Stay healthy with Seventh Generation – Back-to-School kit - A Hen's Nest - NW PA Single Woman Mom Blog
With many children starting their back to school transitions this month it’s a great time to discuss healthy school habits with them. NSF International studies show that most of the school surfaces your child will come into contact with harbor almost 2.7 million bacterial per square inch! Wow! This makes me realize why it is so important to teach our children ways to stay healthy and germ free once they’re back in the classroom!
Seventh Generation and author/pediatrician, Dr. Alan Greene, share some practical and easy stay-healthy tips for you and your child. (excerpts that follow taken from press release)
A recent study showed that children who received enough probiotics, like the ones found in yogurt, daily throughout the cold and flu season had a significant reduction in number of illnesses they had and, when they did get sick, symptoms were both milder and didn’t last as long.
Teach children the most important times to clean their hands include after sneezing, coughing or using the restroom, upon leaving “high-risk” places (recess, nap time, play stations) and before meals or snacks
Stress the importance of not touching their eyes, nose or mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth. D
Show your children how to cover their mouth and nose for every cough and sneeze. This simple maneuver has spectacular results in decreasing the spread of viruses and bacteria floating about the room, waiting to be inhaled.
Many teachers (ours included) ask parents to send in supplies such as tissues, disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizers at the beginning of the year to help stop the spread of germs. Do It!
We do all of the above suggested tips and have found that they really are easy to do and work. Seventh Generation products are a favorite of ours because of the natural plant derived ingredients and they are effective! The disinfectants (both wipe and spray form) can kill 99.99% of germs botanically when used a directed on product labels. This includes the Influenza A virus and Salmonella enterica!
My favorite Seventh Generation product (so far!) is the Disinfecting Multi-Surface Cleaner. I like that I can use it on any hard surface to both clean, deodorize and disinfect! What I love about all the Seventh Generation products is the smell of fresh Lemongrass and Thyme! My home smells so bright and clean after a day of cleaning with these products, and they don’t bother my sensitive nose. I’ll be sending the box of tissues and the disinfecting wipes with my daughter on her first day of school!
Buy It! A wide variety of Seventh Generations products are available at retailers nationwide. Seventh Generation can be purchased on Amazon.com as well.
Win It! Thanks to Seventh Generation one very lucky reader is going to win a Seventh Generation “Back-to-School” kit that includes a Seventh Generation drawstring backpack, two canisters of Seventh Generation disinfecting wipes (one for home and one to donate to your child´s classroom), disinfecting multi-surface spray cleaner, facial tissue and paper towels.
How to Enter: (mandatory) Leave me a comment sharing your favorite household cleaning tips or ways you keep your child healthy throughout the school year.
Rules: Follow the directions above! Giveaway open to U.S. residents, 18+ only and ends August 28th, 11:59 est. Winner chosen by Random.org and must reply to email within 48 hours or I will redraw.
Thanks to Seventh Generation and My Blog Spark for sending complimentary review products as described above to facilitate my candid review. Thank you also for providing gift pack for a giveaway. All opinions and experiences are my own, yours may vary. No other compensation was received for this post. Amazon affiliate link included
Filed Under: Giveaways, Home, Reviews Tagged With: back to school, children's health, cold and flu prevention, disinfectant, household cleaning, PG, Seventh Generation
we have wipes all over and clean as we go- I amnot a neat freak but when clean as you go- I would love to win this and send it to my childs class – I know things are expensive so would be a cool and welcome gift
Teach your child to cover their coughs with their upper arm, instead of their hands to prevent the spread of germs.
I try to keep my daughter healthy by making sure she gets enough sleep. She also carries a little bottle of hand sanitizer with her that she uses before eating lunch in school. Thanks for the review and giveaway!
Ways I keep my children healthy through the school year are first by homeschooling them! That cuts down on a lot of germs!! :o) And when shopping, I always wipe down all the carts and my children and I use hand sanitizer often! :)
I follow you both on Twitter and i retweeted this giveaway! https://twitter.com/KatyLMA/status/20881932138
My favorite household cleaning tip: Hire a maid! LOL. Okay, seriously, mine is try to put things away when you're finished with them. That way when it's time to do the actual cleaning there isn't a bunch of stuff in the way that you have to find homes for as well as clean.
I'm following you both on Twitter. And I tweeted: http://twitter.com/Petula1968/statuses/20899069942
Even with our sunny summer climate we don't seem to store D well. I've started giving my oldest a D vitamin.
We have our kids sing the ABCs while they wash their hands to make sure they do a thorough job. Thanks!
We have a hand-me-down system for our cleaning supplies. For instance, a scrubber might start off for the dishes and when it gets a little worn it then gets used on cupboards or walls as it wears even more it then moves onto floors or outside. Thanks for the contest.
