for use anywhere in your home
• can be used in place of a paper towel, sponge or wash cloth
• European made
• made from natural cotton and wood-based cellulose pulp
• chlorine free using water based colors and inks
• highly durable and can last for months
• washer/dryer/dishwasher safe and extremely lightweight

Buy it:
And the cost savings alone when replacing your paper towels with a SKOY cloth is tremendous.  With the cost of paper towels being up to $2 per roll, you can replace up to 15 rolls with just one cloth.  And a 4-pack of SKOY cloths costs a mere $6.99 on Amazon!  Your savings per year would be great.


Win it:
That's not all.  SKOY cloth was kind enough to supply a 4-pack of their reusable earth friendly cloths for giveaway to one lucky winner on The Curious Case of Mommyhood!  
Open to US only.

To Enter:

***REMEMBER: POST A COMMENT FOR EACH ENTRY***

***Also, remember to leave your email address with your comments so you can be reached*** 

Subscribe to my blog (located on the left side of my home page) and tell me if you too are a paper towel consumer.  This is MANDATORY to enter the giveaway.

You also have the opportunity for additional entries (one each) if you do any of the following:

• follow The Curious Case of Mommyhood on Google Follower
• follow SKOY cloth on Facebook and tell them I sent you on their wall
• like The Curious Case of Mommyhood on Facebook
• repost this giveaway on your facebook page and post the link with your entry
• follow The Curious Mommy on Twitter
• follow SKOY cloth on Twitter

Again, please be sure to leave your email address with each entry.

You have until February 25th at midnight to enter.

Good luck to you all,

Mommy Bridget


SKOY cloth's products were provided to me by SKOY cloth for review.  (Please see my Disclosure under my "Reviews" page for more information.)

Coming April: New Baby Event

I will be hosting a New Baby Event following the birth of Baby James #2.  There are so many wonderful sponsors involved, and I know you are really going to love the products I'll be reviewing and the fun giveaways!

Stay tuned for more information on the event to come,

Mommy Bridget

Erbaorganic's "Mommy-to-be" Products From Organic Baby Gift Boutique: A Review

Welcome to the world of organic baby and mommy-to-be products!  Organic Baby Gift Boutique carries everything from organic baby clothes with impeccable design to safe feeding supplies for your wee ones to bath and body products for even the most sensitive of skin.  They are committed to providing a secure online source with which to buy products safe for you, your families and the environment.

Organic Baby Gift Boutique's "for mamma" line carries many must have products to care for your skin during pregnancy.  One of their wonderful organic lines comes from Erbaorganics.  I had the pleasure to review this product line during my pregnancy, and reviewed (and am still using) their "stretch mark oil" and "stretch mark cream".

Erbaorganic's Mommy-to-be Stretch Mark Oil ($19) details:

Skin smoothing certified USDA organic formula for growing bellies. Highly moisturizing and nurturing organic oils help skin in expanding with pregnancy versus fighting against it. Promotes healthy skin while locking in moisture and keeping it soft and supple. Use stretch mark cream in the morning and stretch mark oil at night.

Made in USA by Erbaorganics

This light yet extremely moisturizing oil helps relax even the most "stretched" of bellies...and I can state this claim because my belly is just that!  At the end of the day, my belly skin feels very taut.  As soon as I apply this oil around my belly, especially near my belly button area, my skin feels more relaxed.  And I still remain without any new "marks" on my skin!  I apply this throughout the day whenever it feels necessary, and I absolutely love it!  Not only does it physically feel relaxing to my tight, itchy skin, the essential oils help my mind and my body feel a sense of relaxation...something difficult to come by during the final month of pregnancy.

Erbaorganic's Mommy-to-be Stretch Mark Cream ($19) details:

Skin smoothing formula for growing bellies. Organic shea butter and organic sea buckthorn embrace your body with moisturizing nutrients, helping it to grow with pregnancy versus fighting against it. Promotes healthy skin while locking in moisture and keeping it soft and supple. Use stretch mark cream in the morning and stretch mark oil at night. 85% organic.

Made in USA by Erbaorganics

I also really enjoyed using this moisturizing cream for my ever growing belly.  Although it appears to be thick, it applies on lightweight.  This makes it easier to apply where needed, which in my case most often the area surrounding my belly button.  The shea butter creates a strong moisturizing sealant for my stretching skin and the fragrance of shea butter is calming.

Buy it:

You can purchase Erbaorganics and many other organic items from the Organic Baby Gift Boutique web site.  In addition to bath and body products, Organic Baby Gift Boutique carries baby clothes, eco-baby gear, nursery items, baby bath and body products, feeding accessories, cloth diapers, other "for mamma" items and gift sets for those looking to make a purchase of a mommy-to-be.  They even provide a gift registry option!

Click here for their available sale items.

Free shipping when you spend over $75!!!

Find them:

In addition to their web site, you can find Organic Baby Gift Boutique on Facebook and Twitter.

Or check out their cute blog here.

And you can sign up for their e-newsletter, receive discounts and be automatically entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate!

Thank you to Organic Baby Gift Boutique for the opportunity to review one of their great product lines available,

Bridget James

(author of) The Curious Case of Mommyhood 

The above Erbaorganic's products were given to me by The Organic Baby Gift Boutique for review (please see my disclosure statement under my "Reviews" page for more information).

 

NRG Winner

Congratulations to Lovely Domestic Diva, the winner of NRG's Kitchen and Bathroom Water Saving Eco-Kit!!!
The winner has been notified and has 48 hours to respond.

