Santa brought me the best Christmas present ever this year. Seriously- I have told anyone who will listen about this thing. I haven’t been this excited about a Santa gift since I got my first Cabbage Patch Kid. Does that get my point across?
I got a Roomba!
I think every mom needs one.
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I recently contacted Plum Organics and asked them to send me a sample of their products to test out and review. It’s such a small world- turns out I know the head of PR and marketing from school! Anyway, she sent me a sample of the fiddlesticks, babyfood pouches, and the fruity fingerfuls. I might have the only child on the planet who doesn’t like to eat “puffs” and most other convenience food, so I wasn’t sure what he would do when I let him try these new snacks.
The fingerfuls are freeze dried fruits and grain bits- and he loves them! The strawberry is his favorite flavor, and he feels so “big” and proud of himself when he opens the bag, pulls out a snack, and happily crunches away. The fiddlesticks are yummy too- and once again, they are discerning baby approved. These gluten free sticks are easy to hold, dissolve quickly, and are a little on the sweeter side, so they make a great healthy organic treat.
The baby food pouches are truly a godsend. My baby, who has never had the biggest appetite and usually takes 3 bites of food before he’s done (picture all of the open, half eaten jars of babyfood I would have in my fridge if I didn’t make most of it myself!) quickly flattened the first flavor and then motioned for the second. I will be ordering these by the case. They are great for car rides, or any other on-the-go activity.
The best part about them is that I can confidently give any one of the snack options to my child, because the quality of the ingredients and integrity of the company is top notch.
Thank you Plum Organics!
Congrats to this great company who earned a hazard score of ZERO on the Environmental Working Group’s skin deep database. Nothing toxic or questionable was found in the ingredients of their products! I LOVE the booby tubes (to prevent clogged ducts and mastitis), the Baby Bottom Balm, and the Nipple Butter (it has a fabulous smell I will always associate with those middle of the night feedings in the early weeks of a new baby.)
What’s a mom to do? You’re dying for your green tea latte or caramel macchiato, but you know everytime you step foot in Starbucks your baby points at all of the sugary baked goods and then looks into your eyes pleadingly…you want to give in, but can’t bear the thought of feeding those to your child and ruining his tastes buds for natural sweetness forever. (What? This has never happened to you? It will!) Well I have great news- you no longer have to fret, feel guilty, or give up your fix. Starbucks has recently started carrying Peter Rabbit Organics Mango, Banana and Orange Pure Fruit Snack Pouches)
For years I searched for the answer to my skin breakouts, and since I believed dermatologists and beauty magazines assertions that “what you eat has nothing to do with your skin” I tried anything and everything. Seriously: extremely harsh prescriptions, antibiotics (needed to be taken for life), crazy 3 step skin care regimens, peels, scrubs, new pillowcases every night, you name it, I tried it- unless it was diet related. Then I found Dr. Nicholas Perricone and the wisdom he had to offer! Here was a dermatologist on the Upper East Side of Manhattan saying that what you put in your body has everything to do with the health of your skin! Of course since then most people have wisened up and recommend eating cleaner for healthier skin, but Dr. Perricone gives us exact foods to eat and recommendations for clear, vibrant, radiant skin.
It was in his book The Perricone Prescription that I happened on a little factoid that changed my life- dairy may cause breakouts. What? Why had I never heard of this? Sure enough, I removed dairy from my diet and within a week my skin started clearing up completely. If only I had known this while I was modeling full time, it would have saved me from many worried filled nights before big photo-shoots! (I painfully remember showing up to film an Oxy commercial with the biggest zit I’d ever had. Everyone on set was laughing at the irony…must have been that Ben & Jerry’s I was somewhat addicted to!) These days of motherhood I have a lot less time to spend on my skin care routine (and by less time I mean sometimes i wear the same make up for a week. You know it’s true…) The beauty of taking care of your skin from the inside out is that you don’t have to add any steps to your already crazy life! You eat no matter what!
Oh- and now I get to decide what I’d rather have: clear skin, or a latte. And yes, sometimes I choose the latte. As I said in my Oxy commercial many years ago, “It’s called balance.”