10 Things You Never Knew Can Harm Your Child

Unbelieveable. Time flies.  We are two weeks into school holidays and only four more weeks to go before school starts.

This school holiday I spend it mostly at home. Playing with my toys, watching television and doing some revision * blerk! Hate it*.

As I spend most of the day at home, Mamarazzi  tried to detox our home to make it a healthier place for me.

1. Air in the house. 
   

Did you know that the air inside the house is more polluted than the air outside? No? Just think, most houses nowadays are shut up tightly with all windows and door closed due to security reasons and the weather.

The air in the house can’t circulate and become stale


Yes, many household uses all sorts of aerosol spray be it to kill mozzie or some nice scents to make the house smell nicer .

With all these chemical floating in the air, it’s no wonder that we fall sick more often than not.

Best way is to open the windows to let the air circulate and put a few plants in the house to boost up the oxygen level

Mamarazzi purposely put two boxes of mint plant in front of the glass door. Refreshing air. Yeah and got the chance to re-used the Styrofoam boxes for something good instead of just throwing it way

2. Floor

Carpet may look nice in the house but they are also health hazard hotspot leh…dust mites and if buy those ciplak carpet , they can off-gas chemicals into the air.

Wood would be the best choice but it’s just too expensive to re-do whole house with wood. Hence, second best choice would be tiles

3. Surfaces.

 

Dusting. For the shake of my bum bum, I have always hated feather dusters and antistatic duster. Okay okay…this one may not be made of feather but it’s still hazardous to my bum bum.

Feather duster is not trapping any dust. It’s just moving the dust from one area to another while antistatic duster are made of plastic and you know what happen to plastic after it go thrown away la.

Best for me is microfiber cloth. Not only that it’s safer for my bum bum but I get to “play water” too when I “help” Mamarazzi in cleaning.

  

4. Food Preparation

I love the buttons on the microwave. Can press press here and there and it goes beep beep but for once, Mamarazzi is glad that our microwave had gone to microwave heaven.  Not to say that she worries about me getting electrocuted but of course she worry about that too.

The reason she not keen on microwave is that there are a lot stories that how people put plastic containers into the microwave and it melted. Yeah, she knows well enough not to use run-of-the-mill plastic containers to reheat food in the microwave .

It’s much better to cook it fresh than to let me have frozen food reheated…though I won’t mind if it’s ice-cream.

5. Cleaning

 

Organic vegetables….but clean with pesticide???

I know Mamarazzi. She likes to take short cuts. See some cleaning products for the kitchen tops, pots and pans that claim can clean effectively she will wanna buy. Don’t she know that some of the cleaning products are bioterrorists?

You know or not in order for chlorine bleach to kill bacteria, we have to soak the object in it for 30minutes. Maybe am over reacting but counter top soaked in pesticide for 30mins and it won’t work effectively if the surface is dirty? Errrr……logic or not ah?

If wanna clean, maybe Mamarazzi better find other solution like getting naturally derived products and clean more often leh. With that she won’t even need anti-bacteria products.

  

6. Bed

Who doesn’t like snacking in bed? I didn’t know that dust mites likes to feast on the crumbs that feel on the bed. I thought only ants does.

Guess, I will need to ask Mamarazzi to vacuum my mattress and change the sheets more often

This is one thing I sure follow….”Don’t make your bed”.

Why? Coz it airs out the mattress. Open the bedroom windows. Let the moisture evaporate from the mattress. Less moisture, Less dust mites. 

7. Bed sheets & Clothing

Gotta remind Mamarazzi to be careful when getting bed sheets and clothing.

She likes to get no-iron clothes and beddings for me. Don’t she know that those no-iron clothes are often treated with a formaldehyde resin. It can release Formaldehyde during their use.

So what wrong with that?  Coz Formaldehyde exposure can cause insomnia in some people la. So don’t blame me if I refuse to sleep at night eh. Maybe I fall under that category?

 

Anyway, The International Agency for Research on Cancer had classified Formaldehyde as a known carcinogen…Yikes!

8. Toothpaste

Mamarazzi always nag me to brush my teeth cla bla bla about brushing teeth to ensure heathly gums and teeth.

I love toothpaste that is sweet and not “pedas”(hot) but Mamarazzi said it is important to find a toxic free one. A lot of toothpaste and mouthwash contains triclosan which is a pesticide.

Gotta get some natural toothpaste. Hmm…heard in the old days people used “arang”(coal) to brush their teeth…..I wonder…..hope no need.

9. Toys

Mamarazzi gave me a “pet project” to do. Said I had to sort out my toys. Gotta ditch those plastic toys that are made of PVC as it is a type of plastic that is made of Phthalates.

Phthalates are implicated in reproductive disorders and respiratory problems.

She asked me to find those toys with the magic number 3, If see a triangle wih the number 3 in it, it’s PVC. And those with the letter V, under th recycling symbols.

10, Laundry

Stinky! Not the clothes but the stuff that Mamarazzi uses when she tried to get ride of the tough stains when I accidentally “tumpah”(spills) drinks or food on my clothes.

Kena Papa scold. No scold me but her. Don’t play with chlorine bleach. Poisonous. Can kills. 

 Mamarazzi had better find an alternative method to get rid of the stain. Something that is non-toxic.

By the way, do you clean your washing machine? Have to clean every now and then leh coz when you used the machine long time already all those icky stuff from your clothes and the detergent that you used can build up inside your washing machine leh.

It will be like throwing your clothes into dirty machine to wash instead. How clean will they be then?

How to clean your washing machine? Just pour a cup of white vinegar into the washing machine and run it on a normal cold water without clothes. You will see some black thingy floating out. Yucks

Wah lau eh…today super long post. Sleepy already? Aiya…coz Mamarazzi was reading up this book la. Got to know some really interesting stuffs. Many thing she thought would be good for us but actually it had the opposite affect.

Well after all consideration, Mamarazzi came to a conclusion and that is  just use Method, because toxic cleaners won't do!

 

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