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If you remember, a few years ago our daughter was really struggling with Eczema. It was so bad that she would scratch her legs until she bled. We tried everything recommended by our doctor and were not happy with the results. Although we saw some differences with the steroid cream, we didn't like that it changed the pigment in her skin. We were desperate for a solution to help her.

On a whim, my husband stopped into a health/nutrition store to ask some questions. We are so glad he did. The nutritionalist suggested we use some essential oils and that would cure her. She was exactly right. The combination of essential oils worked miracles.

As funny as it may sound, the experience changed our family a bit. We became much more conscience of natural products, and eco friendly products. We wanted to make them more prevalent in our families lives.

We now think a little more about what is in the products we buy and the effect they have on us and on our environment.

We are not the only parents who worry about this. I was recently introduced to The Honest Company. Started by parents who were frustrated trying to find products that were non-toxic, safer, and healthy for their own babies. They are working to recreate the family brand. Products that have style, affordability, safety, and sustainability, with service and convenience.

The Honest Company offers more than 20 products. Delivered right to your door. Diapers, wipes, shampoo and body wash, just to name a few. Products for baby, bath and body, and for cleaning. All in beautiful packaging that will inspire you to be more eco friendly in your home too.

The Honest Company products have inspired our family to be even more eco-friendly. We have done this by trading out our old products for more sustainable, eco friendly products that we use every day. Diapers that are disposable but biodegradable. Lotions and body wash that is eco friendly, and Dish Soap that is non toxic and more safe. The beauty of the packaging is also inspiring. It love the way the products look sitting in the bathroom and the babies room.

If you are looking to get back to basics with the products you use in your home everyday, consider using The Honest Company. Everything will be delivered to your door, and you can rest assured that you will not only love the products because they work, but you will love knowing that the choices you are making are better for your family and the future.

The Honest Company was started by a mom and a dad who, like many modern parents, were increasingly worried about products made with questionable chemical ingredients. But the alternatives they found were often expensive, inaccessible, bland, or ineffective. In response to this clear need for something better, they created The Honest Company to ensure that parents (or anyone for that matter!) could easily find natural and non-toxic eco-friendly products that are beautiful, effective, and affordable. From customized product bundles to diapers and wipes to an ever-expanding line of cleaning and personal care products, you can find everything you need at Honest.com and have it delivered directly to your front door.

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Honest Company. The opinions and text are all mine.

Because What Ails Your Child...Ails You

I suffer from chronic sympathy pain, sympathy worry and sympathy stress. I can't change it. Believe me I have tried. My brothers played baseball in college. The night before they had a big game I couldn't sleep. When they got up to bat I would get butterflies in my stomach and break out in a nervous sweat. In high school I worried every third Thursday because I knew my dad had his big board meeting. I was never really hungry on board meeting days. I lost sleep whenever I knew my mom had a big church assignment coming up. And when friends are struggling, I think about, worry about, and pray for them.

I didn't think it could get any worse. And then I got married. I worry when my husband has a test at school or has to teach a lesson. I feel bad when I know he is tired and I don't sleep when I know he is stressed. I even worry that he gets lunch during the day. Ridiculous, especially because he is a very competent and intelligent adult. (This is just the beginning of what I worry about. I am just too embarrassed to admit to any more.)

I didn't think it could get any worse, and then we had kids.

Now my problem is at an all time high. I hurt when our kids hurt, whether I can control the situation or not.

For the last year I have experienced extra sympathy stress and pain for our youngest daughter. When she was about a year old she started to scratch her legs. Before we knew it, she was scratching so much that her legs would bleed. They were a mess. Something was wrong. I put lotion on her every day after her bath. I changed soaps. I changed laundry detergents. Nothing I did made a difference. I worried non stop about the pain she was in.

We scheduled an appointment with the doctor who diagnosed Eczema. Eczema is a skin condition that involves scaly and itchy rashes. It is very common in young children and usually goes away by the time toddlers are 3 or so. Some times it is chronic and never goes away. We hope that is not the case with our little girl.

I felt helpless. I couldn't take the itch away. I couldn't stop the bleeding. Sometimes she would get to her legs while she was sleeping and wake up in bad shape.

Our doctor gave us a prescription for a topical steroid cream that he said "would take care of it." We filled the prescription and got started, hoping for relief.

Just like the doctor said, the itch went away and so did the dry skin. Unfortunately it lightened the color of her skin. There was a noticeable difference between where we were applying the cream, and where we weren't. My worrying didn't stop, it just changed focus. Instead of laying in bed at night, worrying about the itch and the bleeding because of the scratching, now I was worried about the the loss of pigmentation in our daughters legs. It was the lesser of two evils but even when we stopped with the cream, her legs just kept getting lighter where they had been treated.

My husband and I, and my parents, started looking for any type of solution we could find. We tried special lotions and potions, we changed her diet, eliminated certain foods, we ordered creams and ointments. No. Luck.

Then a break through. My husband visited his millionth health food store. A new one that just opened next to our local grocery store. He was greeted by a very talkative woman who promised a solution.

He came home that day with two bottles. Essential Oils. Lavender and Melaleuca.
The instructions:
3 drops of each oil on the bottoms of her feet once a day.
10 drops of each oil on her legs everyday.

It only took about 5 days and not only did we see a difference, but we saw a cure. Within 3 weeks the eczema was gone and the pigmentation in her legs was back to normal.

No more bleeding legs and both of us sleep much better at night.

Given that eczema affects a huge percentage of small children, and most of you have small children,  I share the solution with you so that you don't have to worry any more either. Give it a shot, it won't disappoint.

Here's to one less thing to worry about. Cheers!

DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN'T CONTROL?
DO YOUR KIDS HAVE ECZEMA?

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