The Shopping Fund: Cleaning Products and Autism

As some of you know I have a son who is autistic and a daughter with learning disabilities. And finding ways to reduce the symptoms and/or eliminate them without being dependant on medication is a goal that my husband and myself feel strongly about.

As many of you have read and heard on the news, the environment may have an affect on our children's ability to focus, understand the world around them, and succeed in school.

I have watched countless shows and interviews of parents who have eliminated chemicals in their house and/or eliminated gluten, dyes and preservatives in their children's diet. They have experienced better grades, less outbursts for no reason, and increase in vocabulary, better eye contact, and the best of all - a happier child.

So why not try it? Why not buy products that are good for the environment and contain no harmful toxins. Would you buy them if they cost just as much as it would to by the stuff you normally buy? If it's not going to affect your wallet then why not?

I tried some of these products and was truly pleased with how they worked. The laundry detergent was just as good as my brand that I normally by but without the dyes and toxic chemicals. And it smelled great too!

There is one product that I really loved that not only dissolved grease and soap scum from your tub but helps with eczema. I tried it on my son who had those little bumps all over his legs. I took him to the doctor to make sure he didn't have some kind of rash. It turned out to be the beginnings of eczema. So he sat in the tub with a capful of this stuff for 15 min. and then I put some really heavy duty moisturizing lotion on and within days it was gone and my tub was clean! LOL!. So needles to say I'm pretty excited about this.

Have we totally eliminated toxins from our house? No, but we are working on it. We are on a budget due to extensive medical bills from my autistic son's birth and so we are constantly looking for ways to cut out the dangerous chemicals without putting us into the poor house.

And since I'm a work at home mom , I'm constantly trying to find ways to earn some money to help pay off these medical bills. There is a company that helps with both. Earning money with a company that offers safe alternatives to your normal everyday cleaning products and household items. What is better than that?