Thank you to all for entering and happy water/energy saving,

Mommy Bridget

Update: Our Winter Happenings

I figured since I've officially surpassed my 35 week gestation mark and my enthusiam for writing is seriously deteriorating at rapid speed, now would be a good time to update you all on my pregnancy and the James family happenings.

This morning was just like any other morning.  Park slept with us for the second half of the night...leaving Marshall and I sleepy from all the kicks we received as our tot slept soundly and continued to take over our very large bed.  (groggy, groggy but what's knew?)  I'm still getting over a furious chest cold, so I decided not to make any plans today, stay home, tend to the house and play with Park.  Park and I were able to color pictures together and test mommy's art skills while drawing items on his paper board and talking about them.  I've never claimed to be artistic, and it was no surprise as I attempted to draw fruit...but it was cute when Park pretended to eat the fruit on the paper and giggled as we talked about them.  So the drawing was worth every second of effort.  Silly Mom, silly boy...

We had an appointment for some painters to give us an estimate on repainting our exterior house at 10.  Therefore and oh so efficiently, at 9 am, my son had what my mom so cleverly labeled as a "poonami" in his pants.

It was a disaster zone and I had very little time to take care of the situation.

Up and down and all around the poo went...until I realized the only way to clean my son from the poonami that overtook his body was to first rinse, then bath.  Sounds simple right?  Wrong.  Removing the clothes was interesting.  The poo fell to the bathroom rugs.  Great.  So I stood him in the tub and did a head to toe rinse of his little body all the while he cried because of the poo that surrounded him.  Next, I had to clean the tub of the poo before Park could bathe.  THEN, I was able to let my sweet little man take a hot soapy bath while I dismantled my bathroom and began the hot washes in the washing machine.  After everything was said and done, I had successfully removed any poonami evidence from my son and the house.  (Not to mention a check mark off the item "deep clean bathroom" from my To-do List Before Baby Arrives).  With a few minutes remaining, I had to get myself appropriately dressed in time for the painters to arrive.  Whew!

Just another day in the life of a Mom right?!!!  And I learned a new word from it:  "Poonami".  Thanks Mom!

I had my 35 week appointment with my lovely midwife Danielle yesterday and was able to go alone for the first time in months.  It felt like a vacation, despite the fact that I am HUGE right now and yucky sick.  My spirits were up, and even more so after I got to hear my son's heartbeat again.  All is well in new baby land!  I'm just so excited to meet this little guy.  I feel so blessed right now to know we get to meet him very soon and that Park gets to be a big brother.  Park loves to check in with my belly, he tries to hug it although I don't think his arms are able to reach very far around.  He kisses it and sometimes waves hello (he is just barely starting to say "hello" verbally...and usually only while he is pretending to talk to someone on his cell phone). 

Park is going to be in the shock of his life with a new baby around.  I'm so used to calling him my baby all the time, I still hold him quite a bit and jeez, he is still in diapers!  I'm trying to remember to call him a "big boy" as often as possible since we will have a new baby coming into the family soon (although he will always be a baby to me:)  Since Park loves to help, loves to clean up and loves to cuddle, I know he will prove to be a big help to all of us when baby arrives.  I just hope he doesn't get too jealous of the attention and doesn't try to hurt baby.  He already shows signs of jealousy when I give other children attention over him not to mention that he gets really nervous around smaller kids and crying kids.  I guess this will be the best way he gets used to babies!

After being busy for the entire month of January, my husband is officially done with the craziness at work and we get to spend time with him again.  I cannot even tell you how hard it is to be alone to tend to your child all day all night for days at a time.  I give so much credit to single parents and others who like I, have hard working husbands.  Your sanity definitely gets tested...let me tell ya!  I think the hardest part is seeing your son looking out the window waiting for his "Dada" to come home from work only to be told that he has to work late yet again.  The disappointment in Park's little face is heart wrenching.  My son and his father have such a special bond...it's like looking at mirror images of the same person young and old.  When they are not together, it's like a spark is gone.  I am so blessed to have such a doting father to my children.  (Pictured here is one special day Park got to go with his Daddy to work for a bit and "help".)

As for me, I am moving along with everything...motherhood, pregnancy, my responsibilities, my blog, MY LIFE.  Not a day goes by that I don't feel grateful for everything I have surrounding me, for every beautiful person in my life, for the health of my family and for the opportunities constantly knocking at my door.  Thank you to all of you again for your support on my blog.  I hope that all of you feel the same happiness as I.  I look forward to future work and connections with all of you through The Curious Case of Mommyhood...

Truly yours,

Mommy Bridget

Recipe: Roasted Chicken

I came across some great recipes in the recent Sunset magazine and had to give this one a try.  My husband has been begging for canned cranberries...I know...so I thought I would make a chicken with greens and his cranberries for dinner last night.

The chicken recipe turned out phenomenal.  It roasted just the way we like...crispy on the outside, the meat literally fell off the bone and loads of flavor.  So for you meat eaters out there, I thought I should share:)

You can find the exact recipe by clicking here.  In short terms, I first mixed sea salt and pepper and rubbed it under the skin and all over the skin.  Next, I set it in the refrigerator for 2 days covered loosely.  Then, I pulled it out, seasoned it with chicken seasoning and some rosemary we have on hand in our kitchen, rubbed olive oil all over it and let it set at room temperature for 30 minutes.  Finally, I baked it at 475 for an hour and voila!  Perfection!

Enjoy,

Mommy Bridget

Just 2 Days Left to Enter the Water Saving Giveaway!!!-Low Entries

The NRG Bathroom and Kitchen Water Saving Eco-Kit Giveaway ends this Friday 2/4 at midnight.  Click here to enter this great giveaway.  Last I looked, entries are low so your chances are great!

Good luck,

Mommy Bridget