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What if you could eliminate 99.9% of harmful bacteria from your everyday items?  Items like your baby’s bottle, toddler’s sippy cup, keys, cellphone, wallet, toys, tv remotes and more.  Now you can with the UviCube, it’s a small cube/safe that cleans and can keep your items free from bacteria.  The Uvicube Ultraviolet Sanitizer can clean your items and remove 99.9% of bacteria from them in less than an hour.  No more boiling, steam, or scalding yourself with burning liquid!  How is this possible??  It uses the power of ultraviolet (UV) light.  You can even use it to store your child’s items until use, like their sippy cup or bottles.  Simply wash your child’s bottle and place it in the UviCube for sterilization. Hello breastfeeding mommies, think about all the time we spend making sure our breast pump parts are clean?!  No more buying those microwave bags, no more huge pots of boiling water, no more wasting money and no more wasting time!   For wet items and bottles you choose the 45 minutes option and for dry items like phone, keys, or wallet 10 minutes.

Natural Remedies for Mastitis and how to avoid taking antibiotics.  We’re sharing simple and natural steps to take before you consider antibiotics for mastitis.

Ohhh the pain AND the color!  I’ll never forget seeing my entire breast swollen, hard as a rock, hot to the touch, painful and dark pink.  I freaked out!  WHAT IS THIS?!

I’ve had mastitis once during our 2 1/2 year journey of breastfeeding.  I’ve also had some close calls with mastitis (plugged ducts are also painful!) and thankfully due to my quick response I have usually been okay.  Being allergic to most antibiotics I try to limit the use of the ones I can take – that being said the ones I can take are not medicines or antibiotics compatible with breastfeeding.  Everyone should try Natural Remedies for Mastitis since it can’t harm you or baby.  It’s the best way to heal your body naturally.  This is also good for plugged ducts that can lead to mastitis.

Natural Remedies for Mastitis

I’m excited to share our Breastfeeding Essentials Gift Basket for Nursing Moms !

Our breastfeeding journey wasn’t easy in the beginning and we had some breastfeeding struggles here and there.  One thing I was always told was to NEVER use a nipple shield, but in reality the Medela Contact Nipple Shield is the reason we were able to nurse in the beginning.  I used the Nipple Shield to breastfeed for the first 7-8 months (the first month we didn’t use it and it was hard to nurse!).  I paid so much to figure it all out between LLCs and even having her lip tie cut.  In the end when she was ready her latch was perfect.  She just suddenly stopped using the nipple shield one day and it was incredible.  I can’t believe we’re about to celebrate 2 1/2 years of nursing!  You can see her nursing with the nipple shield in the picture below.  I had 3 nipple shields at all times.  Just in case I needed one while we were out, if one broke or between cleanings to use another.  Having one is like having one bottle, crazy!

A photo posted by @courtneyssweets on Feb 2, 2013 at 9:14am PST

We had a lot of issues with food allergies and baby throwing up while breastfeeding too.  Thankfully once I removed soy from my diet she didn’t suffer any FPIES Food Allergy Reactions.  I’m glad that I stuck it out despite all the breastfeeding issues we did have and now we’re still breastfeeding 2 and a half years long!

Phoenyx is such his fathers son. He does his own hair. He flosses and brushes. He puts on cologne. And…he shaves. The shaving this new. I had no idea when he decided he wanted to shave but it was just a mere week or two ago when I realized the water in the bathroom was...

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Looking for the Ultimate Make-Up and Beauty Organizer, what about something to store all your jewelry, or  somewhere to store all your essential oils or maybe you’re just looking to makeover your medicine cabinet?   I did all of the above with the TwinLilies Cutie Cube!

These beautiful acrylic makeup organizers are made for makeup and jewelry.  You can display all your stuff in a beautiful clear container with sliding drawers and beautiful jeweled handles.  The handles even come in different colors.  My favorite is obviously pumpkin!!  They have diamonds too!