One of my favorite cleaning tips came from flylady.net – set a timer for 15 minutes, work in one area as much as you can for those 15 minutes, then break. You'll be surprised at how much actually can get done in 15-minute increments without wiping you out!
I drink a glass of lemonade (I have a lemon tree) every day and try to have my daughter do the same. It really helps NOT catch/spread colds!
I encourage my son to wash his hands frequently and I can always tell when he is because he's not getting sick. :)
For most cleaning needs, vinegar and baking soda works great! Sprinkle baking soda around the inside of the toilet, spray with vinegar and scrub.
My favorite tip is that things should be neatened every day (mail opened and handled, laundry folded and put away) because if somebody stops by, they probably won't notice some dust in the corner of the bathroom floor, but they will certainly notice the sink full of dirty dishes.
I teach third grade, and this would be a great addition to my classroom! The way I encourage my kids to stay healthy (and stay green!) is give them rules for washing their hands so that the water doesn't run too long or that they don't use too many paper towels. The rules are posted right above the sink, they are bright and colorful, and having them there also encourages and reminds my kids to wash their hands after using the bathroom.
I taught my kids the importance of hand washing and NOT touching their faces. Love Seventh Generation products!
Encouraging my little girl to wash her hands or use hand sanitizer is the easiest way to try to keep her healthy.
Cleaning tip: focus on one room a day so that it never seems like you have to clean the whole house.
Health tip: we take our shoes off at the door to try and keep the pollen out of the house for all of us allergy-sufferers. :)
We make sure to have our kids wash their hands and use sanitizer while away from a hand washing facility. readysetwin at gmail dot com
First and foremost, I always give my children their vitamins in the morning. It helps keep their immunity strong and healthy.
I also carry a small travel size spray bottle {that I bought from Walmart for about under $1} in my purse that I fill with Clorox Hard Surface Spray. I spray it on shopping carts, my spinning bike at the gym, and I even use it to spray on my children's hands whenever we are done at a store or with school. Clorox Hard Surface spray is gentle on the skin and safe to have around your children. Plus, it's nice and convenient to always have a cleaning spray right at your finger tips!
I'm following YOU and Seventh Generation on Twitter! I tweeted about this giveaway too! Thanks for having such a great giveaway!
wash your hands!!!!! and reinforcing the need to keep your stuff organzied and clean. great giveaway!! thanks!
We wash our hands frequently, eat a balanced diet, and make sure to wipe surfaces that are frequently touched (door knobs, faucets, toilets) down with antibacterial wipes.
I like to clean with chemical free cleaners as much as possible and we teach the kids to wash their hands frequently and to cover their nose when sneezing
I think teaching kids how to properly wash their hands and to get them in the habit of washing them frequently really helps in keeping them healthy. We also keep disinfectant wipes on hand to clean frequently handled objects such as the phone, doorknobs, faucets, keyboards, etc.
I got little holders for the small hand sanitizers and they clip them (and use them) on their bags for easy access :)
My favorite cleaning tips is to divide the house into 5 areas and then just do one area each day of the week so you know that each room is getting throughly cleaned and disinfected at least once a week.
Cover pillows and mattresses with dustmite covers, which are also resistant to hairs getting stuck to them
Disinfecting wipes are so easy to use, they leave you with no excuse not to de-germ all frequently used surfaces. I’m sure to always have some on hand!
We clean up after every meal, wash our hands, use hand sanitizer and watch what type of cleaners we buy as some are just too toxic to be cleaners in my opinion.
Hi, I keep my child as healthy as I can by keeping the house clean, making sure we wash his hands often – and my own. We wash to the happy birthday song – as I learned in school that you need to wash your hand for specific amount of time in the pathology section of anatamy and physiology. And I skip the flu shots and so we all skipped the flu and rarely have colds – knock wood. Oh and try to keep his diet balanced and his intestines healthy – the most interesting thing we learned in class was that your intestines are the basis to the immune system – if they’re not healthy – you’re not healthy. :)
I keep my kids healthy by teaching them good hand washing habits. They wash their hands when they come home from school and before any meals and after they use the bathroom.
Lately I’ve been making an effort to make my own cleaning supplies out of natural products such as baking soda, tea tree oil, and vinegar.
Thanks for the giveaway…rule #1 for our kids when returning from school or playing outdoors is to remove their shoes at the door, and head directly to the sink to wash their hands: helps keep the house clean(er) and controls the amount of germs & virus they have on their hands !
I use sanitizer on surfaces to cut down on germs. Things are not allowed out and on the floors. Dirty clothes has to be put in the hamper. I use natural cleaning products.
We stay healthy by utilizing frequent handwashing and cleaning surfaces that are touched by multiple people. We also eat a healthy diet with plenty of Vit C. Thanks.
We keep the house clean by keeping things simple, not many harsh chemicals. We keep the kids healthy by not letting them eat too much sugar and try and get as many vegetables in their diet as possible, even if it means hiding them!